LA Knight in Billy Corgan’s NWA was INSANE!

[@wilsonjoshwilson]

That “shoes of a champion” promo is legendary😂 YEAH!

[@TrojanManXLT]

One of my personal favorites

[@DeadKoby]

They made merchandise with that slogan.

[@kurtpaulsen6579]

Yeah... He was so in the bag to celebrate the holidays, lost his train of thought, and made inadvertant comedy and indy merchandising gold...

[@connorledwith98]

“Hey, cameraman, get a look at these shoes right here, THESE SHOES RIGHT HERE? SHOES OF A CHAMPION! THIS JACKET RIGHT HERE? SHOES OF A CHAMPION *moment of realisation of wait he just said* … wait did I just say shoes of a champion? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA YEAHHHHHHHH”

[@billybadass3056]

you're apart of the problem josh

[@hezekiahthomas837]

Hes drunk promo was legitimately the best thing

[@Macho_Fantastico]

The whole shoes of a champion promo was amazing, he clearly has natural talent on the mic.

[@MikeBites]

“Shoes of a champion” alone is worth a watch

[@AtlanticCoastJoey]

Would love to see a Wyatt Family run for ROTH, hell, maybe even a Terry Funk WWE run as-well.

[@reesecat1823]

Their nxt run would be cool for him to cover

[@Markyd123]

If it helps I covered funk ecw run for ring of the hawk. Also I did the fiend.

[@classicviolence]

Funk had 2 wwf runs, 1 in the 80s and 1 in the 90s.

[@bobbinsthethird]

@@Markyd123 If you want to take advantage of the youtube algorithm, now would be a good time to make some shorts of those 2 videos.

[@Markyd123]

@@bobbinsthethird nah I ain’t doing that, gotta get ready for Wembley tomorrow. 😂😂

[@nickkelly2197]

It’s actually crazy looking back at NWA In late 2019. They had So much momentum going and buzz from the 10 pounds of Gold/All In. They had Arguably the 2nd best roster behind WWE (aew was barren at the time). Powerrr was unlike anything else on at the time , The KZbin streams would have over 100k + live viewers and they had all the goodwill in the world. Honestly it became the surprise highlight of the Wednesday night war era. 4 years later the company is a joke a meme almost. It’s gone from being the 3rd biggest to falling behind Impact , Roh , GCW , Strong and MLW. Even 2015-2017 impact wasn’t this dire. I personally believe Billy Corgan hasn’t got a bloody clue what he’s doing it also makes you wonder about all the stuff he said about impact and how much of it was actually his fault . I think the Rise and Fall of modern NWA would be great topic for a video. I also think a Billy Corgan video is way overdue too !!!

[@dieselviper7811]

Man I TRIED to stick with NWA because I loved what they were doing at first but after covid they lost everyone and it’s been shit ever since

[@lordshadow19]

And then they made Tyrus champ lol

[@arostwocents]

I only realised it was still on KZbin yesterday, had no idea powerrr was still a YT show

[@Peekaboo6969]

its always been a joke😂😂😂 nobody cared about temu tna

[@FrankAndrews]

By the time they lost Eli Drake, The Question Mark and Nick Aldis the Corgan era's best days were done. They also lost a few staff members that proved to be toxic.

[@eternalblasphemy6526]

6:52 To answer the question, he is doing the best Ric Flair facial impression while cutting the promo.

[@manen.1350]

It's abit ironic that the only company that treated LA Knight as a big deal is the WWE

[@omerta316]

Yeah

[@readeroftruths9113]

lol what wwe treated him a jobber for so long till he got really over

[@BabyMaharaja0]

TNA did for a short while but then tried to bury him

[@flyguy7825]

Eli Drake was one of the bright spots of NWA It's unfortunate in WA as a company doesn't have the type of recognition or business to where they can shine some of their superstars.

[@beaulynskey8470]

"Eat ya potater chips, takin all those callerees and becomin fatasses" - Scott Steiner

[@brandonwalker2140]

HES FAT!

[@TheChriseanRock]

I definitely felt Flair vibes by the way he sometimes just goes crazy whenever he cutted promos. He’d randomly start moving crazy and staring like he went through two vietnams

[@CaptainTae]

I loved this run. It's where I discovered Eli Drake/LA Knight. I loved Powerrr. I watched studio wrestling as a kid. It's not as good anymore, but those 2 seasons before the pandemic were magic.

