Monster Jam's Most Controversial Moments Part 2 

6:05 That clip of Jacksepticeye sums up what Gary Porter must’ve been thinking about that call very well 😂😂

On the BKT subject I can tell you as a former dirt track announcer company’s love hearing their brand out there. Even if it’s annoying it’s what pays the bills. Everytime a car would wreck and have to be towed I would have to plug the towing company. EVERY SINGLE TIME. It’s annoying to say the least but it’s what pays the bills

Another thing is Dennis actually got pissed at the judges at world finals 5 for there judging and actually called them out on the mike

Here's a big controversial moment for part 3. Back in 2018 (I think it was 2018) when FELD decided to copyright strike almost all monster jam fan coverage videos (including mine lol) so that tanked a lot of channels. Even with highlight videos that DID use FELD owned footage, the footage was changed enough that it followed copyright guidelines, but FELD still copyright striked them.

What person thought Meents in Bulldozer beat Porter in Carolina Crusher in that Nashville race? That might be the worst call in a motorsports event ever.

As someone who hasn't watched monster jam in years, it's good to see a content creator who educates about a motorsport which is, in all honesty, very difficult to find information about online. Not to mention content aimed at older fans as well. Keep up the great work, you've earned yourself a subscriber!

To this day I still have absolutely no idea how the judges at WF 5 could have thought that soza and madusa’s runs were anywhere near on par with cretens or meents. Not to mention Anderson’s extremely weak and unimpressive run scoring a 30 for some reason, which Dennis himself thought was absurd. WF 5 was something else and you could probably make an entire video on it if you wanted.

I actually think adding the tiebreaker made for much bigger controversy. Tony Farrel should have a championship. I feel his run was way better than Jimmy's. That said they BOTH should have won because tiebreakers are just dumb with the way monster jam works.

Monster jam changing the name of Gun Slinger to just Slinger was very controversial

Back on all 4 BKt tires!🤣 I remember hearing that a lot but I mean, I also hear filling up with Sunoco fuel and 4 goodyear tires literally every pitstop in NASCAR so can’t be too mad about product placement

R.I.P. Scott Hartsock. A great person gone way too soon.

A note about the BKT tires; They are perceived to be cut more easily because they are. It isn't because they're poorly made, but rather they are a thinner ply than most other tires. This is done on purpose to save weight. It makes the trucks faster and makes life a little easier for the crews. I'm still not a fan due to their presence affecting (at least in part) how the shows are formatted, but there isn't anything wrong with them from a technology perspective.

That Ryan lacosse meme was the funniest part in this video 😂lolollolol

What about for Jackie carizosa or the gun censorship or the treatment of independent trucks or bigfoot leaving monster jam.

For me the world finals move itself wasn't necessarily the big issue, but it was a catalyst for other issues such as changing the track style from Vegas styled racing, downsizing the event, and adding new championships. These changes are really what most people I think hated, myself included.

Fun fact: Although the crash of Captain's Curse was censored in US airings, you can see some bits of it during the onboard cam segment including Max-D and the CBS Recap.

I don't know if this also counts as controversial, but the removal of intermission events such as Pro Stadium Truck Racing, Quad Wars, Freestyle Motocross, or even the fire breathing Cybersaurus is a major loss because they also added pizzazz to Monster Jam events in the 2000s and the early 2010s

If you do a part three defidently include the Gunslinger & Soldier Fortune censorships like others have said, but I'd also like to see Dennis's rant in Minneapolis about being shut off mentioned. I forget what year it was, but he lightly tapped a container and was shut off and ended the run.

Is Ryan saying "All 4 BTK Tires" any different then when at a NASCAR pit, they say "getting 4 new Good Years"?

For part 3 I'd like to see the Ami Houd controversy discussed.

Great video! I'd love to see a third & maybe a forth video of covering Monster Jam controversial moments. maybe even expanded outside of Monster Jam and into some independent shows!

Here's another one. From World Finals 5, El Toro Loco's score being changed to pass Bounty Hunter due to such a poor fan reaction for his first score from the judges.

This vid and part one are probably my most favorite videos youve ever made. I'd love a part 3!

Jimmy Cretan should’ve sued Lupe and Madusa for property damage and sued monster jam for premeditated truck slaughter

I'm so glad you mentioned Wold Finals 5 freestyle honestly seemed like an absolute disaster of a freestyle Tom Meents on Maximum Destruction seemed like the only worthy champion though I guess you could argue Jimmy Creten in Bounty Hunter also deserved it

Awesome, the picture of Gunslinger and Grave Digger in Orlando was taken by my Dad.

