"Jay Bradley came back as Sheamus" is the hardest I've ever laughed in my life. My head fuckin hurts from HOWLING in laughter This podcast is beautiful
The Hogan-TNA era sounds like it was absolutely miserable for James and Jawny (not sure about Tony's relation to TNA), as OG TNA-ites, to watch and have to rewatch but as a listener of the podcast I keep wanting them to go back to the era as much as possible. It has pretty much everything from Hogan Impressions to mind numbingly bad matches, storylines and booking decisions to bamboozle the trio with. I love the deadlock boys and episodes of genuinely good TV are entertaining enough on their own but there's just a special *je ne sais quoi* when they review episodes of the worst shit ever and you can practically hear their brains sizzling in real time.
AJ leaving TNA was basically what killed them being the number 2. They are still struggling to come back now, although they are slowly getting their momentum back now that they’ve come back as TNA.
@@spookyspacekuck7885- Him being fired has pretty much removed all the progress that TNA made in the past few months, and put the company back on a worse position at the wrong time. Such a shame.
@@PLUX4i wouldnt say it removed all of their progress but they are in a weird spot similar to the days this ep covers. I can only hope they retain the progression though. Makes no sense to fire him unless something really major happened that we dont know about
@@aznick-san7954 It came out that a part of the reason why Scott was fired was that he asked for a bigger budget to work with to produce higher quality content ± Anthem wanted a more hands-on control of the product. Doesn't really sound like a good reason for firing him is out there imo.
I've not watched the product in years but the moment I first saw Bobby Roode's entrance in WWE, I was like "The fact they didn't strap rockets to this sumbitch is insane. This is gravitas I've not felt in a long time." That fucking song is impeccable.
Nxt Rhoode might the closest we get to Bobby Roode being close to a star in WWE. Which granted the reasons he hasn't been a star yet is A. The dude whom we should probably not name due to recent events that was running creative before HHH took over wasn't a fan of wrestlers who were made stars somewhere else besides WWE outside of a few exceptions And B. Rhoode is out with an injury and isn't even known if he's gonna wrestle again although last I checked the recovery for his injury is done by like this time next year ok so he's kinda retired but is producing Had HHH took control of WWE creative before Roode got called up I truely feel like Roode would've been a star but at least he's producing matches
Imagine traveling back to 05-06 and telling a TNA fan that in less than a decade, AJ would be leaving because of a paycut, and the main character of Impact would be Dixie fucking Carter.
i was just watching this episode of impact wrestling on TNA+ Aj's last TNA match was crazy especially with the interferences it gave me jeff jarrett flashbacks the fact that this was 10-years ago still boggles my mind.
AJ leaving is without exaggeration one of the most important things that ever happened in wrestling due to how much it lead to. If he never went to NJPW he never would have joined Bullet Club, Kenny wouldn't have turned on him and became leader himself, Okada vs Omega might not have happened, AEW doesn't happen, and Val Venis might have ended up back in Impact... GET OUT OF OUR COMPANY!
Joseph Parks should've been a Wrestlecrap induction but for some reason it worked above and beyond. Did it go too long? yes but was it entertaining? also yes. You could also say the same thing about EC3 in TNA. He stood out in a time where TNA was on the verge of complete collapse (2015 to 2017). But when WWE got the EC3 character, it went nowhere fast. Let's see how he does in NWA.
Soon as he said Anderson Silva, that bone breaking popped in my head and I physically cringed. Gdamn that was nasty…. like a couple bois I know. SKEWOAHHHHH
TNA/Impact having a dude break his neck wrestling for them, lying to him, and running it back after also asking him to lie for their sake is crazy TNA/Impact still being around in debatably similar standing after all this time is even crazier. Only in wrestling, brudda.
AJ leaving TNA changed wrestling forever but also it leads to one of the greatest runs of all time in NJPW personally it’s how i found NJPW it’s how i found out about bullet club AJ is the goat for that
You know, the 'everyone stomping out Gunner' bit is so underrated but I just wish that's what happened because fuck Gunner. At least Steve Maclin is doing genuinely well for himself despite being associated with Gunner in the fed.
This was when I dipped out of TNA. It had been some rough watching for a while leading up to it. Then with AJ gone was just like fuck it. Remember my friend at the time getting really back into TNA at this time, so I would get updates that were just like WTF. Best one by far was "....and they show James Storm pushing Mickie James in front of a train". Just hearing that without seeing the clip was wild.
I was thinking before Damore got fired that maybe TNA could've reached out to AJ Styles for one last run or appearance to have a proper ending. I'm going to be pissed about Anthem firing Scott Damore for the near future.
Hogan leaving didn’t help TNA. I never understood the smarks that wanted him out. Many of them just cheered him on in his WWE return. The early booking with Hogan and the poor booking of TNA originals was the problem. When Hogan existed as an authority/attraction and add credibility to the brand while working with the originals was good. Not prioritizing paying the people who built the company was a near fatal blow to TNA, my favorite brand at the time.
