TNA Destination X 2009 - OSW 129

[@RedCowEntertainment]

Thank you for letting us do the ABQ! To see our macaroni & cheese wrestling episode featuring the Bushwacher’s Mac and Bayley’s Chicken Huggies, check us out!

[@OSW]

Red Cow and OSW mega-powers collide! Fantastic to finally get ya on the show brothers. Red Cow's Box Mac WWE Edition: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emmmmIGPgM-SjtE

[@mattduns1825]

@@OSWproud

[@No_Use_For_A_Name1981]

Love red cow. They are the complete opposite of Slobs!

[@MsCholmondley-Warner]

Such a great episode! Really excellent production values

[@GamingManual]

My head exploded when Frankie and Junt appeared on my screen!

[@Tower7-Up]

It’s hard to find a good man like OOC but it’s good to find a hard man like OOC

[@OSW]

He constantly tells me he's heard nothing from Meng

[@sven_bender]

​@@OSW "come at me" OOC 1985 - 2024

[@TLKjoe]

I think the reason Lord Tonga hasn't smote these talkative Irishmen is because game will always recognize game.

[@bowdenproductions]

Hot takes

[@dildonius]

Mr. OOC _is_ hard, and that makes _me_ feel hard!

[@keatonsellen9679]

I do hope Virgil is somewhere, with infinite Olive Garden bread sticks and meat sauce, charging people a tenner still even in the afterlife. Godspeed King

[@ChurchOfTUPAC]

Probably sat at a table outside the gates of Heaven charging people a tenner to get in.

[@missmabelbasset4077]

He's got a line around the block

[@jeremyc9593]

He's probably backstage going through everyone's bags

[@Nate102986]

Mankind's original brown outfit.

[@themexicankitchen]

Even as World champ being hoisted up by DX in his brown pants and white shirt

[@namikstudios]

...and he looked terrible. Suited the gimmick though - they would have chosen brown to make him look as dingy and unhinged as possible.

[@James-px3om]

Probably the only one to pull off the brown shirt and pants ever

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

THATS WHAT I SAID!

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

@@namikstudiosHe made it work.

[@TheGentlemanGamer]

Johnny Gargano clipped in for "jobber." Poor Johnny. Can't catch a break.

[@r.j4925]

I also noticed that....My gawd.

[@heffnermichael]

this part drove me to the comments to see if anybody noticed it lol

[@CallMeCrazyCallMePoor]

I remember thinking that by WM 40 he would be close to being the top babyface. Shame that.

[@TonkyTronicus]

JOBBY WRESTLING! *clap clap clap clap clap*

[@planescaped]

One of those wrestlers who was a real big deal a few years ago that I honestly forget even existed until I saw him. WWE has a lot of those though...

[@Mr__Snrub]

50:20 I heard Shark Boy has risen up the ranks of the mafia, he’s now the Megalo-Don

[@kidace55]

Take that top part of Magnus' helmet off, and BOOM. It's MF DOOM's mask!

[@Spamlett]

Russel crowes helmet in gladiator is also mf doom

[@T_R_O_Y_McClure]

Listen hear, thats just the way the cookie tear. Prepare to get hurt and mangled like Kurt Angle rookie year

[@brianlarsen9952]

​@@SpamlettALL CAPS!

Smack the thin grin off a chin for crack smoking DDT the first bar, leave this track back broken

[@y2k1998]

Da Illest Villain

[@chopperbyrne]

If you consider Sid a giant, then he never danced the fool. He just took Shockmaster seriously.

[@fs5209]

Sid was a natural fool though. He's half the man that you are

[@sebastiannock942]

He did have half the brain as Nash though…

[@TheZynMan]

​@@sebastiannock942watch out for scissors

[@Crazy56U]

Well... ...technically, he did at Sin 2001...

[@dannylu1064]

If my memory is correct, this is the ppv that caused Bryan Alvarez while recording his show to email the cable company to ask for a refund.

[@xadamx94]

MIKE TENAY THEN PROCEDEED TO BLAME SCOTT STEINER FOR BEING MURDERED

[@makeitthrough_]

You've been spreading lies that- _I'm on the juice big time-_ Hey yeah, hey yeah, m- *_Chris Benoit killed his family_*

[@PatrickBarnes86]

The sad tale of Kenny was that in 2016 he was "told", hey we wanna use you for a few months and maybe a full time job if everything goes well. He then QUIT his real life job (did a no call no show) and then was like YESSS, I am back....they then never used him again on WWE tv and was basically out of a real job as well BUT, as of 2021, they hired him to be a producer so I guess it worked out for him in the end

[@Beavie]

Kurrgan aka Robert Maillet still lives in my hometown and even still works a regular job from what I know. Met him a few times, served him an iced coffee once when I worked at a Tim's. Genuinely nice guy. A gentle giant who hasn't let his Hollywood success get to him. Also fun fact: I knew someone who dated someone in his family, they were at a family gathering. Robert came and he brought a giant rotisserie chicken from Superstore, a large thing of potato wedges, and a big thing of coleslaw. That was all for him. And he ate it all. Legend. As a wrestler though, total boy, and safe to say me and Tom share him as a Bottom boy.

