The Ocho consists of lesser-known, unconventional and humorous sports and other competitions with some athletic or physical skill component, including Pop-A-Shot, roller derby, crossnet, bowling, Quidditch, trampoline dodgeball, air hockey, darts, cornhole, disc golf, kabaddi, omegaball, chess boxing, bed races, sport stacking, electrician games, dodge juggle, death diving, cherry pit spitting, robot fighting, firefighter games, cow chip throwing, pizza dough throwing, frog jumping, cheese rolling, grocery bag competitions, extreme pogo, shuffleboard, breakdancing, and more.

The 2017 airing was a success, prompting ESPN to repeat the block the next year, this time licensing the Dodgeball film from 20th Century Fox for inclusion in the block (ESPN's parent company would buy 20th Century Fox the next year); it made some other adjustments to the 2018 schedule, including heavier editing to shorten each sport's time slot, hoping to accommodate short attention spans.

[2] Due to a lack of live sports programming during the COVID-19 pandemic, ESPN announced on March 22, 2020 that it would reprise the stunt earlier than scheduled on ESPN2.

[1] The inclusion of the Excel World Championships, an eSport that involves using spreadsheet programs in a competition to solve a series of problems, helped give the contest mainstream attention and credibility.

[15] ESPN8 appeared in the 2024 TV series Knuckles as the in-universe broadcaster of a bowling tournament, with commentators played by Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer.