Even the world of wrestling is not safe of memes, (what?) most of which were started either by WrestleCrap (what?) and their original Message Board (now the Freaking Awesome Network forums), (what?) or their rivals over at 420chan's /wooo/ (what?), or occasionally, fresh out of Botchamania. (what?)The cameras pan over the crowd, highlighting the various signs and other things the fans brought from home. Then the camera zooms in on a sign stating,FOLEY IS GOD.
Many WWE catchphrases make their way to get quoted by people who don't know the source. Statements like Stone Cold's, "That's the bottom line." Rock: "Layeth the smacketh down." Hulk Hogan's, "(name)-amania." The Undertaker's, "I'll make you famous." And, I knew that Chris Jericho had made it when I heard a cartoon character call his sister an "Ass-clown."
A Lex Luger T-shirt promo in 2005 gave birth to many memes, such as "I DON'T KNOOOW!" or "Billy what'shisname."'
Owen Hart: You're too damn selfish, and that's why you're sitting there with a bad leg! And that's why I kicked your leg out of your leg!
One common in some wrestling boards is to post a picture of a promotions' booker looking smug, sometimes subtitled "Problem, IWC?" when insane booking decisions come up. Vince McMahon◊ and Vince Russo◊ are most common.
Batista's infamous "Basketballs don't hold grudges" line, spoken after The Great Khali demonstrated his power by crushing a basketball with his bare hands.
"That's my title, and come this Sunday, I'll be needing it back!"
"Congratulations, I want my rematch"
Batista is pretty much Photoshop fodder at the WrestleCrap forums.
/wooo/ has quite a few memes featuring the man as well. Don't drink his "protein milkshakes".
Speaking of Shane Douglas (who originated the first half of the above), everything must be blamed on "Dick" Flair.
Cut the fucking music!
"IT'S STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT~!" as bellowed by an tearful, overenthusiastic fan at an NWA press conference.
That guy is known as KongaDave, and he occasionally posts at the WrestleCrap forums.
Became an Ascended Meme thanks to his Web Redemption on Tosh.0.
When Muhammad Hassan first entered WWE, he'd interrupt other wrestlers promos and the like, always with his theme music, which starts with an Arabic ululation, preceding him. This spread to YTMND, where it became known as "Hassaning", and was used to interrupt everything from love scenes to the theme sequence from Family Matters to — AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALIYALAILYALAILYALAYLEE....
Diamond Dallas Page's catchphrase as a self-help guru isn't a bad thing. It's a good thing.
Yes Kevin Nash has a house on Fire Island thanks for asking.
Not to mentioned Nash refusing to jo... I mean, tearing his quad walking on a live Raw (usually summed up as "OW MY FUCKING QUAD~!"), or Sid Vicious breaking his leg on the WCW Sin PPV...
Much to the chagrin of the Vanilla Midgets.Explanation Nash's alleged nicknames for Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn, due to their short size and their lack of charisma.
"Would you like to see the text message on my telephone?".
Classic meme: Everyone in wrestling is Steve DiSalvo!!!!! (It started with the Diamond Studd not being Scott Hall, though, as a poster on rec.sport.pro-wrestling commented that Studd looked more like Di Salvo than Hall.)
Hardcore Holly won the 2004 Royal Rumble and defeated Triple H at WrestleMania XX to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.Explanation In reference to the WWE UnpersoningChris Benoit following his 2007 double murder/suicide.
Actually, it was Triple H vs Shawn Michaels. Michaels was out of the ring, and Triple H just started tapping for no reason at all.
Gene Snitsky won the 2003 Royal Rumble and defeated Charlie Haas at WrestleMania XIX to become the new WWE Champion.
Lampshaded by Steiner himself at Turning Point 2011, when describing Abyss' fictional girlfriend.
Scott Steiner: "And not only is she ugly, SHE'S FAT!" *three seconds later* "SHE'S FAT!" *End of the promo* "And don't bring her any food, 'cause SHE'S FAT!"
The Smackdown Tenth Anniversary show got some laughs lampshading this by having Cole, at a party, yell out "VINTAGE SHRIMP!" when he ate, "VINTAGE HORNSWOGGLE!" when Hornswoggle played some pranks, and "VINTAGE PUNK!" when CM Punk walked into the room. Needless to say, this led to even more amused and enthusiastic meme production.
OH MY!