[@thehermitwizard]

I don't think I've ever popped harder for a OSW joke than the Pantera "RESPECT" bit. I fucking love OSW.

[@EllieNotSoSmelly]

Absolutely made me mark out

[@grizzly_lariatto]

-OOC saying Kozlov wrestles like William Regal and Finlay made me see red so fast. Heard the Kill Bill music and everything. -The Booker T song segment had me dying great job

[@rael5327]

Agree with comments, Mankind and the Berserker looked good in brown. I would add the Barbarian, knowing he isn't wearing much brown.

[@Carlitonsp1]

I think the issue with monsters going goofy is that once a freak is revealed to be vulnerable, they lose a lot of their appeal as scary monsters. It's faster to go from "AGH! HE'S A FREAK!" to "Haha, he's a freak!" then it is to build them back up from a loss.

[@Xehanort10]

When a monster heel has their first loss you can bet they'll be a comedy act within a month.

[@MrVinB]

KENTA's brown and gold is legendary

[@ParfaitIsBae]

Came here to say the same!

[@alstover]

"You've got Kozlov who wrestles like Finlay and Regal." That's my pick for Quote of the Arc mostly because of how angry V1 got.

[@kevintran3285]

Undertaker I think is the only giant that was never booked like a joke. The closes would have been that one off air segment on Raw when everybody tried to convince Taker to do a spinaroonie but in the end he didn't do it.

[@stingray-sw3jj]

I wanna say Umaga, he kinda was a monster jobber to the stars but he was always presented as a threat

[@Joe90h]

I guess Suburban Commando doesn't really count, but I feel like it deserves an honourable mention for casting Mark as a big scary henchman with the voice of an actual toddler.

[@planescaped]

What about when he had to go now because his planet needed him? As well as his timeless feud with Kamala?

[@Joe90h]

@@planescaped The time Leslie Nielson was looking for him and then he showed up anyway to fight himself was pretty silly, but honestly nobody really came out of 1994-1996 WWE completely intact.

[@Dave0G]

Giant Baba?

[@craggylotus]

Jay being the most positive man ever, step back DDP, with the statement "all wrestling fans will be able to spell"

[@TheGentlemanGamer]

If you're looking for a wrestler who looks good in brown, look no further than Mantaur. That man (and arguably OSW favourite Berzerker) love it in brown town.

[@OSW]

👍thumbs up the vid ya bollix! It really helps us out 👍 Our UK tee partner, Squared Circle Ts is CLOSING :( Last chance to get Spider-Bret (and all Squared Circle) merch: squaredcircle.com/collections [I'll update when the US store has Spider-Bret in stock!] SPECIAL THANKS: 🔴🐮 @RedCowEntertainment (ABQ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/emmmmIGPgM-SjtE ✂ Chris of RLS (video editing) @ScummOfTheEarth ✂ Dan MacRae (rando splicey) tvpowerhang.substack.com/ 🎵 Zombie Thirteen (Berserker music) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHq7kquinamrn9k 🎨 JetPackBraggin (GTA art) twitter.com/Jackpackbraggin 🎞 Lee Mounsey-Smith (GTA Anim) twitter.com/LeeMounseySmith 🎨 Donald Kirby (logo art) twitter.com/DKirbyJ 🎞 Luke Jowett (logo animation/rotoscoping) ✂ Mr.Cake (RESPECC music video) 🎬 Sober Dwarf (Megapowers splicey) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYiYi4KLitKXjNk 🆙 Nick Acosta (Video upscaling) Https://twitter.com/Nick_Acosta 🎮 V1 (co-host, splicey) twitch.tv/OSWreview 🍻 Jay (main host, audio editor, final video editor) twitter.com/OSWreview 🐦 Mr. OOC (being OOC) contact via carrier pigeon 💚 You! Thanks for supporting us brahs! Here's the newest OSW! Upload note: Yo! i've had to re-upload a slightly different version because of some more WWE and music blocks. It's far easier to re-edit it now before the vid has launched! It's almost exactly the same except for a little Nexus and Kaientai footage, and the "endeaver" card. Slainte! - J

[@wftbanks5737]

Brown outfit Mankind is the best version of Mankind

[@kodaction6511]

Little kuriboh showing up in an OSW video is further proof im in the golden timeline

[@radandpaisley]

yes!