The company never should have lasted at all. The same can be said for AEW. The owner of each company just has money to waste and can't think of a better way to do so. At least Ted Turner cared enough to try.
Wild how much wrestling changes. Not just the episode they are reviewing, but whats happening IRL at the time. CM Punk got made fun of online relentlessly for stupid shit for a while, LA Knight got stupid over and Bray passed away in that same month.
"As long as I have a company, you have a job."
"You can't make that promise to AJ Styles!"
Tracing AEW back to AJ leaving TNA is crazy. Sounds like you can really trace it back to HULK HOGAN BROTHER.
Who knows where the power lies, brother?
or maybe you can't, dude
"Jay Bradley came back as Sheamus" is the hardest I've ever laughed in my life. My head fuckin hurts from HOWLING in laughter
This podcast is beautiful
It really has been the best wrestling thing period for the last 3 years. Easily.
@@MikeRosadoGamingabsolutely
1:19:46 one of the best moments in Deadlock history
The Hogan-TNA era sounds like it was absolutely miserable for James and Jawny (not sure about Tony's relation to TNA), as OG TNA-ites, to watch and have to rewatch but as a listener of the podcast I keep wanting them to go back to the era as much as possible. It has pretty much everything from Hogan Impressions to mind numbingly bad matches, storylines and booking decisions to bamboozle the trio with.
I love the deadlock boys and episodes of genuinely good TV are entertaining enough on their own but there's just a special *je ne sais quoi* when they review episodes of the worst shit ever and you can practically hear their brains sizzling in real time.
It’s crazy to think 10 years later that AJ became a massive star in WWE and Magnus is a WWE GM
AJ leaving TNA was basically what killed them being the number 2. They are still struggling to come back now, although they are slowly getting their momentum back now that they’ve come back as TNA.
Well, that was until Scott D'Amore got booted
@@spookyspacekuck7885- Him being fired has pretty much removed all the progress that TNA made in the past few months, and put the company back on a worse position at the wrong time. Such a shame.
@@PLUX4i wouldnt say it removed all of their progress but they are in a weird spot similar to the days this ep covers. I can only hope they retain the progression though. Makes no sense to fire him unless something really major happened that we dont know about
@@spookyspacekuck7885 Yeah, there is that. After all this time, still fuck that owl.
@@aznick-san7954 It came out that a part of the reason why Scott was fired was that he asked for a bigger budget to work with to produce higher quality content ± Anthem wanted a more hands-on control of the product. Doesn't really sound like a good reason for firing him is out there imo.
I've not watched the product in years but the moment I first saw Bobby Roode's entrance in WWE, I was like
"The fact they didn't strap rockets to this sumbitch is insane. This is gravitas I've not felt in a long time."
That fucking song is impeccable.
Nxt Rhoode might the closest we get to Bobby Roode being close to a star in WWE. Which granted the reasons he hasn't been a star yet is
A. The dude whom we should probably not name due to recent events that was running creative before HHH took over wasn't a fan of wrestlers who were made stars somewhere else besides WWE outside of a few exceptions
And
B. Rhoode is out with an injury and isn't even known if he's gonna wrestle again although last I checked the recovery for his injury is done by like this time next year ok so he's kinda retired but is producing
Had HHH took control of WWE creative before Roode got called up I truely feel like Roode would've been a star but at least he's producing matches
Funny how AJ leaves TNA and then immeditaly wins the IWGP Heavyweight title and becomes leader of the bullet club within the span of a couple months
Imagine traveling back to 05-06 and telling a TNA fan that in less than a decade, AJ would be leaving because of a paycut, and the main character of Impact would be Dixie fucking Carter.
I was out of TNA at this point, but came back just to watch AJ’s last match…and was severely disappointed.
“That’s called an angle”
The timing was impeccable.
i was just watching this episode of impact wrestling on TNA+ Aj's last TNA match was crazy especially with the interferences it gave me jeff jarrett flashbacks the fact that this was 10-years ago still boggles my mind.
And now Aj and Magnus are on SMACKDOWN, DIXIE CARTER helped changed the business again
Y'all were having a fun time with this one, and it made it fun to listen to!
Is crazy this got posted around the same time as Scott D'Amore got fired from TNA and is spelling doom for them again...
Also mentioning about Toby Keith
TPG - "theres no way I'm watching this"
*watches it immediately*
Based God
AJ leaving is without exaggeration one of the most important things that ever happened in wrestling due to how much it lead to. If he never went to NJPW he never would have joined Bullet Club, Kenny wouldn't have turned on him and became leader himself, Okada vs Omega might not have happened, AEW doesn't happen, and Val Venis might have ended up back in Impact... GET OUT OF OUR COMPANY!
