THE TNA WRESTLING SHOW THAT SOME CALL THE WORST OF ALL TIME!

[@josho5423]

"Robbie E is .. panicking. He starts to explain, he is scared of clowns. Robbie E *is* a clown." GOT EM!

[@danielsaxxxman2355]

ROASTED!

[@mlbalfour1977]

haha burn!

[@Nick_C1997]

Robbie E wasn't faking, it turns out he was genuinely terrified of clowns and TNA turned it into a storyline

[@jamesearlcash1758]

it must horrify him to see the clown he see's when he's looking in the mirror. lol

[@DUFFYISBACK]

@@jamesearlcash1758 hahaha

[@lucag.lisickza425]

@@jamesearlcash1758 lol

[@empty6004]

another instance of TNA turning a shoot into a work. i guess even the worst wrestlers aren’t safe from the worst storylines.

[@invertedname3099]

Robbie E is really talented too

[@landismithCOJ]

"Why couldn't they find him? He's literally huge. Just go look in catering."

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

🤣🤣

[@skorpiontamer]

Scott Steiner type beat

[@kimbob5]

Sam Shaw is quite the artist! Bet he’d get on well with Dexter Lumis.

[@trueSconox]

ge's a one trick pony. so he's boring ever after.

[@singerdude1992]

The current fans love EC3 and his run in Impact is fondly remembered by a large segment of wrestling fans. No one likes his current character, which is the drizzling sh**s

[@OnlineStandUp]

I Think his mercinary for a personal cause gimmick is catching on, especially in ROH with Jay Briscoe right now, but Impact isn't giving viewers the context needed, which turns people off his character most

[@Matlcore876]

I liked it when he and McIntyre had this anti WWE gimmick in evolve before they both went there...

[@singerdude1992]

@@Matlcore876 Unfortunately, that didn't carrying further than outside of EVOLVE

[@jinmochizuki]

CONTROL YOUR NARRATIVE

[@mezykin]

NWA is wasting EC3

[@TheChrisHype]

I was always a fan of Crazzy Steve. Then I discovered that he is legally blind, and now, I think he is one of the coolest people to wrestle today. He’s genuinely the pro wrestling Daredevil.

[@cypheraine17]

This was painful. DDP was one of my favorite WCW wrestlers of all time; he's just oozing with charisma and a great wrestler. To be called misused in the WWE is an understatement.

[@austinking4483]

Looking back at how bad TNA was during that time gives me severe PTSD and nightmares thanks Marky lol

[@jantorico]

Same, I remember how bad it was after aj and sting left the company

[@BernardGarcon]

Ah yes, Eddie Edwards looking normal before changing his ring gear to look like a dad dressing up in trendy clothes to try and relate to his son who's embarrassed by him

[@kaijones64]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@MoonlightStrider]

THANK YOU! I absolutely hate how he looks now, he looks less a wrestler and more some knacker they pulled off the streets.

[@theman13451]

This was the show that caused Dave Meltzer, Bryan Alvarez for F4WONLINE along with countless other podcasters to quit Impact. Oh and this is where Russo was writing the shows in secret and they were fitting 4 weeks worth of shows into 3 days of TV tapings.

[@luigibussatin4939]

normally

[@baldassodouniversoparalelo6972]

Russo wasn't writing the shows in 2014, he was a consultant. And fuck Alvarez and Meltzer, what did those clowns achieved in this business? The "Worst TNA show ever" certainly drew more viewers than AEW ever did.

[@theman13451]

@baldassodouniversoparalelo6972 meaning he had a hand in writing the shows. Also you're comparing 2014 numbers to 2024 numbers. You have to adjust differently. If wwe at this time 10 years ago was doing a 4.2 and now they are doing a 2.2, they are doing pretty well because of social media engagement. Just admit these shows were terrible

[@baldassodouniversoparalelo6972]

@@theman13451 He had not a hand in writing, he was a consultant, not a writer. And this is bullshit, since when 4.2 million in 2014 mean 2.2 million in 2024??? Based on what? Now 2+2=5 in 2024? You are inventing a new kind of math to justify your stupid opinion, fuck Alvarez and fuck Meltzer, AEW sucks and only has 800 thousand in a good day, TNA in 2014 had 1 million +, and that's a fact. The shows being "terrible" is your opinion, you don't like it, fair enough, my point is that this so called "terrible shows" outdrew the 5 star match bonanza and the "serious sport based wrestling" that uncle Dave and Bryan Alvarez have been advocating for years.

