I wonder if the excuse that Hall was an unreliable drug addict is the real reason he was never champion. Because if Michaels was champion, Hall must have been really, really, really fucked up behind the scenes.
He probably would've been a world champion if he would've remained in the WWE imo. When he went to WCW, he had the massive obstacle of Hulk Hogan to contend with.
I feel like kid kash is extremely underrated. I've seen his time in ECW, WWE, and TNA and he always blew me away with his nonstop offence and sheer athleticism, not to mention his strength. I feel like this guy should've gotten a Jeff Hardy, or RVD type push. Was there some backstage politics or did he have an attitude backstage? Like it seems that every match he's in he has enough time to get over his impressive ability but it's always an impromptu match that is just him thrown together with someone else for no reason. It's weird.
@n\a that's what a manager is for. Look at Brock Lesnar or Bobby Lashley, both are plain on the mic but stick one with Heyman the other with MVP and you got two potential main eventers.
@@ThePunk01 I was just using them as examples of guys who got over despite not being that great on the mic. I know there is a difference between Kash and Lesnar/ Lashley but my point was not being the greatest on the mic shouldn't be what held him back. If you want another example of a high flyer who got had a lack of mic skills how about Evan Bourne/ Matt Sydal. The problem with that example is he got over on sheer athleticism, which furthers my point of it being weird Kash never got over because high flyers tend to get over more on they're movesets than anything else. To put it simply, I know there is a big difference between Lesnar and Lashley compared to Kid Kash, but both lacked mic skills and could've easily got around that like Lesnar and Lashley did by simply having a manager.
Wrestling fans for the past 20 years: "Who's this Ace Steel crackhead?" Wrestling fans in the past year: "I don't think I will ever forget the name, Ace Steel. What a crackhead."
Wrestling is a really hard life. It's quite sad what they go through for our entertainment as the nature of the business pushes them into drug addiction
@6:19 One day marko, you’ll be standing where curt heaning is, and believe me i’ll enjoy every second of my redemption for every time you called me SLAPNUTS
Truth looked hard as fuck . I wish he hadnt been made a goof of . And with a legit born out the womb name like Ron Killings why would you change it ? Thats a born to be a wrestler name ! LOL
"Kash hits a fisherman's-style Backbreaker that looks like a match-ender, but somehow it's only a two." That's wrestling in general over the past twenty years.
One year later to see this but that's literally my biggest gripe with wrestling in general nowdays. Every damn match I see (not many anymore) they spam finishers over and over until they lose meaning
After going back and watching these old TNA episodes I have to say, I've become quite a fan of Sonny Siaki. I think hes really talented. It sucks how TNA saddled him with that Great Value version of The Rock gimmick.
@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 To be fair, if I was him, I'd do the same thing too. That time he came and mocked his dad, on national tv, to no reaction, was disgusting.
Man, Sonny Siaki looks like Ricky Starks' brother and strangely, Sonny sounds like Hurricane Helms. I wish Sonny Siaki did more in TNA than just win the X Division Title once.
@@jre-xf6uz That is such a weirdly aggressive and incorrect statement I don't even know where to begin responding. How did a lack of wrestling knowledge turn in to a sign of political affiliation?
@@jre-xf6uz No it genuinely isn't. I don't know much about Scott Hall other than he was a key part of the new world order. I assumed he probably had a world title run during his career somewhere. I was surprised to find out that he hadn't. When I expressed this surprise, you decided it was appropriate to infer my political leanings (incorrectly I might add) from that lack of prior knowledge. In what possible world could that behavior be the obvious result?
@@nickmessner700 I assumed you weren't a fellow liberal like myself because you made a statement that lacked factualness. I am glad you are a leftist like me, but next time, don't make statements publicly that make us look stupid or worse conservative republicans!!!! I'm sure you understand??
I was looking forward to this! These are the first two episodes I watched when I got Impact+ after watching all of the NWA TNA videos so far, and I was excited to see your reaction.
I was never a fan of TNA and I stopped watching wrestling about 2 years ago. Yet here I am watching the legendary hawk, keep up the good work mate quality content.