I did not know Ryan Lacosse was a meme that’s so funny, Ryan to me was cool

I enjoyed World Finals 5 for the most part. However the most controversial moment to me was actually Tom Meents being given a score high enough to tie for the win. The truck had a part break on the first jump & the rest of his run was literally him plowing into things. Definitly not worthy of being world champion thst year to be honest.

This could be an outlandish idea but what if FELD and some Partners bought Sam Boyd and made it a permanent Monster Jam only venue. Which would be the first of its kind

Here's my scores for WF 5 Maximum Destruction: 29 Bounty Hunter: 27 Hot Wheels: 25 Blacksmith: 24 King Krunch: 23 Grave Digger: 22 El Toro Loco: 21 Bulldozer: 20 Monster Mutt: 19 Little Tiger: 17 Madusa: 14 TMNT: 11 Power Forward: 10 Team Suzuki: 6 Blue Thunder: 5 Avenger 4

Can't wait for Part 3!

That Nashville show bugged me. Glad to hear more people thinking its about Tom getting pushed over more

I was at Works Finals X on the side Captain's Curse raced on (I was inline with the freestyle ramp closest to the turn) & seeing the crash is something I'll never forget. It was probably 50-100ft from where I sat and was still scared for Alex, the cameraman and fans nearby. Easily the scariest moment I've ever seen at a monster truck show in person.

I remember the Orlando light flickering. I watched that broadcast all those years ago. Memories sweet memories

the captains curse crash should've been a teachable moment for all events, stating why parts of the stands are blocked off for a reason

11:02 i mean just look at the tires after kevin tolbots debut, they took deep chunks out of them

Woohoo! Some more excitement! 😁😁

Also people don't realize that the Bkt tire mandate is Ultimately what stands in the way of Bigfoot from coming back because Bigfoots main sponsor is Firestone tires.

BKT tires shredding on cars is completely true, it happens in indy shows ALL the time. Side note - I am going to be so disappointed if part 3 doesn't mention Ami Houde.

5:44 it's hard to say but my money is on Carolina Crusher Edit: also I hope they bought Gary Porter dinner after absolutely screwing him, also if you think about the narrative, Gary Porter did eventually sell Carolina Crusher and became a Grave Digger driver (know this as I have a Grave Digger hat signed by Gary Porter and Tom Ments)

the 2 freestyle crashes at wf10, in certain broadcasts, cut to the on board camera that was in the cab and let it play out, which was a cleaver detail

Vater’s Racing, Team Throttle Monster, and Mirror Image Racing also use BKT’s

I like the mib music in the background!

I personally grown attached to the bkt tires lol

Of worthy note is that color commentators (Ryan Lacosse) dont always know what the heck they're talking about so if they see something or hear something catchy they latch onto it and repeat it a lot. If you ever attend mud racing events, demolition derbies, tuff trucks, or other similar events put on by small clubs or even small towns you will often hear the color commentator/DJ/etc saying things repetitively or in a repetitive manner like "insert tire size mudders", "xxx small number of horsepower as its the biggest amount ever", etc..

I'd love to see them take the World Finals to Rice Eccles Stadium in Utah. Similar layout to Sam Boyd

jesus christ did you see how much lupe soza whiplashed on that landing

In the early 90s Taurus flipped over on its roof at a small arena show near a section of front row seats.Taurus also knocked down a track official in Florida in the tunnel one time.

Hi Jackson how are you watching 1999 episodes of monster jam on a membership when the membership goes back to 2000 to 2018 on the monster jam youtube channel?

11:39 to clarify that Ryan lacrosse gave me Mark Schreöder vibes in 2015 but then I lost hope when looking at 2017 rip

You should make a video about the closest finishes in monster jam

I can definitely see the common consensus that only Tom Meents should've won the Freestyle title at World Finals V. But I think what rubs me the wrong way is the fact that in earlier World Finals (I and III specifically), they actually had six judges for scoring. They even mentioned in World Finals III that they would reinsert the high and low scores for tiebreaking purposes. So why were there only four judges in World Finals II (which already had its share of controversy) and obviously here in World Finals V?

From the view of the whole track in Orlando in 2010 you can see that Neil's light also flickered

How do you go back and watch old shows from like pre-2013

I used to watch monster jam for the entertainment around 2008 and I seen the 5th world finals somehow but it was one of my favorites purely for the destruction and chaos. Looking back at it now makes me realize how fucked up the judging was lol

So exited

World Finals 5 had the most absurd and atrocious judging by far.

What about the time that Dennis Anderson and the officials got into it

Something funny is that my dad worked at a radio station and was friends with Ryan Lacosse and that's how we got cheap tickets

I’m grounded and still watching

I’m gonna see my first monster jam show in Hamilton Canada. It’s a really small arena and I watched some monster jam videos when they were in Hamilton before and was like. Why? The arena is tiny. They only have like one truck out at a time and don’t have many barriers set up because the trucks can hardly do anything

Even with the problems of monster Jam. I still love watching Monster Jam and I will never stop watching even though I will get pissed seeing Grave Digger win everything.

