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Episode 4: Wrestlemania 2 (1986)
- The... Chicago Screwjob?
- A beautiful closeup of Wendi Richter's "BRET FACE".
- Another gem from Commentator Vince: Jake Roberts continues his "undefeated streak" of 1-0.
- This is the first time any of the female "commentators" have ever seen a wrestling match.Jay: Good time to start!
- "Gene Mean" has to wrestle the mic away from Shieky. OC calls him the Scott Steiner of his era."Imagine a debate between those two."
- Adrian Adonis' gimmick. Little known fact: It was the inspiration for Big Momma's House.
Episode 8: Wrestlemania IV (1988)
- The BttF II trailer, intercut with footage of modern wrestling.
- Warrior vs. Hercules. "Yeah, good luck, Hercules."Jay So, you didn't get an entrance, but your opponent got a new entrance.
V1: [guffaws] Yeeeaaaaah.
Jay: You're fucked, mate. - Somebody should let Vanna White in on this storyline. Bob Ueker is chasing her ass all around Trump Plaza, and she has no idea who he is.V1: Yeah, he's only the guy who wants to rape you.
Jay: [as Bob] "I remembered your name!" - The Barber strips away the source of Jimmy's power: his mullet. Jay and V1 point out the "carnies" in the audience laughing at (the well-groomed) Jimmy Hart. "FREAK!"
- Gorilla Monsoon not-so-subtly trying to cover up Mr. McMahon's role as Vince Chairman.V1: He's not a very good commentator, but he's great at keeping kayfabe!
Jay: They should've hired Mark Henry.
Episode 16: No Holds Barred (1989)
- V1 immediately pegs Kurt Fuller's character for a Ted Turner imitator. He says it's art imitating life. Jay corrects him: "This is not art."V1: [rethinks] This is shart imitating life.
- Zeus stabs at Rip with a ringpost. It reminds OOC of Berserker vs. Taker in 1992, which in turn reminds V1 of Link vs. Ganondorf in 2002.
Episode 20: Survivor Series 1990
- "Warlord looks like a million bucks, doesn't he? He just looks like someone you want to stick in your......main event."Jay: I'm glad you finished that sentence the way you did.
V1: He'd murder me in the sack. - Jay wonders aloud where the Red Rooster has gone to ("How dare you! This is his PPV!"), and OOC wishes it was him in the Gobbledy Gooker costume.V1 A brand new character where he's turning into a super-hero, 'cause he was bit by a radioactive rooster and is turning into a rooster.
Jay: He's the gimmick the WWF needs, not the gimmick the WWF deserves.
Episode 24: Survivor Series 1991
- On Ric Flair: "Much like Hogan in the mid-eighties, his promo and character were light-years ahead of everyone else. And in 1989, he had his trio of matches with Ricky Steamboat, which are lauded as the best of all time. ...betcha if we reviewed 'em, they'd be shit."
- The birth of "What Bar?"
Episode 25: This Tuesday in Texas (1991)
Episode 27: The Marine 3: Homefront (2013)
- In Jay and V1's estimation, the homegrown anarcho-terrorist bomber raised some good points.
- This happens three times.
- Supposedly, V1 screamed at the telly when Miz's sister didn't run when she had the chance.
Episode 28: Wrestlemania VIII (1992)
- Reba McEntire botches the national anthem.Jay: Shame they didn't bring in her non-union Mexican equivalent... [beat] Ariba McEntire. I'll get my coat.
- Shawn's win pose of shoving his valet to the mat (which she likes) is a little too hot for OOC's 90's sensibilities. ...hang on, this is the 90's.OOC: Quite abusive.
Jay: Takin' a leaf out of Jake Roberts' book!
Episode 30: Wrestlemania IX (1993)
- Before the review proper, Jay asks OOC to do his Vince impression for the opening of the PPV. He only makes it to one syllable before the lads crack up.
- After Jay reveals Brutus Beefcake got shitcanned immediately after Wrestlemania, and popped up with Hulk in WCW the following year, V1 inadvertently causes a brief digression into Ed Leslie's multiple wrestling gimmicks.
- "Ed Leslie! He was always Hogan's bitch!"
- Lest you think Jay is exaggerating, Leslie's literal first gimmick was being Hogan's kayfabe younger brother in the AWA.
- What's the biggest accomplishment you could get being Hogan's bitch in the world of wrestling in 1994? Main eventing Starcade.
- As an aside, before Jay drops the bombshell, he has OOC and V1 try and guess the answer. The closest OOC got? "Main event, number one contender."Jay: In?OOC: Wrestling.
- As an aside, before Jay drops the bombshell, he has OOC and V1 try and guess the answer. The closest OOC got? "Main event, number one contender."
- Jay puts forth the theory that, after Starcade 1994, Beefer's following gimmicks were purely for his own amusementnote . Case in point, the next two gimmicks he had: "The Man with No Name", and "The Man with No Face".V1: As he was "The Man with No Face", was his face showing?Jay: No, he was heel.
- "Ed Leslie! He was always Hogan's bitch!"
- The lads have a humorous discussion about Giant Gonzalez' costume, and what his gimmick is supposed to be.
Episode 32: Ready to Rumble (2000)
- In a movie supposedly catering to wrestling fans, the heroes are depicted as the biggest wastes of skin. Even the convenience store clerk wants them out.OOC: Wrestling fans are losers.
Jay: Yeah. They're below Apu here.
[later]
OOC: I wish I loved wrestling the way these guys love wrestling.
V1: It's IMPOSSIBLE.
OOC: I'd have to be mildly retarded.- What do our surrogates do? "They clean shit. They deal in literal shit." Cleaning shit from "shit-houses full of shit." "Not a subtle metaphor here."V1: [speaking for wrestling fans] I'm hardly gonna go into the jacks, have a shit in a cup, and throw that in your face.
Jay: (Unless you're Randy Orton.) - Predictably, the sewage tanker gets overturned. Not-so-predictably, another truck carrying TP crashes into the shit truck.Jay: So, did you like the real shit motif this movie had?
V1: I can imagine Vince thinking this was hilarious. [Vinnie Mac voice] "OMG THEY CRASH A SHIT TRUCK AND THEN SHIT-ROLL COMES OUT BWAHAHA THREE-FOOT COCK" - To get into Nitro, the good guys are shown smuggling Jimmy inside the most unlikely of Chekhov's Guns: a portable shithouse.OOC: Does this building not have any plumbing?
Jay: Well, the only two plumbers in the country went AWOL.
- What do our surrogates do? "They clean shit. They deal in literal shit." Cleaning shit from "shit-houses full of shit." "Not a subtle metaphor here."
- "Steve, is wrestling fake?" OOC wisely declines to take the bait.OOC: Well, it's obviously not 'legit'.
V1: It's not 'on the level'. - Back home, Gordy's family greets him with point-blank, loaded and cocked Colt Pythons.Jay: Who points loaded guns at people?
V1: Americans! - Everything about Jimmy King screams "cocky heel" (he's smug royalty), but the crowd treats him as an underdog babyface?Jay: If this guy is a drunken, vomiting scumbag, is that like saying your favorite wrestler is Jeff Hardy smacked out of his bin on TNA?
V1: "What a hero! Put a crown on 'im." - For all their baleful stupidity, Jay expresses relief that our protagonists are sincere marks, rather than smarks. "Smarks are dickheads."
Episode 33: WCW Thunder April 26th, 2000
- Jay nails the non-thought process behind the White Hummer angle.Jay: Carmen Electra? Sid Vicious? Maybe it was Hogan! Maybe it was Sting! And eventually: Stop asking.
V1: Sorry. The name...sticks out quite a bit. CARMEN ELECTRA?
OOC: W-what...why was she tryin' to kill Kevin Nash?
Jay: Why you gotta—? Why you gotta hassle me about this, man? - V1 learning that Tank Abbott is most famous for his role on Friends.V1: "The One Where Monica's a Cunt"!
Jay: That does not narrow it down. - Jay wonders why Russo didn't just put the World Heavyweight belt on Oliver Platt. OOC has the answer: "He's a successful actor."
Episode 34: Slamboree 2000
- The subtitle for this review (The Three Cages) opens on Middle Earth over a montage of WCW's biggest humiliations.
- Steve, what barrrrrrrrr is Tammy? Answer: Kit-Kat minus the chocolate (crumpled tinfoil).
- Shane Douglas is a sack of premium....dog food. (User-submitted)
- "David Arquette is... a Negro". And yes that's an actual candy name, by the way. note
- Jay runs a pool over how many times Russo's World Title changed hands.V1: Put me down for 8.
OOC: [warily] ....twentyyyyyyyy.....three.
Jay: The answer is: Twenty-FIVE times. [cue groans] You undersold it, Steve.- In the wrap-up, Jay runs another pool over how many people bought this PPV.OOC: Eighty-five thousand.
Jay: Disqualified, for bein' a cunt. - V1 searches for positives in the Luger match, which OOC enjoyed. "......um............he hit a nice suplex?............ahh....."OOC: [bristling] That's it?
V1: I wrote here, "I am shocked at how decent this match was."
OOC: Just like every other Lex Luger match you've ever watched.
- In the wrap-up, Jay runs another pool over how many people bought this PPV.
- Russo, twirling his mustache, absconds with Liz and crams her into the... Lex Express. What the hell was Lex doing there? "He's like, "All abooooooooooooard!")
- Ever-reliable OOC expresses an interest in reading Russo's book... but only after V1 blasts it. V1 says it's just Vinnie slagging on people (after opening by promising he won't slag on people, SWERVE). Jay retorts that it's probably a cookbook, SWERVE.
Episode 38: One Night Stand 2005
- The lads show off their JBL voices.V1: That's amazing. Can you say any other sentences in that accent?
Jay: No.- V1 whines that his gets mixed up with J.R.
- Oh god! That episode's ad-break questionarium!
Episode 39: One Night Stand 2006
- More piss taken out of ECW. This time, it's the Foley/Flair 'feud'. Jay imitates them reading cue cards. ("Oooooh, what you said in ln. 6 para. 2]]")
- OOC is his usual contrarian self, shaming Jay for taking satisfaction in Eugene getting punched. He then agrees that it made him tingle as well.
- Jay's A Capella version of "Mister Sandman", with OOC scatting in the back."Mister Sandman, bring me a dream! ♫
You were the worst wrestler I've ever seen! ♪"
Episode 40: Capital Carnage 1998
- The lads' JBL impressions are finally put to a fan vote.Jay: HAHAAAAAA WE FIGHT ON FRIDAY NITE MAGGLE!
V1: A LOTTA HOMOSEXUAL SPIRIT IN HERE MAGGLE!
