The depressing WWE run of TNA legend Eric Young!

Eric Young made his name in wresting in TNA. Over the year he worked his way up the card mostly playing comedy gimmicks. His hard work paid off and he eventually became a serious wrestler who was praised to his solid in ring work and promos. He eventually left TNA and signed with WWE following wrestlers such as Bobby Roode and EC3. It was like a TNA reunion. Just like Ec3 Eric found his time in WWE depressing and he fell out of love with wrestling. Whilst his time in NXT with his Sanity faction was good his time in the main roster saw him mostly doing the J.O.B!
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[@Messia1andONLY]

You can't convince me Vince didn’t hate the later TNA guys

[@michaelrivera8360]

Of course he did if he didn't create it he booked it wrong.Proof Sting,Scott Steiner,Goldberg(in his first run),Nash after he returned after being in WCW

[@Cooljohn760]

Facts he pretty much hated wrestlers from other companies coming into WWE. It all started when he bought WCW. He buried everyone except Goldberg.

[@Yodagamer1]

@@Cooljohn760 He buried goldberg eventually in his first run too.

[@MrHarry1139]

Lol Aj styles Chris Jericho Stone cold

[@mjl11]

But for some reason he loved AJ Styles

[@Rocket_Skates]

There’s just no coming back after losing a three on one handicap match to The Miz.

[@ryany6776]

exactly lol

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Eric said that he basically sat around for a couple of years and got paid

[@poovanna4284]

Bro was still happy to sit & get paid

[@packedentertainment2866]

⁠​⁠@@poovanna4284no he wasn’t. He has voiced on multiple occasions that he didn’t care if he was a jobber or a top star but all he wanted was to be used on the show & that Vince had failed his job as a boss & leader if he couldn’t find anything for EY to do at all.

[@owyn4799]

​@@packedentertainment2866EY could work anywhere up the card, from comedy to serious heel. Made no sense why he didn't do more.

[@therealSouljaMan]

Shiii sucks especially if you got talent to show , WWE just underutilized you but Triple H will let you shine now

[@dwightyboy5324]

​@@therealSouljaMan unless you're Cameron Grimes that is

[@Mahinskerrr]

Was so bad I forgot he ever went to WWE….

[@michaelrivera8360]

Yep me too Sanity might be the worst booked faction in WWE history(not conting NXT run of course)

[@TriViuM2k22]

​@@michaelrivera8360Retribution?

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@TriViuM2k22retribution just sucked booking wouldn’t have saved it

[@ahmadceasar5484]

The booking is why it sucked tho ​@@pleaseshutup7053

[@Tacocat-zt4vm]

Retribution was buried when wwe announced that they signed them to a contract

[@mesousagaby740]

Oh God, that handicap match was STRANGE with how they made Miz so overpowered. He really had plot armor since he was feuding with Shane McMahon at that time.

[@jordanmince7613]

yet kept loosing to shane 😂

[@NJ973201]

With the only thing of note in that feud being Greg Hamilton's introduction for Shane.

[@BoRaiChoWins]

Sanity had so much potential.

[@dylanbryant3547]

They did eric young dirty in wwe

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Eric deserved better, He paid his dues and didn't complain

[@megaflux7144]

much better..

[@flyguy7825]

100% agree Eric Young in my opinion is one of the top 10 best TNA superstars of all time dude did all he could for that company

[@andrewmarsjr9879]

He sucked Lol he was a joke in tna 😂😂😂😂

[@Ronald-hk6fk]

​@@andrewmarsjr9879not his fault he didn't have a famous DemoRAT mainstream cousin

[@megaflux7144]

@@andrewmarsjr9879 because he wasnt pushed constantly?

[@david-468]

Eric young is actually the main reason my 10 year old brain watched impact/tna, but I still find some of his matches very entertaining today so maybe I never changed lol

[@King4sshole89]

Ultimate Warrior in 1996 WWF AND 1998 WCW, unless I miscounted he has twelve televised matches between the two companies.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Good choice

[@darrinfromvault801]

Sanity was good for an NXT act and could've worked somewhere like Impact. But seeing him job that bad on the main roster unfortunately made sense in Vince's wwe. Without having a coaching position or something backstage he's better off in TNA. Someone I watched since like 2007 but didn't appreciate until 2015

[@Joecbg100]

i slept on him till they pushed him as their DB in 2014 and loved his manic turn against Kurt. Guy is great.

