The Most Viral Sneaker Memes | The Complex Sneakers Podcast

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week, they reminisce on viral sneaker moments, trends, and memes from "What Are Those?" to the Chef Currys and Air Monarchs. The co-hosts break down moments like the "Damn Daniel" Vine video and John Geiger's infamous 'Red October' Nike Air Yeezy 2 stunt, feeling out how they've aged years later. Also, Brendan is forced to pick between Tom Sachs and Tinker Hatfield, and Welty (kinda) gets a shoutout from Jack Harlow.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Start of show
5:00 - The hosts get new desks
10:00 - The hosts talk All-Star weekend
15:00 - Brendan, bunk beds, Tinker Hatfield and Tom Sachs
20:00 - Brendan talks the Terminator
25:00 - Dunk contest talk
30:00 - Red Octobers underwater 8 sneaker moment
40:00 - Damn Daniel vine video
50:00 - Sneaker Shopping viral sneaker memes
1:00:00 - Joe Budden sneaker moment
1:06:00 - End of show
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[@Complex]

What's the best sneaker meme of all time?

[@lehijordan]

Damn Daniel

[@Mrchrishenri]

Fat joe wearing the Yeezy boots 👢

[@JoshKoshBGosh1]

NT Denim.

[@chrisboots5768]

The black af1 activity meme was great

[@senorchewie]

Welty dad shoe

[@liampaschen4328]

i love the structure when talking about sneaker news and stuff but i think the success of the podcast comes from the camp conversations and the giggling fits that show this genuine chemistry. keep it up!!

[@Mrchrishenri]

Matt Welty is the get off my lawn guy for sure !!!!

[@zackaryrobinson4124]

Can’t forget the Dennis Rodman opening the yeezy boxes 💀💀

[@juanfredo4812]

This episode just let us know that Welty hates every sneaker related meme after 2010 lmaooo

[@Sneakahead555]

I would literally still watch an hour of you guys just to tell stories non sneaker related Nice question, I'd have to say Do The Right Thing & Back to the Future Such an interesting episode ! Such an era Another amazing episode !

[@jakob3812]

This and FSR always makes my week. Much Love from Germany

[@BookerT69]

The Sneak Diss Sneakers Podcast and this are my favorite shoe pods

[@maxheadroom1207]

The guy buying the tiffany dunk dressed in all diamond supply was a legendary meme.

[@213GONZALEZ1]

Ahhh yes! I was thinking about Tiffany kid too! Surprised he didn’t get a mention 🤣🤣

[@christopherbrown9573]

Another one of my favorite viral moments is when Complex retweets the video of the guy trading like $1200 of shoes for the Zebra 350s, and they just keep restocking. Gets me every time! 😂

[@chriskarras2418]

Thank you! I needed this today lol

[@cybertron50]

My brother 🙏

[@michaelcarrig627]

Welty is in a mood this episode. He is a literalist. Also it’s funny that the 750s came out in triple black.

[@flickmybic5940]

Dunne slowly but surely turning into a hedgehog with that flow

[@craigpeel6653]

Big Fan from Cape Town, much appreciation for the show.

[@lefroyverghese4950]

Love waking up to this every Saturday morning in Sydney.

[@kyleelliott512]

Welty is my fav but him hating all these meme's was the best.

[@Thesolebroker]

2:05 Joe that had a nice ring to it... lololol

[@HeatLedgerKicks]

This was exactly what I needed after a long work week

[@7lilao]

Always looking forward to the friday morning episodes

[@vinmel4]

Fav show

[@doinklin9889]

Damn Welty long night superintending? Next time have a redbull beforehand.

[@s.marques3534]

Love this show !!!!!!!