[@venperprasslin]

It's improving, these first 2 CW app shows have been pretty good tbh.

[@forgottenmma3694]

LA Knight Haters acting like half the WWE Main event isn’t in their mid to late 40’s. The Age is only convenient when the Haters think they got something over Wrestling’s last Megastar 😂

[@greasy2007]

👏 correct

[@adamsayer11]

I think the difference is that the other guys were there for years before they hit 40, not 40 year old "rookies"

[@ryansmith3361]

​@adamsayer11 so exactly how AJ Styles came into wwe

[@adamsayer11]

@@ryansmith3361 AJ wasn't a rookie though, he came in and was a main event guy from day one. No NXT needed.

[@RedWolfWindgear]

About time get to see Mr. Anderson vs. Eli Drake. Now this is a dream come true. YEAH!!!

[@fraggevelle]

they let him close smakedown and gave him a win over balor. that was awesome they are giving him the time

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

But he won't win the big one. They might give him a U.S. title run. That's about it

[@JokerThaToker]

10:06 this is my favorite Eli Drake promo ever. lol

[@PohTrain]

Eli Drake He can smoosh you like a cake And that's not a hot take

[@TurntUpTurtles]

Watching this the morning after the promo he did honoring Bray Wyatt and it is interesting to see how far he's come. I think his best showing has been in the WWE believe it or not; they seem to actually see the most in him.

[@Markyd123]

I think it helps that he looks and acts like a star. With their budget and production they have the ability to really elevate him.

[@InfectedElite]

Not sure who wins rumble 2024, but i think Mania 40 would be fantastic if Cody beats Roman for the title, and LA Knight defeats whomever for the World title. Give us 2 fresh champions and a "reboot" for WWE. Something that hasnt been done for ages.

[@packedentertainment2866]

I think his best showing was Impact. But you do you lol

[@Snowybc]

@@packedentertainment2866bro WHAT?!?

[@mimoe7587]

@@packedentertainment2866 Agreed, Impact took him in when he had nothing and played to his strengths and helped build his name, brand and career. Plus he was able to go all out. I miss him being able to call people Dummies Yeahhh, but you know that would violate the WWE Bully campaign.

[@markula_4040]

I haven't seen any Scott Steiner match in almost the last decade. He seriously looks like Superstar Billy Graham here with the bald head.

[@jetstreamshun1738]

WWE not pushing is definitely not an age thing since Damian Priest is the same age as him and he won MITB and even someone like Finn Balor who is older got a world title program. I think someone in power just doesnt like Knight and wants hype around the guy to die out.

[@jasontodd1896]

Exactly

[@manen.1350]

He just beat Finn Balor and headlined, as well as gave a big promo at Bray Wyatt's tribute show. It looks like it's more of a slow burn with his push

[@jetstreamshun1738]

@@manen.1350 I sure hope so since there were rumors about him getting a push after every single PLE this year lol

[@slashandbones13]

While I certainly wish it was happening faster, he has been progressing as a bigger and bigger deal after Money in the Bank.

[@reddragon0624]

If that was true they wouldn’t be giving him so much TV time and wins

[@SaulTPokit]

Shoes of a champion - always makes me laugh that one

[@James.Gatsby]

Shoes of a champion. looking forward to LA Knight in NXT video.

[@pureo_nikku]

The Eli Drake TNA video was the first I saw of yours, maybe a month ago. Really happy to see this one too

[@mjdf122]

Thanks Markyd123 I appreciate you I would like to see more of the Hawk watches NWA/TNA as well as Ring of the Hawk Was It Good Or Bad

[@mjdf122]

I miss Sonny Siaki and I’ll never miss Slapnuts

[@Markyd123]

We all miss sonny siaki

[@mjdf122]

@@Markyd123 you’re the man pin me and pay me it’s time to do the Job

[@jasontodd1896]

La knight needs to use the celtic cross finisher instead of the snapmare driver he uses now. He needs a new finisher

[@RatzCarnatz]

Yea all his signature moves suck

[@wadeherrin6346]

Wish he’d bring back the sky lord slam, never saw anything like that before

[@Thor-Orion]

0:25 well retrospect has proven that to be the correct decision.

