The Ken Shamrock vs. Joey Ryan match aired on this week’s edition of Impact Wrestling and generated criticism from Jim Cornette and some fans:
The World's Most Dangerous Dong just FLIPPED @ShamrockKen! #IMPACTonAXSTV @JoeyRyanOnline pic.twitter.com/SbydcQBKAm
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) November 6, 2019
Keep showing shit like this in public, it'll hasten the rest of your downfall. A 5 foot warthog as champion, hiring guys who do dick spots in dive bars, is having your "talent" give handjobs to fans on the way out REALLY all that far away?#PayTheTalentTheirRoyaltiesToo
— Jim Cornette (@TheJimCornette) November 6, 2019
What’s wrong with being gay? https://t.co/Wuucc5YTYg
— Joey Ryan (@JoeyRyanOnline) November 6, 2019
Hey Impact, post your ratings so we can all see how many idiots actually are watching this nonsense.
— JohnnyZ All In For #KairiMania ?☠️ (@JWrestlingV2) November 6, 2019
Glad the announcers enjoyed it so much; the fans didn't really seem to care one way or the other. Cept the few that laughed. How'd they talk Shamrock into this?
— Alex (@ChiaEstevez) November 6, 2019
No point in saying its garbage, I've spent the last 13 years defending this company but let me guess, now that I'm saying how awful this is my opinion is no longer valid.
— Jonathon Chambers (@AnthonyJonathon) November 6, 2019
And just like that bye impact
— Nick Emery (@NickEmery10) November 6, 2019
@IMPACTWRESTLING gets back on TV TO DO THIS? TERRIBLE! I USED TO BE SUCH AN ADVOCATE FOR IMPACT BUT TO DETERIORATE THIS BAD IS ATROCIOUS.
Whoever wrote/booked this CRAP… pic.twitter.com/gQqrp3qexH
— BranDon… (@ThaAntagonyst) November 6, 2019
Ryan responded to the negative feedback:
If it makes some of you complainers feel better, I watched it with my parents tonight and my dad thought it was stupid too. But he’s in his 70s so it makes sense. He loves that I’m rich now though. https://t.co/QU28j32wbz
— Joey Ryan (@JoeyRyanOnline) November 6, 2019