He's recently taken to screaming "X GOT LUCKY!" when somebody he hates beats somebody he likes.
John Morrison's "We don't have (X) at the Palace Of Wisdom!"
This troper's personal favorite, from the intro to the 45th episode of The Dirt Sheet — "The only reason I allow churches to exist is because I don't want people praying at the Palace of Wisdom."
Anything to do with Kenta Kobashi and "burning," "chops," and/or "cancer." Especially him defeating his own cancer (in actuality a tumor which cost him his right kidney) with wrestling moves.
When Stone Cold Steve Austin comes to the ring (What?), and he gets on the mic (What?), and he starts a promo (What?), then after every phrase (What?), the entire crowd(What?), says "What?" (What?). Just like that (What?).
This also gets trotted out (What?) whenever a heel(What?) gets too boring (What?) or overly hammy(What?).
It will also make an appearance if the Evil Foreignerdu jour is in the ring (What?), especially if they are speaking in a language other than English (What?).
Vince McMahon doesn't just tell people they're fired. No, he gets in that very ring, calls the employee out, and says to him, "YOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU'RE FIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRED!!!!!* The WWE would like to wish you well in your future endeavors.
I've been told over and over I'm either free or fired! I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO!
Random Fan: "Never give up!" John Cena: "You're damn right."
[Sad Cena Face]
[Angry Cena Face] Explanation A reference to the angry face that Cena makes to the camera during the 1/23/12 edition of WWE Raw, after seeing his pal Zack Ryder get destroyed by Kane.
Fruity Pebbles.
"Love me or hate me, I'm the only guy that can get the fans to do a Fruity Pebbles chant you HAVE to give me that!"
Man, CM Punk, your way is not the right way. That's what's so great about planet Earth. Man if everybody was like you, I would rather live on Puh-luto.
Thumbs up to support Jeff Hardy's voyage to Pluto.
This troper is starting to think this generated one of the funniest inside jokes in wrestling history when Kevin Nash described CM Punk as "A guy who looks like he should be managing a Waffle House", and CM Punk smiled and responded, "I like Waffle House, I don't know why you would say that."
And the related practice of taking the infamous "Benoit evil leer face" and photoshopping him peering around a corner or over a wall or something like that.
In a similar vein, there's an image of John Morrison holding the ECW Championship with the caption, "Who died and made you champion?"
If Austin Aries Starr does one-handed pushups, do they count as two?
If Zach Gowen did jumping jacks they'd count as two.
He's very inspirational, you leave him alone.
And now This meme is in the Royal Rumble and so is everyone else.
One from 411Mania's Wrestling Section: Did Rob Van Dam re-sign or is it a one shot deal? (That would have been dead and buried had it not been for Van Dam's one-shot appearance at the 2009 Royal Rumble.)
RVD may or may not resign with WWE. Source: Rajah.com.
What do you mean you didn't know he was in TNA? I bet you didn't hear that Demolition lost the tag team titles!
PAUL ROMA!
Did you boo the faces and cheer the heels? Explanation This spawned when a guy who posted spoilers from Smackdown showed more interest in getting himself over rather than recapping the show, and proudly claimed that he booed the faces and cheered the heels. He was deservedly mocked in the comments section.
CENA WINS LOL◊ Explanation An image macro regarding the predictability of the outcome of just about any John Cena match, and who's responsible for it. Has been borrowed for other stars WWE has booked as untouchable in kayfabe, e.g. "ORTON WINS LOL" or "REY WINS LOL".
Except for this little girl◊.Explanation This was a camera shot of a girl who was unhappy at The Miz winning the WWE championship on an episode of RAW in November 2010.
The Miz girl has now won a Slammy, and actually appeared in person to get it. Could this meme become any more ascended?
Randy Orton has just completed/defeated (insert REALLY difficult feat/opponent here) and is tired, exhausted, and badly beaten, savoring his hard-fought victory. AWESOOOOOOOME.
Really? Really? Really? Really? Really? Really?
(What?) Really? (What?) Really? (What?) Really?
"Really? Really? Really?" "Riley!" "Riley? Randy!" "Randy? Riley!" "Randy!" "Riley!" "Randy!" "Riley!" "JIMMY! JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY!"
Gorilla Monsoon thinks everyone didn't apply the Abdominal Stretch correctly, they didn't hook the leg.
And there should be two referees in every tag match.
And Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart quit football because "it wasn't toughenough."