[@DeadKoby]

NWA had a way of the newest talent taking awhile to get their stride. Virtually ANYONE new to the company took several L's before beginning the climb. The whole lockdown kept much of the NWA talents out of work........ Eli, Zicky, Thunder Rosa, James Storm, Ricky Starks and Royce Issacs moved on to other companies.... Eli did feel like the "sidekick" rather than the main character. I'll grant you that one. The roster was pretty small at the time.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

He was in tag teams with James Storm. they were doing pretty good.

[@unusedsub3003]

NWA is depressing af. They should merge with Impact again or something. If the NWA was the Imoact title it would be more importance.

[@KillerAri]

Nah man Tyrus/Brodus Clay is bringing prestige back to that title!

[@ryanrichardson76]

What a depressing company.

[@The80sWolf_]

When I watched NWA powerrr, Aldis and Kamille quickly became my favorites, also Question mark, and Ricky Starks, Had never seen them before Nwa.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Even though Morton looks like my 67 year old mother from the neck up , HE CAN STILL FN GO !!!

[@michaelsinger4638]

Gotta say, Kamille looks like a badass. She at least doesn’t look out of place with the guys. But yeah NWA dropped the ball on quite a few people.

[@Markyd123]

I think she’s left now but I may be wrong

[@slashandbones13]

I stopped watching NWA about three months ago but according to cagematch, she is still there. She is on 811 days of a title reign.

[@ShockerTopper]

LOL the ad was for directv and saying dolphins can see in two direction but the guy couldn’t. They should put fish face from the Dark Little Mermaid (splice sequel). Because her eyes are a foot apart so she actually can see in 2 different directions. Hailey Bailey can be referred to as “fish face”, “gap eyes” or “questionably on the spectrum” haha

[@sharmat1611]

The hell are you talking about

[@1169218923]

One of the similarities between him and Ric Flair is that when Ric does a promo, when he disagrees with something he says “Na Na!” which LA uses also. Doesn’t bother me regardless. I don’t see him trying to be Austin, Rock or Flair.

[@javondrake3660]

Rip Bray Wyatt. 2014 was when i was peak into wrestling and man was the wyatt family something growing up

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

Once The Shield vs Wyatt Family match happened, both teams became legends

[@smoothpoon86]

“Takin all those carolies”

[@faustinoc948]

Do a video on the NWA Question Mark!

[@Markworth]

The kiss ass gimmick can totally work for a guy who EVENTUALLY becomes world champ, but that's a really slow burner that needs way more TV time to pull off. Try to imagine someone doing that to get a title shot against Ric Flair when the Four Horsemen were actually a thing. That would be a 1+ year build.

[@dorianthemenace]

I agree, it would be that secretly the whole time he's a heal who played the ass kissing face. A long game of chess basically that this man planned this out months to year in advance and now he has the title. No telling what he planned when he was only hoping to win it

[@TheMC1102]

I hope you'll have a good time at Wembley tommorow.

[@Markyd123]

Me too

[@The80sWolf_]

​@@Markyd123can you honor Sweden by making a Frank Andersson video? 🥺

[@digitalmarketinghumans]

Woah, Mr. Anderson/Kennedy and Eli Drake/La Knight under the same roof!?

[@suiken3149]

Too bad Kennedy was washed up at this point

[@valenciasainz]

He's about to win the US championship at SummerSlam by defeating C Logan Paul. Never Give Up.

[@OneManCast]

Lel Eli Drake sounded like Jake Roberts in that promo. XD

[@Dr_1212]

I saw his Shoes of a champ promo 😆

[@PERCYHARRIS-gn5yb]

Nick Aldis, the ,blue suited guy at 4:17 is the WWE SmackDown GM, as of 10/10/23.

[@RS-er7hd]

Oh I can see the Flair comparison immediately. Loudest man in the arena with nothing much to say. Eventually people will stand in line for hours just to see him get his ass kicked, just like flair and Rock

[@edwells4769]

Flair boned your mum eh?

[@chikowashere]

I miss when Power was good. It was great for wrestling. Great old school look and presentation that even the Rock praised, great up and coming star, great theme song. And then the pandemic hit, and it fell off a cliff when Billy Corgan started booking like drunk Vince Russo.