[@BookerT69]

Them Packer 992’s are so nice

[@AlbertoGonzalez-kw5rd]

Love y’all. Y’all are great

[@Lilcali99]

They used “what are those” on Black Panther! ❤️❤️❤️

[@kushsauce1406]

Great ep

[@eaglesheat1926]

ISS used to sell shoes also. I knew about them before flight club when it came to looking to buy older shoes I missed. They had everything on the website nike wise

[@victordeleonjr1723]

I can’t unsee weltys mustache hanging over his upper lip 😭 I just stare at it

[@omarmac1]

Desks are fire 🔥

[@Instyleshoes]

Like Button Smashed. Nice desks! Also....appreciate the mention. Keep it up fellas, the energy was great on this one....yes even Matt 😂

[@juanparedes328]

Sean Weatherspoon Supreme 5 paint dip had Twitter in a frenzy

[@crimnvL]

my fav podcast

[@thePuma09]

Bunk bed conversation was cracking me up. Favorite sneaker moment in a movie has to be Forrest Gump with the Nike Cortez

[@dubras1]

Love the desks

[@gfeast4518]

Soulja wearing fakes, light up shoes, and saying “do y’all like Jordan’s” in the edited high pitched funny voice

[@SCHUHBACCA]

I used to watch Home Improvement and Macgyver. They always had some Jordan 6s on during the 91-92 episodes. And also (i could be wrong about this but) i remember Dean Cain wearing some AJ6 black infrareds with a regular light blue jeans in an episode of that Superman Clark & Louis Show.

[@Thesolebroker]

@11:24 I love when Brendan corrects Joe. It's so funny lmaooo

[@glitterrhythms7908]

A funny movie sneaker moment: Dave Chapelle in Robin Hood Pumping his shoes up before they fight.

[@bigrob7623]

Did you say Abe Lincoln?

[@thefrog6]

welty has turned into the guy that calls the cops on skaters

[@diegogomez6166]

love the desks

[@dbsuper2928]

Sidebar we need pusha on FSR

[@muhdmahathir4158]

The intro is awesomee

[@HoonAgain]

No guests weeks with just the boys. It’s easily your best episodes. Coffee table book on sneakers in tv/movie coming to a Barnes & Noble store soon. Question: What forgotten shoe in it’s time (from each decade since ‘80) is the most important today and why??

[@Dontbemad1]

Love the dunk highs I wear the lows all the time

[@LouieUPS]

I love the new desk

[@sagargandesha9728]

Love Welty’s bodega joints

[@Boochy_AK8095]

These nerds better start wearing some Polo 🐎

[@ighusein]

a little tense this episode

[@nextnash14]

Brendan doesn’t want bunk beds he wants a double bed.

[@cybertron50]

Notification squad, we here 🙏🙏😂😂

[@Nick_Nicolleti]

I went to Woodward for inline skating and loved it

[@mikelarry4912]

I like this podcast 👍

[@Thesolebroker]

@4:45 lmaoooo

[@kevinraley1]

Man, I like the new desktop. We can see your footwear nicely.

[@wasafu]

Waiting for that Brendan book! 👀

[@favourasuk3428]

i still think those vans are green😂

[@patrickhowlett2022]

Welty is grumpy today!

[@lehijordan]

Their are two podcasts I wait for all week…this podcast and TheAuthenticEra on Tuesday nights. Check ‘em out!

[@edigonzalez8791]

He was in Chicago to film with DeRozan! 🔥

[@elow234555]

Always great- only problem is sometimes just the sheer amount of how many times Brendan will interrupt someone talking. It’s a conversation and that’s gonna happen which is understandable but after a certain point it’s just too much

[@scaryh4rry]

they definitely all interrupt each other bc it’s a conversation. does brendan interrupting stick out more because he’s apologizing about interrupting all the time?

[@elow234555]

@@scaryh4rry 100% everyone does it- I do it sometimes Irl too !! But Brendan just does it a lot and it seems like it can be nonstop at times. Mayhaps it’s also an interruption that isn’t necessary at all- like the things he’s saying adds nothing to what’s already being said

[@Lilcali99]

Likes are free people. Show the love. ❤️❤️❤️

[@myles4947]

Jokes how Welty acts like he can't be arsed to get involved with meme talk, to only get wound up when he mentions one which Joe and Brendan don't click onto right away.