[@justinsixdee30]

When is he in it?

[@kodaction6511]

​@@justinsixdee30 52:08

[@justinsixdee30]

@@kodaction6511thanks, I was listening to this while cleaning, so I missed the visual

[@zacharythomas8105]

Holy shit I'm glad you pointed that out. I didn't notice that until reading your comment, fucking marking out.

[@natekansai1838]

Kenny didn't do anything, John Cena started messing around with Mickie so he got sidelined by the politics and the WWE golden boy.

[@Dessydd]

Can I just say, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for doing this. Thank you for being OSW. I've only just been watching since last year but have seen ALL the wrestling content, several times. It's given me a new appreciation of the squared circle. The blend of shoot and kayfabe. Ten years of content to devour I've been blessed with, which I consumed in an erratic order. Having the lore of OSW be revealed with suprise, understanding and confusion. Then when I followed the story lines you reviewed in order. It delighted me even more! To discover the quips and jesting terminology back to front made you guys even more entertaining and then engaging when I knew the punchline. Bravo guys. A winner is you!

[@OSW]

Sláinte brother! Lovely to have you aboard. Lights out at the boy stable is 9pm and don't forget to lock the door or Bashir might get in!

[@robkingoffalmouth]

Giant Gonzalez had good Brown attire because it looked like hair covering his Mickey

[@bluezilla2547]

I always liked that picture of Kurrgan, it just looks a genuine happy smile, like the dude was just happy that his career didn't immediately die after the Truth Commission disappeared. Happy to hear about all the little acting bits he got into after wrestling and that he's not broken down with health issues like a lot of people who left the business back then.

[@somedude5817]

The Booker T respect cut is god tier

[@joseramirez4006]

I died during that segment.😂

[@Its__Dark__]

I wonder if Jay saw that Edge/Adam Copeland stole his finish for an I Quit Match to beat Christian? Lol. He didn't stomp the balls but he did kick them repeatedly.

[@patrickmoler8025]

Macho Man doing a promo for Swat Katz is the greatest thing the world forgot.

[@Akundez]

So is every clothesline Rhino does not automatically a short arm clothesline?

[@simonbird8093]

Shut it down, it's over; that comment just won the section for me. Genius mate.

[@thedeadlynose5127]

My "names draculetta n i want to bite, you wont watch me cause im fookin shite" fooking broke me that was hilarious

[@12345done6]

Fun fact when Kenny was brought back to WWE he quit his job to join thinking it'd be more of a permanent thing...sadly it wasn't

[@IsaacSperrow]

WWE told Kenny they might used him for a few months. So its hard to say its his fault for quitting his actual job. WWE carny him and worked him into a shoot.

[@AdamS-argonwow]

Samoa Joe giving Sunny a run for her money with those mat punches.

[@liamabeysekera267]

I can only imagine how mad V1 would've gotten if Subway Guy had licked his knife like Samoa Joe.

[@Hardworlder]

"It's a competition, but it's rigged. That can't be alright" he said on a wrestling podcast without a hint of irony.

[@exe2517]

Bobbit didn't save Venis. He was there to show support. He didn't get his peepee choppy-choppied because it got shrunk.

[@quicktrons7497]

Fear induced shrinkage

[@TheThird1977]

Nice opening tribute for Virgil; that storyline was at the beginning of my wrestling fandom, so holds a special place in my heart.

[@TheoAndHisPedals]

“Hit the bricks, pal”

[@Flipper0509]

Funny that was your experience....Having gone to tna shows frequently but sporadically during this time, Nick Aldis along with Doug Williams have to be two of the most considerate wrestlers I had the pleasure of meeting.

[@davidhunter1555]

Carolina's observation cracks me up because Jay looks just like my dad when he was young and I often compare my dad to random old Japanese men.

[@jakemitchell1132]

They missed the best part of that Foley and Jarrett segment. During the middle of it, the graphic for Brutus Magnus just pops up on the screen while they were talking. Another error that describes TNA in a nutshell.

[@bulletpoint728]

Mantaur looked incredible in brown!

[@anthonyrobertson419]

Put some respect on KENTA’s iconic brown attires

[@Seanathon99]

I couldn't ask for a better birthday gift than a new OSW, cheers brahs

[@OSW]

Happy birthday brother! 🎂🎁🎈🎉

[@succumbtoviolets]

I think it's hard to book giants as straight-faced maulers over their entire career; people will wonder why they aren't always going for titles, since they could just crush everybody, so you have to give them an excuse for taking a more diminished role from time to time

[@MrOuest]

1h53m whopper! Happy days are here again!!

