History YMMV / JoeyRyan

** BaseBreaker: For pro wrestling fans in general. There are many who are either in the industry itself or big fans of wrestling that despise him for 'exposing the business' with his gimmicky unrealistic moves that involves things like the "Penis Plex". Others consider the "golden age" of Kayfabe dead and buried, with everyone knowing that wrestling is fake and such the only thing that matters is getting over and drawing fans to shows.

** BaseBreaker: For pro wrestling fans in general. There are many who are either in the industry itself or big fans of wrestling that despise him for 'exposing the business' with his gimmicky unrealistic moves that involves things like the "Penis Plex".

* BrokenBase: The "Penis Power[=/=]King of Dong Style" gimmick. At least after it started showing up outside of Dramatic Dream Team. Some think it's hilarious and enjoy that it's caught on and become another source of merchandise for him, others think it's stupidity and no longer want anything to do with him as a result.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Joey had been wrestling for ''12 years'' prior to appearing in TNA. As a humorous extension to this, a lot of wrestling fans don't realise that he has wrestled since 2001 due to his relatively recent explosion in popularity. A lot of cynical traditionalist type fans (the kind that usually subscribe wholeheartedly to the views of his detractors like Jim Cornette) often repeat the misconception that he is just a flash in the pan, without realising how long he has been in the business.(Cornette, who actually had worked a few promotions with Ryan before the viral video, and favored Wrestling/TylerBlack, said Ryan was a ''preliminary'' wrestler who had t do increasingly ludicrous things to stay over, which is a bit more accurate, whether or not you think it's a bad thing)

%%* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Dick-flipping '''[[Wrestling/MickFoley MICK FOLEY]]''' at a show for OTT Wrestling in Dublin, Ireland.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Joey had been wrestling for ''12 years'' prior to appearing in TNA.
** As a humorous extension to this, a lot of wrestling fans don't realise that he has wrestled since 2001 due to his relatively recent explosion in popularity. A lot of cynical traditionalist type fans (the kind that usually subscribe wholeheartedly to the views of his detractors like Jim Cornette) often repeat the misconception that he is just a flash in the pan, without realising how long he has been in the business.(Cornette, who actually had worked a few promotions with Ryan before the viral video, and favored Wrestling/TylerBlack, said Ryan was a ''preliminary'' wrestler who had t do increasingly ludicrous things to stay over, which is a bit more accurate, whether or not you think it's a bad thing)

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
** Dick-flipping '''[[Wrestling/MickFoley MICK FOLEY]]''' at a show for OTT Wrestling in Dublin, Ireland.
** Joey Ryan and Wrestling/JimCornette are [[http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/616155-joey-ryan-jim-cornette-battle-on-twitter not exactly friends]] as it is, but when Corny made a homophobic comment about the "Penis Power" video, Joey [[http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/649755-joey-ryan-blasts-jim-cornette-for-homophobic-reaction-to-viral-video-calls-cornette-a-pice-of-st-more called his ass out for it.]]
* EvilIsSexy: Invoked.

* BrokenBase: The "Penis Power[=/=]King of Dong Style" gimmick. At least after it started showing up outside of Dramatic Dream Team. Some think it's hilarious and enjoy that it's caught on and become another source of merchandise for him, others think it's JumpingTheShark-level stupidity and no longer want anything to do with him as a result.

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* FanCommunityNickname: The 87%ers.

* HeAlsoDid: He's appeared in a lot of TV shows and internet videos. This is probably due to him being a member of the Screen Actors' Guild.
** He was the 80s All-American Babyface archetype in "Wrestling Isn't Wrestling" by Creator/MaxLandis.
** Appeared in an episode of season one of G.L.O.W. (the Netflix drama), wrestling a match against Alex Riley. He played a Wrestling/TedDiBiase style character, whilst Alex Riley played a biker.
** Appeared in a video by Snapchat about male sexual anatomy.
** Appeared out of character in an episode of Series/RuPaulsDragRace. The episode's challenge was that the drag queens had to create wrestling personas and wrestle matches. He was one of the queens' wrestling trainers.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The penis spot in Dramatic Dream Team was a huge risk and could have backfired very horribly for Joey. There was a fine line between it being perceived by fans as awesome or as something Wrestling/VinceRusso would have dreamed up in late 90s WCW. Thankfully, it went down very well on the night.
** He started wrestling in UPW, a feeder promotion for the then WWE-owned OVW. This was the same promotion that launched the careers of Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/JohnCena. Imagine if WWE had shown enough interest in him to bring him to OVW...
** After his stint in UPW, he went to train at a NJPW sponsored dojo under [[Wrestling/DanielBryan Brian Danielson]]. Again, imagine if NJPW had shown enough interest in him...