RIP Toby, listen to Kris Kristofferson today
Joseph Parks should've been a Wrestlecrap induction but for some reason it worked above and beyond. Did it go too long? yes but was it entertaining? also yes.
You could also say the same thing about EC3 in TNA. He stood out in a time where TNA was on the verge of complete collapse (2015 to 2017). But when WWE got the EC3 character, it went nowhere fast. Let's see how he does in NWA.
“There was so much poo there was no actual match” is an underrated line from the show, good ole TNA!
Soon as he said Anderson Silva, that bone breaking popped in my head and I physically cringed. Gdamn that was nasty…. like a couple bois I know. SKEWOAHHHHH
AJ during this time came and did an indie show in Omaha Nebraska. Standing room only. Fought Jason strife (rip) great match.
TNA/Impact having a dude break his neck wrestling for them, lying to him, and running it back after also asking him to lie for their sake is crazy
TNA/Impact still being around in debatably similar standing after all this time is even crazier.
Only in wrestling, brudda.
Boys are correct…Janice and Abyss’ other weapon Bob are named after Dixie’s parents…for reasons?
"I'm gone from TNA brother, or maybe not dude?"
AJ leaving TNA changed wrestling forever but also it leads to one of the greatest runs of all time in NJPW personally it’s how i found NJPW it’s how i found out about bullet club AJ is the goat for that
At this point, every retro review has someone who is, actually, LA Knight, YEAH!
Timeline-wise, this episode was around LA Knight got stupid over in WWE. So YEAH, references galore to him from now on.
Im Deadass Deadlocked in to Deadlock Podcast
Dead homies
This is maybe a couple weeks before I started watching IMPACT. It was an interesting time.
1:35:45 Pulse saying ‘Baby Hebner’ reminds me of ‘Baby Reigns’ from the SAFW days, which Jawnny was a special guest commentator on for 2 episodes.
You know, the 'everyone stomping out Gunner' bit is so underrated but I just wish that's what happened because fuck Gunner. At least Steve Maclin is doing genuinely well for himself despite being associated with Gunner in the fed.
I gotta say, seeing the TNA logo back these days without AJ on the roster just feels wrong.
I’m so glad there are others who enjoyed Bro-Man’s as much as I did
Based Bro Man's (DUR DUR DUR!)
@@Kaltagstar96*BRR BRR BR BRRRRRRRR*
"Hey Magnus, how's your lips?!" 😂😂😂
I saw that Anderson Silva fight live.
End of an era.
Lay-D Tapa, Yeah!
Rip Toby Keith
Master of the Infinite money glitch
Deadlock got me in a headlock
I loved you guys already but giving andersen silva the respect he deseves has increased said love
Didn’t realize AJ’s “Ain’t want none song” was a reference to this
This was when I dipped out of TNA. It had been some rough watching for a while leading up to it. Then with AJ gone was just like fuck it. Remember my friend at the time getting really back into TNA at this time, so I would get updates that were just like WTF. Best one by far was "....and they show James Storm pushing Mickie James in front of a train". Just hearing that without seeing the clip was wild.
I was thinking before Damore got fired that maybe TNA could've reached out to AJ Styles for one last run or appearance to have a proper ending.
I'm going to be pissed about Anthem firing Scott Damore for the near future.
Congrats on 100k!!!!
OHHH LETS GOOO DEADLOCK
3:41 Damn, that's crazy
Hogan leaving didn’t help TNA. I never understood the smarks that wanted him out. Many of them just cheered him on in his WWE return. The early booking with Hogan and the poor booking of TNA originals was the problem. When Hogan existed as an authority/attraction and add credibility to the brand while working with the originals was good. Not prioritizing paying the people who built the company was a near fatal blow to TNA, my favorite brand at the time.
AJ leaving TNA? that doesnt work for me dude.
Yall hogan impression is hilarious asf lmaoooo
ALRIIIIIIIIGHT.
Omg Jarrett gold I forgot that was a thing 😂
RIP Toby Keith
I have the global force wrestling DVDS
rip toby keith
Deadlock 4Life
Aj vs gulak is at anniversary not cage of death
The company never should have lasted at all. The same can be said for AEW. The owner of each company just has money to waste and can't think of a better way to do so. At least Ted Turner cared enough to try.
28:55 lmao
The whole AJ Styles leaving and coming back was clearly Russo. He wanted this to happen with Hogan and Booker T. 😑
Wild how much wrestling changes. Not just the episode they are reviewing, but whats happening IRL at the time. CM Punk got made fun of online relentlessly for stupid shit for a while, LA Knight got stupid over and Bray passed away in that same month.
AJ should have kept his hair this length cause the soccer mom haircut is not working anymore
*Has a job for life*
*Gets fired*
*Asks if they can say we didn't fuck him out of a job*
*VINTAGE TNA*
RIP Toby Keith
Rip Toby Keith