OOC [the worst of the three]: You were chantin' about a male organ; tell me where da fruity booty is! - FFFFFFFFFFFFfucking Brits with their airhorns.
- Jay loves Blackman because a) Because he's great, and b) well he doesn't even need a b) 'cause the a) was so great!
- "You can't even argue with that." — V1Jay: I think he's cool. He's a white ninja. (I was gonna say MK3 Sub-Zero.) His complete lack of charisma means boundless charisma; just went so far down 0 that he's a 10.
- Blackman breaks out his Hardcore weapons from a bag, and OOC wonders how [kayfabe] he got it though customs.V1: [checklist] "Sticks n' stuff!"
Jay: "BEARD."
- "You can't even argue with that." — V1
- A'HM THE BLOODY JUGGERNAUT, YOU WANKER
- Ken Shamrock's presence on the card leads V1 to discover the existence of the Marvel superhero Shamrock, who wears an all-green full cover body suit, complete with shamrock insignia, and has luck-based powers. Or, as Jay initially assumes, "she can take needle drugs at an increased rate".
- What caused her to retire from being a superhero? She broke her leg in her house, which caused her to become alcoholic.
- Jay then points out "these days, she's in NXT", which causes V1 to address a topic he wished to avoid: at the time of recording, V1's real-life friend, Becky Lynch, made her debut on NXT, after wanting to wrestle her whole life... in a green outfit, to Irish shanty music, while dancing a jig.V1: A fuckin' jig?! Are you havin' a laugh?!
- Other suggested gimmicks for Becky include a potato costume and getting punched by her husband.
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin half-asses his promo. "Fuck you, Britain."
- D'Lo Brown gawks around London, bumping into a very young "Jay Hunter" along the way (the only guy who recognizes him).V1 He marked out to someone marking out to him! That's so fucking carnie!
Jay: When we saw him at TNA and recognized him, he got all stroppy about it. Just show us to our seats without the sass. - Rock vs. Mossy for the WWF Title. No, seriously, fuck you Britain.
Episode 41: ECW on Sci-Fi
- The mere existence of The Zombie causes Jay to discuss WCW's Capitol Combat 1990 PPV, which infamously had RoboCop show up and save Sting from the Four Horsemen.Jay: It's like- "Wrestlin' fans, y-you'll accept any old shit! Robocop's fuckin' real and he lives in the same world as WCW!"
- V1 counters that, at the very least, The Zombie cuts a better promo than Randy Orton.
Episode 43: December to Dismember 2006
- Test leaves the company after a failed drug screening. Cut to TNA...
- Jay refers to Matt Stryker as an "even less-successful Dean Douglas". On the contrary, V1 says, this is his "dream gimmick": Someone who comes out, sighs, and then rails on about the rules to Vince McMahon."5 out of 5" — Dave Meltzer
- The episode's Ad Break Questionarium is to guess how the name "Le,a" is pronounced, as V1's friend's friend named their daughter that. It is revealed that the name is pronounced as "Le-DASH-ah". Cue the boys going into outrage.OOC: Do they think it's a dash?
Episode 44: Hell in a Cell 2014
- FUCK IF WE'RE PLAYING THAT AUTOTUNE GARBAGE. Jay instead plays the Right to Censor music because it's marginally less-offensive.
- Now entering the ring, Mike Matei! (Stardust.)
- Say, we haven't seen those young upstarts Cena and Orton on the card in a while. A week at least. They could really use the push.V1: How. Can anyone. Possibly be interested in this match.
Jay: If you started watching wrestling last month.
V1: Yeah... OK.
Jay: That's all I have. - V1 speculates that Vince could turn the U.S. ARMY heel by thanking them for protecting our right to hear "Voices".
- Sandow's costume is going for "Seamus", but ends up at Beaker.
- Alicia Fox is allowed at ringside despite being an active manager. Gorilla Monsoon would never approve!V1: [practically shaking fists] The RUUUUUUULES!
- "The crowd are silent; it's good that Paige screams periodically."
- ZZ Hulk. "Hyah hyah hyah hyah!"
- A main event heel turn from Orton, in what is supposedly Dean Ambrose's night. "Fuck off, Ambrose. Back to the midcard!"V1: VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM beep beep beep beep!
Jay: He's driving to the midcard? - As everyone knows, tag-teaming with Cena will get you over guaranteed. Just ask Zack Ryder, Evan Bourne, and who could forget Cryme Tyme?V1: [dying] Most people.
Episode 45: Survivor Series 2014
- WHERE WERE YOU WHEN FANDANGO and CHRISTOPHER TORE IT UP IN THE EGG DOME?
- Maffew waving a cane at his Facebook followers, mostly kids who don't get his references.
- Later, when Living Colour hits during AJ's entrance, a caption appears reading, "I GET THAT REFERENCE"
- AJ quips to the Bellas that "talent is not sexually transmitted" wink wink nudge nudge.Maffew: [in the far-off distance] I GET THAT JOKE!
- "I will say something nice about the women's matc—" [J. Jonah Jameson laugh from Maffew]"They didn't kill anybody. Thumbs up!"
- Maffew blames his bad Bunny puns on a surprise OSW guest.Maffew: Lawler! When did you come in?
Jay: (No rape jokes.)
[later]
Jay: Next up is Roman Reigns, live.
Maffew: QUICK! BRING THE BUNNY BACK! - The Authority storyline is as gripping as ever, especially since Hunter and Steph will just come back next year under a different handle & with the same political power.Maffew: With mustaches and fake glasses.
- Mark Henry as Glass Joe. Poor bugger.
- Big Show turns heel! Take a shot.
- "It's like Jeremy Clarkson on a bender."
- The genesis of The New Day's new gimmick:Jay: You can dance and sing gospel, can't you?
Maffew: [as Vince McMahon] OF COURSE YA CAN, YOU'RE BLACK!! - The reveal of the Anonymous Raw GM. Maffew compares his internal feelings to Lyle Lanley."Where do I know that name? ...Oh no."
Episode 45b: The Happening (2008)
- Jay does his usual "chronological critique", this time of M. Knight's library. V1 likes Signs, OOC is an Unbreakable man, and Jay quite liked The Village. Then comes Lady in the Water.OOC: [winces at the memory] Oh, man. It's.....why is it...? WHY?
Jay: I don't know. I don't know! I JUST DON'T KNOW, STEVE! - Jay ribs OOC for not appreciating Marky Mark, as he's the acting equivalent of John Cena.
- OOC doggedly tries to find logic in the film, and V1 barks that it doesn't have SET RULES.
- Le Happening.OOC: L'appeont.
V1: OH. MON. DIEU.
Episode 46: Halloween Havoc 1995
- Marc Mero gets to the arena late after his tire blows out. He's soot-faced, so he obviously removed the rivets with his teeth.
- "Steve, WHAT BAR is Zodiac?" OOC busts his balls for using re-using "Blackjack" as an answer.V1: If I can use "Mars" bar, "Mars Planet", "Mars Delight" in the space of three shows, I can do a blackjack bar—(double take) hold on I INVENTED this gimmick!
- A fan gets escorted out by "Detroit's finest", as Jay nails the Simpsons reference.
- Colonel Parker hypes Jarrett as "The World's Greatest Lover." ('Cause he'd know, obviously.)
- In a soul-destroying tape dredged from the Indie swamp, Virgil is beaten up by a KKK tag team. Not coincidentally, Jay looks back with more fondness on the Russo era, but V1 contends that Abyss winning the World Title by disqualification was worse.Jay: DQ Title Change: the Klan
- To make it more soul-crushing, one of the members of the Klan team is Jim Fucking Neidhart, still wearing his pink and black tights.
- THE DUNGEON OF DOOM'S MONSTER TRUCK IS STRONGER THAN YOURS!
- Jay mixed up The Sheik with The Iron Sheik, openly dreading the mail he's gonna get. His impersonation of American smarks is priceless.
- The geriatric Sheik is a little slow on the draw, lobbing a "fireball" at Sabu's opponent after Sabu has already won.V1: FUCKING CARNY. I LOVE it!
- V1 confuses "Maniac" Mike Hill's wife for his daughter. "This is the Deep South, you know."
- The Brain clearly wishes he were someone else. He proceeds to insult Hogan with "12 percent of a joke".
- This reinforces Jay's belief that Heenan hits his initial mark and then goes to lunch afterwards. Just like Jerry Lawler, V1 chimes in... minus the hitting the mark part.
- Ric Flair agrees to tag with Sting, only to betray him, to the surprise of no one.Jay: To be fair... I blame Sting. Himself and Flair have been feuding since 1988. And Flair has turned on Sting twice.
- Mean Gene grows annoyed with Hogan flexing in front of his face, blocking him from the camera as he tries to hype up the next "Pay-Per-View SPECTACULAR!"
- Backstage, a livid Mean Gene says that Flair's betrayal is the worst thing he's ever seen. He clearly wasn't paying attention to the promo he just cut with Hogan.
- Right as they are about to get into the Monster Truch Match itself, V1 briefly goes off on how much money WCW was burning through with this match. Even better, as V1 (along with Jay) discuss this, the footage of the PPV has Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan talking to the camera with serious expressions, making it seem like Tony and Bobby are themselves berating WCW.V1: (as Bobby rants) They sprung for everything fucking else, didn't they? Monster trucks, helicopter shots... oh my God...Jay: Harley Davidsons.V1: Harley Davidsons! Wow! (as Bobby points upward) One being squished, one being given away... (Bobby points his thumb behind him) This company... (as Bobby points all over, including downward) well on track to going out of business.Jay: (as Tony points to the camera) You've guaranteed you will not make money on event.
- Hogan getting hit in the face with Fezzik's shirt. This is what finally broke Jay.Jay: [dizzy] My head hurts.
V1: Yeah, the back of my head is actually a bit sore as well. The BIGGEST, most EXPENSIVE match in history, that began 'cause of a fucking frilly shirt.- "MEMBER THIS, HOGAN?!"
- The much-hyped Monster Truck Match (*Russo jizzspit*) leaves much to be desired.V1: This makes wrestling look like fuckin' UFC.
Jay: It's like a bad lucha match.- Bischoff and co. mention that Hogan lacks monster truck experience (no shit), while Giant was seen driving one with ease. In spite of that, Hogan is still triumphant. EVEN IN DRIVING, HOGAN CAN'T JOB.
- Heenan's facepalm at Bischoff's hasty pronouncement of death. Come back, Schiavone, all is forgiven.Heenan: [actual quote] I don't understand anything.
- And of course there is The Giant's pratfall, which is rightfully accompanied by the lads singing: Aloha Show!