[@jeffreyriley8742]

I have lesbian angles on my computer almost every day.

[@lewisaino]

My fave Wrester is Riley Jean.

[@briangordon2955]

His daughters are pretty young dude, you might not want to advertise that you have that content...

[@jeffreyriley8742]

@@briangordon2955 Marky gets pretty salty in his videos. If he's showing young daughters this stuff, it's his fault.

[@dranzerjetli5126]

Okay tmi

[@Gulag00]

ok coomer

[@kevinramsey417]

"Who is this masked wrestler who sounds, looks and wrestles exactly like Jeff Hardy?" -- Casual Fans.

[@Spacewizzard090]

It's what Smackbag Jeff Hardy would book if he ever got his own federation

[@Sammy4549]

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck yet it's wearing a mask....

[@invertedname3099]

Could be anyone

[@darrengordon-hill]

Had Jeffry?

[@achimsinn7782]

Yeah, it would have been quite funny, if Jeff would have been backstage wearing glasses like Clark Kent.

[@obsessedfans]

Remember EC3 doing well with a friendship then fued angle with Rockstar Spud. Was quite entertaining. Turned Spud face. Their blow off match was on the Impact tour at Wembley. Hair vs Hair. Good match. Also I remember he had world title Matches against Angle and Drew Galloway. Would love to see EC3 vs MJF on aew at some point.

[@RC99_Productions]

I think that when EC3 became TNA World Heavyweight Champion, that's when he cemented himself as a recognisable and worthy face of TNA, and not yet another wrestler from WWE that TNA signed. EC3 was given a great heel run, a decent babyface run and title reigns. You said it best. He had all the tools. The look, the charisma, the wrestling ability. When people think of EC3, they automatically think back to his time in TNA where he beat guys like the Drew McIntyre, Matt Hardy, Kurt Angle, Lashley and Sting and dismiss his wasted WWE return. I believe that he HAS lived up to his potential. It's just a matter of companies not knowing what to do with him for half of the time. Plus, he should have never returned to WWE. EC3 looked MISERABLE during his return there (at least on the main roster).

[@wheremyshrimpsat6433]

6:55 Rebel is great, she's been killing it on AEW

[@jspears051n]

I thought that was her.

[@AutoCorrected]

The arenas weren’t empty. I went to there NYC tapings that summer they were packed but the problem was tan would shoot 3 impacts at once. So they had us sit through 5 hours of wrestling after a while people got tired. They had us there close to 1am and seeing the same wrestlers got old.

[@Markyd123]

That’s sounds horrendous it certainly takes the fun out of it. Where you allowed to drink at least?

[@theman13451]

these tapings were in May before the June tapings in NYC. Russo outted himself as writing the show in secret or being a consultant whatever you wanna call it in early June. Every insider knew Russo was back by at least February of 2014.

[@Hyperion520]

My city did a similar thing. Found out they were taping 2 weeks worth of Impact.

[@tafua_a]

8:47 Marky... Earl Hebner screamed at Triple H all the time in 2000. If Earl can scream at Triple H, then Brian can scream at EY.

[@Phrankster163]

WCW Nitro from September 25th 2000. This was the one where Vince Russo challenged Booker T for the WCW World Title in a cage match.

[@ryllo2886]

Bram was Charlotte Flair's husband. During their divorce proceedings, he was arrested in Florida for choking and holding his new girlfriend hostage.

[@DateTwoRelate]

Sorry, sounds like a work to me. Did they by chance have the hearing in the ring with a heel (Republican) judge throwing out all of the plaintiff's evidence?