[@packedentertainment2866]

I honestly never cared about him during those times. Even when he was stealing legs & choking people with it. I just thought he’d always be a comedic wrestler. I didn’t really care about him in wwe either. But then he returned to TNA/Impact in 2019 & he completely sold me with that new “world class maniac” gimmick & his entrance music & the mask or helmet or whatever he was wearing during his entrance. Not to mention what he’d later do with Violent By Design which would become some of the most entertaining tna stuff in recent years. That’s when I knew that wwe made a mistake & that he is meant to be a huge star. I truly believe that he has one of the best promos in the business, he hasn’t been doing many promos since violent by design broke up but when he was doing them while part of that group I had chills & couldn’t believe that he was that damn good & intimidating too. Him, Bray & Malakai Black were the best promos of that year

[@mjdf122]

Eric Young the heart of Team Canada

[@anonluxor470]

WWE missed so many opportunities around this time

[@maksymwuyewb349]

And then Vince had an idea Retribution 😂

[@OrthwormJEB]

I'll never forget how he spoke his mind about his booking to Chris Van Vliet. All this man wanted to do was wrestle and he spent most of his time there sitting on his hands. I respect that in a wrestler when they care more about their job over a paycheck. And the fact that he quickly left WWE on his return once he heard Vince was back was a telling story on how much he disliked that man and wanted nothing to do with him. He killed it as the leader of Violent By Design and it shows how good he can play a heel leader if given a chance in WWE.

[@brandonpage7087]

Hellz yeah!!! I miss Violent By Design! The one big guy, in the group, whose name I forget, who got brain cancer. Anyone have any heath updates on him??

[@lukeultraskeletonboi7825]

@@brandonpage7087 No update, but apparently he's still alive

[@tayojones9460]

​@@brandonpage7087His name is Joe Doering.

[@Jajanken98]

Diamonds in the Rough: Elix Skipper, The Diamond Man and the master of the cab driver slam David Young

[@acehunter3229]

Don't forget Mikey Batts 🤣

[@kerv7711]

The Cab Driver slam! The Cab Driver Slam!!!

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

It would have been funny if Jeff Hardy had come out of the haze at 3:15 to complain about himself using his Swanton Bomb finishing manouevre, maaaaan.

[@jasperthecat5331]

I was thinking the same 😂😂

[@johnnydropkicks]

SAnitY still had one of the best entrance themes ever - including the Nikki Cross remixed version.

[@jackbaker2152]

Shawn Stasiak for ring of the hawk

[@NexusFantismo]

I remember him as Meat. I remember Meat quite fondly, actually. That boy Meat was hard to beat.

[@flashfunk0373]

@@NexusFantismopause

[@LarsOfTheMohicans]

@@NexusFantismo he was a big, Meaty man. Slapping Meat.

[@AnthonyFord-zc9fl]

I think there should be a new tag team on the internet. The Hawk &The Hawk Tuah Girl aka "The Tuah Hawks"

[@Joecbg100]

Beyond criminal. Sanity was a shell of it's former self and never had a chance before the old man killed the momentum or what was left. Glad EY is gone but i did enjoy playing as him and the rest in the games

[@marcsarfati3291]

Abyss is still with WWE, And doing a great job

[@wolfafe]

what?

[@NJ973201]

@@wolfafe He's a road agent (or a "Producer" as they want to call them)

[@wolfafe]

@@NJ973201 interesting. so he doesnt compete in ring, just back worker.

[@jjthecat9692]

​@wolfafe Abyss basically hammered his body so badly in TNA he can't do it anymore. I would however, love to see a Royal Rumble cameo with the Abyss character as a one off cheap pop.