@@InfectedElite Watched a couple shows and enjoyed it, but I’m waiting for crowds to return because wrestling is lifeless without the loud chants from fans.
Kid Kash was an awesome performer, he was about 10 years ahead of his time, all the indie guys wrestling the high flying fast paced style of wrestling now,, Kid Kash was doing it 10 years previously
Was Kid Kash just an absolute nightmare to work with in the ring or backstage? If not, how did he not make it further in wrestling? He was great, I don't see how WWE wouldn't have wanted him for the mid-card.
I'm with you. He kept that same exciting, death defying wrestling style from ECW and can still go as an occasional freelancer. The only thing he lacked imo was that he never had a gimmick to match that. ECW tried the Kid Rock lookalike thing, but at most it just got heat just because the musician got heat lol.
@@Leonhearth0 Honestly, I'm 50/50 on that since many of their old creative team writers have thirdhand narratives about some of these wrestlers. For example, JR on his podcast said Tazz in WWE apparently had scary looking suplexes and no one wanted to work with him. What didn't make sense was that Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit did various suplexes Tazz did in ECW, but they didn't get demoted like Tazz after his debut. Sometimes I feel no one in creative wants to own up to their own failures.
Markyd sir, appreciated and noticed what ya did with the different music and transitions here. Fucking awesome bro when that song kicks in the 11 minute mark its time to get fucking hype.
I agree with your assessment of Truth's rap songs 100%. "Rowdy" "What's My Name?" and "What's Up?" all have the same issue. Those songs have great flow but the lyrics are questionable and do not fit together.
The lights go out and come back on and "UGHHHHHH" the cage dancers are dancing happily like nothing happened. I did the same thing only I also smacked myself one on the forehead. I'm gonna enjoy the rest of my beers on birthday vacation now, as if I didn't already get hammered before noon. Keep up the great work, brother!
He's the poor man's Chris Jericho. Just like Sonny Siaki is the poor man's Rock; Cassidy O'Reilly is the poor man's Shane Douglas; and Brian Lee is the poor man's Undertaker. TNA seems like it's made up of knockoffs of other better wrestlers.
Kid Kash, Jerry Lynn and the other x division guys were what built this company, wcw shouldve pushed the cruiserweight division way sooner than they did and it coulda helped em surviive longer
Yeah. If WCW creative in their prime had a crystal ball showing how high flying and strong style is across countries today, it would be a different conversation about the Monday Night Wars imo.
"roll through" makes no sense in keyfabe. Yeah, I got spiked on my head from the top rope, but I rolled a bit, and so it had no impact, but somehow it hurt you instead. Er, okay?
you might be right,...even if your not ,..tell all the smartass know it alls to join us or ill slingshot em into a brickwall for ya while i tell em to shove it,......your one of the best on youtube,...you get booted again ill go mental
TNA from late 2002 to 2005 was amazing the booking was fucking fantastic great booking and some of the greatest light heavyweight workers that the indies had to offe3
To be fair on Bruce, as "Miss TNA" he is technically the proto-Knockouts Champion so as a "champion" should be focused on. He probably should have been feuding with Trinity in a reverse Chyna type situation.
So this is when they added the rule of disqualifications & count outs also resulting in a title changing hands. I thought Vince Russo added that on the final show of 2002 when S.E.X. was established. FYI only 4 times either one resulted in a title change all of a DQ (3 for the tag titles and 1 for the world title)
I wonder if the excuse that Hall was an unreliable drug addict is the real reason he was never champion. Because if Michaels was champion, Hall must have been really, really, really fucked up behind the scenes.
He probably would've been a world champion if he would've remained in the WWE imo. When he went to WCW, he had the massive obstacle of Hulk Hogan to contend with.
You just cracked the code. Deep down, Hall wanted a run with the title, no matter what he said differently.
Michaels was only a slightly more reliable drug addict...
If he had stuck around he would have been ahead of HHH in line for the title I think. Might not have been a long reign but I think he would have.
hall showed up drunk to either a wcw house show or nitro. you can't but a belt on that type of worker
I love the “A Wild Slap Nuts Appears” everytime 😂
Ah Dang, that's Spoiler🤣.
