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* '''Episode 109: Warrior Farewell'''[[note]]The Nitro after Halloween Havoc (October 26th, 1998), and the following Thunder (October 29th, 1998)[[note]]

* '''Episode 109: Warrior Farwell'''[[note]]The Nitro after Halloween Havoc (October 26th, 1998), and the following Thunder (October 29th, 1998)[[note]]

** Creator/MacaulayCulkin, himself a wrestling fan, appeared for an ABQ in collaboration with his ''Bunny Ears Podcast'', calling himself a big OOC mark.

** Rob Bartlett, American comedian who co-hosted the first few weeks of [[Wrestling/{{WWERAW}} WWF's ''Monday Night RAW'']], submitted his own ABQ shortly after the lads reviewed the first ever episode of RAW, taking their roasting of his commentary style in stride.

* CountryMatters: The lads are NOT ashamed to use the C-word liberally. It doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman, if you behave like one, you are one. They even have a "Cunt of the Year" award. Of course, it helps that they're from the UK where it isn't as [[ValuesDissonance horrific a word as in the US]].

** After reviewing it, the lads agree that Wrestlemania XI's reputation as one of the worst Manias to be overblown. It is still a bad PPV with bad matches as Undertaker VS King Kong Bundy [[note]] which they called the worst Taker match ever surpassing Giant Gonzalez.[[/note]] and Bret Hart VS Bob Backlund. it also has decent matches like Shawn Michael VS Diesel [[note]]undermined by Shawn Michaels pretty much burying Diesel[[/note]] and the main event of Lawrence Taylor VS Bam Bam Bigelow with them complimenting LT for being quite talented for a non-wrestler.
* {{Crossover}}: With V1 refusing to watch and OOC in America, Jay reviews Survivor Series 2014 with Maffew of Website/{{Botchamania}}.

Hosted by the three Irish lads Jay Hunter, Steve (V1), and Steve (Mr. OOC),[[note]]Originally with a fourth, Neo (Niall), but he abruptly left the group after Episode 5 (scampering off with V1's hard-drive at that)[[/note]] in round table discussions, they first came together on May 13th, 2011 to review every pay-per-view of "The [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]] Era". After finishing this mission, they moved on to wrestling sagas of all sorts, from the incredible "heights" of [[Wrestling/TheInvasionAngle the WCW InVasion]] leading up to [[Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} Wresltemania X-7]] and [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} "The Black Reign Saga"]] in Wrestling/{{TNA}}, to the spectacular lows of [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} WCW's]] Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom and the [[Wrestling/LexLuger Lex Express's]] road trip into [[Wrestling/WWENewGenerationEra WWF's "New Generation" era]], with a generous helping of "Brucie Bonus" reviews of video games, movies, and even the latest pay-per-views Wrestling/{{WWE}}, [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]], and others have put out.

* AffectionateParody: The openings of later episodes feature parodies of video game or film openings, so much so that "Best Opening" is a category in their first AwardShow.

** As explained in the Mailbag #2 episode, each host is obsessed with a particular underdog or "boy". (They have multiples, and to qualify as "yer boy", they generally can't have held a world title but still demonstrate a certain amount of ability or charisma.) Jay marks out for Wrestling/SherriMartel & Wrestling/SteveBlackman, [=V1=] praises Ronnie Garvin, and OOC is a Wrestling/LexLuger historian. In each case, the other two hosts can't see the appeal, so they laugh and poke fun at it: Sherri's promos are very much hit-or-miss, Ron inexplicably steals a world title from [[Wrestling/RicFlair Flair]], and Luger's idea of selling is to shout "ARGH" when he takes a bump (and when he gets hit, [[UpToEleven and when he hits someone]]). Neither Jay, [=V1=], or OOC seem bothered by the peanut gallery.

** With their first reviews being set in the cartoony [[TheEighties 80's]] period of WWF, wrestlers attires tended to be rather colorful. It eventually became a running joke that V1 would compare the most spectacular ones to popular chocolate bars (or candy packets, beverage cans, and eventually even cigarrette packs) they resembled, giving birth to the recurring "What Bar?" segment. Occassionally, they ask the fans to submit their own suggestions, with V1 showing his appreciation whenever a particularly fitting suggestion is sent in.

* TheCameo:

Jay Hunter, Steve (V1), and Steve (Mr. OOC) are three Irish lads[[note]]Originally with a fourth, Neo (Niall), but he abruptly left the group after Episode 5 (scampering off with V1's hard-drive at that)[[/note]] who first came together on May 13th, 2011 to "chronicle the [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]] Era pay-per-view by pay-per-view". After finishing this original mission, they moved on to wrestling storylines of all sorts, from the first the story of Creator/DavidArquette's title reign in Wrestling/{{WCW}}; then the juxtaposition of the high point and last gasps of Wrestling/{{ECW}}; the merging of the WWF and WCW, leading up to [=WrestleMania=] X-7; the Dungeon of Doom storyline in WCW; "The Black Reign Saga", chronicling Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2007; "The Lex Express" and "The New Generation", reviewing WWF events as the company heads into the high doldrums of the mid-1990s and the attempts to build the WWF around a new generation of talent like Wrestling/BretHart, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]]. A few reviews of movies, television shows, and other specials are sprinkled in there as well. Currently the lads are covering the time The Ultimate Warrior spent in WCW via a 5-part arc.