[@cornchipz]

Holy shit, I actually guessed the Ad Break Questionarium answer legitimately

[@AWOJD03]

Jay casually destroying all of WhatCulture with 1 line

[@mourad505]

@ 00:48 God, whenever I see Hogan, Giant, and a monster truck, I just instantly hear "IT'S A FUCKING T-SHIRT! I REMEMBER YOUR DA!" in my head and start cracking up!

[@fitey15]

He was also fond of shirts

[@xadamx94]

I like how you can clearly see TNA’s downfall all before hulk and Eric arrived lol

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

Stutters apparently pop Vince McMahon. Along with making fun of silly names. Along with people being covered in shite. The genius who lost 90% of his audience TWICE when he had a legal monopoly on wrestling, ladies and gents.

[@zopilote7]

Knowing a bit about Vince, I wouldn't be surprised if he gave Morgan the stuttering gimmick simply to see if he had the balls to tell him no. Once he went along with it Vince penciled him as weak willed and that was the end for him

[@robstapleton5782]

Cornette has discussed the Stutter multiple times on his pod because Morgan was at OVW whilst Jim was there

[@Mrryn]

Don't forget incest gimmicks. Vinny Mac was desperate to make that a thing, even with his own family.

[@planescaped]

@@Mrryn He wanted to so badly they had to basically beg him not to. Not a big surprise that Vinney Boy turned out to be a shoot creepy sex pest after all.

[@inakigiron]

​@@Mrryn for fn real. Like when he proposed himself to be Steph's baby daddy, and then proposed Shane when she said no. AS IF FUCKING YOUR BROTHER WAS ANY BETTER THAN FUCKING YOUR DAD

[@planescaped]

I legit forgot Johnny Gargano even existed, wasn't he a super big deal a few years back? Lol, just goes to show how quickly things can change in the world of wrestling.

[@MrTaylorAries]

Good in the ring but lacks mic skill…his promos have gotten better but until more top guys fade he won’t be given the time to shine. He is a great match guy like Ricochet and they just need guys they can work with that can offset what they lack like when Benoit feuded Kurt and Jericho.

[@silverroddo1468]

Mantaur wore brown best. My WWE2k14 CAW of King Diamond wore a brown alright, with a cool red-silver spider web on his legs.

[@RobJaskula]

The contempt from Mr OOC at David Otunga "ooh that's a bad choice." 😂

[@Partyboy22]

"Swat Kats" was the shit back in the day! The theme song was especially a joy to listen to. It's a shame it only got two seasons while "Teen Titans Go!" has been going since 2013.

[@paulcoy9060]

Biker Mice From Mars would win vs. those Sweet Kats.

[@JoeChillton]

That X Division match deserves to be in top 10 TNA X Division matches of all time. That jump by Daniels to grab the belt on the cable is amazing.

[@kkgriever]

Died laughing at V1's Draculetta impression!

[@Lanipator]

Fun fact: That episode of Raw where Val Venis nearly got stumped was the first episode of raw I ever saw 😂

[@OSW]

And it didn't put you off for good 😂 awesome. So is Yamaguchi San in your stable!

[@comixproviderftw_02]

That’s one hell of a way to to start off with.

[@breakfastfoodanddarkhaired280]

God i miss this Era ! Pissing away summer evenings watching impact on Bravo. One of the few things about my teenage years i miss 😂

[@edwatkins6121]

The only wrestler to pull off brown jocks you guys already mentioned previously...The Berserker.

[@mattcurti686]

Why pasta though? Hulk Hogan’s Hotdog (Grand) Stand would have been gold!

[@alastair852]

Because he's Italian, brother!

[@EvanCWaters]

Maybe because some athletes use (unsauced) pasta to carbo load? Damned if I know.

[@Cepterk]

WOW Kurgan as his number 1 boy! 🙂 I had the priviledge of wrestling Kurgan once in my life. Very underrated!

[@MR-in8bl]

Wait, what? You wrestled a Hollywood megastar??.....That isn't The Rock?

[@N0zg0th76]

Guys as an AMEERICAN viewer of ALL of your videos, I would just like to say, on behalf of all of us on this side of the pond; PLEASE DONT EVER STOP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!! We love you all and you are treasures to the entire world. Peace, Love and Gummi Bears for all. Luvs; Nozgoth

[@Huskers_fan99]

GIVE ME YOUR SIDE BREAD DUDE! 😂

[@justins2437]

WCW Capitol Combat: Return of RoboCop (1990) Let's review this one. Sting teams with RoboCop. Bollocks!