- An older Hogan tries (and fails) to slam this giant. "Holy finger of fudge, Batman!"
- Even that barrel of laughs, Tony Schiavone, thinks "Hulkamania running wild" is old hat.
Jay: Oh, fuckin' cheers. He's only been in your federation a year.- Even the ref marks out when Hogan points his finger. "Awesome."
- OOC, who has been clinical and silent throughout this PPV, can be heard cracking up during the "Yeti bumsex".
Episode 47: Royal Rumble 2001
- Nonstop mockery of Drew Carey's guest appearance."Oh hey Kurt Angle WWE World Champ, I've never heard of ya."
- The lengthy discussion over Chyna:
- Her Playboy spread (Jay succumbed and bought it).
- Her autobiography (the 4 people who read it are invited to post their thoughts).
- And her "neck fusion surgery" angle — which lasts 3 weeks. Fuck you, Austin. Fuck you, Edge. Fuck you, Rhyno. Fuck you, Lita...Jay: So whereas Austin needed eleven months to get better, Chyna needs just 1½. [beat] FFFFFFFFFFFFFF—
V1: It's the 9th Wonder of the World. Don't treat her like you know her.
- WWE interviewers ask teh man on da street who should win the Rimble. The answers sound suspiciously canned...OOC: "Triple H is going to win 'cause he's The Game." "Angle's going to win 'cause he's has the 3 I's, it's true." And another guy says, "And that's the bottom line 'cos The Rock said so brother jack let the pigeons loose."
- Did WWE poach Earl Hebner from the NFL?OOC: Triple H starts grabbin' the ropes and Angle starts screamin', and Hebner's like, "Wha—? I don't get it. Why are you pointing over there? What are you pointing at?"
Jay: "Ahh, you're tryin' to trick me to make me look away, but I won't!" - Honky Tonk Man gets clocked with his own guitar. Cue disapproving Mike Graham.Never drew a dime!
- The metre gauging the frizziness of Kane's hair.
- Taker's cow-tongue.
Episode 49: Wrestlemania 31 (2015)
- Maffew gets heat for comparing Cody to Kefka."NO, he's Mister Sinister, you idiot! Stop bein' a BAD nerd!"
Episode 50: No Way Out 2001
- "Stephanie says "bitch" three times. A young Roman Reigns takes notes."
- We revisit the Comatose Linda McMahon angle. "Plays to her strengths."
- Vince McMahon, one of the worst sellers of the Stunner ever. Jay compares him to a hot water bottle jiggling from shock.
- 40 minutes in, some "accurate cunt" in the crowd belts Austin with a laser-precise beer can.
- The lads puzzle over Vince's decision to launch the Xtra Fun League days after the Super Bowl."Comin' May 26th! Champion's—? [beat] Beague!"Jay: Although they did manage to make a tidy ten dollars from me buying an XFL shirt.
OOC: You're such a mark.
Jay: I used to wear it to house shows.- Rather than a coin toss, first play is determined by two opposing players scrambling for the ball ("I like that!" — V1). As the shape of things to come, the first scramble of the first game saw the "winner" leave with a separated shoulder. With no health insurance. Thanks, Vince!
- Vince even managed to crash the XFL blimp (deployed over an NFL game as a PR stunt), costing him another $2 million.OOC: Oh, the humanity.
- STEVE! WHAT BAR is Jerry Lawler (in a leopard print onsie)?"An old banana."
- Steven Richards vs. Lawler: "SHITE match. SHITE moves. SHITE booking. SHITE."
- Chyna update: 2 people admit to reading her book.Jay: "It's written like she's having a conversation with you, and she frequently breaks off from the story to make a lame joke or quick observation in her own words."
V1: Sounds like our show. That sounds awesome. - Triple Threat Tag Title Tables Match[?]OOC: Tag Team Tables Match.
Jay: FFFFFFFUCK! - Attitude 'Taker reminds OOC of his grandad on a push-bike. This image causes Jay and V1 to lose it.
Episode 51: WCW Night of Champions (2001)
- Nature Boy's "Calvin hair". ("State of your HAIRSTYLE, mate!")
- What's better than Aloha Arn? Aloha Arn in Dave Penzer's style of announcing!
- Vince plugs Raw while Trish hand-feeds him strawberries like Julius Caesar. "Agh, WCW is shit. Florida is shit. The fans are shit. BTW tune in next Monday."
- As Trish and Vince maul each other, the camera pans to a puddle of milk. Jay suggests an even less subtle image of a train zooming into a tunnel—perhaps even a model train set next to the couch. V1 thinks Vince would insist on bigger and bigger toy trains until it uproots the arch and pushes it down the track.
- Vince gets his coat! End scene.
- Triple Threat Tag Team Match To Try To Take The Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles Tonight.
- Jay is audibly straining to say it all in one go, and is rewarded with Steve Pops.
- Another 90s reference falls flat as no one besides Jay remembers Hang Time. "It was the shit California Dreams. [beat] Which was the shit Saved by the Bell."
- Skipping ahead to 2003: The late Sean O'Haire debuts his "Devil's Advocate" gimmick, making an instant impression with his seedy promos and amoral teachings.Vince: WE'RE PUTTIN YA WITH PIPER! 2003 RODDEH PIPER!
- This is rapidly becoming a snapshot of WCW's downfall: Guys with no personality, given no time, with no match storyline (Stasiak insulted... bald people?) Onto the next match!"[whining] Why aren't they getting oveeeerrrr?"
- Ad spots for WCW credit card. OOC would be humiliated to have a half-naked Buff Bagwell in his pocket.Jay: And if ya sign up, Bischoff charges $62 million to your account!
- Sting's meat locker full of bats. "It's not a good feng shui. You're walkin' through at night— BAM! 'Agh! What the fuck—?! Bats!'"Jay: Originally, it was big, black bully cocks.
- V1 still marks out for Surfer Sting, even if he misremembers his song lyrics.
- To the bitter end, Nitro had more PPVs in the works to compliment 2001's Greed: Envy, Deceit, and Pride. Not planned were WCW Shame and WCW Embarrassment.
- Back in Stamford, it was planned for Linda McMahon to awaken from her "zombie sleep" to bid on WCW's assets.Zombie Linda: RRRRGH WHO GETS NITROOOOOOOO
- Back in Stamford, it was planned for Linda McMahon to awaken from her "zombie sleep" to bid on WCW's assets.
Episode 52: Simulcast Raw (2001)
- *groan* "Viiinnnce viiiignettes."Jay: Get Out!! And bring back Zombie Linda!
- In a now-famous promo Vince suggests that Jeff change his name to "Double G, double O, double N, double E!"Lads: Guhgooonaay?
- When Vince crows that "The Lex Express has run out of gas!", Jay clarifies that steroids are expensive.
- Much kudos to Vince for holding his bewildered expression for an "ice age", due to the feed with Shane being out of sync.
- OOC scoffs at losses from the XFL and WWF NY, saying they are "a drop in the bucket". V1 shoots back that it was 10 percent of Vince's earnings; after that he was "just" a millionaire again.Jay: Oh, my heart bleeds. You've only got hundreds of millions of dollars. Linda can only run for Senate three more times.
- In a now-famous promo Vince suggests that Jeff change his name to "Double G, double O, double N, double E!"
- Jay and V1 can't take Taz seriously anymore; Botchamania has ruined him. "Even looking back, he's just a joke now." "Well done, Maffew."
- V1 is a little slow on the draw with his Vince voice, so OOC pitches in with his own (horrible) impression, which Jay chooses to stick with.
- Jay's is no better; his "Vince" voice is the same as his "David Arquette" voice.
- Return of the Durst-ertaker. OOC theorizes that Taker used a Superman capsule to strip away his powers. But the capsule needs 1000 days to recharge, so it took three years to get 'em back.Jay (as Taker) "I regret this instantly."
- OOC says X-Pac "dances" like he took a big shit in his pants. His arm movements are actually covert "calls for assistance".
- Eddie missed his chance to land a spinning heel kick on his opponent, so he just does one in the ring, all alone.
- OOC questions why "Special Guest Referee" Eddie keeps trying to fast-count Test. "Wouldn't he want the match to go on as long as possible to tire him out?"
V1: Look at you with your sense.
Jay: [derisively] Logic.
V1: [Vince grumble] It's 'rasslin, Steve.- OOC compares this match to Wimbledon (which he'd rather be watching), causing the others to lose it.
- Test lands a successful pump handle slam. Nothing like Road Dogg's "piece of shit slam", where he molests you before he slams you.V1: And we have a new winner for Greatest Quote Ever.
- The homoerotica of pro wrestling comes up again. OOC praises Jay for performing a real-life slam in the past, but admits he "wouldn't wanna be on the receiving end of it."
Jay: I just like to watch. - While on the topic of "Foley is Good", V1 loses track of how many autobiographies Foley's put out. OCC couldn't stomach The Hardcore Diaries, as "60 percent" of it was Foley mentioning D-list celebrities he knows.OCC: Mick, I fuckin' bought that from you, and you signed it.
Jay Would ya read about him meeting Phil Bergen? THE Phil Bergen!- More reviews from the "WWE UNIVERSE!":
- Art Reist (who is "accompanied" by a picture of Right to Censor) says: "Not as good as 'Have a Nice Day'. That about covers it."
- Dave Higgins says: "Because nothing pops wrestling fans like research and statistics."
- Scott Menzies says: "The book was kinda like his career; he should have stopped when he was at the top, but he kept on coming back with inferior results."
- V1 and OOC demand a memoir from Virgil now.
- More reviews from the "WWE UNIVERSE!":
- The Lads lament that their "boy" Regal was the best commissioner, but he was never booked as a big draw.V1: He's just a Boy. 'Cause if he was a top Guy... [beat] ...Goy?"
- Hardy Boyz Chef Boyardee commercial, God help us. The lads make fun of Americans for buying "dog food" in a tin and calling it pasta. "That's wartime food."
- Virgil's "Thanks for the Tenner" poster in the fanart montage.
Episode 54: Summerslam 2015
- Maffew referring to Machine Gun Kelly as "Shotgun Charlie". Jay has no idea who he is referring to until Maffew explains, "that gimp that Owens powerbombed."
Episode 55: Wrestlemania X 7
- From the fan-submitted intros, the brilliant Vince impression;"GARY STRYDOM?!?! WHHHAAAAAAOOOOW!!!!!!"
- Another fan submitted intro has one fan reading the intro off his laptop, referring to each the boys with the title "Insert Name Here".
- Jay describes Y2J's first WWF song;Jay: "It's weird, really weird, it starts out '"I got a lame di-di-dick!"'
