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D-Generation X is always good for a Funny Moment.

Fittingly, for their 2018 reunion, the WWE compiled 10 of their greatest moments.


  • The "invasion" of WCW is perhaps the most memorable skit they have ever done and it became the WWE's ultimate Take That! to WCW during the height of the Monday Night Wars.
    • D-Generation X then attempt to enter the building, where they are stopped by security guards at the front entrance. Triple H then asks the crowd inside for the "free tickets" that WCW uses to fill up their attendance. He then hands the mic to X-Pac, who has this to say.
    X-Pac: We just want to say "what's up" to our boys Kevin Nash and Scott Hall!
    • They then attempt to "go down there" (read: storm the arena), but their slow-moving assault vehicle allows the shutters to be closed before they could get in. Triple H and the rest of DX are not happy, and Triple H berates them for "closing their doors". The New Age Outlaws and X-Pac then literally knock on the shutters and ask Eric to come out and have a talk with them.
    • The fact that Chyna is keeping a straight face throughout all this chaos is worth a laugh in of itself.
    • Funnily enough, Kevin Nash just so happened to be standing on the other side of the shutters while D-Generation X was trying to get inside.
  • The State of the Union promo. Shawn's delivery of "up all night" is priceless, as is this bit, which is unadulterated Hypocritical Humor:note 
    Hunter: From 10 PM to 11 PM, we will only use the words ass, damn, hell, and bitch. We will never, however, use the words shit, fuck, goddamn, Jesus Christ, faggot or any other racial or sexual slurs. Now then, as it pertains to video, we promise there will be less dick references.
    Shawn: Ah shit!
    Hunter: Watch your fucking mouth!
    Shawn: Well, jesus, fuck me!
    Hunter: Goddamnit! (under his breath) Fuck. Anyway, there will be less penis references.
    • What makes this even funnier? USA Network LOVED IT! Background information: According to HHH, for months USA had been threatening to take RAW off the air due to the vulgarity of DX. Shawn and Hunter came up with the idea to mock it, and according to HHH, the next day, Vince called them and said “USA LOVED IT! They love how you took their own thing and used it against them!” From there on in, USA would encourage their juvenile behavior “Do that thing where you point at your crotch and show your ass!”
  • Their continual mockery of both Michael Cole and Sgt. Slaughter is well-known, but this promo, where they break out riot-gear face guards against Slaughter's spit and give Cole the wedgie from hell is incredible. Also contains the moment that Shawn Michaels decided to kiss Triple H on national television.
  • Speaking of Slaughter, in an effort to put a rift between Shawn and Triple H, commissioner Sgt. Slaughter books a match between the two for the European title. After teasing a D-Generation X breakup all night, the two proceed to have the biggest mockery of a match in Raw history. The Fingerpoke Of Doom has never been so funny!
  • DX's "Christmas Present to the World": Shawn and Hunter in mistletoe thongs. Hilarious and full of fanservice.
  • Their wonderful parody of The Nation of Domination. Hunter as "The Crock" (complete with a strip of tape as his Fascinating Eyebrow), X-Pac as "Mizark", Jesse James as "B-Lo", and Billy Gunn as "The Gunnfather", with fan Jason Sensation as "The Nugget" Owen Hart.
  • And, later on, of The Corporation. Both times, The Rock was a member of both stables, and both times, the part of "The Crock" was played by Triple H, who, after everything else, had a big, black piece of cardboard taped to his face to replicate The Rock's raised eyebrow.
  • Several years later, Shawn and Trips made a nice little mockery of Vince and Shane McMahon. Penis jokes aside, seeing Shawn Michaels do the Shane-o Shuffle never gets old.
    • Not to mention Triple H and his spot-on recreation of the "Stand Back" dance.
    • Earlier, Triple H started talking about all the great men he/Vince respects, like Vice President Dick Cheney, Dick Clark, and NBC executive Dick Ebersol, before looking seriously into the camera and telling the world that he, Vince McMahon, loves Dicks. Then Trips-as-Vince lists off all the "dicks" he loves, big, small, white, black, fat, skinny, and even an Asian! At this point, JR and the King aren't even bothering to stifle their laughter.
