What's your opinion of Eric Young?

[H-Virus]

I don't think I've ever really seen a general concensus of the guy. Do/did you like him? Was he annoying? Overrated? Deserved better? What were the best and worst parts of his roller coaster career in TNA to this point?


Personally, I consider him the Santino Marella of TNA: A talented guy who was so entrenched in the role of Comedy Goofball that he never really got the chance to showcase it, and on the rare occasion that he did get to show it, it was still hard to take him seriously because he'd spent so much time being a comedy goofball.

Of course, TNA's shit booking did him no favors at all...


He gets really popular with the crowds --> Put him in a long, boring and very stupid feud with Robert Roode and Traci Brooks

Push him as the leader of a heel stable --> Have it happen while another, much more legitimate heel stable is already ruling the show

Turn him face again --> Give him a 'brain damage' gimmick and pair him with 'Depraved Bisexual' Orlando Jordan

Give him a record-setting run with a title --> It's the Knockout's Tag Title

Finally make him the World Champion --> Completely rip off Daniel Bryan @ Mania 30 in the process

...just to name a few.


All in all, definitely not one of my favorite wrestlers, but I do think he could have accomplished a lot more if they had pushed him as a legit guy back in the 07-08 period instead of turning him into Super Eric and pairing him with Sharkboy and Curry Man.

[Ashy Larry]

He was a cornball since day one. Kinda liked him in Team Canada. He's been a cornball since. He is the very definition of a vanilla midget.

[JTG Fan]

I still can't believe his babyface world champion run actually happened, and when they were still on Spike TV no less.

[Instant Classic]

Haven't watched TNA in about 2 years, but he was a funny character and an awesome heel in World Elite.

[Deleted]

He's charismatic, he's versatile, and he's pretty solid in the ring, but he's just not entertaining at all anymore and hasn't been in some time.

[Kevin Hamilton]

I liked World Elite Eric.

That's about all I got.

I will say, he throws his all into any role he plays.

[Mayonnaise]

I think he is extremely underrated. I think he is a great character, he can go in the ring and has a good look (so long as he avoids the horse supplements) but the TNA booking has destroyed him. I don't know that I'd ever have made him a world champion (maybe the WE days) but I think he is an easy main event guy.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

One of the most underrated/underutlized talents of this generation. His Piledriver is just awesome. He's a complete cornball with his current character tho. Man, this shit he's doing now sucks. Stop yelling every promo, you jabroni.

[Deleted]

I'm of the belief that comedy roles in wrestling can work, but are very difficult to pull off, as different people find different things funny. That said, I personally loved the guy during the paranoid, "Don't Fire Eric" era. I also think he's got talent, and can do a serious character well, as demonstrated in World Elite. From there, though, to the time I stopped watching TNA (Hogan/Bischoff era) he was just annoying.

Then I saw pictures of him with his hobo beard, and gassed to the gills as TNA champ, and...well, WTF?

[Deleted]

Never been a fan. Dude does nothing for me other than make me zone out and/or change the channel.

[Deleted]

[They Adam Bradley]

Pimples...zits....bacne....I need a bath. In his fairness I could say the same thing for 75% of TNAs roster.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

I like his comedy work better let's face it when they tried to push him as a heel first with world elite it didn't worked. Nobody ever bought him as a big enough threat to take out sting.

I despise this angry roided out character he has become. I think it's him just venting and trying to prove that he's a main eventer when he's not. I feel sorry for him that he got f***ed in the hogan era when he barely appeared on tv for years.

[Corre.222]

I hope Eric Young doesn't read this thread and changes, because what he is CURRENTLY doing now is perfect. I love his twisted, extremely crazy & near murderer character where he is yelling every promo, in that voice. He is funny as the sadistically evil Canadian.

Without him and EC3, TNA would be completely nothing. They are the only bright spots in that company.

And seriously, if TNA ever folds, I want Eric Young in WWE or in a promotion on TV (I can dream).

[SAJ Forth]

Good wrestler, bad booking.

[siredger]

Jan 14, 2016 23:07:50 GMT -5 Corre.222 said:

I hope Eric Young doesn't read this thread and changes, because what he is CURRENTLY doing now is perfect. I love his twisted, extremely crazy & near murderer character where he is yelling every promo, in that voice. He is funny as the sadistically evil Canadian.

Without him and EC3, TNA would be completely nothing. They are the only bright spots in that company.

Glad to see I'm not the only one loving the World Class Maniac character.

And yes, EC3 & Eric Young are the best parts of TNA at the moment.

[CeilingFan]

Good worker, not exceptional.

[Sephiroth]

They could probably grab a couple of promising Indy prospects with his paycheck

[A Platypus Rave]

Jan 14, 2016 22:20:39 GMT -5 @doge said:

Yeah,

[Welfare Willis]

Jan 14, 2016 21:49:07 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

One of the most underrated/underutlized talents of this generation. His Piledriver is just awesome. He's a complete cornball with his current character tho. Man, this shit he's doing now sucks. Stop yelling every promo, you jabroni.

It's like someone told him the only way to heel is yell like a PTSD Vietnam vet and wear neon panties.