OOC: "You fucking KILLED IT for me!" - The boys have a discussion about how phony Michael Cole sounds, asking "Stone Cold" Steve Austin such questions as "Are you ready to enter hell?".OOC(To V1, on the subject of asking "Are you okay?"): "But you work in a hospital don't you?"
V1: "That's also true."
OOC: "So would you not say to the patients, '"Are you ready to enter hell?"'
(Cue the boys dying for about half of a minute.)
Episode 56: WCW Starrcade 1994
- Commenting on the state of Aaron Tippin during hs rendition of the Star Spangled Banner:Jay: [commenting on Tippin's mullet and hockey jersey] He fits in perfectly with the southern WCW stereotype.
V1: [singing] I sleep with my cousin! - The boys doing an acapella version of Goldust's Black Reign theme.
Episode 59: WCW World War 3
- Right out of the gate, Jay calls to attention the fact that Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan quite possibly spoiled the ending of the main event right at the start of the show.Jay: [Tony and Bobby] ask each other who's winning. "Hulk Hogan." "Randy Savage."
- "I think we do racism well."
- When it comes time to cover Lex Luger's match with Randy Savage, Jay points out something that winds up changing the lads' perspective of Lex: Every time he takes a hit or a bump, he sells it by yelling in "pain".Jay: His "OW!" can't be unheard.V1: Fuuuuck you lads, I can't unhear Lex now.
- Jay then enlists V1's help in recreating it by having him yell a la Lex every time he finishes a sentence.Jay: Throw to the ropes!V1: Ow!Jay: Big boot!V1: Ahh!Jay: Missed clothesline!V1: Arrgh!Jay: Take clothesline!V1: Ouch!
- Jay then enlists V1's help in recreating it by having him yell a la Lex every time he finishes a sentence.
Episode 69: Sunny Side Up
- The entire Sunny Side Up episode (appropriately numbered 69), mostly due to the lads' utter disgust at what is unfolding before their very eyes. Special mention goes to the moment where Sunny lets it rip mid-act.
- Then there's the story of V1 watching that film with his wife in preparation for this movie and this golden nogger-winning line from her:V1: My wife said: 'Turn that off and don't fucking touch me!'
Bonus Episode: Fatal Deviation
- "State of 90s Ireland."
- Jay getting cringed out by how "real" it is for someone to be walking around a dilapidated barn.Jay: (as Jimmy cleans the barn) This is letting outsiders know what the real Ireland is like!V1: (over pictures of Dublin) Dublin is fake news, you know... That- that's what Ireland sends out because that's what we want people to think it's like, (cut to more barn footage) but this is how it is.
- The film flashing back during a montage, to all the events that happened up to about ten or fifteen minutes prior causes V1 to hit his Rage Breaking Point:V1: I'VE JUST SEEN IT! I don't need to watch it again! FUCK OFF! Jimmy!
Episode 72: Survivor Series 1992
- OOC wondering why The Undertaker always puts silk cushions in his caskets, and Jay answering that maybe Taker is prepared for that in case he loses.
Episode 73: WWE First Ever RAW!
- Among the venues considered for Raw at the start? The Hammerstein Ballroom in the Manhattan Center, which most know as being ECW's future venue. It was shot down for being too shitty.V1: Fuck you, Heyman!
- As Jay reveals, at Raw's outset, the WWE wrestlers were paid a TV wage per show. That wage? $25.note V1: Would that even get them a taxi home?!Jay: "Ya have feet, don't ya?"V1: Fuck... Vince, you fucking genius!OOC: (taken aback) So... The Undertaker. Bret Hart. HBK.V1: Did they tax off that? (Jay and OOC laugh harder) "Turns out you're coming out with $21.37, lads, actually."[...]Jay: WWF Monday Night Raw, let's do it to it!(Beat)V1: The Undertaker.Jay: (chuckles) $25... It's like, "Where's that vulture you had at Mania-" oh, I had to cook it.
- On the topic of "Headlock for Hunger" houseshow for the Somalia Relief Fund, Jay jokes that WWE would donate all $6000 of the gate money to the Red Cross,note with the wrestlers never getting paid.V1: But what of the wrestlers?! What happened to their 25 quid?!
- On the topic of "Headlock for Hunger" houseshow for the Somalia Relief Fund, Jay jokes that WWE would donate all $6000 of the gate money to the Red Cross,note with the wrestlers never getting paid.
- "Must be terrifying doing your job with your boss sitting right there next to you, picking up on every little fuck up that you do and making you drill things until you get it right."OOC: Especially if your boss is shit at his job.
- V1's initial reaction to Rob Bartlett? "Who in the name of sweet Jesus is this cunt?"
- After a quick What Bar? with Macho Man's outfit where V1 calls him a Wasabi Kit Kat, the boys take a quick detour to slag Japan's exclusive Kit Kat flavors.
- When discussing the Running Gag of Bobby Henan trying to sneak into Raw, OOC proposes that next week, they have him trying to sneak out.
- When bringing up how Razor Ramon attacked Owen Hart during a sitdown interview, Jay points out that Razor somehow got away with Pearl Harboring Owen in front of him, with Owen somehow not reacting to seeing him rush up toward him before it happened. The conclusion Jay reaches? Much like a Commodore 64 game, if Razor isn't on screen, he doesn't exist.V1: So, you're telling me there wasn't enough memory in 1993 to see things offscreen.
- "I have only, like, 35 seconds to move!" "Better continue my interview!"
- On next week's episode of Raw, WWE made the smart decision to have the Undertaker and Paul Bearer promoting the Somalia Relief Fund. This is then one-upped with the revelation that the Undertaker also showed up at a Make-A-Wish event in a hearse.
- The "main event"note of the first ever Raw? An interview with Doink, with Crush interrupting to confront him.
Episode 74: Royal Rumble 1993
- Jay regales OOC and V1 with the story of when Jim Ross sent Yokozuna and Vader to the Duke Weight Loss Clinic at Duke University, only for J.R. to find out one week later that Yoko and Vader had put on more weight because they were sneaking out at night to go eat chicken. This makes the lads imagine the two behemoths sneaking anywhere.
- When Giant Gonzales shows up and antagonizes the Undertaker during the Rumble, they each slowly approach each other:V1: The two of them are, you know, on opposite corners of the ring, and Gonzales takes one step forward. And then Taker takes one step forward. And then Giant takes one step forward. He takes one step forward. And I'm like "This-"Jay: "Is going to take all day."
- V1 starts to dread having to watch Wrestlemania IX following this... only to seemingly remember then and there that they already covered Wrestlemania IX. In response, all three lads cheer.V1: Fuck you, Gonzales!
- V1 starts to dread having to watch Wrestlemania IX following this... only to seemingly remember then and there that they already covered Wrestlemania IX. In response, all three lads cheer.
Episode 75: WWF Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
- Right at the jump, we get a retrospective of Colluseum Home Video... where Jay openly admits the company it's a subsidiary of, Evart Enterprises, was a company known most for producing porn.Jay: Why wasn't "Sunny Side Up" a home video release?
- When discussing the differences between the Silver Vision version of the tape and the WWE Network version, it's called to attention that the Network version blares some royalty-free music over the footage instead of shelling out the money for the rights to the song used in the tape. And this is what immediately followed them praising the benefits of having access to old shows on the Network.
- When the "Don't Try This At Home" screen pops up and has the line "All WWF wrestling superstars are highly trained professional athletes", Jay points out that The Berzerker is featured on this compilation, and V1 adds that Kamala is on it too, and he doesn't even know how to pin people, thus making the proclaimer's message fall flat.
- The framing device for the tape is that Lord Alfred is hanging out with the Bushwhackers as they do demolition work on a house, and throughout the video, Lord Alfred gets electrocuted, soaked with water, and is forced to watch more Colluseum Home Videos. As such, after they conclude talking about the events of the tape, OOC openly admits he would've preferred it if Lord Alfred died earlier in the tape.
- When it's pointed out that the TV the Bushwhackers got has no VCR to be able to play said tapes, OOC suggests they somehow have an SD Card full of them.
- How does Lord Al close out the tape? We will never know, as the music the Network version blared over the end drowns Lord Alfred out.Ghost Lord Alfred!V1: (ghostly) Viiiiiiiince! Buy the fucking sooooooong!
- OOC regales the others with a discussion of the time he worked at Smyths, and in particular his experience with the wrestling toys. He would hide the John Cena toys on the top shelf so that if he was actually asked, he would get one of the figures for said kid.V1: I love how you make up your mind for other children. It's amazing! "I'm doing a service!"OOC: (from a high platform; to a begging child) You don't deserve a John Cena!V1: (as OOC descends from on high as an angel) Only if you ask for John Cena, shall you recieve, mate.
- V1 then asks if he ever tried pushing his favorite wrestlers using this position, which makes OOC ask why he never thought of that.
Episode 77: All Aboard the Lex Express
- The Youtube tags alone set the tone, as they are #BurnItOut and #ClaimTheInsurance
- Right from the outset, as the lads are doing the intro, OOC pretends to end the video early.Jay: Merry Christmas.V1: Merry Christmas, all y'all-OOC: And to all a good night. (everyone laughs)(all three start singing the outro song as footage of Alberto Del Rio running Santa over plays)V1: Grand, yeah... That will tide the marks for another week!OOC: Goddamn SOBs!(cut to technical difficulties sign)
- Jay's recap of what the Lex Express was:Jay: It's a "call to action" campaign, IE: a "Please cheer me!" Campaign!
- Seconds into the recap, Jay points out something pretty important in trying to get fans to cheer for Lex Luger:Jay: Hang on... Lex had not turned Babyface yet on television!
- When covering Lex's interview with Captain Algae, Jay quietly bemoans "Jesus Christ, this fucking show...".OOC: Watch it with your family!
- After showing Lex plug and promote ICOPRO, we hard cut to Bret Hart shittalking it in an interview with Kayfabe Commentaries, openly stating none of the wrestlers liked it, and it was hard to get rid ofnote .
- When they recap their feelings on it, Jay and V1 naturally enjoyed the bollocks but hated its crushing length. OOC found its length to be one of the most offensive things about it...but it somehow reinforced his love of Lex Luger.
Episode 78: The Marine 6
- Right from the outset, Jay reveals that they actually were invited to the set by the producer himself. And no sooner did they arrive, Jay immediately asked what he could have for free in order to make Vince slightly poorer.
- They were then taken to where the climax of the film was being shot, and the producer arranged for Shawn Michaels to meet them. The only problem is that Shawn was in make up at the time, and as such looked severely battered and ragged. As such, OOC (not expecting this) reluctantly admits to seeing Shawn exit out of his trailer, and saying-
- At one point, OOC (jokingly) asked the producer if there was any "Oscar buzz" for the film. The producer admits to not having heard anything yet. Jay then pipes in that the producer said he wanted to make "the best Marine film", and that OOC immediately responded "That wouldn't be hard."Jay: For fuck sake, OOC, I can't take you anywhere!
