History WebVideo / ZTrueLongIslandStory

Most wrestlers wouldn't know what to do. But Wrestling/ZackRyder isn't most wrestlers. Apparently deciding [[http://twitter.com/#!/ZackRyder his own twitter page]] and [[http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001735358871 his own Facebook page]] wasn't enough, Zack started his own WebOriginal series, most of which are a DayInTheLife-style videos of him discussing whatever is bothering him at the time, or just clips of him screwing around whatever town he's in.

* [[MonsteroftheWeek Broski of the Week]] / [[VictimoftheWeek Sign of the Week]]
* MemeticHandGesture: Holding his right index finger and thumb in the shape of an L, while holding up one finger on his left hand.
** [[DontExplainTheJoke It's an L and an I, for "Long Island", in case anyone failed to notice that]].

* IAteWhat / GargleBlaster: He finally unveils what an actual Long Island Iced Z is. It's a mix of vodka, rum, tequila, diet soda, and protein. Even he couldn't drink it.

Here's a hypothetical for you: You're employed by the Wrestling/{{WWE}}, but you're a [[{{Jobber}} lower mid-carder]] who doesn't get much air time. You have to count your blessings if you appear at all on the main shows such as ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' or ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'', and forget about having an actual match. You're desperate to generate ''any'' kind of interest with the higher-ups or the booking committee--not because you're an attention whore, but because this is your livelihood on the line, and you could very easily be shown the door at any time. So what do you do?

* FiveManBand
** [[TheHero The He-Bro]] - Zack
** TheLancer - Primo early on, now Chiappetta
** TheSmartGuy - Scott Stanford
** TheBigGuy - The Big O, Zack's bodyguard
** TheChick - Zack's dad
** SixthRanger - Curt Hawkins, or he was until he turned into a SixthRangerTraitor.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: During episode #35, Dolph Ziggler walks past the camera and says, "Tell Brazzers that I don't get into bed for less than $10,000 a day." Brazzers is an adult film company (This is also probably a reference to the fact that [[http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrks57s8FM1qimlzco1_500.jpg they apparently took the "Ask The Heel" logo from the Brazzers logo.]])
** Episode 39's #areyouseriousbro tweet is from Keiran Lee, a male pornstar who does scenes for Brazzers.
** Episode 74: [[DoubleEntendre "History was made...as I made Eve wet."]] Yeah, those who watched Super Smackdown knew [[ContrivedClumsiness what Zack]] was talking about, but seriously, how did ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7CQR5XezBzg#t=24s this]]'' get past the WWE production team?!

* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: Ziggler challenged Ryder to match at WrestleMania 29 for the Internet Championship, which Ryder declined, stating he has nothing left to prove. A few episode later and we see Ryder accepting Ziggler challange and shaking hand on it.

** Wrestling/JoeyStyles came out of retirement to call a match between Ryder and an UltimateWarrior plush figure.

-->''"Now for some reason, there's a whole lot of fake Website/{{Twitter}}s, Website/{{Facebook}}s, Website/YouTube channels, Website/MySpace--who still uses MySpace, bro?--but unless you're watching this on a channel that says '[=LongIslandIcedZ=]', it is a '''fake'''.''"

* TakeThat: In episode 29, Ryder asks the viewer, "Do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?" Cue an audio clip of TheMiz saying [[CatchPhrase "AWESOME"]].

** Scott Stanford revealing himself to being the one who attacked Chiapetta was a direct shout out to TheReveal of Wrestling/VinceMcMahon as the Higher Power. Zack would even call Stanford a "son of a bitch" on Twitter an hour after the video was uploaded on WWE.com, mirroring JimRoss's commentary that night.

** JoeyStyles came out of retirement to call a match between Ryder and an UltimateWarrior plush figure.

*** Which was a parody of the infamous "VinceMcMahon got blown up" WWE storyline.

** Scott Stanford revealing himself to being the one who attacked Chiapetta was a direct shout out to TheReveal of VinceMcMahon as the Higher Power. Zack would even call Stanford a "son of a bitch" on Twitter an hour after the video was uploaded on WWE.com, mirroring JimRoss's commentary that night.

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: How DolphZiggler keeps interrupting the show with his "Ask the Heel" segment. Zack changes the password every week on his computer, Ziggler keeps guessing them right.

* TheRival: At the start of the show, Wrestling/JohnMorrison due to Morrison being Zack's dad's favorite wrestler. As the series went on, DolphZiggler firmly entrenched himself as Zack's big rival to the point that spilled over into TV.

** Episode 42 ends with Zack near the end of his sign-off, when DolphZiggler waffles him with the United States Championship out of nowhere.

Here's a hypothetical for you: You're employed by the Wrestling/{{WWE}}, but you're a [[{{Jobber}} lower mid-carder]] who doesn't get much air time. You have to count your blessings if you appear at all on the main shows such as Wrestling/WWERaw or WWESmackDown, and forget about having an actual match. You're desperate to generate ''any'' kind of interest with the higher-ups or the booking committee--not because you're an attention whore, but because this is your livelihood on the line, and you could very easily be shown the door at any time. So what do you do?