** As a humorous extension to this, a lot of wrestling fans don't realise that he has wrestled since 2001 due to his relatively recent explosion in popularity. A lot of cynical traditionalist type fans (the kind that usually subscribe wholeheartedly to the views of his detractors like Jim Cornette) often repeat the misconception that he is just a flash in the pan, without realising how long he has been in the business.

** The penis spot in Dramatic Dream Team was a huge risk and could have backfired very horribly for Joey. There was a fine line between it being perceived by fans as awesome or as something VinceRusso would have dreamed up in late 90s WCW. Thankfully, it went down very well on the night.

** He was the 80s All-American Babyface archetype in "Wrestling Isn't Wrestling" by MaxLandis.

** Appeared out of character in an episode of Series/RuPaulsDragRace where the challenge was that the drag queens had to create wrestling personas and wrestle matches. He was one of the queens' wrestling trainers.

** The penis spot in Dramatic Dream Team was a huge risk and could have backfired very horribly for Joey, as there was a fine line between it being perceived by fans as awesome or something VinceRusso would have dreamed up in late 90s WCW. Thankfully, it went down very well on the night.

** The penis spot in Dramatic Dream Team was a huge risk and could have backfired very horribly for Joey, as there was a fine line between it being perceived by fans as awesome and or assomething VinceRusso would have dreamed up in late 90s WCW. Thankfully, it went down very well on the night.

** The penis spot in Dramatic Dream Team was a huge risk and could have backfired very horribly for Joey, as there was a fine line between it being awesome and it being something VinceRusso would have dreamed up in late 90s WCW. Thankfully, it went down very well on the night.

** The penis spot in Dramatic Dream Team was a huge risk and could have backfired very horribly for Joey, as there was a fine line between it being awesome and it being worse than something VinceRusso would have dreamed up in late 90s WCW. Thankfully, it went down very well on the night.

** He started wrestling in UPW, a feeder promotion for the then WWE-owned OVW. This was the same promotion that launched the careers of SamoaJoe and JohnCena. Imagine if WWE had shown enough interest in him to bring him to OVW...

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Joey Ryan and Wrestling/JimCornette are [[http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/616155-joey-ryan-jim-cornette-battle-on-twitter not exactly friends]] as it is, but when Corny made a homophobic comment about the "Penis Power" video, Joey [[http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/649755-joey-ryan-blasts-jim-cornette-for-homophobic-reaction-to-viral-video-calls-cornette-a-pice-of-st-more called his ass out for it.]]

** As a humorous extension to this, a lot of wrestling fans don't realise that he has wrestled since 2001 due to his relatively recent explosion in popularity. A lot of cynical traditionalist type fans (the kind that usually subscribe wholeheartedly to the views of his detractors like Jim Cornette) often repeat the misconception that he is just a flash in the pan - without realising how long he has been in the business.

* AwesomeEgo
* BaseBreaker: The "Penis Power[=/=]King of Dong Style" gimmick. At least after it started showing up outside of Dramatic Dream Team. Some think it's hilarious and enjoy that it's caught on and become another source of merchandise for him, others think it's JumpingTheShark-level stupidity and no longer want anything to do with him as a result.

* HamAndCheese

* BaseBreaker: The "Penis Power" gimmick. At least after it started showing up outside of Dramatic Dream Team. Some think it's hilarious and enjoy that it's caught on and become another source of merchandise for him, others think it's JumpingTheShark-level stupidity and no longer want anything to do with him as a result.

* BaseBreaker: The "Penis Power" gimmick. Some think it's hilarious and enjoy that it's caught on and become another source of merchandise for him, others think it's JumpingTheShark-level stupidity and no longer want anything to do with him as a result.

* AwesomeEgo

* CrossingTheLineTwice: His proposes to his girlfriend mid-match then pins her while she's distracted by said proposal.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Joey had been wrestling for ''12 years'' prior to appearing in TNA.

* BaseBreaker: The "Penis Power" gimmick. Some think it's hilarious and enjoy that it's caught on and become another source of merchandise for him, others think it's JumpedTheShark-level stupidity and no longer want anything to do with him as a result.

* HamAndCheese