- At the end of the film, with the paramedics loading Miz's corpse into an ambulance before speeding off with the sirens on, V1 immediately tells them they don't need to rush.V1: I'm like "Lads. He's dead." (Jay and OOC begin laughing) "It doesn't matter! Take your time! Go and grab a breakfast roll!"
- Jay then paints a hypothetical of the ambulance crashing into a tree, causing the gurney the Miz is on to fall down a cliff.
Episode 81: Summerslam 1993
- In what was arguably a turning point in the history of OSW, during Shawn and Perfect's bout, upon noticing how often Vince had been saying it during the PPV, OOC asks for a "splicey" of every time Vince said "Unbelievable!" during the show. And sure enough-James Atkin: The things... you say... Your purple prose just give you away... The things... You say... You're-Vince McMahon: Unbelievable!
- This is then swiftly followed by OOC complaining about the use of the word, given how nothing he has seen was truly unbelievable.
Episode 84: Survivor Series 1993
- Jay going to town on Ricky Morton's mullet:Jay: You, sir, have not had sex.
- OOC wonders what was so funny about Mo riding a scooter during the Four Doinks vs. Team Bam Bam Bigelow match.
- Because of the boys not recognizing the Betsy Ross flag, they take Undertakernote to task for wearing the "Confederate" flag.OOC: I remember at the time, being... annoyed there wasn't four foreigners on the foreigner team, and the All Americans had the Undertaker, which made no fuckin' sense. Even though he did have an excuse on his promo, to... show his Confederate flag.
- There's also the manner of how Undertaker reveals the flag on the Raw before the Survivor Series: opening his jacket, like he's flashing the audience.V1: And then you have Racist Taker, comin' out... fuckin', flash the kids!
- Jay also calls attention to the fact that Undertaker revealed the flag with his back to the rest of the All Americans, painting the picture that they had no idea what he was about to do.OOC: "What's that?"Jay: "What do you got under there?"V1: (violent laughter)OOC: "What's under there?"
- Jay also calls attention to the fact that Undertaker revealed the flag with his back to the rest of the All Americans, painting the picture that they had no idea what he was about to do.
- There's also the manner of how Undertaker reveals the flag on the Raw before the Survivor Series: opening his jacket, like he's flashing the audience.
Episode 85: Royal Rumble 1994
- After Owen decides to turn on Bret, Jay cites the "kicked his leg out of his leg" promo as the moment Owen decided "Aw, I love being a midcarder." Even better, OOC points out that Owen realized mid-speak that he flubbed it.
- While Bret is still on the mat, in pain from getting kicked in his already injured leg, Ray Rougeau decides now is the perfect time to interview him.
- V1 pointing out the logistical problem in wrestling against IRS (namely that he is constantly drenched in sweat due to wrestling in a suit and slacks) causes OOC to regal the boys with a story about his time working at Movie Magic... and dealing with "Smelly Porn Man". As if to set the scene, OOC opens on a pleasant note:
- To elaborate: "Smelly Porn Man" was a frequent customer that OOC dealt with who, per his own description, "every bad smell you can think of, just funneled into this person". And the smell was so bad, they needed to frequently spray down the entire store with air freshener.note V1 openly compares it to an airplane cropdusting the fields, while Jay states the quicker solution of just removing the roof.
- What's worse is the fact he seemingly only frequented this Movie Magic because they had a deal where you could rent 7 films for a week for £10... and he would get seven softcore porn tapes, and promptly return them for seven more two days later.OOC: No, no, he'd, just... BLAM through them.
- Even better, because "Smelly Porn Man" seemingly was the only customer to rent porn, and because of how frequent he'd cycle through the tapes, OOC saw no point in cleaning the tapes once returned, opting to instead put them back on the shelf.
- When it comes time to cover the aftermath of Undertaker and Yokozuma's Casket Match, where the Undertaker's "spirit" rises to the heavens, it's pointed out the electricity noises that proceeded it were identical to the "TNA electrified cage" noises.
- And on the topic of Undertaker's "spirit", the obvious reference is made.
- Meanwhile, Jay is more interested in wondering where Undertaker's "spirit" went (which prompts another Simpsons reference).Jay: (as OOC and V1 break) What happens when he hits the roof? He's just gonna bob... like a balloon.(cut to a vector of the Undertaker getting stuck in the rafters)(cut to the child clinging to the high bar)Child!Jay: Mrs. Pommelhorst? I'd like to get down now.
- OOC just hopes someone managed to open a hatch on the ceiling, as the Undertaker vector floats away from the Dunkin Donuts Center.
- When covering the various instances of Undertaker getting written off so Mark Calaway could take time off the road, it soon becomes apparent Kane keeps being the one to "kill" him.
- When Jay notes how at one point, Mark worked through a groin tear by teaming with The Big Show, the others note the actual way to do it is to wear bicycle shorts and screw Goldberg out of the title.
Episode 89: King of the Ring 1994
- After giving out near constantly on the First Ever RAW about Rob Bartlett's miserable "comedy", the tables turn on the lads as Rob Bartlett on his own show does an OSW impression, and floors them a surprisingly decent impression.
- Immediately after the clip from Bartlett's show finishes, OOC promptly throws Jay and V1 under the bus for making fun of him.
- V1 is about to give anthem singer Rickey Medlocke a positive review before he does the last note, which completely sours him on it.V1: He shouldn't be doing that! He's a rock singer, he looks like the guy in the painting in Ghostbusters II!
- The lads cannot help but contain their excitement over the special guest of the event who joins Macho Man Randy Savage and Gorilla Monsoon on commentary: American Football legend Art Donovan, who absolutely does not understand wrestling, nor does he understand that it's fake, and essentially acts like a dottering grandfather asking about it as though it was on TV. They spend a good portion of the review laughing like crazy. They also refer to him as "Art O'Donno" after Gorilla Monsoon's mispronunciation at the top of the show.Jay: Bammer with a Ventura torture rack.Jay: Razor sells.OOC!Art: Gorilla, is he dead?Jay: They both sell.OOC!Art: They're both down, what happens now?
- Even better is the understated subplot going on throughout the PPV: While Gorilla pretty clearly quickly gave up on Art, Macho was willing to humor the guy... right until Razor's match with Owen, when Art points out Razor should get rid of his toothpick if he's about to wrestle.Hanabi: The real arc of this PPV isn't watching Owen win the KOTR, it's watching Randy slowly give up on Art.
- Even better is the understated subplot going on throughout the PPV: While Gorilla pretty clearly quickly gave up on Art, Macho was willing to humor the guy... right until Razor's match with Owen, when Art points out Razor should get rid of his toothpick if he's about to wrestle.
- At two separate points, IRS botches a promo, and turns it into "a horror show":
- As Jay elloquintly describes, when IRS confronts Mabel backstage, he "fumbles his lines, and just bolts", while Mabel "is left cutting a promo towards a guy who's not there".IRS: (to Mabel; borderline stilted) I hope Tatanka makes it to the finals, because this is the last time he'll- (seemingly remembers he's Mabel's opponent, not Tatanka) Have to... Face IRS in the ring, I'm taking him out too! I'll see you in the ring! (leaves)
- The other time, meanwhile, gives us this bit of magic, which even OOC struggles reciting:
- As Jay elloquintly describes, when IRS confronts Mabel backstage, he "fumbles his lines, and just bolts", while Mabel "is left cutting a promo towards a guy who's not there".
- As Jay points out, at one point during the show, while they are advertising the Superstar Hotline, the announcer table's microphones are left on, meaning Macho Man is heard telling Gorilla Monsoon that this show sucks.Macho Man: (barely audible) Gorilla, this is really bullshit. Bad.Art!V1: Hey, Randy!
- While covering the "Bottom Line" segment Roddy Piper made for the PPVnote , the lads proceed to give Roddy shit for his lackluster attempt at a "What Bar", wherein he jokingly compares Jerry Lawler to a King Size Hersheynote . Also, for some reason, Roddy doesn't think kings are real.Jay: [The Hershey's bar] is, like, brown and silver- that is not Jerry Lawler, that's a terrible "What Bar", sir.
- As such, Jay decided give Jerry Lawler the proper "What Bar?" treatment with both barrels this time, with V1 asking both Twitter and Facebook. The second V1 rattles off the number of responsesnote , OOC openly asks what's wrong with their audience.
- While covering the noteworthy responses, a stark divide is made extremely apparent. The Twitter responses were specifically concerning Lawler's blue and white ring attirenote . The Facebook responses? Various ribs on the sexual assault allegations.note OOC: (as Jay and V1 chuckle) Jesus Christ... Jesus...V1: And this brings an end to...Jay: OSW!
- As the boys point out, it became apparent that Art Donovan didn't remember who he had "picked" to win the tournament. Not only did Gorilla have to prompt Art that this was his "pick", but Art openly asks if Razor was the one who was walking out to the ring first.
- And what makes things worse, Art gives up on Razor early into the match.
Episode 91: Summerslam 1994
- One particular Colluseum Home Video segment has no commentary from the Lads, but speaks for itself: Diesel throwing the tag belt.
- As the clip is replayed, it is given the caption "WHAT THE FUCK", before then cutting to Hulk comparing the WWE Belt to a "toy" in Japan.
Episode 92: Sunday Night Slam II
- In discussing the build to Yokozuna's rematch with the Undertaker at the '94 Survivor Series, in particular how the announcers slag him, and he's become terrified of the Undertaker, V1 makes an unfortunate choice of phrasing concerning his leitmotif:V1: And that on top of the build on Raw, where he's petrified of caskets, and even the word "casket", and the lights going off, and Taker's dong... (loud mouth sputter)Jay: (begins to shriek in laughter) To be fair, I'm terrified of that, too.(we cut to a Photoshopped image of Yokozuna, bug-eyed, looking at Undertaker standing with his cock out)
- In response to a commercial starting this year's Survivor Series is from "the director of Summerslam [1994]", V1 inquires:V1: (cut to image of 80s!Vince imagining holding an Emmy) Is this when Vince got it in his head, like, (Vince voice) "Goddamnit... I need that Emmy." And then 26 years later (cut to image of 2020s!Vince having the same fantasy), he's like (tired Vince voice) "Goddamnit... I need that Emmy."Jay: (tired Vince voice) Marine 7...
- After V1 gives the build to Doink and Jerry Lawler's fight at Survivor Series, Jay tries to move on to the IRS segment, only to stop and comment on how horrific the build was.