But now I know, thanks🤣👍
@@JCLA-pp2cd sorry man 😂 but it’s TNA
Facts one of the highlights i look for! Lol
@@The_Hero74_ Ah okay, It's fine.
Atleast you beat me with "A WILD SLAP NUTS APPEARS" 🤣
@@JCLA-pp2cd 😂
Sitting on the toilet while watching the hawk is relaxing
This guy has the right idea
It really helps. Like one of those vacuum tubes at the bank.
@@stoozdee hell yea
No better place to consume Ring of the Hawk!!
Im actually doing the same right now 🤣
R-Truth has more main titles than Scott Hall...
And he deserves them
@@AG00741 Yep.
and 10% of the fans
I feel like kid kash is extremely underrated. I've seen his time in ECW, WWE, and TNA and he always blew me away with his nonstop offence and sheer athleticism, not to mention his strength. I feel like this guy should've gotten a Jeff Hardy, or RVD type push. Was there some backstage politics or did he have an attitude backstage? Like it seems that every match he's in he has enough time to get over his impressive ability but it's always an impromptu match that is just him thrown together with someone else for no reason. It's weird.
@n\a shoulda put him with a manager until he learned some mic skills
@n\a that's what a manager is for. Look at Brock Lesnar or Bobby Lashley, both are plain on the mic but stick one with Heyman the other with MVP and you got two potential main eventers.
@@mikecabral2420 Now what's the difference between Brock/ Lashley and Kid Kash ? It's not hard to figure that out lmao
@@ThePunk01 I was just using them as examples of guys who got over despite not being that great on the mic. I know there is a difference between Kash and Lesnar/ Lashley but my point was not being the greatest on the mic shouldn't be what held him back. If you want another example of a high flyer who got had a lack of mic skills how about Evan Bourne/ Matt Sydal. The problem with that example is he got over on sheer athleticism, which furthers my point of it being weird Kash never got over because high flyers tend to get over more on they're movesets than anything else. To put it simply, I know there is a big difference between Lesnar and Lashley compared to Kid Kash, but both lacked mic skills and could've easily got around that like Lesnar and Lashley did by simply having a manager.
I do remember his attitude rubbed WWE officials the wrong way.
That AJ match was nuts AJ is still one of the best wrestlers in the game right now
would you say it was slap nuts?
Wrestling fans for the past 20 years: "Who's this Ace Steel crackhead?"
Wrestling fans in the past year: "I don't think I will ever forget the name, Ace Steel. What a crackhead."
"Allegedly"
there's an Ace Steel match where he does the Gory Bomb and a Stunner at the same time, while giving a 3rd dude a leg drop.
Sounds like something Nova would've done in ECW
Every time he called Scott hall Elvis I was laughing harder and harder then slap nuts 🥜🤣🤣🤣🤣
'They're still pushing Mold Dogg in 2002.' Meanwhile, 12 years later he wins the WWE Tag Team Championships. Lol.
Nostalgic act that put over the Shield at WM is a bit different tbh.
Seriously? Nostalgia thing sounds more true than it was serious? Surely. Lol
Lawler and Hennig looked like they were constantly on drugs and in pain during their TNA runs.
Wrestling is a really hard life. It's quite sad what they go through for our entertainment as the nature of the business pushes them into drug addiction
@6:19 One day marko, you’ll be standing where curt heaning is, and believe me i’ll enjoy every second of my redemption for every time you called me SLAPNUTS
That might might be true, but why is your Roadie dressed like he is @ 16:22? I know you guys go on tour alot, but what happened to the 10 Gallon hat?
@@seinenwax94jr9 a wild night, some tequila, and a funny bet. Not gonna elaborate any further
"he's stumbling out to the ring looking like mold" Apt description on how he looked lmao
That Hall/Truth match looked good! So did Tony Mameluke & Kid Kash
Ricky “Don’t look at my a$$” Starks
As a member of the 10%.
I'm glad we can all enjoy some hawk together.