[@brandonford5993]

When it comes to EC3, I never really got why he wasn't a bigger name. He was a two time world champ in TNA but it was just sloppy. He beat Kurt Angle to Win It, had it for about 3 months, then lost it to Matt Hardy, after Hardy pinned Galloway/ McIntyre. He had the title "legally" stripped from Hardy, won it back in a tournament for the second time, but lost it three days later to Matt Hardy In terms of people's reaction to him oh, I typically hear that he is "not a good wrestler" but I was watching him since he was Derrick Bateman on Old NXT. He is a great wrestler, his style just isn't for everyone. Like you said he would have made a killing in the old days. Early 2000s, 90s, 80s

[@kobashi5498]

I'm getting so nostalgic watching all your TNA content! Thanks for the hustle pumping these videos out.

[@thenotoriousroc3508]

Seriously, its appreciated for these very reasons^

[@vpaulino15]

My fav moment on this video was the slapnuts vs hawk pokemon battle

[@chriscraven9335]

"Apparently, they're best friends; because they're both British, and call each other 'mate' all the time..." 😂😂😂

[@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659]

This was around the time I dropped off from watching TNA because it had gotten so bad. I was a casual viewer up until then as bad as it was. Years later when I checked it out again, I couldn't believe how it looked like a barren house show, no crowd lighting or anything and a bunch of boring no name indy wrestlers.

[@TheHobgoblyn]

ECIII was actually doing super well up until he left NXT and premiered on the main WWE roster. But he was put up as a Babyface against Dean Ambrose/Jon Moxley before the crowd had bought into a heel gimmick for him. And being a spoiled rich kid gimmick being presented as a BabyFace doesn't help. After that he was reduced to just one more random guy who chased R Truth around to try to get the 24/7 belt. And then once the Pandemic hit, he was released-- but nothing he has done in in the last year really worked despite going through both AEW and RoH and others in that time.

[@achimsinn7782]

THis one is supersubjective to me, but the one episode where Eric Young had to win a bikini contest to stay on the company will always be the worst for me. A huge part of this is that awfull segment that went on for ages and was teased over and over throughout the episode but the one thing that made it even worse was that it was the last episode that was aired on TV for several years where I live. So untill they found a new TV station here in Germany (which was around when Bully Ray revealed himself as leader of aces and eights) the last thing I saw of TNA was Eric Young in Sponge Bob underwear winning a Bikini Contest against actual knockouts.

[@Markyd123]

I will have to give it a watch

[@dirbrody]

When the Menagerie segment was over I changed the channel & I never watched TNA again. True story…

[@TheJohno95]

Two Hawk videos in two days! You're spoiling us! This just made my weekend! You make these terrible episodes fun to watch! TNA should be paying you!

[@systemmonitor5295]

As someone who never watched a second of TNA... man. These videos are incredible. Thank you.

[@sweddieguerrero9823]

Was about to get mad about the “MLK alliance” joke til I thought about their names. Understandable, enjoy your day.

[@Markyd123]

It wasn’t a joke either people actually did refer to them as this for a bit brother!

[@totenblume7517]

MLK Alliance LOL

[@digitalstatictv]

Sheesh. I remember this episode. It's the last episode of Impact I ever watched. Even as a TNAMecca member.

[@philipjohnson9913]

I like the Wolves. After their stint in ROH, they tried out for WWE & they also had an offer from TNA

[@EhrisaiaOShannon]

I never really watched TNA after the early 00's, so these videos are priceless. Lmiao. 💜

[@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659]

Trust me, you didn't really miss much. The early years of TNA were the best even if it was hit or miss a lot of the time.

[@EhrisaiaOShannon]

@@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 From what I'm seeing with these videos? You are absolutely correct. Lol.

[@personalemail1632]

Im happy to see a Crazy Steve shoutout. He used to wrestle at our local indy and I used to see him at the gym that I worked out in regularly.

