History YMMV / MovieTriviaSchmoedown

* OvershadowedByControversy: Patriots vs Top 10 III, which ended up being the Patriots' final successful defense, may be the least popular match of all time with over a fifth of the votes on its [=YouTube=] upload being dislikes. Top 10 was down by only four points going into the betting round where Sneider spun Westerns, a strength of Rocha's. The Patriots got the question wrong while Top 10 knew it, but the Patriots challenged that their answer of "Jane Fonda" was written incomprehensibly on Rocha's board and shouldn't have counted. The ruling was that the entire round would be redone with a new wheel spin, which landed on Will Smith, and a new question, which the Patriots got right and Top 10 missed, creating a ten-point deficit that helped the Patriots knock out Top 10 in the speed round. Fans are torn on whether or not Top 10 deserved credit for their answer, whether they should've just had their points deducted for not writing the answer clearly enough, or whether the teams should've redone the round with a new Westerns question. However, the decision to have a re-spin is nearly universally loathed, as it seemed entirely unnecessary based on the actual controversy at hand.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Many fans, particularly the Action Army, viewed Ghai sympathetically after Bateman resolved to stay partnered with Reilly, which led to Team Action splitting up for good. This is in spite of the fact that, [[EvilIsCool or even because]], Ghai is widely considered one of the show's best heels and isn't above physically assaulting other competitors when they anger him.

* RonTheDeathEater: As part of the DracoInLeatherPants example above, numerous fans turned on Bateman for staying partnered with Reilly instead of reuniting with Ghai to reform Team Action, calling him a traitor and bashing him for this decision even years later. This is in spite of Ghai [[BlatantLies giving Bateman his blessing to stay with Reilly and proclaiming that he's already found another partner,]] only to tackle him a minute later for his "betrayal."

* DracoInLeatherPants: Many fans, particularly the Action Army, viewed Ghai sympathetically after Bateman resolved to stay partnered with Reilly, which led to Team Action splitting up for good. This is in spite of the fact that, [[EvilIsCool or even because]], Ghai is widely considered one of the show's best heels. He also isn't above physically assaulting other competitors when they anger him.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Many fans, particularly the Action Army, viewed Ghai sympathetically after Bateman resolved to stay partnered with Reilly, which led to Team Action splitting up for good. This is in spite of the fact that [[EvilIsCool(or even because)]] Ghai is widely considered one of the show's best heels. He also isn't above physically assaulting other competitors when they anger him.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Patriots vs Top 10 III, which ended up being the Patriots' final successful defense, may be the least popular match of all time with over a fifth of the votes on its [=YouTube=] upload being dislikes. Top 10 was down by only four points going into the betting round where Sneider spun Westerns, a strength of Rocha's. The Patriots got the question wrong while Top 10 knew it, but the Patriots challenged that their answer of "Jane Fonda" was written incomprehensibly on Rocha's board and shouldn't have counted. The ruling was that the entire round would be redone with a new wheel spin, which landed on Will Smith, and question, which the Patriots got right and Top 10 missed, creating a ten-point deficit that helped the Patriots knock out Top 10 in the speed round. Fans are torn on whether or not Top 10 deserved credit for their answer, whether they should've just had their points deducted for not writing the answer clearly enough, or whether the teams should've redone the round with a new Westerns question. However, the decision to have a re-spin is nearly universally loathed, as it seemed entirely unnecessary based on the actual controversy at hand.

** Shannon Barney purposefully drafted Eliot Dewberry at the inaugural draft just to ensure that the Wildberries wold be split up. Many fans already consider her the front-runner for Heel of the Year, [[UpToEleven and this was before a single match had even been played that season.]]

** Lon Harris has always been a fan favorite for his character work, but his portrayal of his new "Delinquent" persona that he officially debuted in Final Exam vs The Experiment practically makes the entire match an example, especially when Winston Marshall has to lure him around with a flask. Eliot Dewberry's obvious discomfort with being paired with [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Marc Edward Heuck]] and being managed by [[ForTheEvulz Shannon Barney]] contribute to the match's humor.

** Sneider's KO loss against Bibbiani in a number one contender shot from 2018 is still heavily looked down upon, as many felt that he wasn't even trying once he realized he couldn't win and was purposely trying to get knocked out in the second round. A few fans went as far as suggesting he be penalized for his poor performance.

** Jeff Sneider's KO loss against Bibbiani in a number one contender shot from 2018 is still heavily looked down upon, as many felt that he wasn't even trying once he realized he couldn't win and was purposely trying to get knocked out in the second round. A few fans went as far as suggesting he be penalized for his poor performance.

** Kalinowski and the Film/FlashGordon fiasco from his match against Sneider. But in fairness, it's widely agreed upon that the question was poorly worded and Kalinowski clearly knew the answer.

** Kalinowski and the Film/FlashGordon fiasco from his match against Sneider. But in fairness, it's widely agreed upon that the question was worded poorly.