Who is Jim Neidhart?Explanation Jim Neidhart's short-lived gimmick "Who." It became a meme on the Wrestle Crap forums where it was used like Abbott and Costello.
This one became so widespread on the Unofficial Wrestle Crap Fan Forums, it was necessary to clarify any use of the word "who" by following it with "(not Neidhart)".
It's even older than that...the "Who (not Neidhart)" (or "Who (nN)") meme actually has origins in the rec.sport.pro-wrestling group on USENET.
WILL YOU STOP?!!?
WHAT A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE!!!
THIS CAPACITY CROWD IS LITERALLY HANGING FROM THE RAFTERS!!!
Daniel Bryan is too pale and vegany to win. Sheamus is balanced out by eating meat and his gingerbread hair.
NEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRD!
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! Explanation Stemming from Daniel Bryan's early 2012 run as the World Heavyweight Champion, where he's one to overcelebrate his victories, complete with jubilant shouting of "YES! YES! YES!"
"SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI! SI!" Explanation The Miami crowd decided to add some bilingual flavour to the "YES!" chants during an Alberto Del Rio promo on the 4/2/12 edition of Monday Night Raw, leading to this variation.
DDT Digest knows that you cannot powerbomb (Billy) Kidman.
I wonder what Vampiro's doing right now.
NOW HOLD ON JUST A SECOND, PLAYAH!
HOLLA, HOLLA HOLLA!
Oh no, it's that peanut-headed George Jefferson wannabe and he wants us to hold on just a minute, playa.
And just for that edit, playa, tonight you'll be going one-on-one... wit DA UNDATAKAH! Explanation In 2007, Teddy Long had an obsession with putting every heel on SmackDown in matches against the Undertaker. DA UNDATAKAH refers to his accent
And now it's gonna be... A STRAIGHT UP, TAG TEAM MATCH PLAYA!!!Explanation A similar obsession which came about in 2011 where he made impromptu tag team matches in the middle of promos and one on one matches
INSIDE A STEEL CAGE!
In Italy, John Cena's surname, when pronounced the same way it's written ("Chay-Nah", more or less), results to be the Italian word for "dinner". A few jokes were made...
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SUPER DRAGON! *SHUT THE FUCK UP!* SUPER DRAGON! *SHUT THE FUCK UP!* SUPER DRAGON! *SHUT THE FUCK UP!*...
TALK ABOUT BARRETT!!!
We are!
MORE!!!
The meme that has yet to be listed...is me, Michael Tarver.
"If you wanna fight, make it a fight. But if you wanna win, make it a win." ~ Titus O'Neil
You're either Nexus... or you're against us.
It was then that the NXT 2 rookies formed the infamous stable, "Aghainstus."
YIP YIP YIP
WHAT IT DO
And starting this moment, from now…from this moment on, this will be the moment, starting now, of the genesis of a meme! Explanation Michael McGillicutty's overly redundant promo on the final episode of Season 2 of WWE NXT
What is a mustache? A little bit of hair grown over the upper lip. I don't have one. Nobody else here has one. But you know what? A mustache is for a real man. You see, of all the people here, I have the best mustache of them all. And if you'll give me a couple more days, I'll have a nice, thick mustache. But none of these boys right here will ever have one.Explanation Eli Cottonwood's hilariously bad promo about mustaches made on an episode of WWE NXT Season 2
"Lobster Head" and "Too Many Limes" are Ascended Memes, thanks to an issue of WWE Magazine.
He's the Dubulya Dubulya Eee champion, fella!
Fella! Fella fella fella? FELLA.
Sheamus will rip your head off and fuck your girlfriend. Explanation A threat Sheamus made to Daniel Bryan on an episode of RAW in 2011, while the latter was talking to his then-girlfriend Gail Kim
Are you okay with this for Del Rio's bio. Just asking because I know he's supposed to be a big deal, fairly quick. Explanation Prior to Alberto Del Rio's in-ring WWE debut, his bio was accidentally published on WWE.com early. The early draft included this line at the start of it, presumably put in by the writer and intended for a proof-reading superior. The IWC was more than happy to run with the line about Del Rio.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT DOWN WITH THAT, THEN WE'VE GOT TWO WORDS FOR YA!
Audience: SUCK IT!!
CM Punk: "Katie Vick. And if you don't get it, that's fine, just YouTube it, it'll drive you to drink and then you can come see me...AND I WILL SAVE YOU!"