[@Venemofthe888]

sad to say i remember watching this episode not too long after i aired. It was rubbish and i really wanted my time back especially with Willow matches

[@piefish1000]

I seem to remember how MVP came to be in power, but can't remember how and why he turned into a heel.

[@UnlimitedProduction1]

EC3 was up there with Lashley, Roode, Aries and Drew Galloway as some of my favorite in TNA around that time

[@willcal7753]

Holy shit I can’t believe I used to watch 2014 TNA on a weekly basis.

[@Blannibal311]

I genuinely have no clue why EC3 didn't get over in WWE. He's not my favorite wrestler, he was fun from time to time in TNA but I never was huge on his matches, but he was a great promo and had a great look. If he was going to succeed anywhere it would have been WWE.....but he didn't. It's still strange to this day.

[@fitness65]

I stopped watching tna probably right after the aces and 8 storyline. But seeing this video makes me laugh because I didn't really miss a whole lot of stuff.

[@ShockerTopper]

You really think Madison Rayne looks looks a horse and isn’t hot? Wow guess I apparently have poor taste is women. I think she is super hot. As far as other female wrestlers I think are hot: Sasha Banks, Velvet Sky, Summer Rae, Bayley, Becky Lynch (although for some reason less so than before), Terri Runnels, Kelly Kelly, and Lita. So kind of all over the people. Honestly I think Charlotte Flair is okay, she looks kinda mannish and honestly looked better breast implants. I never thought Sable was hot during the attitude era, nor most of the females. I always had a thing for Terri Runnels, her and Lita were the hottest females during the attitude era and probably the only 2 I thought were.

[@prairiehawker]

Dear God make it stop....every guy that couldn't draw a dime is in this episode.

[@carybeweary7209]

Except Lashley

[@louis3141]

Shaw’s artwork was good. I bet he good draw a dime lol

[@prairiehawker]

@@carybeweary7209Lashley has never been allowed to develop character wise regardless of which promotion he was in I doubt he will ever be anything other than a Transitional champion. A year form now nobody is going to even remember his current short run as a champ.

[@BlayzeDeville]

I remember seeing that Zema Ion segment with the clowns in the ring and switching channels immediately, that was a huge let down. This era of TNA was unwatchable

[@Aj-wt1sv]

This show is much better than current WWE Raw show..

[@marcohavokkhaos]

Impact was still on Spike? Wow. Anderson loves dressing up as others, fake Sting, fake Storm & fake Angle. The best was when Kurt Angle dressed up as The Cowboy, and super kicked people in the bar lol

[@omegaz6166]

Wait a god damn minute.... Shaw has been sketching and drawing.... Since Impact...

[@Crushbra]

The wolves had their chance with WWE as they were on NXT for a match or 2 but Davie Richards didn't want to sign so Eddie Edwards followed him. Poor Eddie because Davey retired and he got stuck in TNA

[@theswimwalkkid3370]

so tna had two heel authority figure stables going on at the same time? i always thought all the dixieland stuff happened in 2014 and the mvp/beat down clan stuff happened when they switched networks the next year.

[@Markyd123]

This was kind of between those two periods.

[@ryanbailey4036]

yo i enjoy your videos dawg, where do you watch these episodes? cause i wanna watch the 08-14 era of TNA but it aint on their network.

[@andysawers6534]

Ec3 called out wwe on an impact show, he was always going to get the shovel treatment when he jumped ship.

[@daanyelgeorge7004]

I believe Bryan Alvarez blew a gasket watching this very episode of Impact, vowing to not watch Impact anymore afterwards (I'm sure I'm wrong, so someone can correct me).

[@Markyd123]

You’re right

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Haa! Just subbed then found this playlist, really like this series and i hope there are many more episodes to come. 😄👍

[@michaelsinger4638]

Bram, AKA Charlotte Flair’s second ex-husband.

[@RollysonMason]

SECOND???? That's bad news for Andrade.

[@johnpeters4396]

@@RollysonMason he is gone now as well

[@sleazypmartini3728]

Wow this is the soonest I’ve gotten an alert.

[@bell5082]

Ahhh yes, more TNA cringe. I live for this. Though you make it more bearable than actually watching it.