- At one point, Doink stole Lawler's crown, and V1 reveals he returned it, but with a jewel missing. Jay is noticeably relieved upon hearing this, because he thought V1 was going to say Doink had crapped in the crown. "No, that's Randy Orton."
- After hearing Todd mention how "[the WWF doesn't] do pay-per-views all the time" in 1994, the lads take a brief moment to pine for a time when WWE doesn't have a PPV every four weeks... only for V1 to get infuriated over Jay mentioning a hypothetical Finlay main event, due to the fact that (as OOC mentions) he and Bobby Lashley practically main evented the entirety of 2007.(cut to a hypothetical Finlay/Lashley promo video)
- In response to Shawn's outfit he wore the Raw before the Survivor Seriesnote , V1 cracks "He never gave a fuck, did he?"
- When V1 and Jay complement Todd Pettengill for being able to "sell" riding a horse during the pre-show, OOC gives out over them using wrestling terminology.
Episode 93: Survivor Series 1994
- While listing off the list of wrestlers for the "Bad Guys vs. Teamsters" bout, Jay brings up how this wound up being Jim Neidhart's last PPV before getting released due to no-showing events, in a rather disparaging way:Jay: It's the Bad Mangnote , Kid Mangnote , Dog Mangnote , Kish Mangnote , and Barb Mangnote , versus Lost-his-Smile Mengnote , Truck Mengnote , Music Mengnote , Slammy Mengnote , and Klan Mengnote .V1: Klan Meng?! (laughs)Jay: (over footage of the indie match of Jim attacking Vergil while wearing Klan robes) Yeah, yeah, Jim "The Klanvil" Neidhart, here.
- When discussing Shawn's braided ponytail, V1 mentions two positives it has: it fits Shawn's role as a heel, and it isn't "the world's most terrible haircut", the mullet.
- OOC even states it's "a far superior look than anything he's ever had". V1 then points out how this isn't exactly high praise coming from him.OOC: I-I mean, I told him. (cut to picture of Shawn meeting OOC on the set of The Marine 6)
- OOC even states it's "a far superior look than anything he's ever had". V1 then points out how this isn't exactly high praise coming from him.
- When discussing the Superstar Hotline, the boys call into question how it promises callers could talk to a wrestler live, with OOC suggesting that either they pre-record the wrestlers in advance, or they have a guy pretending to be one of the wrestlers. So, when the hypothetical situation is proposed of someone with a Texas accent picking up is introduced:Rich Texan!V1: (in a Southern accent) I'm from Texas!Bart Simpson!V1: Uh, I'd like to speak to Bulldog.Rich Texan!V1: ... (in a Southern accent) Bulldog here! What's the problem, little partner?
- OOC, wondering why "Bulldog" would ask that, instead suggests a more accurate response:
- Even better is the "animation" for this segment: using clips from "The Simpsons" and taking advantage of Mouth Flaps like it's an Abridged Series video.
- When covering the (sole) Colluseum Video home exclusive clip, Paul Bearer's promo for the main event, V1 does an impression of Bearer in order to recite the promo... only for Jay to break down in laughter the second he shrieks out "Chuck Norris!"
- Right as V1 is about to ask a question concerning Tatanka's heel turn, Jay's patience finally gives out:V1: So, Tatanka turned heel, right? And-Jay: (slams a can down) Fuck Tatanka! Can we stop talking about Tatanka?! (OOC starts losing his shit) Eat a dick, Tatanka!
- For the record, V1 wanted to know why Tatanka didn't change his music or gear if he was now part of the Million Dollar Corporation. OOC then proposes that he just wear IRS' outfit... before doubling back onto Jay's outburst.OOC: (desperately trying to not laugh) "Fuck Tatanka..." (voice starts giving out) "Can we stop talking about..."
- For the record, V1 wanted to know why Tatanka didn't change his music or gear if he was now part of the Million Dollar Corporation. OOC then proposes that he just wear IRS' outfit... before doubling back onto Jay's outburst.
- When it comes time to cover the episode of Raw that aired after Survivor Series, Jay openly wishes he could end the podcast early, given the recap that opens that Raw: Bob Backlund lost the belt. To Diesel. Three days later. In eight seconds on a house show.
Episode 95: Royal Rumble 1995
- Given how we're winding down the New Generation arc, Jay finally decides to justify him nicknaming 123 Kid "Little Bitch" by providing everyone (in particular OOC and V1) "the most damning evidence that he is in fact a 'little bitch'": In Your House 6. In particular, the Crybaby Match between 123 Kid and Razor Ramon... where the loser had to wear a giant diaper. And, to really stick it to 123 Kid, Razor decided to bust out the talcum powder.note
- Not helping matters is V1's sudden remembrance of a moment in WWE 2K20, where the player fights X-Pac in the same match-typenote .OOC: But [Sean Waltman]'s already- he's- he always wears a nappie, what's the difference?
- It gets worse when Jay explains that the match happened at all because Razor was calling 123 Kid a whiney baby... which 123 Kid didn't help disprove when he walked out to their match pushing a Razor Ramon teddy bear in a toy stroller. Tellingly, it is at this point in the animation where V1 (calling him "a shoot bitch") beans him in the head with a wad of paper, which causes 123 Kid to go into a bubble and begin sobbing, much to Razor's confusion.
- Not helping matters is V1's sudden remembrance of a moment in WWE 2K20, where the player fights X-Pac in the same match-typenote .
- Upon mentioning how easily Tatanka managed to break up 123 Kid's pin attempt on Bam Bam during the tag match, Jay states that the Kid's moves "have 10 hit points", causing the match to briefly become a Final Fantasy battle. Kid gets 30 points of damage on Bam Bam, only for Bam Bam to immediately deliver 1000 via a sweeping kick to the head. "GAME OVER".
- After 123 Kid and Bob Holly win the tag match, V1 admits that he didn't believe Jay when he mentioned a few episodes prior that they held the tag belts for a good while.V1: "No way they put the World Tag Team Championships on these goofs." I was shocked watching this.
- OOC was equally in disbelief, fully expecting the Quebecers to come back afterwardnote , given how they had held the belts "for fucking ten years of the 90s".
- Given how dire the roster was in 1995, two noteworthy things happen in the Rumble: The time between entrants was cut down to 60 seconds, and the brunt of the rumble was filled with trash.V1: Jay, do you remember about two or three minutes ago, when I went over Numbers 21 to 24, and how shit the New Gen was?
- "Lads, thats nine of the last 10 in your rumble, are... fucking geeks. They're nobody, go nowhere... geeks."
- When Jay announced the fifth entrant was "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray, V1 breaks down and officially declares him to be part of his Boys' Stable. Why? He was the first one eliminated, after just 40 seconds in the ring.
- V1 argues that Rick Martel's gimmick of being a male model means he would be perfect for the New Generation:V1: Bring him back, you can have a model, you can have a binman, you can have a farmer, a guitarist, a Man... taur?
- The 12th entrant winds up being Timothy Well, the spitting image of Marty Jannetty, who gets "the biggest pop of his career" by entering the Rumble. Jay concludes it's because the crowd thought it was Marty, while V1 realizes it was more than likely because he entered right as Owen was eliminated, and the cameras hadn't caught that.Jay: You can't prove that!OOC: (bemused) [Timothy] watches this over and over again.V1: Timothy Well is, like, showing this to his kids, his grandkids, his great-grandkids-OOC: Great-grandkids?!V1: "See that time I was over, lads?!"
- When Mabel and King Kong Bundy square off in the ring, V1 mentions how sad it was, as it was the second highlight of the rumble at that point. Cue another "My Way" promo.V1: Two fat men starin' at each other. ...yeah.
- What's worse is that Mabel and Bundy would have something of a rematch on Raw soon after this, with whoever goes over the top rope losing... and after 30 seconds, IRS and Tatanka rush into the ring and shove Mabel over the rope.V1: (genuinely frustrated) I watched that match, I was so annoyed! They can't even... give us the payoff to the fat fellas!
- What's worse is that Mabel and Bundy would have something of a rematch on Raw soon after this, with whoever goes over the top rope losing... and after 30 seconds, IRS and Tatanka rush into the ring and shove Mabel over the rope.
- Mantaur (sans bull head) gets compared to "a human potato", and Ross' "Spud-nik" costume.
- OOC refuses to feel sympathy for Bob Backlund getting immediately eliminated, as he's "done".Jay: YOU JUST PUT THE BELT- (OOC and V1 shriek with laughter) You just put the belt on him at the Survivor Series!OOC: (cutting Jay off) Yeahyeah, well, sorry, he's done.
- OOC doubles down by reminding Jay that Diesel's the "gravy train" now. "The gravy truck, I dunno."Jay: More like a poolmobile, with gravy in it. No sudden stops.
- OOC doubles down by reminding Jay that Diesel's the "gravy train" now. "The gravy truck, I dunno."
Episode 99: AEW Revolution
- Jay briefly calls MJF "Michael J. Fox" before V1 can correct him.
- There's an extended bit where the lads give out about how much they don't care for Chris Jericho's band Fozzy whatsoever and complaining that they would not be given half the time they are if Jericho wasn't a major wrestling star...and then immediately admitting right after that "Judas" is actually a pretty good song.
- They give credit to Jericho's tattoos now that they're a full sleeve...right up until they note both of the Fozzy tattoos, one on his arm and one on his hand, that he has.OOC: He's obsessed! Fuckin' Fozzy, man. Get over it!
- They give credit to Jericho's tattoos now that they're a full sleeve...right up until they note both of the Fozzy tattoos, one on his arm and one on his hand, that he has.
- While the boys can't prove it, V1 is convinced Kenny Omega is a fan of the show due to his sudden flurry of references to Mo from Men on a Mission. They then challenge him to prove it by creating a spot or move called a "Fatal Deviation"
- The boys have a little fun at The Dark Order's numbering convention, figuring that the only way you could get someone who's named after a number over is if it corresponded to the number on a Chinese takeout menu.Jay: Bah gawd it's 32! The chicken curry with chips!
- Jay expresses incredulity at Evil Uno's mask, figuring that he was a friend of Maffew's, and he'd be right.
- V1 attempts a bit of trivia, with predictable results:V1: Do you know who [Jungle Boy]'s the son of?OOC: I do!Jay: Jungle Man!
Episode 100: Heroes of Wrestling
- The entire Greg Valentine vs. George Steele segment is solid gold purely because the boys can't stop laughing.
- The extended segment of Jay repeatedly fucking up Sherri's appropriated catchphrase to the point of flatly giving up and all of the lads having a good laugh over it.Jay: And [Sherri says] "I get what I want," as opposed to "What Sunny gets Sunny wants." ... "What Sunny wants, Sunny gets."