The reviews consist of a round table discussion with video painstakingly edited by Jay (who says it takes about 50 hours of editing per review). Starting in 2014, the lads started recording reviews of video games and the latest pay-per-views in order to up their content output.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The eponymous "old school".]]

->''"Welcome Noggers! Happy days are here again! peh..."''

Jay Hunter, Steve (Mr. OOC), and Steve (V1) are three Irish lads who [[https://www.youtube.com/user/oswreviewhd came together]] originally to "chronicle the [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]] Era pay-per-view by pay-per-view", beginning with their Wrestlemania review on May 13th, 2011. After finishing [[StoryArc this original mission]], they moved on to "chronicling wrestling story lines," first the story of Creator/DavidArquette's title reign in Wrestling/{{WCW}}; then the juxtaposition of the high point and last gasps of Wrestling/{{ECW}}; the merging of the WWF and WCW, leading up to [=WrestleMania=] X-7; the Dungeon of Doom storyline in WCW; "The Black Reign Saga", chronicling Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2007; "The Lex Express" and "The New Generation", reviewing WWF events as the company heads into the high doldrums of the mid-1990s and the attempts to build the WWF around a new generation of talent like Wrestling/BretHart, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]]. A few reviews of movies, television shows, and other specials are sprinkled in there as well. Currently the lads are covering the time The Ultimate Warrior spent in WCW via a 5-part arc.

* '''Episode 107: Halloween Havoc 1998'''

* Episode 104: ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106915/ Firepower]]''[[note]]Ultimate Warrior's only film role[[/note]]

* CouchGag: The billboard outside the Old School contains a new gag each review. Fitting, as the Old School is a screenshot of [[TheSimpsons Springfield Elementary]].

* FanNickname: [[invoked]]
** "Cunt Hogan", "Parsley" (Paisley, whose name Jay can't pronounce right), [[Wrestling/MikeAwesome "Mike Adequate"]], [[Wrestling/BobHolly Buttplug]], Fun-lay (the [[IronicNickname unsmiling]] Dave Finlay), [[Wrestling/BigShow New Year's Baby]], Zombie Linda ([=McMahon=]), The [[Music/LimpBizkit Durst-ertaker]] (the [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker American Badass]]), [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Gold Hyphen]] and [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Star Hyphen Dust]].
--->''"...Pays-Lay?"''
** ''Metal Gear Solid'' protagonists, in order: Erect Penis, Flaccid Penis, Unsheathed Penis, etc.
** "[[Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea King IKEA.]]" (''Halloween Havoc 95'')
** V1's love of "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin, leading him to campaign for Garvin's entrance to the hall of fame. The other two repeatedly refer to Garvin as "Rubbish" Ronnie Garbage.
** WWECW's Kevin Thorne becomes Kevin Vampire-Dude.
** Justin Credible is referred to as "Rat-Face Nacker".
** Doink the Clown is often called "Doink, Brah". And for each additional Doink, they add a "Brah".
** "1-2-3" Kid is called "Little Bitch".
** They have a tendency to call Wrestling/BobBacklund "Duckarse" due to his pre-match quirk of shaking his hips with his lower back extended, giving him the look of a duck waddling.
** Bart Gunn, one half of the cowboy-themed tag team The Smoking Gunns, is called "Bang Bang Bart", a reference to a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]] scene where Bart is imagined as a cowboy-themed overweight, drunken male stripper.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Not familiar with [[Series/WheelOfFortune her work]], Jay and V1 are unsure during the Wrestlemania IV review whether Vanna White's name is "Vanna" or "Banna," and care so little that they refuse to look it up.

* '''Episode 103: [[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro WCW Nitro after Fall Brawl! (September 14, 1998)]]'''

* '''Episode 105: [[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro WCW Blade Runners Nitro (October 12th, 1998)]]'''[[note]][[https://twitter.com/OSWreview/status/1463571553921212425 Released out of order due to OOC feeling unwell.]][[/note]]
* Episode 107: [[ComicBook/{{Warrior}} Warrior's ENTIRE Destrucity Comic Series]][[note]]Also released out of order, for the holidays[[/note]]

* '''Episode 26: Royal Rumble 1992'''
* Episode 27: ''Film/TheMarine 3''

* '''Episode 3: [[Wrestling/RandySavage Macho Man Randy Savage]] Tribute'''

* '''Episode 11: Piledriver VHS'''

* '''Episode 30: [=WrestleMania=] IX (1993)'''

* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: [[invoked]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBT7zb5gxOY&t=31m1s The build]] to Doink and Jerry Lawler's Survivor Series 1994 match "Clowns R' Us vs. The Royal Family"[[note]]a four-on-four bout, each wrestler having three midgets on their team[[/note]] was explicitly stated to be horrible by both V1 and Jay, with Jay in particular calling it horrific after V1 gave the rundown.