[@adamcadwell4560]

What is the song that plays throughout all the videos?

[@jakearmstrong6993]

I know you hate Robbie E but I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on him in his Robert Stone guise.

[@LesCritiquesduMaSQuE]

EC3 kinda lived up to his potential. He had a good run for a long while in Impact. It's just that when it came time to go to WWE his nose just got too big. Triple H was having none of it.

[@shockwaive]

16:30 Anderson really looked shocked at that "F" rating!

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

You know... I followed this era of Impact thanks to Live Audio Wrestling having a weekly podcast. John Pollock and Wai Ting got tired of it and passed it off to Brian Mann and Nate Mozaik, and I sort of became a semi-frequent commenter, following the antics as a result. There were decent things about TNA, but as a whole, it got pretty dire.

[@MixManiac120]

Its crazy Robbie E is Robert Stone in Nxt...also great Samuel Shaw is the same character as Dexter Lumis in Nxt

[@kasonromanowski8716]

This was right when I started watching wrestling and I remember this show, THIS was my introduction to Jeff Hardy

[@mickeytrue2658]

Why do I laugh hysterically everytime Marky says “smack you one”? It never gets old.

[@TheGreatDevlin]

This era of Impact is actually pretty good. Not long after this, they're suffering on a new network and relocated for some NY tapings. The guerilla style of interviews with cinematic intros makes it the most visually interesting product you weren't watching. EC3-Spud is great, the Revolution version of James Storm is a bastard of a heel, Lashley begins to form into his Walking Armageddon gimmick, and MVP is a hell of an antagonist. This is the period right behind that.

[@mezykin]

3:53 _Bram is so excited he looks like he's about to reach his climax_ and then it cuts to Bram's wide eyed gleeful face and i lost it completely 😂😂😂

[@valeriesexton-tell501]

I wish Hardy would bring back the " Willow" character. Could be awesome in WWE.

[@TheGreatDevlin]

It's been 15 years and I still hate Kenny King's character. I'm sure he's a great guy, but I always want to see him lose.

[@RollysonMason]

I know Ring of Honor isn't everyone's thing but his current heel character is pretty good. Beating up women and shit.

[@TheGreatDevlin]

@@RollysonMason I watched the 19th Anniversary Show yesterday. He's doing great work. Perfect heel.

[@EzraDair]

The classic background track is backkk ❤❤

[@onuoraawesome7777]

This was definitely one of the worst! No redeeming qualities whatsoever! 0.8/10.

[@thehorrorhound6575]

What do you mean Eddie edwards and Davey Richards weren’t in their prime in 2014 in TNA. They were 30 and 31 respectively lol. Thats in your prime. Most wrestlers agree that your peak prime is 35 and you slow down after. They weren’t even 35 yet.

[@zacharycarter9887]

Worse that the legends of wrestling ppv in 1997 when jake roberts stroked the snake

[@justinkongglang7080]

Bro I I love your one liners and slugs to people. I die laughing

[@gooberthoreau]

So much Hawk lately. I love it.

[@EmmettXIV]

If only Jeff Hardy was around at this time.

[@luckyjosh7]

Here are Bryan and Vinny with their dissection of this episode: Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKDSdJiKopmheMk Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHjLkmiahc9-abs

[@richevans609]

This is my favorite KZbin Channel.. I cry-laughing every vid... 😂🤣😂

[@H4rdw00d]

"A wild slap nuts appeared "holy shit gotta catch em all

[@jonbaird8835]

I comPLETEly forgot that MVP was in TNA. Vince just hired him back two years ago and he's probably still pissed that he allowed one of his talents to use their shoot initials as an on screne character. Gunther>Walter BearCat>Kieth Lee Drake Maverick>Rock Star Spud

[@CRob172]

Hey Marky can PPVs be considered for worst show of all time? Cause WM 9 and WCW Bash at the Beach 2000 come to mind for me 🤔

[@SB-jf7fg]

TNA Victory Road 2009 or 2011 are good candidates too

[@Jason-uw9ex]

BATB 2000.. isnt that where Russo did that Hogan work/shoot thing... and "Sting" did that fall off titantron

[@leelee316]

@@Jason-uw9ex the sting incident was at the gab

[@SB-jf7fg]

@@Jason-uw9ex slapnuts jarrett laid down in the ring and hogan put a boot on his chest for a 3 count,and won the 'title' lol.