    • Later, when the Spirit Squad and the McMahons tried to storm the ring, DX made it rain crap on them. To make it even funnier, when Randy Orton later came out for his match, he had to hold his nose.
  • "I'M THE BOOGEYMAN... AND I'M COMING TO... see if I can join DX..."
    • Not only was it the sudden drop in character with the delivery, but if Triple H and Shawn Michaels were capable of Face Faulting, they would've. Shawn wiping his mouth on everything was just the icing on the cake.
      Triple H: Okay...
      (he and Shawn Michaels look down to see Hornswoggle has taken refuge hiding behind Triple H)
      Triple H: Yes, that is a midget in between my legs.
    • That whole segment was a CMoF, especially the last lines before the DX catchphrase:
      Shawn Michaels: I don't know who writes this garbage, but this is the worst debacle since that whole Katie Vick thing years ago...
      (audience groans and Triple H winces)
      Hunter: You got a good point, but I don't think anybody writes this crap; they're all on strike!
  • This Christmas promo for WWEshop.com and the Elimination Chamber playset. DX was shamelessly promoting WWE and/or DX merch as usual. After talking about all the toy's features, Shawn has a nervous breakdown talking about it, how much stress it is to put that toy together while his kids forget all the other crap they got for Christmas, and after it's finished, "ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS PLAY WITH THE BOX! YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!"
    • But it is a nice box!
  • Then there's the last promo they did which involves them one-upping each other about how many Intercontinental Championships they had and culminating in Triple H commenting about Shawn's thinning hair. Cue Shawn attacking Triple H for the last 20 seconds.
  • Unforgiven 2006. DX literally shoving Vince McMahon's head up The Big Show's ass. The crowd going gaga over DX pulling Big Show's pants down was awesome, too.
    • Try and find the promo they did the night after. It has Shawn and Hunter with fake tears, then H reading out a poem.
      "Vince, you're upset. Your concern is valid. After all, last night, you tossed Big Show's salad." (cue Shawn reacting appropriately horrified)
  • The first feud with Rated-RKO, hilarity happens:
    • That came right after Edge and Orton's own moment doing their own parody of DX, complete with a fake nose on Edge and a blonde wig and chaps on Orton. Hunter and Shawn couldn't let the moment pass without commentary:
      Shawn: Now... before we get started (turns to Hunter), you got to tell me: Do I really look that much of an idiot when we come out together?
      Hunter: Shawn... (pats on his shoulder) I'm not gonna lie to you. (turns to Edge and Orton) Honestly, what's with all the hostility?
    • Oh it gets better. They then show pictures of Edge and Orton (Edge's was from that Live Sex celebration in January, which was edited, Orton... let's just say there's a good reason a towel was there. And then, Hunter brings up Shawn's old Playgirl photos.
      Shawn: (at the sight of his old Playgirl photo) Did you [Hunter] put that in there?! I was young! I was stupid! (beat) YOU TOLD ME GIRLS BOUGHT THAT MAGAZINE!
    • After Randy has enough of their jokes :
    Randy Orton: Hunter! I want you, tonight!
    Triple H: Easy there, cowboy. You may want me but I don't swing that side of the plate if you know what I mean. (crowd laughs)
    Edge: That's not what he means! What he means he wants you one on one tonight so he can beat your ass!
    Triple H: What did you just say he wants to do to my ass?! (crowd laughs harder)
  • Riffing off the well-known Airplane! joke, Shawn speaks jive. Particularly hilarious is Hunter playing the straight-arrow for once, jumping five feet in the air when he thinks JTG's got a gun and doing a painful "FO SHIZZLE!" at the end of the bit.
    Cryme Tyme: O... kay.
  • The Cryme Tyme skit came off the same night Coachman put a bounty on DX's head. Triple H's reaction was priceless:
    Triple H: Hold on a second. Did you just say you put a $10,000 bounty on us?
    Coachman: That's right!
    Triple H: You cheap bastard!
    • Obviously, the hijinks as people came to collect ensued.
    HBK (to Triple H after being attacked by Chris Masters in the bathroom): Holy cow, you crapped a Masterpiece!
    Hunter: Hold on a second... we're using OPS?