😆👏👌
7:03 “... and Priscilla, who has a kick ass body and a kick to the head face.”
😂
Fuckin gold!
Truth😂
Truth looked hard as fuck . I wish he hadnt been made a goof of . And with a legit born out the womb name like Ron Killings why would you change it ? Thats a born to be a wrestler name ! LOL
"Kash hits a fisherman's-style Backbreaker that looks like a match-ender, but somehow it's only a two."
That's wrestling in general over the past twenty years.
Didn’t know they had wrestling in Woodbury.
@@thenotorious4OH5 Every Friday, unless those assholes from the prison invade again.
@@ReinEngelalways hate special interferences🤦🏻♂️
Good ole Jr: By GAWD that’s Rick grimes!!!! And he’s got Daryl as backup!!! 😂😂😂😂
One year later to see this but that's literally my biggest gripe with wrestling in general nowdays. Every damn match I see (not many anymore) they spam finishers over and over until they lose meaning
After going back and watching these old TNA episodes I have to say, I've become quite a fan of Sonny Siaki. I think hes really talented. It sucks how TNA saddled him with that Great Value version of The Rock gimmick.
Lenny Lane once was used as a decoy for Jericho on Nitro.
yo i remember that shit
So something eerie I noticed about Brian Lawler’s fake heart attack is Jerry Lawler would have a real heart attack on air about a decade later
Lawler’s fake heart attack looks like something out of Sanford & Son, but that’s just my opinion.
@Rob F he killed himself unfortunately
Even eerier just for a comic dig on the very young Jim Cornette in Memphis in 1983 Jerry Lawler pretended to have an On Air Heart Attack!😖🎤B.W.
Karma. Too bad Ric Flair hasn't got his yet.
@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 To be fair, if I was him, I'd do the same thing too.
That time he came and mocked his dad, on national tv, to no reaction, was disgusting.
Man, Sonny Siaki looks like Ricky Starks' brother and strangely, Sonny sounds like Hurricane Helms.
I wish Sonny Siaki did more in TNA than just win the X Division Title once.
More like Ricky Starks looks like Sonny Siaki
11:25 ''reminds me of vee infuso and his gf'' 😭😭😭😂😂😂
Kid Kash was very good; his moves were unique & he didn't need a gimmick
You come off as a mean jerk in your videos....and I'm in it for 20+ minutes everytime. Good work.
i love how Goldy Locks was on Extreme Cheapskates but she really isnt like that at all 😂
Cassidy O'Reilly not only looks like Shane Douglas. But for me he also look like Den Harrow (AKA Stefano Zandri, 80s Italo-Disco Singer)
That description of priscilla made me howl. "A kick ass body and a kick to face"
If you were ever to release a shirt that said "Get it! Got it! Shove it!" I'd buy it in a heartbeat!
I honestly never thought of Elvis when thinking of Scott Hall till I found this channel not sure whether to be pissed off about that or not
hes the fat one that looks like elvis
i now only think of J.Jarrett as "Slap nuts!"
The more i watch Nwa Tna
The more I miss the good ol days..
Current Wwe or Even Tna Product can never touch this shit Lmao
Sonni "don't look at my ass Saiki" 😂
That Vee Infuso burn! Hahahah
I'm a simple guy I see Markyd123 upload, I hit someone with a brick
Even my Father likes Kid Kash & the other guy Billy Kidman they're so damn good
Jarrett burying Curt, wow. Curt deserved better, but he was all drugged up on pills.
Wait... Scott Hall was never a world champion? I did not know that.
You must be a republican. Not knowing things that are obvious. Have fun being a nimrod!
@@jre-xf6uz That is such a weirdly aggressive and incorrect statement I don't even know where to begin responding. How did a lack of wrestling knowledge turn in to a sign of political affiliation?
@@nickmessner700 Isn't it obvious?
@@jre-xf6uz No it genuinely isn't. I don't know much about Scott Hall other than he was a key part of the new world order. I assumed he probably had a world title run during his career somewhere. I was surprised to find out that he hadn't. When I expressed this surprise, you decided it was appropriate to infer my political leanings (incorrectly I might add) from that lack of prior knowledge. In what possible world could that behavior be the obvious result?
