The Most Regrettable Air Jordan Retros | The Complex Sneakers Podcast

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week, they talk about the ups and downs of Air Jordan retros over the past three decades, from good pairs like the “Grape” Air Jordan 5s to forgettable pairs like the “Crimson” Air Jordan 3s. Also, Wetly relives some sneaker backdoor sagas from his Foot Locker days, Joe breaks down the SWAT tactic, and the group celebrates over a platter of glizzies.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - 10:00 - 50th cp celebration, Welty eats multiple glizzies, sneakers on feet
10:00 - 20:00 - Kith's new new balance, question of the week
20:00 - 30:00 - Retro Jordan talk starts
30:00 - 40:00 - Wolf Grey 5s, JLP talks Kid Cudi, 2013s top sneakers
40:00 - 50:00 - Guys talk Jordan 11 Gamma Blue, Jordan 9 Olive
50:00 - 1:00:00 - Footlocker talk with JLP and Welty
1:00:00 - 1:08:00 - JLP Tumblr famous, guys name 1 Air Jordan that's didn't age well
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[@Complex]

What's your favorite Air Jordan retro of all time?

[@thapalemexican]

1

[@paulmiddleton7134]

" Do the right thing " Jordan 4s

[@mohammedsaib3844]

3

[@puertoblack4605]

White Cement 3’s. I told my kids to make sure I have a orthopedic pair of white cement 3’s with Elephant print compression socks

[@cmn225]

Black Infrared 6s

[@TheCmarsh1124]

The best podcasts are the ones without guests. These 3 have awesome chemistry.

[@solebeat]

I swear this podcast is all nostalgia talk.. literary the early years of me getting into the whole sneaker game 🤙🏽

[@benschwartz7447]

Welty is becoming that guy that got into lifting later in-life and it’s his whole personality now.

[@TheOneGuyUKnow]

No Welty slander allowed

[@jasonnova8527]

@@TheOneGuyUKnow protect Welty at all costs

[@emafrnk]

@@jasonnova8527 with how big he’s getting its more likely that hes gonna be the one doing the protecting

[@on10toes]

Fr. Doesn’t work out for 35 years and all of a sudden becomes a guru of health 🤣 I’m glad he ate the glizzy tho, wasn’t a spoil sport about it.

[@rios0963]

It’s ego..

[@smsrepper1]

This is my favorite episode so far hearing about them 2006-12 era years brings back so many good memories

[@Sebastian.B.Iversen]

I can’t believe this, I worked at tennis for three years!!! I have watched and listened to every single episode of this podcast and it feels amazing hear you guys talk about a small sneaker store in Bergen that was my home, Thank you Wealthy!

[@chicagojoe12]

The DTRT 3s are THE shoe that got me into sneakers around 06 07 when I was 16 I saw Chris brown on the cover of DUB magazine wearing them with the matching hoodie and I thought my god what Jordan’s are those. Got em a few years later and still have em to this day

[@corduroypants1871]

I'm so happy y'all are posting more reference pictures 🙌🏿

[@Derek4k]

love weltys take on all things. he may be blunt, but he honest. matt dont go changing

[@11thWoods]

Man never tell Welty a secret!! LOL

[@Humaunnn]

Theres a 100 episodes i have never watched just because its not on KZbin please COMPLEX UPLOAD ALL THE LOST EPISODES

[@cmn225]

facts the audio episodes are dope too

[@jonathanchmelensky]

First Trinidad isn’t in the studio in FSR now Joe?! Thanks for keeping the ships of my sneaker content afloat Matt and Brendan!

[@kidcudi908]

Those LS color ways are legendary and put some respect on green bean 5s lol

[@nw6454]

I haven’t even made it 5 minutes into the video and Welty is geeking me 😂

[@jcbyia4325]

I loved this episode, 2012 was right when I started to get into sneakers. I remember wanting so many of the Jordans that came out in the early 2000s like the linen 10s, sand 4s, wheat 13s, and all the '06 5 colorways

[@Pastasash]

those Emerica Westgates were a great skate shoe, I back those up being on that best of 2013 list, runner toes on skate shoes were hot back then and worked really well!

[@mikem4314]

that was such an era

[@slash3503]

Good times man.

[@claudioayala9632]

Welcome to the glizzy podcast featuring sneakers

[@kyle4251]

Definitely the highlight of my Friday😂

[@PrideOfPittsburgh]

I do the swat technique still. Don't have triple white Air Forces, offer the all white Court Visions.