[@chrisg3193]

When Eric was in NXT i was hyped to see him, then he got on the main roster and i was clinically depressed

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

WWE for ya.😑

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

They better not do that to Jade Cargill.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

They did that to mainly tna wrestlers. That's why i think many tna stars instead went to aew. Thankfully wwe treats aew wrestlers well

[@stuckintheinbetween]

Eric Young and Bobby Roode in WWE and Jay Lethal in AEW. TNA legends deserve better.

[@TheMC1102]

Could you also make a Ring of the Hawk video on Mike Bennett's WWE run?

[@johnpenguinthe3rd13]

Mike Bennett's time in WWE was the # 1 most brutal burial of a wrestler I have ever seen in my 30 + years of watching wrestling. They didn't just job him out, they HUMILIATED him in the worse ways possible (having his wife, Maria, bury the living crap out of him on the mic. And he never had much of a comeback, they pretty much just kept jobbing him while humiliating him). Huge difference between that and his TNA run (he was known as "The Miracle" Mike Bennett in TNA, had a run with the X-Division title and was used very well, even competing for the TNA world title, while his wife honored him by calling him the miracle. Complete opposite of his brutal and humiliating WWE run). Anyway, I would love a Ring of the Hawk episode on Mike Bennett.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

​@@johnpenguinthe3rd13man i had forgotten about it. I remember during this time tna stars went to wwe like lashley,morrison,bennet but the way some of them were buried led to tna stars going to aew like brian cage,lax,lucha brothers. Thankfully wwe doesn't do it now

[@Ellisite]

This one's actually bumming me out. Sanity had greatness in them that WWE intentionally let fall apart.

[@xddddddddddd4646]

Thx for another forgotten gem, hawk

[@FaizalKuntz]

From Eric Young to Eric Old.

[@robertjones9595]

I feel like a lot of the TNA wrestlers except for AJ styles, Samoa Joe, LA Knight and Bobby Roode had big egos in wwe they thought that just because they were big stars in TNA they should be big stars in WWE

[@dwightyboy5324]

I can definitely see it, Low Ki is a big example of this. I like Eric Young, but I do find it a little hard to believe he chose not to come back to WWE once Vince was briefly back in charge for moral reasons. If Vince made him a bigger star I don't think he'd care all that much about his situation. I think he knew Vince wasn't gonna care about him and that's why he really walked away

[@jasonnapier2942]

They buried Eric Young bc of the Shark Boy gimmick.. He deserved so much better...

[@joshuatinyboyutaker9716]

I remember watching that episode of smackdown where Eric answered the open challenge and the tag match loss and all I could think was “yeah they aren’t recovering from this.” Sure enough they didn’t.

[@daschwah]

Token reminder that he’s one of the few-if not the only-people on a WWE contract who stood on principle during the Vince blowback, and was willing to walk because he couldn’t handle having the guy’s name on his paychecks. Now that we’re in the Steph and Paul “let’s have all our lifers go out and peddle the ‘Two Vinces’ lie” Era, dude deserves his laurels for speaking out then, and continuing to speak out now.

[@beastmode_576]

Kung Funaki for Ring of the Hawk!

[@Cooljohn760]

He had good potential in NXT but was buried quickly after that.

[@King4sshole89]

The Vince Effect

[@bryanturnersvhsrehab]

Great job bro!

[@Markyd123]

Thanks Bryan hope all is good with your channel bro

[@calmcmeekin3491]

I'll always respect EY because as soon as Vince returned he just said "nope" and peaced the hell out of there

[@TheHitmanCoz]

Miz beating SAnitY was disrespectful

[@bowdenproductions]

I met EY back in 2016. He was such a fun guy to talk to. His shirts were all sports themed so we spent a bit talking about the Nashville Predators. Really nice guy.

[@scottfitzgerald5309]

Every time Eric young was in a tag match you just knew he would be taking the pin

[@daniellewolf3697]

EY Is TNA OG,I Love Him In Sanity,Glad He's Home Where He Belong

[@beards-N-boonies]

I dont know if Eric left way tooxlate or if he should have never left. I loved his character in the late 2000s early 2010s. Back when TNA was must watch tv, Eric was a great part of the show.

