About the "What's ----doing in the Impact Zone" Meme

[thegame415]

Has Tenay ever actually said this?

[Wolf Hurricane]

I recall about once, back in 2005 when Christian jumped ship. Something to the tune of: "It's Christian Cage! But what's he doing in the Impact Zone?"

[Lance Uppercut]

It's just another variation of the random EX WWE superstar appearance shout outs.

Also,

WE KNOW WHO THAT IS!

HEY, IT'S (ORIGINAL WWE NAME)!
HEY, IT'S THE WRESTLER FORMERLY KNOWN AS (WWE NAME)!
THAT'S (REAL NAME)!

Oh no, it's (insert random WWE-lite, new TNA name)!

[Ryushinku]

The "We know who that is!" (they are) I seem to remember for when the Basham Brothers turned up, for example.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

It's something that amuses me, not because the joke is funny, but because people will criticise TNA for using ideas or talent that are long past their sell-by dates, then keep on trying to keep a meme alive that's even more stale.

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Every time he shows up, Tenay hangs his head dejectedly, sighs loudly, and says to himself "What's Mike Tenay doing in the Impact Zone?" and then drinks heavily.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Nov 8, 2013 6:55:43 GMT -5 @thickmcrunfast said:

Every time he shows up, Tenay hangs his head dejectedly, sighs loudly, and says to himself "What's Mike Tenay doing in the Impact Zone?" and then drinks heavily.

And when he's nailin' his wife, he asks the same question, albeit more excitedly.

Then when he catches her cheating, he just substitutes the name with more incredulity.

[________ has left the building]

I remember when Billy Gunn made his TNA debut, Tenay said it. TNA kept trying to keep his name similar to his WWF one but Jerry McDevitt shut that down each time.

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They definitely did it with the Bashams.

He said "Well we know who they are, but what are they doing in the Impact Zone?"

Even though most people don't remember the Bashams in TNA, it was soon after that particular utterance that the meme appeared.

That's right,the BASHAMS started a meme. Sort of =P

[odor31]

I liked the Rikishi/Jr. Fatu debut.