* '''Episode 102: Fall Brawl 1998'''[[note]]Currently missing from Youtube; only avalible on [[https://t.co/et1LjYewcS Twitch]][[/note]]

* '''Episode 105: [[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro WCW Blade Runners Nitro (October 12th, 1998)]]'''[[note]][[https://twitter.com/OSWreview/status/1463571553921212425 Released out of order due to OOC feeling unwell;]] currently missing from Youtube; only avalible on [[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1226164945?sr=a&t=154s Twitch]][[/note]]

* '''Episode 105: [[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro WCW Blade Runners Nitro (October 12th, 1998)]]'''[[note]][[https://twitter.com/OSWreview/status/1463571553921212425 Released out of order due to OOC feeling unwell.]][[/note]]

* '''Episode 102: Fall Brawl 1998'''

* DarkWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: [[invoked]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBT7zb5gxOY&t=31m1s The build]] to Doink and Jerry Lawler's Survivor Series 1994 match "Clowns R' Us vs. The Royal Family"[[note]]a four-on-four bout, each wrestler having three midgets on their team[[/note]] was explicitly stated to be horrible by both V1 and Jay, with Jay in particular calling it horrific after V1 gave the rundown.

* MirrorRoutine: After the referee that screws Hogan out of the championship is revealed to be a copy (played by his twin brother), Jay laments that they don't do this routine. He gets his wish in the Wrestlemania IX episode, though, as the two [[DoinkTheClown Doinks]] do it.

Jay Hunter, Steve (Mr. OOC), and Steve (V1) are three Irish lads who [[https://www.youtube.com/user/oswreviewhd came together]] originally to "chronicle the [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]] Era pay-per-view by pay-per-view", beginning with their Wrestlemania review on May 13th, 2011. After finishing [[StoryArc this original mission]], they moved on to "chronicling wrestling story lines," first the story of Creator/DavidArquette's title reign in Wrestling/{{WCW}}; then the juxtaposition of the high point and last gasps of Wrestling/{{ECW}}; the merging of the WWF and WCW, leading up to [=WrestleMania=] X-7; the Dungeon of Doom storyline in WCW; "The Black Reign Saga", chronicling Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2007; "The Lex Express" and "The New Generation", reviewing WWF events as the company heads into the high doldrums of the mid-1990s and the attempts to build the WWF around a new generation of talent like Wrestling/BretHart, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]]; and currently The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior's brief period of time in WCW, leading to Halloween Havoc 1998. A few reviews of movies, television shows, and other specials are sprinkled in there as well. Currently the lads are covering the time The Ultimate Warrior spent in WCW via a 5-part arc.

Jay Hunter, Steve (Mr. OOC), and Steve (V1) are three Irish lads who [[https://www.youtube.com/user/oswreviewhd came together]] originally to "chronicle the [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]] Era pay-per-view by pay-per-view", beginning with their Wrestlemania review on May 13th, 2011. After finishing [[StoryArc this original mission]], they moved on to "chronicling wrestling story lines," first the story of Creator/DavidArquette's title reign in Wrestling/{{WCW}}; then the juxtaposition of the high point and last gasps of Wrestling/{{ECW}}; the merging of the WWF and WCW, leading up to [=WrestleMania=] X-7; the Dungeon of Doom storyline in WCW; "The Black Reign Saga", chronicling Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2007; "The Lex Express" and "The New Generation", reviewing WWF events as the company heads into the high doldrums of the mid-1990s and the attempts to build the WWF around a new generation of talent like Wrestling/BretHart, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]]; and currently Wrestling/TheUltimateWarrior's brief period of time in WCW, leading to Halloween Havoc 1998. A few reviews of movies, television shows, and other specials are sprinkled in there as well. Currently the lads are covering the time The Ultimate Warrior spent in WCW via a 5-part arc.

Jay Hunter, Steve (Mr. OOC), and Steve (V1) are three Irish lads who [[https://www.youtube.com/user/oswreviewhd came together]] originally to "chronicle the [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hulkamania]] Era pay-per-view by pay-per-view", beginning with their Wrestlemania review on May 13th, 2011. After finishing [[StoryArc this original mission]], they moved on to "chronicling wrestling story lines," first the story of Creator/DavidArquette's title reign in Wrestling/{{WCW}}; then the juxtaposition of the high point and last gasps of Wrestling/{{ECW}}; the merging of the WWF and WCW, leading up to [=WrestleMania=] X-7; the Dungeon of Doom storyline in WCW; "The Black Reign Saga", chronicling Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2007; "The Lex Express," "The New Generation" reviewing WWF events as the company heads into the high doldrums of the mid-1990s and the attempts to build the WWF around a new generation of talent like Wrestling/BretHart, Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]]. A few reviews of movies, television shows, and other specials are sprinkled in there as well. Currently the lads are covering the time The Ultimate Warrior spent in WCW via a 5-part arc.