** The first Founding Fathers vs Korruption match will forever be remembered for the "O'Russell" controversy, which Harloff referred to as the biggest challenge the show has ever had. Creator/DavidORussell was the answer to the first and only Sudden Death question, which Murrell knew but remembered too late to write it on his board. This was prior to the rule that each competitor/team would have one repeat to use for the Sudden Death round and Founding Fathers had used all of theirs in the match proper. When called on to answer, Murrell verbalized the answer but conceded that he didn't write it down in time. Ellison wrote "David O'Russell" and Rocha and Kalinwoski wrote "David O. Russell." Murrell didn't receive credit, but everyone else did, which gave Korruption the win. There was confusion as to whether Murrell should have received credit since he answered first and couldn't have cheated off of anyone and/or if Ellison shouldn't have received credit for writing what was technically a different last name. The ruling was that Ellison's answer counted because it was phonetically correct and Murrell's didn't because it wasn't written down in down, regardless of him verbalizing it. The controversy led to a ''very'' tense postgame interview with the Founding Fathers.

** The first Founding Fathers vs Korruption match will forever be remembered for the "O'Russell" controversy, which Harloff referred to as the biggest challenge the show has ever had ever had. Creator/DavidORussell was the answer to the first and only Sudden Death question, which Murrell knew but remembered too late to write it on his board. This was prior to the rule that each competitor/team would have one repeat to use for the Sudden Death round and Founding Fathers had used all of theirs in the match proper. When called on to answer, Murrell verbalized the answer but conceded that he didn't write it down in time. Ellison wrote "David O'Russell" and Rocha and Kalinwoski wrote "David O. Russell." Murrell didn't receive credit, but everyone else did, which gave Korruption the win. There was confusion as to whether Murrell should have received credit since he answered first and couldn't have cheated off of anyone and/or if Ellison shouldn't have received credit for writing what was technically a different last name. The ruling was that Ellison's answer counted because it was phonetically correct and Murrell's didn't because it wasn't written down in down, regardless of him verbalizing it. The controversy led to a ''very'' tense postgame interview with the Founding Fathers.

** Founding Fathers vs Korruption I was a high-scoring match that went into Sudden Death, but is forever going to be remembered for the "O'Russell" controversy.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Patriots vs Top 10 III, which ended up being the Patriots' final successful defense, may be the least popular match of all time with over a fifth of the votes on its [=YouTube=] upload being dislikes. Top 10 was down by only four points going into the betting round where Sneider spun Westerns, a strength of Rocha's. The Patriots got the question wrong while Top 10 knew it, but the Patriots challenged that their answer of "Jane Fonda" was written incomprehensibly on Rocha's board and shouldn't have counted. The ruling was that the entire round would be redone with a new wheel spin, which landed on Will Smith, and question, which the Patriots got right and Top 10 missed, creating a ten-point deficit that helped the Patriots knock out Top 10 in the speed round. Fans are torn on whether or not Top 10 deserved credit for their answer, whether they should've just had their points deducted for not writing the answer clearly enough, or giving a new Westerns question. However, the decision to have a re-spin is nearly universally loathed, as it seemed entirely unnecessary based on the actual controversy.

** This is somewhat averted with the streams of live events for viewers watching them live, though the typical ones that contain two matches generally hover around two hours.

* HilariousInHindsight: In Sneider's postgame interview after beating Rocha, a future version of Bibbs comes with news of a BadFuture, part of which includes the reformation of the Horsemen. One month after this match aired, the second iteration of the (Five) Horsemen officially debuted at the end of the second 2018 Live Event.

* HilariousInHindsight: All the way back at the end of Season 3 in 2016 at the inaugural Schmoedown Spectacular, Dan Murrell accepted Finstock's offer to join the Lion's Den, only to quickly bow out of the faction after they failed to show up to support him in his title match against John Rocha. Additionally, during the moment in which Murrell accepted Finstock's offer, Rocha crashed the interview to insult Finstock and shove him out of the way before launching into a tirade towards Murrell. Cut to two years later midway through Season 7 and Finstock has officially become both Murrell ''and'' Rocha's manager after Finstock and Ben Bateman were accepted into the Five Horsemen at the Houston event.

* CreepyAwesome: [[OnlyOneName Tom]] is one of the show's strangest characters to ever grace (?) viewers' screens, even rendering [[NoIndoorVoice Jay Washington]] speechless, which Harloff even [[LampshadedTrope lampshades]]. He's also one of the most beloved and highly anticipated after his incredible showings in just a few Teams matches, one of which won Upset of the Year for Season 6.

** The Loony Bin's mere existence counts, but a standout moment took place during their match against Time Machine after Erwin misses an Animated question and tries to use the defense that he doesn't have kids:

* CreepyAwesome: [[OnlyOneName Tom]] is one of the show's strangest characters to ever grace (?) viewers' screens. He's also one of the most beloved and highly anticipated after his incredible showings in just a few Teams matches, one of which won Upset of the Year for Season 6.

** Lon Harris has always been a fan favorite for his character work, but his portrayal of his new "Delinquent" persona that he officially debuted in Final Exam vs The Experiment practically makes the entire match an example, especially when Winston Marshall has to lure him around with a flask. Eliot Dewberry's obvious discomfort with being paired with [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Marc Edward Heuck]] and being managed by [[ForTheEvulz Shannon Barney]] contribute to this.

** Lon Harris has always been a fan favorite for his character work, but his portrayal of his new "Delinquent" persona that he officially debuted in Final Exam vs The Experiment practically makes the entire match an example, especially when Winston Marshall has to lure him around with a flask. Eliot Dewberry's obvious discomfort with being paired with [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Marc Edward Heuck]] and being managed by Shannon Barney contribute to this.