[@youngboy343]

I agree with Welty’s statement about IRL sneaker stores being a let down. Round two LA was the biggest let down for me smh

[@diegomorfin4949]

Best chapter ever!

[@johnrambo9940]

Great episode!

[@jeffdickinson32]

Another great episode, shout out from Australia

[@CZA27]

Take that vacation Welty.

[@990v6]

yeah whats up with that? hes also the super at his building. i dont know whats going on there...

[@aname206]

fire topic. went down a crazy memory lane lol

[@harrydeez7216]

I LIKE MATT'S NEW LOOK! MY DUDE!

[@SBJSJ]

Woahhh. Crazy how you brought up the Nike Ace 83. I've been hunting for all colorways of that shoe. One of my favorite Nike models.

[@Mani_G]

2010-2016 my favorite yrs for Jordan Retros

[@BookerT69]

When Joe rocks the Zoom Flight 95 Supreme they are freshhhh

[@d0ntchange]

Those Glizzies brought Welt God back to life…he’s was definitely podding this episode

[@jonzuntv]

the nostalgia fron 30:00 onward

[@icysolez23]

Y’all NEED to upload the Top 10 Sneakers of 2013 video!!! Ronnie, Clark, Russ Gary W (RIP🙏) etc… And man was it SPICY 🔥🔥🔥

[@donnyouttheway4091]

I’m so glad a lot of people don’t like those supreme flight 95s 👌🏾. I’m fasho about to cop next month and rock tf out of em. I love the bandana pattern. The black ones are the cleanest

[@marzelsimmons8708]

Oreo 5s were huge when they first came out to I still like em but you don't see em as much anymore

[@TWIZZTHEWHIZKID]

Jordan brand needs to go ahead & retro the DTRT 3's.

[@jveezy9153]

New fav show shout out to u guys

[@gloomymofo]

Fire Red 5 retro, fave of all time

[@nando5340]

Imagine this Welty interviewing MSCHF …..

[@lithoniatroy]

Joe has like the best voice ever

[@GoMii_YT]

Another Truest shout out!

[@Frankthecollextor]

Bro the J2ks are 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@matthewsalamante5395]

Welts cussin up a storm

[@DreamMaker_23]

I loved my dtrt 3, there are 🔥

[@cristianballadares4488]

Had the crimsons as well and they were honestly beaters 😂. Not the best shoe in colors but definitely still pretty good

[@edgarposada7732]

The pod has gotten so catty and I love it

[@BurgBoy7]

DTRT 3s are fire imo

[@dustinwhiles8428]

First jordan I bought was around 04-05 when the finish line was out of white on white AF1s so I grabbed the jordan 2 low white/metallic silver/ varsity maize 😂

[@hernandezmarkie7382]

I use to code 69 at least once a day between 2008 and 2012 amarillo tx me and the crew were Demons we got 16 pairs of concords and bought 8 of them two pairs each

[@thatomotloung1124]

the Welty and Joe tension gets thicker.

[@dgrant1007]

I remember closing our Dayton FinishLine cause a guy threatened to shoot someone in line for those 2013 Grape 5s.

[@Josernt2003]

Respect to Welty looking like a Glizzy Gobbler, JLP has some competition now🌭🌭🌭

[@gloomymofo]

What's your favorite issue-based shoe release (adidas using recycled fishing nets from ocean, Flyease, etc)?

[@jarvisbailey4694]

The gammas are fire they need to release again

[@tytompkins9065]

Glizzys are a nice touch

[@HLGMEntertainment]

I have heard the Chicago 1 is more of a 94 than a 85 and I have also heard they will not have the retro 85 slim sole which is very interesting but that’s Nike give an inch and they take a mile but I want two pairs 😆

[@pyxtrr]

Welty's 'hangry'

[@karisrichmond9219]

Shout out to the elite group of foot locker employees around the world. 2011 in Orlando, Fl was a great time.

[@kevincollins8620]

I have one of those Garfield glasses too

[@jeremymuir4332]

What would have been wrong with just offering an '85 high Chicago colour way? I don't understand why that idea needed to be adapted and altered at all. Jordan are overthinking this stuff. Good silhouette, good colour way, use good materials. Very simple.

[@christopherbrown9573]

I mistook Welty for the guy asking me for buck at the corner this morning.

[@BrOoKLyNFrEzH]

I actually got the owners of a mom and pop store to split the CDP for me. I bought the BC3s And BC4s As A Pack For $310

[@Trunksytube]

I wonder if Grant Hill or T Mac will be on the next FSR episode. Grant has a new book and Tmac is opening up his new league so they got stuff to promote and big impacts on sneaker culture

[@Trunksytube]

Called it

[@Bigyen510]

Jordan 6 retro with the Nike is 2019

[@pieceandsole]

Glizzy gang!