[@Jajanken98]

Now this one is a good one: ABYSS!!! But it is Joseph Parks 👀

[@jeste4187]

You g was so awesome. Young and storm were so underrated.

[@KegOfMeat]

The best thing he ever did in WWE was that first WarGames Match in NXT and from memory he barely did anything in the match.

[@Azzman2049]

I remember watching this and it just pissed me off how badly they buried sanity. They were amazing in nxt

[@Jajanken98]

Dusty Rhodes on ECW!!!!

[@mjl11]

Dusty Rhodes in TNA!!!

[@NexusFantismo]

Dusty Rhodes in XWF!

[@therealSouljaMan]

I low key felt like he had potential, didn’t know nothing about his TNA run just liked how he carried himself but Vince WWE just ain’t even let him shine

[@Bigbossman216]

Been waiting for this one hawk! I have a few recommendations if you are interested for ROH or was it good -deuce & domino wwe -steiner bros ecw -tygress wcw -British bulldog wcw

[@scottypittman1]

I wish that his main roster run was as good as his nxt run. He's one of my favorite parts of that Era of nxt.

[@Jajanken98]

Despite the Hawk's hatred for them, i like Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger Them on ECW for the Ring of the Hawk

[@Markyd123]

I’d rather not 😂

[@Jajanken98]

@@Markyd123 😢😢😢 Ok, so I expect Beyond Boring on Wcw Sir, or i'll smack you one (i love you)

[@EmpireGamingWynter]

I've trained with Eric Young twice. He's such a great, knowledgeable wrestler, its a shame how WWE treated him

[@jabbarmuhammad]

Eric Young had a terrible run in WWE he needs to stay in TNA

[@trilljosh7]

holy shit I totally forgot eric young was in WWE 😅

[@OwenMPerkinator]

Crazy to think that Kofi was losing back to back matches to Sanity and less than a year later was WWE Champion

[@PoeticProphetic]

Hidenreich!!! Ring of the hawk suggestion

[@harveylloyd4982]

I met him in kidderminster at an indie show recently, that says enough, really sound guy though 😊

[@provinggroundswrestling9039]

The amount of talent Vince Mcmahon wasted in the later 2010's and very early 2020's could make an insanely impressive roster

[@Darknova67]

S being a low rank keeps throwing me off

[@lbdjthethird1240]

Love the Ring Ka King callout with the Bollywood Boys.

[@movie-mandan]

Wade Barrett: "Nexus is the worst team burial of all time." Eric Young: "Hold my beer."

[@DoujinObserver]

Akira Maeda in WWF in 1984 for Ring of the Hawk

[@ringroyalty4947]

You can do Maxine's (the original one not Maxxine Duppri) in NXT she had around 23 matches there after NXT stopped being a game show and turned into a C show for wrestling.

[@firefly8718]

Eric young as an underdog & comedy babyface was the best version. He didn't realize he can't be a heel. That is why no one like him as a heel. He can't sell a ticket.

[@cameronlapage7386]

I actually saw Sanity at a house show in Dubuque prior to their main roster debut. They lost that match too.

[@3thirtyDr3amz]

This is at least 10 more matches then I remember main roster Sanity having lol

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

He actually made the WWE games as well. Well his first game appearance was TNA impact.

[@Just_BJ_]

Need Dijak Nxt run for ring of the hawk, that is a serious contender to win the Championship, many great matches there and yes it was lest than 30 Matches

[@mikefrost796]

Paul London and Billy Kidman as a Tag Team for ROTH

[@stefanm2731]

It was crazy how the Miz of all people was squashing the crazy heel stable in a 3-1 handicap match 😂😂😂

[@Lenoh]

3:42 I should be so much happier that Bryan Danielson is facing Eric Young. This would have sent my little mark heart aflutter back in 2014. Alas.

[@DonOptimusDamzy]

He deserves to be in the Wyatt 6

[@LilDiabloRob]

Loved His and ODB’s run in TNA. When he lost the beard and the mass, I think it went downhill. I don’t even wanna talk about his WWE run.