@@nickmessner700 I assumed you weren't a fellow liberal like myself because you made a statement that lacked factualness. I am glad you are a leftist like me, but next time, don't make statements publicly that make us look stupid or worse conservative republicans!!!! I'm sure you understand??
The SATs in the early 2000s were big in the indies. They influenced a lot of big names ajd revolutionized the styles.
Sonni Saiki was basically the rock and Juventud Guerrera in one.
I was looking forward to this! These are the first two episodes I watched when I got Impact+ after watching all of the NWA TNA videos so far, and I was excited to see your reaction.
Every time a wild Slapnuts appears and you play that music, makes me laugh. EVERY TIME!
I was never a fan of TNA and I stopped watching wrestling about 2 years ago. Yet here I am watching the legendary hawk, keep up the good work mate quality content.
stopped 2yrs ago? you missing out on AEW
@@InfectedElite Watched a couple shows and enjoyed it, but I’m waiting for crowds to return because wrestling is lifeless without the loud chants from fans.
@@jdvlss01 You're really not missing much with AEW tbh.
@@walsh9080 exactly he's missing a lot
"I will slam you through your car hood" I'm definitely using that one 😂😂😂
Hall never needed a belt to be a over man in my book
NWANWA-TNA is way better than any WWE Wrestling shows.
Red and Jerry Lynn were pretty underrated
I think Drugs Dogg is a better name for BG at this point
Hear me out... Drugg Dogg
I love hearing a wild slap nuts appears.
Kid Kash was an awesome performer, he was about 10 years ahead of his time, all the indie guys wrestling the high flying fast paced style of wrestling now,, Kid Kash was doing it 10 years previously
I need the Double J audio when the wild slap nuts appears. Love it
Was Kid Kash just an absolute nightmare to work with in the ring or backstage? If not, how did he not make it further in wrestling? He was great, I don't see how WWE wouldn't have wanted him for the mid-card.
Kid Kash worked for WWE in 2005-2006. There is a good chance that being an "absolute nightmare to work with" is the reason why he didn't get further.
I'm with you. He kept that same exciting, death defying wrestling style from ECW and can still go as an occasional freelancer. The only thing he lacked imo was that he never had a gimmick to match that. ECW tried the Kid Rock lookalike thing, but at most it just got heat just because the musician got heat lol.
@@Leonhearth0 Honestly, I'm 50/50 on that since many of their old creative team writers have thirdhand narratives about some of these wrestlers. For example, JR on his podcast said Tazz in WWE apparently had scary looking suplexes and no one wanted to work with him. What didn't make sense was that Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit did various suplexes Tazz did in ECW, but they didn't get demoted like Tazz after his debut. Sometimes I feel no one in creative wants to own up to their own failures.
@@seinenwax94jr9 tazz retired cause of injuries
Markyd sir, appreciated and noticed what ya did with the different music and transitions here. Fucking awesome bro when that song kicks in the 11 minute mark its time to get fucking hype.
I agree with your assessment of Truth's rap songs 100%. "Rowdy" "What's My Name?" and "What's Up?" all have the same issue. Those songs have great flow but the lyrics are questionable and do not fit together.
The lights go out and come back on and "UGHHHHHH" the cage dancers are dancing happily like nothing happened. I did the same thing only I also smacked myself one on the forehead. I'm gonna enjoy the rest of my beers on birthday vacation now, as if I didn't already get hammered before noon. Keep up the great work, brother!
LMAO, I also thought that blond guy in Rainbow Express looked like Chris Jericho.
Me too
He's the poor man's Chris Jericho. Just like Sonny Siaki is the poor man's Rock; Cassidy O'Reilly is the poor man's Shane Douglas; and Brian Lee is the poor man's Undertaker. TNA seems like it's made up of knockoffs of other better wrestlers.
@@BiggieTrismegistus It still had its own stars.
Kid Kash, Jerry Lynn and the other x division guys were what built this company, wcw shouldve pushed the cruiserweight division way sooner than they did and it coulda helped em surviive longer
Yeah. If WCW creative in their prime had a crystal ball showing how high flying and strong style is across countries today, it would be a different conversation about the Monday Night Wars imo.
When I listen to the hawk talk I like to rub my
earlobes
Holy crap I forgot there was a "miss tna", (Bruce), before santino, err santina, was "miss WrestleMania". 😂🤣🤣🤣
"roll through" makes no sense in keyfabe. Yeah, I got spiked on my head from the top rope, but I rolled a bit, and so it had no impact, but somehow it hurt you instead. Er, okay?
I dint think its meant to imply that the other person takes the impact. Just that they roll through the pin attempt
21:39 had me legitimately laughing out loud.
The Hawk at some parts sounded like Booker T when he was on commentary as Black Snow 😂😂
AJ was insanely good in his prime
let's get an el dandy video. Heard he was a real jam up guy
If Jeff Jarrett officially changes his ring gimmick to Wyld Slapnutz, I would cheer this decision and become .. maybe .. a fan.
I always thought Lane was going to be Miss TNA lol
Bullet Bob looks like Hans Moleman 😂
Hahahaha yes!
11:31 RIP Vee Infuso ☠️😂
I've never watched so much TNA until these videos. I stopped watching in 98 when I got out of high school.
Missed the intro! 😔 I know it word for word!
This is a crazy one. but how about hermie Sadler for ROH
Kid Kash died in Death Tournament 2 in the final. RIP
“A wild slapnuts appears”
im guessing malice is replaced because he had passed away at that time
No he’s not done at this point I think he has one more TNA match
you might be right,...even if your not ,..tell all the smartass know it alls to join us or ill slingshot em into a brickwall for ya while i tell em to shove it,......your one of the best on youtube,...you get booted again ill go mental
Kid kash's wwe reign for ring of the hawk. Also include his team with jamy noble as pitbulls
Wasn't most of his run with Jamie Noble as The New Pitbulls on Velocity though? B-shows aren't counted for ring of the hawk.
The opening never gets old!
That promo by Sonny Siaki is hilarious lmao
TNA from late 2002 to 2005 was amazing the booking was fucking fantastic great booking and some of the greatest light heavyweight workers that the indies had to offe3
You had the Jeff Jarret's reign of terror between 2002-2006 and you claim the booking was great? Care to elaborate?
Lawler looks like he owns a lawn mowing company
Looks like a burnt packet of walkers crisps 😂
0:50 the kid cash face smash splash
he got a rash
Some would say the man who looks like elvis never needed a world title to be the king of wrestling
7:16 love it every time along with a wild slap-nuts appears 😂
23:02 Alright, Siaki, calm down.
I do have to say that Goldilocks did have some great expressions of a normal person that would have to interview these raving lunatics.
All comments can SHUV IT!
ok maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
“If I suck you swallow “ R-Truth best ever quote 😭
Kash is money! He should have been the top heel in WWE and Impact.
Ring of the Hawk for Rob Conway. Just look at me. Yeah lol
Sonny Siaki really needs to learn about personal space and Goldilocks had my reaction to what he said
He had a disease called Rockitis at the time
Tbf she was caught checking him out in an early episode
Lol at the Vee Infuso dig.
Should do 2010 smackdown vs TNA rating if I remember TNA moved to Friday night's
Classic TNA = Money
He was clutching the wrong side of his chest...🙄
To be fair on Bruce, as "Miss TNA" he is technically the proto-Knockouts Champion so as a "champion" should be focused on.
He probably should have been feuding with Trinity in a reverse Chyna type situation.
The X Division was fire even in the early days.
Kid kash was impressive
So this is when they added the rule of disqualifications & count outs also resulting in a title changing hands. I thought Vince Russo added that on the final show of 2002 when S.E.X. was established. FYI only 4 times either one resulted in a title change all of a DQ (3 for the tag titles and 1 for the world title)
TNA... ahead of its time.
Brown haired potter, I have no idea what that is but I'm still laughing my arse off
They should make a Parody with Sharkboy & Sunny(Rocks look alike)