- After it's announced that Greg Valentine was 48 at the time of the PPV, all OOC can say in response is "How is he so young?"
- The lads marvel at Greg Valentine's promo, where Jay apparently misheard that he's declared himself the son of Jimmy Valentine and George "the Animal" Steele.
- Seconds into the match, the lads are brought to wheezing laughter on just how quickly it took the match to become a complete spectacular of time wasting to the point that Jay is clearly struggling to keep it together throughout the run-down.Jay: Ding ding ding, immediate time wasting! Valentine bails- (the gang descends into laughter)
- "(out of breath) And Sherri starts attacking. (pause) George- (laughter continues)"Jay: (breathless) Uh, so, there's a swerve at the start of the match... when it's least effective...
- George bringing a foreign object into the fight brings about confusion from the boys, because they can't tell if it's a tape-covered shiv, a shoehorn, or a piece of ginger.
- "And so Sherri hits Animal with a chair, (begins laughing again) and one-two-three, that's it!"Jay: Tough shit!V1: Tough shit, we already have your money!
- The extended segment of Jay repeatedly fucking up Sherri's appropriated catchphrase to the point of flatly giving up and all of the lads having a good laugh over it.
- The entrance music for Too Cold Scorpio and Julio Fantastico's fight is openly compared to Duffman's.Too Cold Scorpio!Duffman: Are you ready to get Duffed?!
- "I am the lizard king!"
- When it comes time to properly discuss Jake Roberts' infamous "You wanna play 21?" promo, the obvious problem is pointed out: He mentions blackjack twice.OOC: (as Jake Roberts) "You wanna play 21? I got 22. You wanna play Blackjack? I got two of those too." (normally) What's that even mean?V1: (near-laughter) Blackjack is 21!
- As Jay recounts, the reason why Jim Neidhart refused to take the snake spot in the match was because (and this is Neidhart himself saying this) was that, supposedly, WWF were expressing an interest in bringing him back, and told him to not jobnote .V1: (near laughter) WWE were calling, don't job!
- And after OOC sarcastically mentions they were going to "push [him] to the moon", V1 decides to make a certain Call-Back via a match pitch:
Episode 101: Warrior's Debut on WCW Nitro
- The boys get a ton of mileage out of not only discussing WCW's instances of "legally distinct" entrance tracks, but also WWE's later redubbings of said tracks.
- Similarly, you have V1's slowly mounting hatred over the nWo's theme songnote over the course of the episode.
- During the High Voltage vs. Disco Inferno bout, Jay points out how the commentators take a moment to call out Raw by claiming they are live, and will provide a real main event, and not a "one minute" bout. The boys waste no time deconstructing this.
- Without hesitation, V1 brings up how last week's main event was between Goldberg and Meng, "and it went two minutes fifteen seconds, and it was shit!"
- When discussing the "one minute main event" from the August 17th, 1998 episode of Raw between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and "the Undertaker", Jay promptly points out that JR explicitly said this was just a confrontation, not a match.
- On that note, it would turn out that "the Undertaker" was actually Kane pretending to be the Undertakernote , who then attacks Steve Austin with a Pearl Harbor; the lads immediately state this had to be a one-and-done.
Jay: Kane looked awesome in [Undertaker's outfit], and it's like, "Right, you're never doing that again, mate." Looked way too well.OOC: I order you to get a belly. And he did! - When discussing how WWE replaced the use of "Highway to Hell" at the end with Undertaker's 1998 theme, because Jay took long to remember the replacement song, V1 takes a guess:V1: I'm on a freewaaaay to...Jay: -heaven!
- "Anyway, moral of the story: Schiavone, you're full of shit, mate."note
- The Tungan Death Gripnote is described by OOC as looking like Meng's bringing people in for a kiss.OOC: (over slo-mo footage of Meng, widemouthed, using the grip on a referee) Like, it's like, stroking their chin almost, you know-V1: (over OOC; as a giant heart is super imposed over Meng and the ref) Lovingly.OOC: "Come here, you lucky, lucky lady," you know?
- After Jay mentions Meng would probably beat them up for claiming this, OOC retorts that they'll never meet him, so it's fine.
- Special mention is given to "timekeeper guy, who won't stop ringing the fucking bell". V1 states his belief that he's the same timekeeper guy in TNA who also would ring the bell nonstop, prompting him to then theorize TNA must've hired half of WCW's staff.V1: "Who's better to make our new wrestling TV show? The guys who killed the last one!"
- When covering Eddie Guerrero's "shoot" promonote on Eric Bischoff, OOC immediately points out the pretty obvious tell that it's actually a Worked Shoot: The fact he kept mentioning "you know what" instead of actually swearing.note V1: (nasally) Eric Bischoff. You can shove it up your you know what!Jay: (as all three laugh) No, Eddie! Come on, mate!
- When discussing Eddie's intro music, which is clearly meant to be "Low Rider", the lads instead refer to it as "the old Marmite song".
- As Jay reveals, this promo actually backfired: due to Eddie rambling in his promo for too long, the crowd began chanting "Eddie Sucks".
- At the end of his promo, Eddie tosses a cup of coffee on himself to "save Bischoff the time". Too bad no one realized the significance of this.note V1: I don't get the reference.OOC: Neither did I.Jay: Ha ha! Neither did anyone in the crowd!
- To make things worse, OOC admits that, because he was looking away when Eddie dumped the coffee on himself, he assumed Eddie was being a "clumsy idiot".V1: (over footage of Chris Jericho accentally dumping coffee on Kane) Maybe he was trying to set up a feud with Kane.
- To make things worse, OOC admits that, because he was looking away when Eddie dumped the coffee on himself, he assumed Eddie was being a "clumsy idiot".
- When Wolfpac come out to shoot an in-ring promo, Jay states that Schiavone pulls a "Jay Hunter":Schiavone!Jay: They mean what they say. They say what they mean. Yeah, whatever.Real!Schiavone: Mean what they say, say what they mean, whatever cliche you want to use!
- When it comes time for the Ultimate Warrior's debut, and his infamous promo where he talks in riddles, Jay is beside himself to learn that OOC and V1 unironically liked this promo.OOC: This is the best Ultimate Warrior promo I've ever heard. (Beat) No, I- No, I'm not joking.[...]V1: So... I am shocked... at- of the words coming out of your mouth... because I thought I was gonna be the only one to say this!OOC: (over V1) YAY!Jay: (over OOC) Oh, fuck me!
- While OOC and V1 liked the promo, they do acknowledge that the Ultimate Warrior lost the crowd pretty fast, calling attention to how someone snuck in a trombone:Ultimate Warrior: Somehow, you conviently, and even elioquiently, misplaced pieces of your history!(Beat)
- After Jay reveals that the Ultimate Warrior was paid $250k per appearance for his five appearances in WCW, V1 begrudgingly admits "it doesn't make quite as much sense now"...
- OOC does make a point, however, to call out the Ultimate Warrior for stating in his promo that he doesn't care about winning the belt in his crusade against Hogan... but at the same time, he states "he made one mistake in 18 minutes".
- While OOC and V1 liked the promo, they do acknowledge that the Ultimate Warrior lost the crowd pretty fast, calling attention to how someone snuck in a trombone:
Episode 102: Fall Brawl 1998
- When discussing Jericho's parody of Goldberg's entrance, V1 calls to attention the bit where Jericho wanders outside the building, only for the door to close shut behind him... execept the door clearly isn't locked. As such, as he frantically tries to "open" it, he has to hold it shut at the same timenote .
- As OOC realizes (to his dismay), this is the second time in OSW where they had to cover a Ernest Miller/Norman Smiley feud on a PPVnote .OOC: Oh my God... (struggles speaking) Like, and... They did it again. It was... What were... Dah, my- They- They thought it was that good, they did it two years later?!
- During Raven and Saturn's fight, Raven does a sexy pin, stradding Saturn's thighs and grabbing both of his hands (interlocking the fingers), and Saturn escapes the pin by thrusting his hips. V1, after a moment of realization, compares this to the sex scene from Terminator 1.
- After one episode, V1 has pulled a complete 180 on his stance on the Ultimate Warrior:V1: I... think I'm done with you now, mate.OOC: (as Jay laughs) It took you, what, a week?
- When covering the promo Warrior cut three weeks after his debut, Jay calls to attention how he's clearly become aware that the audience has gotten sick of him, as he actually says "Patience, Warriors, patience is a virtue" during it. Or, as OOC translates:OOC: [He's] basically telling everyone to shut up and listen.
- When covering the promo Warrior cut three weeks after his debut, Jay calls to attention how he's clearly become aware that the audience has gotten sick of him, as he actually says "Patience, Warriors, patience is a virtue" during it. Or, as OOC translates:
Episode 105: WCW Blade Runners Nitro
- Sting shows up in order to call out Bret Hart... even though Bret had turned face back in Episode 103 during the Nitro following Fall Brawl. As it happens, he had turned heel again in between episodes.V1: The last three weeks, where they were turning him into a really popular babyface, all for fucking nothing, he's a heel again.Jay: Bahchah choah fwah fwah?V1: (defeated) Bahchah choah fwah fwah... yeah.
- The week prior, there was an episode long storyline with Wolfpac fighting with the Black and White, at one point searching through the building for them, which is openly compared to This is Spın̈al Tap:Jay: They need to tell the Wolfpac which way to go so they don't get lost, so they can actually find the nWo-V1: It's like Spinal Tap.Jay: (over footage of Wolfpac exiting through a door clearly being held open by a guy on the floor) So they have a load of lads keeping the door open, and trying to hide from the camera.
- When covering the spot where Sting uses a forklift on the nWo's limo, V1 brings up an incident from his days working at a warehouse where a guy, Terry, was given the okay to use the forklift despite clearly lying about his qualifications... and then promptly destroyed the back wheels of a truck due to not lifting up his blades.OOC: Did anything get ruined?V1: I- the tires...
- V1's impression of his boss has led to Youtube comments comparing him to the old man from "Fatal Deviation".Boss!V1: (slightly nasally) WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!OOC: Where's he from?!Jay: Some kind of Penguin character...
- The week prior, there was an episode long storyline with Wolfpac fighting with the Black and White, at one point searching through the building for them, which is openly compared to This is Spın̈al Tap:
- The Ultimate Warrior comes out in the middle of Sting's promo to cut his own, asking to fight alongside him, and brings up Sting's intention to "call out the anti-heroes of our time"... even though an anti-hero is still a hero, and Sting is calling out Hogan and Bret.V1: This is the problem when stupid people try to sound smart!