[@Doyoulike4]

That early run of power was really something special, looking at the roster they had, the retro 70s/80s Mid-Atlantic TV taping vibes, love him or hate him Cornette on commentary brought something to the table, it wasn't necessarily the best or most mainstream wrestling product but it was really entertaining for a few months there. Ricky Starks and Eli Drake/LA Knight imo both showed some of the first signs they'd be big in AEW/WWE respectively during that NWA run.

[@dangerousdays2052]

Cornette was terrible. Stu Bennet and Joe Gally had an excellent face/heel thing going on that really brought he product to life. Now commentary is back to being boring again.

[@Peekaboo6969]

cornete was trash and nwa proved how ass old school wrestling is ,😂😂😂😂go eat your vitamins hulkerster

[@TerryB01]

Wow it sounds like the NWA treated him worse than TNA.

[@TheMC1102]

It appears that Billy Corgan's NWA was full of bird turd even before they put the world title on Tyrus.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Honestly Kamille is the best part of it right now.

[@hiddensword9387]

I like Tyrus, he's a big guy who can cause some damage, just his presence is interesting too watch.

[@nachopena7563]

​​@@hiddensword9387He's not intimidating. He's big because he's fat, not because he works a lot at the gym. He sure spends most time sat while he is writing his shitty jokes for his show at FOW News.

[@greenman5229]

idk How I feel about a bald Scott Steiner. Is every old wrestler bald now?

[@Markyd123]

That’s what the roids can do unfortunately

[@HulkVahkiin]

Love how he also couldn't hold his laughter as he described LA Knight/Eli Drake calling his jacket the 'shoes of a champion'

[@seanchan4478]

Sting was 40 at the end of wcw, la knight can be the guy for a good 5 year run. IF they use him wisely. Don't put the man in ladder matches, treat him as a main eventer who doesn't compete every week, but keep him in the spotlight with his incredible mic skills

[@SteveReaves]

NWA POWERRR looks like they're trying to make the show a carbon copy of the old World Championship Wrestling show.

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

I want to see Mr Anderson in 2023. I will never stop enjoying him

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

"drunk" Eli Drake is amazing. Did I just say shoes of a champion yeah! Lol

[@harryd9782]

I like this promo setting...it reminds of the old Memphis Wrestling set in the days of Lance Russell, Eddie Gilbert and Jerry Lawler et al. Jim Cornette was there in Memphis back in the day too so I wonder if the set was his idea.

[@twilliamspro]

That tag title loss was meant to be Vs Sandow & ? (Jocephus) who sadly Died before the match

[@nikolakrastev8880]

Dude became James Hetfield

[@scottfitzgerald5309]

Terry funk wcw run in 2000 for Ring of the hawk

[@rondoughhowell6442]

So this Smashing Pumpkin guy is more worst with wrestling strategy than Tony Kahn

[@The80sWolf_]

Most seems to be bad in NWA, then they leave and become better. (I miss Josephus/Question mark Rip)

[@exdeus5940]

It you look at that gif of la knight saying “yeah” multiple times, his eyes are bugging out, the same way after flair says “woo” many times in a row. They both have that same crazy look on their face.

[@xddddddddddd4646]

Loved the aew videos hope to see more!

[@whyphy2213]

I find it hypocritical that Billy Corgan criticizes IMPACT for not pushing Eli Drake/LA Knight but he did the samething. LA only won the Tag Titles and Impact made him win the World Championship, Tag Titles and King of the Mountain championship

[@Markyd123]

Yup I’d say his tna run was better than this

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Ia knight knows he's a star that's why he don't want to be in there

[@tajunoor1311]

The Shoes of a champion promo was the best🎉

[@storysnob1022]

When he was in a feud with Bray Wyatt in WWE, he cut a promo calling out Bray to come get “stomped out! YEAH!” and he DEFINITELY channeled Flair for that one.

[@kidwaryodproduction]

7:30 "And The T-Shirt Are Too Tight Too Billy"

[@Almighty_S]

didnt even know Wade was a commentator at nwa lol

[@chrisklark4879]

"you see my wife.... shoes of a champion" 😁

[@Venemofthe888]

Hey i havent commented all the time as of late since ive been very tired recently over work and working through some pain at the moment. I really do like some of your takes on the wrestling world and thank you for doing a video on Vito a little while back. I dont have the cash to pay on patron but i have a suggestion for another ring of the hawk and thats Armando Alejandro Estrada who between Raw, Smackdown and ECW had 17 or so matches and i think it could be interesting to see. Anyways just a suggestion :)

[@slightlygone]

“These pants I’m wearing, shoes of a champion!”