[@Jason-uw9ex]

@@SB-jf7fg I use to get BATB each year for my bday (I was 14 at the time)... the Russo work/shoot blew my mind lol.

[@marcohavokkhaos]

Least violent first blood: Joe vs Tomko Hernandez (ketchup) vs Morgan.

[@Nolti90]

I thought I'm the only one who dont like the Wolves

[@Stumpers24]

I always thought they were overrated and have no charisma

[@DUFFYISBACK]

would you say the goons lead by austin aries are a contender for streets of rage goons?

[@boscopit]

You pumping out the vids. Thanks!

[@JusticeGamingNetwork]

Will comes up: "Casual fans won't know this is Jeff Hardy." Me who watched all the time back then: They literally mentioned it several times that Willow was the alter ego of Jeff before this. How casual do you have to be to not know this?

[@simoneibbotson2406]

Yayyyy the song is back! ❤️

[@DoofSenpai]

After Hogan and Bitchoff took over, TNA was never the same again. Honestly I'm surprised it's still around today. When AJ and Joe left I was so sure TNA was going to be gone for good.

[@MetalJT24]

"Robbie E is a clown" lol

[@tonymcneill7779]

I remember seeing him make his debut in Philly. No Cookie though or what ever her name was. Lol

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

12:00 Imagine what it was like being a Ring of Honor fan and this was the only thing they gave a shit about in their Women of Honor division before You Know What happened.

[@Blannibal311]

I'll NEVER get over how hard ROH dropped the ball with their Women of Honor division. Every champion, outside of one who I'll get to, was either awful or just meh. They built the division around Kelly Klein who is so boring and bland and then moved on to the fucking Beautiful People. Mayu Iwatani, who was LEAGUES better than anyone they had on their roster, held the title for 55 days before losing it right back to Kelly Klein. Despite having a partnership with STARDOM, which has a FANTASTIC roster of women, they rarely used them and mostly treated them like dirt or had them in multi-women matches. It was painful.

[@samuelscopazzini9482]

Hes gonna shuv it... Maaaaan

[@carlospool6276]

I love TNA but a 8 man first blood match doesn’t sound that crazy considering this is the same company that had a reverse battle royal.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Way back in The Nineties The AWA had a "Behind The Eight Ball Battle Royal" and to this day I'm unsure why.😂🤦‍♂️🎤🎱🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@kman215]

Even watching the review is hard because of how bad that episode was

[@seanmcclure]

People talk about wrestlers not writing their own promos and this is why. They were allowed to do whatever the heck they wanted on camera and this happened.

[@Zexi141]

But you also have to take into account was Broken Hardy was able to do when he was writing his own stuff. It was amazing.

[@jack18888]

When the paychecks don't arrive in the mail, I love 🍺

[@kaijones64]

This shit boring as hell. Man Hogan bischoff era was bad but it was never boring. Secretly I miss it.

[@Markyd123]

This is true never a dull moment

[@WalkBesideMe]

For those that couldn't tell in Marky's recap of Ken Anderson segments here, Mr. Anderson was supposed to be the babyface 💀

[@bell5082]

OK I was rewatching and somehow I missed the slapnuts part lol

[@bobbywood8322]

every time i hear a comment on Samoa Joe in these videos I expect to hear the Scott Steiner "He's Fat!" clip to pop up lmao

[@gst013]

Not a tv show, but could it be worse than the TNA ppv with the electrified cage match and the worst blindfold match in wrestling history? 😅

[@JMAC____]

The ref screaming at Eric young lol

[@JJJJ-qk8dn]

At like 8:40 you compared undertaker and Eric Young lmao