[@davidwalden309]

E.Y. was one of the reasons I was watching TNA there for a while. I actually miss seeing him come out in that Turkey suit every thanksgiving...I used to look forward to that. E.Y. and O.D.B. were great together. I had completely forgot E.Y. had even went to WWE. ...Ive never heard any of the older big name legends that came thru TNA ever say anything bad about E.Y. and his work, actually quite the opposite. At one time Nash was constantly singing praise over him....but on the same hand....it's not like WWE has never had extremely capable talent that they completely dropped the ball and continued to fumble until it killed any and all interest in them.

[@MasterOfViewership]

Dan the Dad on AEW Dark

[@thehater6189]

Ey is top ten all time tna for me. Probably top 5

[@wweminehead5458]

Commenting till we get RKK Scott Steiner for ROH

[@RGF91]

SAnitY was good in NXT and then they got called up and ruined

[@SNOWDUDE13]

Was about to post this exact comment. Man did I love Sanity

[@acehunter3229]

Loved SAnitY. But when Fulton got replaced by that Scottish one, that was the end for me

[@TheAlmightyJirenTheGray]

@@acehunter3229Dain was WAY better than Fulton. Better in-ring, more charisma, and the better finisher. I will admit that Fulton did look more in line with Young and Wolfe, but in no way was he better than Dain IMO.

[@XXV_Flea333]

We needs another Wes Brisco roh videos.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Marky make more ecw videos like Steiner brothers run, raven and Tommy dreamer feud. Also raven feud with sandman

[@shamir9655]

Elix Skipper or Flash Funk aka Too Cold Scorpio. Highly underrated talent.

[@NexusFantismo]

"It was because of you, HAWK HOGAN!"

[@gavinalaniz5376]

calling ec3 and bobby roode tna failures is a WILD statement

[@mjdf122]

Hello Markyd123 I have another great idea for a Ring of the Hawk episode ECW run of Bam Bam Bigelow

[@MrFoxxx47]

I could never take this dude seriously as a badass, no matter how many steroids he took lol.

[@goldenproductsions2953]

You should do ones on roman reigns in fcw(and his nxt run but it was only like 5 matches so maybe not) and seth rollin's nxt and fcw runs

[@user-ov1kr5mi4v]

How bad could it be built heroes of wrestling

[@user-qf5hj9ou8m]

Dudley boys final wwe run on Ring Of the Hawk

[@jurisfootrag]

There was absolutely no coming back after that handicap match with Miz smh

[@kerv7711]

The Gate Crasher : Curt Hawkins(Brian Myers) & Vance Archer(Lance Archer/Lance Hoyt) for Ring of the Hawk

[@johnburmeister9096]

I suspect Eric changed his mind about signing with WWE a second time because of miscommunication. He thought they wanted him to wrestle when they wanted him to be a producer. With all of the former TNA talent working the role already. Bobby Roode is even working with Hayes.

[@VERDICTInsanity]

It’s bad when your match is just there to be a part of someone else’s feud 😂

[@rfhextra]

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[@brandonpage7087]

Yeah, this was terrible!! I see what EY was talking about, when he brought up this WWE run, upon his return to TNA, in 2020!! He came back in 2020, & picked up another world title, & headlined bound for glory! He also went on to form one of the best heel stables, in recent TNA history, besides the System, VBD! He's now a well respected veteran & locker room leader, in TNA, & has been a great ambassador for the company, as well. He should definitely get in on this whole TNA/NXT partnership!

[@extremeking425]

No joke, I actually try to erase this run from my mind.

[@Lenoh]

Man, they really shouldn’t have fired Eric after all.

[@marvelsProtege]

10:54 This was the one where he said I'm done

[@goofynewzealander]

Hype bros!

[@Totesethan]

I completely agree with not getting over him being a comedy act. It’s like Santino going for the whc 😒

[@pibslemon9913]

Requesting a video for the 5 min white boy challenge

[@user-ov1kr5mi4v]

Sable for ring of the hawk

[@BrandanTheBroker]

Sir, you will NOT label Big Damo as a "big fat guy", he's just fluffy 😂