[@Fullvinyl]

:53 I was at that event, Best in the World 2019. I marked out when "E! LI! DRAKE!" played over the PA.

[@orca1361]

I'm just happy to see Anderson again

[@vonVile]

In Impact Eli Drake won the Impact and Tag Titles with Scott Steiner, yet you claim he was misused. Do his NWA Championship Wrestling From Hollywood run as Shawn Ricker where he had Percy (Paul Bearer) Pringle as his manager.

[@Markyd123]

He was misused he won a vacant belt and only once.

[@jerryspringer3343]

Now I really see why wwe makes there interviewers drop down a little

[@braddockakalatis2]

RIP Bob Barker.

[@zo851]

I got some new goals! What’s that sound like, gold!? YEAH!

[@jacknero9937]

I thought NWA directly requested that you don't cover their content. Did anything change between you and them?

[@1roundleft821]

Maybe Knight should use the Blockbuster as his finisher. He hit a nice one around 16:28. Add some Buff Bagwell to his repertoire.

[@jetman80pops]

Tired of the whole age thing with him. He's younger then Miz and AJ.

[@ofclown9458]

ive heard the ric flair one only in a comment section of one of his wwe promos, he starts gettin all loud and its kinda flair like

[@chrisjay1196]

Bro… no more ken Anderson 🤣🤣

[@glenncross4987]

Was it any good? Husky Harris in wwe

[@alphajorge4642]

I would call James Storm and Eli Drake tag team name: "Beer Dummies" YEAH!

[@SheltonHull]

Was that Jocephus? Could you please do a video about the late great Question Mark in NWA? PLEASE?

[@actionjackson4982]

"Amd then Scott Steiner randomly shows up with an NWA Tag Title belt." 😂😂😂

[@ManeeVaughn]

Billy Corgan said that both Eli Drake and Ken Anderson were set to win the 10 pounds of gold at some point. Then the Pandemic happened.

[@dylanbryant3547]

He faced mr kennedy in nwa

[@whyphy2213]

Did Markyd make a MJF in MLW video? If he didn’t than he should make that video

[@Markyd123]

Yea did that already

[@whyphy2213]

@@Markyd123thanks for commenting

[@steviejones9053]

Random question MarkyD but do you do voice overs for a channel called Turd Towns? 😂

[@narem1092]

Come on Shoes of a Champion is great. My standards are low I know.

[@Markyd123]

I loved it

[@ulipeterson6112]

To many dummies in the NWA. Yeah!

[@mitchcolburn1216]

LA Knight has more charisma in his pinky finger than the entirety of the current WWE main event scene COMBINED have in their entire bodies.

[@californiathuglife]

Nope. Not more than Roman Reigns

[@mitchcolburn1216]

@@californiathuglife OH yeah, WAY more than Roman Reigns. Though to be fair, a dried up dog turd has more charisma than Roman Reigns.

[@forgottenmma3694]

Wrong. He also has more Charisma than 95% of the lockerroom for the past 10+ years

[@forgottenmma3694]

@@californiathuglifelol Roman can’t even cut a promo. His character is only stoic because sadly he can’t talk

[@mitchcolburn1216]

@@forgottenmma3694 Exactly my guy. Roman is the absolute drizzling shits.

[@dacobylaw4721]

Mr. Kennedy and LA Knight is a match made in heaven/hell. On a side note when LA Knight faced AJ Styles in a match at Wrestlemania 40 when I heard him scream after AJ Styles wrapped his leg around the post I said to my mom that he kinda sounded like Ric Flair

[@paulcarpenter7844]

I swear to God if this was the 80s or 90$L a night and Ken Anderson could have been a tag team

[@brandonwalker2140]

These right here shoes of a champion, this jacket shoes of a champion

[@ericmonaco4509]

"Wait did i say shoes of a Champion? HAHAHAHAAAA YEEEEAAAAAHHH!!!"

[@Luke-zz2zz]

What is the name of the song that plays in the background during the beginning of the video.

[@Markyd123]

Flying to Graceland flying Elvia theme