[@KhaiNYC]

Y'all could have added the Knicks Jordan 1 Highs to that 2013 list. It was a better release compared to that Chicago that came out that year

[@kontinuouskicks6543]

Welty eating a desk glizzy is crazy

[@josegurrola9021]

We need a dedicated tales from retail episode about Welty's and JLPs retail days

[@AlexHernandez-eb6pi]

10:15 AYYYY YOOOOOOO

[@wilsonthomas5291]

Does anyone remember the Nike sb tre ad? Best skate shoe of all time

[@MaxJulien2701]

I'll never forget, the first and only time I bought fakes. DTRT 3's when I was like 12 at a football tailgate 😂

[@Rizkic509]

Saw the dtrt 3s regret selling mine 😞...

[@DeLaKleve]

5:10 AYOOOOOO 😂

[@AsthmaX98]

All the retros they hated on were so big in my high school. Those gamma blues went crazy

[@delmarfrazier2727]

Yeah they crazy gammas are classic

[@hernandezmarkie7382]

I had the do the right thing 3s and every other ls that dropped I was pretty much buying the rarities and not what I like at the time and my plug from Chicago had the niketown plug man I was on

[@RobinXlone]

Bro it’s shoe sneakers not drugs. He not a plug

[@SoFreshNSerene]

@@RobinXlone it is tho a shoe plug wym? Do you even know what plug by itself means?

[@RobinXlone]

@@SoFreshNSerene yeah plug means he has something u cant get normally aka drugs. u can just buy sneakers online

[@harrydeez7216]

the crackle part of the shoe is what makes it so cool....what did you you want? another plain drop? it makes it special to me...its the story behind the sneakers for me now a days.

[@15MACattack]

It’s going to age poorly, when worn in over the years is the point

[@harrydeez7216]

@@15MACattack oh, i see. my bad. lol

[@garrickhuggins2272]

I had a pair of Ace 83's. Triple white. I hope I never see that shoe again.

[@Dolojit223]

2019 was first time wit nike air retro

[@lithoniatroy]

Yea doesn’t matter what city I’m in, big or small…gotta check out the sneaker stores…everybody I’m with is always so annoyed by it

[@dagwoodchat6350]

I can't believe you said the do the right thing 3's. Those were amazing..

[@IntrlScoe]

Speaking of cracking.. did anyone experience cracking with Infrared AM90s and squeaky AJ10's back in 2005

[@jackpot5115]

Welty is so funny

[@Shawn-kx7fx]

50 Glizzys Is Crazy

[@huddle0999]

Atmos 3’s solid solid shoe

[@doylesky]

what's wrong with the c notes?

[@jvsting531]

Tom Sachs drop off a pair of GPS at the complex Hq for Brendan 🙏🏼

[@wilsonthomas5291]

Do 6 is the best db by far

[@jonathanl9140]

i got my 3/20 CDP for $55 with the EA hahaah good times

[@FlyBrooRay79]

Missed opportunity for BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBOK BOYZ

[@quailbanks4483]

I met this petite girl at the mall she was wearing retro's 12🤩

[@ghost.hardware4931]

2006 Military 4's were hands down the worst quality Jordans I've ever purchased. Aside from the nail polish quality paint on the midsole, mine cleanly sole separated within 4-5 years of barely wearing them.

[@BookerT69]

Yeah they were pretty bad I hooped in them a couple times lol.

[@rubz_san8774]

Welty is definetly an acquired taste

[@QuachHoang13]

1:06:58 wholesome

[@corduroypants1871]

awe he's hangry. 😂

[@cmn225]

all non OG colorways are regrettable imo

[@Schwifty312]

The Neymar 5 was not great but the Neymar x Jordan Hypervenom cleats were amazing.

[@EC_IS_Here]

im with dunne.Put Nike air only on og and keep it seperate.

[@damiondethrow8716]

Those God awful Marvin the Martian 7’s didn’t age well but they sold like crazy down here in North Carolina

[@ScrubDusters]

Welty is so angry it just builds like the European he secretly is but is able to suppress but eventually will pop like a retro air bubble

[@ScrubDusters]

No one better take my mf comment hoes

[@lo53]

Do the right thing 3s an spizike are 🔥 the gammas were 🔥 the crimson 3s had to grow on me, i loved the black grapes the suede was terrible

[@MFSHECKS]

Welty is really confortable with glizzys around his hands