Not even The Damn Dudleys would do this, (they would).
My favorite match is between Melina and Alicia Fox.Explanation On an episode of Tough Enough, Stone Cold Steve Austin asked Ariane Andrew what her favorite match was, and she replied with "Melina vs. Alicia Fox," leading to her elimination.
Alternatively, Melina vs. Alicia Fox is the best match of all time.
I thought that honor went to "That Jackie Gayda Match"?
What's the difference between Drew McIntyre and a party? The party's over.
If Cena Wins, We Riot.Explanation A fan sign that appeared in the Hammerstein Ballroom during WWE's One Night Stand 2006, in which John Cena defended the WWE title against Rob Van Dam.
Ryder or Riot.
Similarly, If Punk Loses, We Riot.
Then Punk and Cena team up. Either Cena wins or Punk loses.Explanation An example of a lose-lose situation for the IWC
John Morrison is Spider-Man. Also Cody Rhodes is Doctor Doom.Explanation The former is a reference to a spot John Morrison performed at the Royal Rumble in 2011 where he landed on the barricade and returned to the ring without his feet hitting the floor. The latter refers to Cody Rhodes' mask gimmick which started in February 2011
R-Truth says that all you Little Jimmies at TV Tropes are trying to keep him down and keep him away from the title. It shows, cause unlike R-Truth, even Zack Ryder has a TV Tropes page.
It's all part of the C-O-N....SPIRACY!
You gon' get got!
USEDTA IS A ROOSTA FROM BREWSTA!
(What?) DON'T WHAT ME! (What?) OKAY, WHAT ME!
I... I GOT ACQUROPHOBIA, YA'LL!
THERE BETTER NOT BE ONE SPIDER ON THAT LADDER NEITHER!
I WANT MAH SON BACK!
WE GOT NO FEAR, NO DOUBT, ALL IN, BALLS OUTExplanation A line from Nickelback's "Burn It To The Ground" the theme song of WWE Raw
Mark "Ratings" Henry. Explanation When Henry won the ECW Championship, the ratings for the show were some of the highest ones on the show. The meme came back to life when Henry won the World Heavyweight Championship and the next week's SmackDown ratings were the highest on the last three months.
It took Mark Henry 15 years to get this meme. Explanation Edge brought up on the 9/16/2011 edition of The Cutting Edge that in the 15 years of Henry's career, he hasn't had one World Championship, whereas Edge managed 11 in his 13 years. Henry glared, and stated that the only reason Edge would walk out under his own power for that comment... was because he was right.
With all due respect...ANAL BLEEDING.Explanation Michael Cole said this while commenting on an injury Jerry Lawler received at the hands of Mark Henry. Its inappropriate nature caused the term to be trending on Twitter and no less than three topics about it were made on the Freakin' Awesome Network forums.
...wut?Explanation Booker T's response to the above. Even he was caught off-guard by Cole there.
The Undertaker could chokeslam a baby and still get a face reaction. Explanation A response to someone suggesting 'Taker turn heel, with another pointing out that the crowd loves him so much they'll cheer anything he does.
They sit around the conspiracy table, and they conspire!
Yes, The Miz used to wear Aladdin pants. Let it go.Explanation Late in 2011, the IWC noticed a clip in the RAW intro of the Miz during his "Chick Magnet" gimmick from 2009, even though he has worn trunks since summer of that year. People were complaining about the old intro until WWE fixed it a few months later.
Dennis Stamp wasn't booked!Explanation A Forced Meme created by the original Wrestlecrap forums (now the Freaking Awesome Network forums), involving a clip from the 1999 wrestling documentary, Beyond the Mat.
If you don't got it, get it! And if you don't get it... figure it out.
He is John Laurinaitis, Executive Vice President of Talent Relations.
And the General Manager of both Raw and Smackdown.
As General Manager, I'm ordering this page to end here. This page will now be an example of Executive Meddling.
And it will be a tag team match. Whoever you are....and CM Punk...against The Miz and R-Truth.
He is Mr. Excitement.
John Laurinaitis is too exciting to give a shit about your GTS. Explanation When CM Punk finally got to put Laurinaitis to sleep, the EVoTRaIGMoMNR showed no emotion in his predicament whatsoever.
People Power!
(iPhone text sound) I've just received an email from the anonymous Raw General Manager. And I quote...