[@yanethnunezbedoya4786]

I agree with Joe on the dirty royals but my bred 1s are BEAT!!

[@user-gm1qv9pz7u]

ALL shoes look better beat

[@StephenMangiulli]

LOL Most of yall aint Welty. Aint that the truth!

[@bobbyb69]

Yay! No guest episode. My favorite..

[@omarmac1]

No mention of crying Jordan ? 😭

[@jackpot5115]

Hi Matt

[@jakegetscake4672]

Welty doesn’t deal with any bullshit he’ll cut it of real fast

[@TheCNSR]

What size was that Cowboy 95? 👀

[@goldmeer5364]

People from Europe want to enter the sneaker give away too guys!! Lets make it happen

[@opticalzoom]

The Vans looked blue to me

[@sprcrzy110]

Welty brings the energy down. He sits there with his arms crossed the entire show. He looks like he doesn't want to be there.

[@990v6]

this needs to be addressed by them internally because visually its even more obvious than just the audio

[@andrewshively6475]

You forgot the khaled sitting court side with a pillow for his LV Air forces

[@littleabin1]

The old desks look SO SMALL NOW

[@Munchy2000]

Now I know why Joe loves his AM95s, he has Bella on his mind.

[@georgecallacna621]

Meme: Trophy Room 1s - Marcus Jordan

[@zorglublint285]

It's great that eBay started doing their authenticity program. Heard about it here first. Found some really cool pairs of AM1's on there for great prices. And recently bought a pair of Wotherspoon's that turned out to be fake so got refunded. I don't know if I would have been able to tell myself tbh.

[@JCqh6664]

supreme jordan 5 dipped in paint

[@kavanelli]

Drake peaking from behind the boxes probably the most used sneaker meme of the last few years

[@nikoenciso01]

My favorite sneaker gotta be the Jumanji joints Barkleys and what are those made in in Black Panther it's part culture now

[@jamestgreyiv]

Dunne told me to comment on the desks.

[@robw1236]

Get Ben Baller on FSR🔥

[@vinmel4]

❤️

[@liveforever5066]

Sole collector had a post of someone with the grinch kobes stomping on cool grey 11’s i need that pic.. cant find it

[@gfeast4518]

Homeboys gonna like get it

[@scaryh4rry]

welty lookin swole forreal

[@saidreyes9634]

This moment was pretty niche, but when Tyrone Gwen said that he would buy everyone on yeezy talk worldwide Facebook group a pair of yeezys if Trump was going to win the election. That still hunts him till this day

[@damongoldfoos8307]

Worst Take for Welty w/ She's all that?, Spicoli Vans?

[@xekbixsi]

Pretty sure Gerard is actually a Dutch guy who just lived in Ireland / UK for a long time.

[@quinnmadarang1632]

Dipping the Supreme 5s in red paint

[@macgwrvlog]

What upppp I’m commenting for the algorithm

[@christopherbrown9573]

Great topic and episode, but Welty killed JLP’s buzz when he started hating on Khaled. Left out moment: the Dior Jordans at the 2021 Inauguration. Politics aside, everyone was talking about that!

[@Phamousillday]

Y'all forgot Fat joe in the grocery paper bag yeezy boots

[@thapalemexican]

52:50 Joe is literally me every episode with Welty…

[@grimreaperrobbi6177]

5stars 💫💫💫💫💫

[@slim.shetty]

Welty's dandruff looking fine

[@FredQuijada]

I know y'all said the people don't want guests (I'm kinda one of them). But could you try to get in maybe unexpected people who don't quite fit into 'Sneaker Shopping' but could talk a ton about their heat (e.g., Jerry Seinfeld, John Mayer, Jerry Ferrara, etc)

[@adamneustaedter4666]

Welty up late last night clearing the walkway at his building?

[@doinklin9889]

lol

[@rainpunchlove]

WE LOVE NO GUEST 🗣

[@colinnoble1]

Two words AIR MONARCH. Also White Men Can’t Jump has to be on the sneaker movie list, nike hyper dunk colorway release even happened later too.