- However, the only problem is that by this point, none of the audience is willing to put up with his crap, resoundly booing him as he speaks. Even before he speaks. And as V1 points out, one fan in particular was particularly vocal, and was picked up by the TV mics.V1: At 32 minutes, and 20 seconds, as Warrior is rambling on, "Being fatal to enter the battle unless you have the will to win," pause... "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" (kissing noise) Thank you, Chicago!
- "You can take away my farty trombone, but you can't take my voice!"
- After it's mentioned that a major problem with Warrior's promos in WCW is that he keeps going on for too long, the hypothetical is proposed of WCW cutting him off in the middle, and then sending in the Nitro Girls to send him away.OOC: That's his new thing, instead of the smoke machines, the Nitro Girls, that's...Jay: And one of them has a little cane that can- yanks him... Or Bischoff has a cane backstage, that he threads through.
- However, the only problem is that by this point, none of the audience is willing to put up with his crap, resoundly booing him as he speaks. Even before he speaks. And as V1 points out, one fan in particular was particularly vocal, and was picked up by the TV mics.
- The lads being confused about Hogan ranting about wood and men in his post-promo promo causes Jay to assume he's talking about his "turgid phallus"... before promptly daring YouTube to try and get that past their censors.
- "Fans, wanna remind you of a couple of things... Nitro. Cum."
- Following the match between Fit Finlay and Alex Wrightnote , there's a brief detour in order to cover a infamous Nitro Backstage Blast where the British Bulldog appears to be on painkillers. As V1 states, "it's sad, but it's the best type of sad". And as the footage plays out, we are treated to a series of graphics, such as Bulldog's head on a kid's body, Bulldog going Super Sayan, and so on.British Bulldog: (rushed) Alex Wright, you think you can beat the British Bulldog? You did- Wrong! You are deu- a chance at me? (V1 cackles) Come on and... take a piece of me.V1: Does he have to puke, or something?!
- Bulldog states that because he can do any style of wrestlingnote , that is why he is called "the British Bulldog".
- V1 attempts to be serious for a moment, due to the fact that in hindsight it's clear Bulldog's painkiller problem was in full effect here, only for Jay to derail his point due to an abrupt pause:V1: The red flags were clearly there, you know, and unfortunately, it's a time in wrestling when no one paid attention to them...(everyone laughs)V1: Wouldn't be 'til 23 years later where three Irish twats would pay very close attention to them.
- Alex Wright then shows up to talk smack... except he chooses to speak in German instead of English. As he talks, we do a close up on Bulldog as dial-up sounds are dubbed in, representing his confusion.British Bulldog: Beinly speak to me! Speak in Englishnote ! I don't speak German.note
- Eventually, the lads wind up reaching the one of the most well-known segments, not only of this episode of Nitro, but arguably of WCW's entire history: Rick Stiner's promo getting interrupted by Chucky.
- Jay openly compares Chucky's nasally voice to Raven's, while OOC compares it to Muttley (he was thinking of "the other guy"). V1 then cracks that he meant Scooby-Doo.
- It is pointed out how Rick Stiner was clearly legitimately angry over this promo during the episode.V1: Mean Gene is like "Oh, mate, I'm sorry", and [Rick]'s like "Fuckin' company..."... He's furious getting out of this ring.
- The clip used for the Ad-Break Questionarium? Chucky promoting NXT's Halloween Havoc 2021 episode.
Episode 108: Halloween Havoc 1998
- The boys take WCW to task for wasting time with the PPV by not only including extended promos and also the Backstage Blast, but also having the Nitro Girls open the show with an extended dance bit. On a completely unrelated note, a couple minutes later, when discussing the Halloween Havoc set, Jay includes a "Top 10 PPV Set" segment.
- The inclusion of Bash at the Beach 1996, Jay says said set is forever linked to Hogan joining the Outsiders to form the nWo. OOC in turn congratulates the set, as that moment was "one of the most overplayed moments in history".V1: (extremely nasally) NUM NEN (the others join in) NEH NEH NEH NEH
- The faux-rain water feature of Royal Rumble 2003's set leads to Mandy Rose slipping on the ramp being dubbed over with the Shockmaster's "debut".British Bulldog: (voiceover; as Mandy falls) Fell flat on his ass! Fell flat on his fuckin' ass!
- As soon as Jay mentions not wanting to be among the bikers at Hog Wild, OOC fires back that they wouldn't want him either.
- "We salute you, our half-inflated dark lord!"
- The inclusion of Bash at the Beach 1996, Jay says said set is forever linked to Hogan joining the Outsiders to form the nWo. OOC in turn congratulates the set, as that moment was "one of the most overplayed moments in history".
- In regards to Raven himself greenlighting the "Raven is secretly a trust fund baby" plotline, OOC concludes he wanted to "kill his own creation"note .Jay: (dubbing over Vince, who has a mullet Photoshopped on) I wanna kill my own creation!V1: (also dubbing over Vince) A lethal dose... of bollocks!
- After V1 mentions his copy of the PPV replaced Hogan's "Voodoo Child" intro with yet another instance of "Wakka wo hey hey!", Jay reveals that in the actual PPV, Hogan got both of his introsnote .
- "[Hogan's] family tree's a shrub."
- "What do you think of Horace Hogan being... the key to this show?"Jay!George Lucas: Horace Hogan is the key to Halloween Havoc.
- In a rare change of pace, Jay winds up having difficulties following along due to the fact that his copy of the PPV had a truncated recording, meaning he wound up missing two matches and a couple of segments. ...but at the same time, since the matches he missed were Wrath vs. Meng, and Alex Wright vs. Finley, V1 admits he lost two of the crappier matches.
- When OOC mentions the copy Jay had sent him was longer than it claimed, Jay admits he added in some additional segments. Or, as Jay describes, "some of that was Bischoff, some of that was Jay".
- After OOC states he prefered Wrath winning instead of "the little bitch Meng", he openly dares Meng to come after him.V1: (as OOC) "Fly over to Ireland! Come find me!"
- Billy Kidman "blowing his wad" trying to cut a promo is compared to "putting a mic up front of Neo".V1: (over footage of Homer's "Rock Bottom" interview) Ohhhh, d'ya remember the editing that I had to do to get his one promo in-OOC: "Her sweet cans."V1: Y-You see the Sun jumpin' across the sky... (all three crack up)
Episode 126: In Your House 4
- The Boy Stable for this episode is certainly one for the ages: Of the five boys in itnote , one is technically not boy-elligible, one is definitively not boy-elligible, and one has sexual assault allegations.V1: Honestly, mate... uh... probably get [Joey] out of your stable, uh... the rest of your boys aren’t safe anymore- (everyone starts cackling)
- When OOC argues that Ken Shamrock is too well-known to be boy-elligible, Jay counters that he never changed in his entire run, and he kept getting outsmarted in the dumbest ways. One specific example Jay cites is that that when wrestling the Rock, when he found himself kneeling before him as he grabbed a chair, Ken proceeded to egg him on, thinking the Rock wasn't actually gonna try anything. He was wrong.
- When it comes time to the reveal of Sting, everyone starts accusing this stable of taking the piss.Jay: I want Hulk Hogan in my stable.
- In talking about how he was fired from WWE at basically the first opportunity due to everyone backstage hating him, Jay reveals that Enzo had actually bought a ticket to that year's Survivor Series, and got thrown out once he tried doing his schtick while in the crowd. "It's so sad."
- After Jay reveals he did a rap song making fun of shitty wrestling fans, OOC promptly begins talking highly of it.
- And to make it clear it's not hyperbole, when promoting MxM's guest appearance on the episode, Mansoor said the following on Twitter:Mansoor: Watch now for our guest appearance and also the worst boy stable of all time!
- When it's mentioned how Maffew and "Wrestling Bios"'s Ryan helped the boys out in getting the footage for this episode, OOC is the only one who doesn't thank Maffew.
- Upon mentioning he unknowingly watched a compliation tape of various matches of In Your House 4 and 5 rather than the full PPV, Jay mentions being furious... prompting V1 to accuse him of using that anger to force the Steves into picking up his slack.V1: Midnight last night, my phone starts popping: "Steve! I need you to hunt down In Your House 4, and watch these matches!"Jay: So I can give out about them.
- And how does OOC view this debacle?OOC: So... the punishment... for you watching matches you didn't have to watch, is for me have to listen to you talking about these matches.Jay: You got the easy option-OOC: No, I did not.
- And how does OOC view this debacle?
- Literal seconds into the PPV itself, the mood for the episode is established:V1: (mad cackle) Merrrrrrrrrry Christmas! Wh-what a Christmas we had, the fuckin' whip being cracked!OOC: I know!V1: (as Jay) "You'll watch that pre-show!"OOC: Christmas Eve!V1: (as Jay) "Steve, you'll watch 'In Your House 4: The Great White North!'"
- "Yeah, and fuckin' Santa's trying to come down the chimney, and we're watching shit."Jay: Tell him... to wack on "In Your House 4", and write some notes.
- "Lads, are you telling me that you don't want to watch Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Fatu?! Or you don't want to watch Yokozuna vs. Mabel?!"
- "Yeah, and fuckin' Santa's trying to come down the chimney, and we're watching shit."
- As OOC expresses annoyance that this is before "Make a Wish" Fatunote , Jay asks if he was wearing a beanie, to which V1 states he hadn't. Apparently, that's what Fatu had wished for.
- OOC takes a moment to praise how V1 did the play-by-play for Hunter Hearst Helmsley's match with Fatu, calling it one of his best:OOC: (as V1) "Walked out... blinked... blinked... blinked... blinked... blinked..."Jay: (talking over OOC; as V1) "Left foot..."
- "Kid Mang, Bad Mang, versus the Bang Bang Mang."Jay: Or, as Renee Young calls them, the "Gang Bang". (everyone breaks)
- Concerning Goldust's debut vignette, and how it was filmed with him whispering while in front of green-screen footage of "the Looney Tunes studio" behind him, Jay calls attention to the fact that the foley guy accidentally edited in the noises of the traffic in front of the studio too loud. As such, Jay decides to recreate the end result:OOC: (as Goldust; over Jay) There's a difference between these stars, and the legend-V1: (begins making loud car horn noises)Jay: (as a driver) GET THE FUCK OUTTA THE WAY!
- As the Lads point out, at one point during Goldust and Marty Jennety's match, the commentary team openly shoot on Marty.Jay: (as JR) Jenetty's no slouch! His personal demons have set him back!
- That's not the only questionable comment from commentary that gets spotlighted:
- "Next up is King Mabel versus Yokozuna! The Mega-Meaty explodes!"