[@FauxWerks]

I did not expect the classiness of using the body dump scene from Amadeus at 1:20:00. Well done as always, boys.

[@hardieharrharr]

You guys forgot the Otunga was also a lawyer, and part of the reason he wasn’t on air was because he was doing ProBono legal work in NYC.

[@dmaxwell9827]

Giant Gonzalez never became a dancing mid card comedy sct

[@glacierrr4743]

Great to see my boy Kurgan getting into another stable

[@johansvensson833]

kenny is a backstage producer in wwe now

[@jageiosjgaeiojg]

With podcasts like osw in them you can't lose!

[@junghunt8645]

5-bagger. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@Joe90h]

I guess the closest they got to doing a 'comedy' angle with Andre was during his filming of Princess Bride where he was kayfabe suspended but wrestled under a mask as 'Giant Machine' and everyone but Bobby Heenan was convinced it was a different guy.

[@Joe90h]

@@joshuaizzo8893 crazy to think Hulk Machine came back in the 2000s as Mr America.

[@darionblack4434]

morgan is actually a mayor now loo

[@MR-in8bl]

Seriously???

[@turkland77]

Mantaur obviously had the best brown jocks

[@andrewdunn5568]

That Legends title strap went from a beautiful shade of red to a shitty shade of brown. They just did not take care of their titles.

[@DSA4K]

Jay’s Hebner is massively underrated. Gets me every time.

[@seniorbunk1183]

I just saw a scene from my favorite movie of all-time in an OSW Review: Amadeus. A winner is me.

[@mikeprentice68]

Only one that jumps to mind that never became a joke was Undertaker

[@CulEdz]

Because Taker as a character was already hard to take seriously. You can’t afford to make The Deadman as a joke. Also he’s had funny moments. Especially with the Randy Orton feud.

[@alueck81]

Mantaur wore brown and was loved and respected by all and legacy still lives on to this day.

[@JW0082]

25.30 - The Draculetta bit lads, I cried laughing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@FiestadelChorizo]

Surely you would only need a special enforcer when the regular enforcers Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko are unavailable

[@Moonlightgraeme]

RIP Virgil, gone to the great boys stable in the sky.

[@BaronP91]

The Cody cameo in the music video made me laugh harder than I have in quite a while. Can of coke to you all!

[@zakrowe1301]

The pantera edit killed me 😂😂

[@aramanon]

I have just broken my chair falling over laughing at the Aretha Franklin Cody mashup! You boys owe me a chair!

[@LezusV2]

howling at OOC, hit the bricks pal

[@CallMeCrazyCallMePoor]

Sting was somehow over the hill and dragging everyone else down in 2009 and the hottest draw outside of the WWE in 2024.

[@marcherwitch9811]

minor anecdote: i overheard the bobbit mickey story when i was very young (autistic so i was understanding way before i was talking and parents thought i didn't!) and i will always remember the way my dad was lambasting fellow military officers because they were on bobbit's side and he was - i can see in retrospect - going 'really, ass? why are you sympathising with a cheeter? would you like to continue digging your own grave?' and i love that about my upbringing.. and yes, admittedly, my mum also yelled "good for her! you're damn right i"d do the same thing!"

[@dsoul5523]

Mantaur rocked the brown!!

[@onemansopinion8135]

The “Respect” music montage had me rolling. Great work.

[@mgunter]

I love how Kong didn't even try to catch Sojo.

[@catherinecejda3309]

Joe heard Steiner calling him a fat knacker and went “I’ll show you a fat knacker!”

[@brentburgess5218]

Cracking a Guinness for this OSW Review

[@DasRoach]

FOOKIN ROB FOOKIN TERRY!!!!!! OMFGWTFBBQ! MY BOY!

[@DasRoach]

1:16:40

[@damonodell9125]

Hey Jay/Guys- I remember very persistent rumors back then that Cena didn't like Kenny, buried him backstage and ran him off. Im not saying its true but it would track considering Micki James, and then considering also the fact that he was young, good looking, getting attention and love from the IWC and in line for some kind of push....

[@twiggycfc1]

Finally someone that remembered all about the power was Gabriel’s theme

[@sven_bender]

"I'm too young to be jobbing" might get my vote for line of the year

[@Huskers_fan99]

Is it just me or do Kurrgan and EC3 look alike?

[@damonodell9125]

Nah you right but it is most probably just a case of both guys ancestral lines having a DNA profile from the same region.

[@Steadysphere]

V1 losing his shit during the Vladimir Kozlov bit was amazing 🤣

[@comixproviderftw_02]

They all dance in the end 😂