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"That'll put a lot of butts in seats..."Explanation On the night of WCW's Fingerpoke Of Doom incident, announcer Tony Schiavone spoiled the results of Mick Foley's title match, sarcastically daring viewers to change the channel (at the behest of Eric Bischoff). They did, and it costs WCW dearly in the Monday Night Wars.
Sin Cara wrestles Sin Cara. The winner of the match? Sin Cara.
KEVIN STEEN—ZOO ENTHUSIAST!!!Explanation Kevin Steen appeared on the Art of Wrestling podcast, hosted by Colt Cabana, and said he was a zoo enthusiast. It stuck.
JESUS! Explanation The most recognizable clip of audio from this video of CZW's John Zandig cutting a rather intense and indecipherable promo. Has become a regular gag in Botchamania, usually to introduce or used during CZW botches.
#____ is now trending worldwide! Explanation The WWE's (from Michael Cole in particular) recent obsession with trending on Twitter, to the point that promos are actively structured around forcing some phrase to trend, and bragging about every thing trending topic they get, no matter how insignificant or silly.
Bob Backlund will procure the chicken wing on you plebeians!
Also, Backlund won't talk to you unless you recite all of the Presidents of the United States in chronological order.
Has Brodus Clay debuted yet? Explanation A joke based on the hyped up return of Brodus Clay, complete with many vignettes, which was delayed by John Lauranitis to the next week...then the next week, and the next week, delaying his return weekly for over two months, before he finally debuted with a completely different gimmick than what was advertised in the original vignettes.
He's the Funkasaurus hailing from Planet Funk.Explanation The new nickname and locale of which Brodus Clay hails from after his re-debut.
And he thinks you're a fucking chicken.Explanation Clay referred to William Regal as a funky chicken on an episode of Smackdown and it was easy to mishear as this.
LARIATOOOOOOOOO!!!!!Explanation Chalk this up to a) the Gratuitous Engrish of Japanese puroresu announcers and b) their efforts to convey just how intense Kobashi's clotheslines are. This also applies to Stan Hansen's ridiculously stiff lariats.
HE'S NOT READY BROTHER DUDE JACK Explanation Following the disappointing ending to TNA's 2011 Bound For Glory where Booby Roode lost his TNA title match against Kurt Angle despite a huge hype machine promoting Roode's rise to the top, a dirtsheet report came out claiming that Hulk Hogan personally changed the ending of the event because he personally felt Roode wasn't ready to be a star. Angry smarks turned it into the preceding quote, with it jokingly applied to up and coming stars in wrestling, and older established stars conversely described as "ready".
Blah blah blah Haitch Combo 2◊.Explanation On /wooo/, the Haitch Combo is posting a two part joke accompanied by the linked fanart of Triple H. The joke's punchline is often a Incredibly Lame Pun involving burials or squashing.
AM I FUCKING GOING OVER?! Explanation After website Cageside Seats posted this article on insane backstage WWE stories (if it's to be believed), the line (which Triple H allegedly asked to whichever unfortunate creative team member delivered him that show's script) caught on to make fun of Triple H's Wag The Director tendencies in his prime.
World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms with the release of Memetic Mutation: Professional Wrestling. We here at World Wrestling Entertainment wish it the best in all of its future endeavors.Explanation Explanation:The release message displayed on WWE.com; "Future Endeavors" later became part of John Laurinaitis's gimmick and one of his catchphrases.
"Leave thememories alone..."Explanation This song by Fuel, which was used during Ric Flair's retirement, became an unofficial theme song of releases and firings.
60 days later, "What's Memetic Mutation: Professional Wrestling Fad Metamorphosis: Vocational Grappling doing in the iMPACT! Zone?"Explanation Refers to how most people who were fired from WWE jumped ship to TNA after the expiration of a "no-compete" clause. The wrestlers would usually take a Captain Ersatz of their WWE name due to copyright reasons.One week later, Memetic Mutation: Professional WrestlingFad Metamorphisis: Vocational Grappling: *insert gratuitous anti-WWE rant here*Explanation TNA has a de facto rule stating that, upon hiring, you must take a shot at the WWE, whether if it's deserved or not.One PPV later, "Your winner, and new TNA champion, Memetic Mutation: Professional Wrestling Fad Metamorphosis: Vocational Grappling!THANKS FOR WATCHINGDo you really think that this page is over?Yes, I-IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!
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