4:13 god rest his soul. I hope that crossing got updated

The question is where would the world finals be held in New York?

For a third part, you could add the mass exodus of trucks entering the new millennium like bigfoot and trucks that signed to milestone motorsports

Here’s another MJ controversy: UNNECESSARY CENSORSHIP! Examples of this atrocity are Making Scott Hartsock change Gunslinger to Slinger when competing in MJ, the removal of the mini guns on Soldier Fortune and SF Black Ops, and more. Another one is the REMOVAL OF ZOOMIES! As the story goes, Kenneth Feld’s daughter and granddaughter were attending a Monster Jam event when the granddaughter complained about it being too loud. One thing lead to another and no more zoomies . If you decide to make a part 3 you really should include these.

You forgot to mention that Wasted Nites ran Firestone tires in Greenvile 2022.

MonsterTalk, Can You Post A News Episodes!? There Was A Fire In A Monster Truck Work Shop!!!

It would be awesome to see Feld Entertainment buy out Sam Boyd Stadium just for Monster Jam shows and of course the Monster Jam World Finals.

what about St Louis 2006 racing between Guy Wood in BOB and TOM and Randy Brown in Grave Digger

You can not convince me that Scott hart sock didn’t win the race (Orlando 2003)

So for Sam Boyd stadium couldn’t Feld just buy the stadium

They should’ve been rotating the world finals since the start of it to begin with..

Can you make a video about not being able to have “zoomies”

Cool❤❤

Not sure if this will be an unpopular opinion/controversy, but having backflip specific areas of the track has made freestyle less special.

The answer for the question at 5:50 wasn’t A, B, C, or D, but it was E, non of the drivers won cause it was rigged

You tell me that the powers that be behind the scenes in monster jam on most nights don't have a narrative of who they want to win?! It boils down to ratings & money not true competition because that doesn't always mean big money. WWF of motorsports.

landed on all four BKT tires

If you don’t like BKT tires being mentioned constantly in monster jam broadcasts then you would absolutely loathe NASCAR

I hope there will be a world finals in new york

Wf17 or whatever when Adam won instead of Damon in monster energy

pt. 3?

Raiders moved in 2020 to Vegas they did not use sam boyd cause its a college stadium which will not hold enough people fora nfl game due to there policy

So my question is Monster Jam racing always seemed to me like a show and not a legitimate competition. So does winning and finishing last even matter ? Since it seems like a traveling circus, aren’t the truck all Paid the same

whats the event in 11:02?

Tom Meents should have easily won world finals 5! He filled the clock and went at least another 30 seconds after the clock with a broken truck and smoked up the whole stadium! How does he not win that?!

iv said it a thousand times to the owners of Monster Jam you have very deep pockets why not buy Sam Boyd Stadium and use it as a dedicated Monster Jam compound when there isn't a show there Turn it into Monsters Jam University cut-off access in the off-season or give tours around it the same way the patriots would in there arena when its in use world finals it felt like such a tradition coming back there every year its like when NASCAR fans come to Daytona or indy car fans come to the brickyard that was like our Daytona my first experience of seeing an encore was grave diggers 30th and I always go back and watch the trucks charging down charging down thunder ally into the classic style j hook racing epic freestyles with overkill evolution and son uva digger

I was working for MJ in 2015 and I can confirn that the gen 1 BKTs were junk. The drivers loved them because they were wide and soft, but they were super easy to cut and were too wide a d caused issues loading and unloading the tires out of the hauler and storage issues in the trailers, the later iterations of the tire addressed these issues.

In fairness, BKT doesn’t pay a lot of money to be ignored and unmentioned on TV. Sponsors deserve recognition and acknowledgement in exchange for their big money payments. So Ryan Lacosse (who is a very nice guy and genuine monster truck fan, I may add), was doing his job well by plugging BKT in his catchphrase, overdone or not.

0:54 Metallica -Lux Æterna

Jacksepticeye

#BKTeam

I definitely dislike the bkt sponsorship. Does anyone else find it annoying that they constantly refer to the trucks as "Monster Jam Trucks" instead of just monster trucks? I swear they have to fit the words "monster jam into every sentence, it feels incredibly shoehorned in ngl. Also I disliked colt stephens becoming an announcer. idk about anyone else but i absolutely hate listening to him yell constantly

Bro I genuinely hate Ryan LaCosse even as a little kid….glad he left Monster jam and glad the new commentators are doing much better