    Shawn: I mean, the other guys wanted an arm and a leg, for heaven's sakes.
    • Speaking of Spirit Squad, the time they tried to get the bounty ended in epic failure Why? Well, Triple H and Shawn didn't even notice that they were trying to get the money while they were talking about how folks would do a lot of stupid stuff for that money. Said stupid stuff the Spirit Squad did? They tried to ram at DX with a trash can lid (landing in the storage compartment of the bus), the trash can lid was used unknowingly to hit another member of the Squad in the face, and then DX moved slightly just as the third member jumped from above and landed on his face.
  • At the 2009 Survivor Series, Shawn and HHH are facing John Cena in a triple threat match for the WWE title. As soon as the bell rings, Shawn nails HHH with Sweet Chin Music to send him out of the ring. Over the course of the match, Shawn kicks Hunter twice more. The next night on RAW, Hunter angrily asks Shawn "was with with the kick?" Shawn's innocent defense and HHH forced to admit he was going to Pedigree Shawn first just make it better.
  • This promo before Survivor Series '09, where DX is telling off Hornswoggle. Leprechaun jokes and Ho Yay ahoy.
    John Cena: Shawnie, you NEVER hang a leprechaun on a hook! My uncle hung a leprechaun on a hook once. ONCE!
    Cena: Okay, so now it's, you beat me; you beat me — well, guess what? I beat you; I've beat you. We all beat each other. WE BEAT EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME. (cut to the Bella Twins looking creeped-out and leaving) Um, that didn't come out right!
    Shawn: Way to go!
  • Shawn Michaels trying to prove DX is still controversial, by attacking random employees. Bonus point for the first, Stan, a.k.a. the future Tye Dillingernote  Shawn ranting/kicking off into the distance really drives that promo home:
    Triple H: Besides that... he thinks he's controversial. And... I didn't wanna bring this up... but, he said that we don't even know the meaning of the word "controversial".
    Shawn (exasperated): Us?! We don't know the meaning of the word "controversial"?!
    Hunter Not as much me, it was mostly you...
    Shawn: Are you kidding me?! I'm the one that put Bret Hart in the sharpshooter, you know! And you! You! You know controversy, you married, uh...What's-Her-Name!
    Hunter: I know, I know! I can't believe he said it! "We don't know what controversial is"—
    Shawn: What do you mean "we don't know controversy"?! (he and Triple H talk over one another) I don't believe this! (to random worker) You! Buddy. What's your name?
    Employee: Stan.
    Shawn: Stan.
    (HBK super-kicks Stan, leveling him)
    Shawn: SEE?! I JUST KICKED STAN!
    Hunter: Calm down, Shawn—
    Shawn: DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! (storms off) NOBODY TELLS ME THAT I DON'T KNOW CONTROVERSY! YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!
    (Shawn continues ranting as he continues down the hallway, randomly super-kicking other employees as HHH chuckles)
    Hunter: I don't know if that's controversial... But it sure as hell is funny.
  • The 2006 incarnation with just Shawn & Hunter had many golden moments. While both were goofballs, Hunter is the more juvenile of the two. He's played straight as a sexed-up frat boy who never misses a chance to ogle, chat-up, or sleep with any nearby Diva(s).
    • During a BBQ, he takes a break from grilling to get service under the table-a moment you have to see for yourself.
    • When they are impressed with Vince's private plane, Hunter notes how the seat turns into a bed. When Shawn questioned how he knew -
      HHH: Me and the chick we... never-mind.
    • When a diva upstages Shawn during the promo, she's kicked out and Hunter demands the shirt back, which she pulls off and tosses at him. His reaction.
      HHH: Jungle Bells! It is gonna be a Mary Christmas\\ (stares after her intently while Shawn covers his eyes)
  • NINJA H! Which really must be seen to appreciate the full hilarity, but particularly hilarious is Hunter's attempt at the robot and Shawn laughing so hard he almost falls off the ring apron.
  • That time they took over the production truck, gaining full control over the lighting, sound effects, and Titantron for an entire episode of RAW.
    • Vince McMahon came out to address DX's take over, but has trouble due to them messing with him (cutting the mic off, changing the pitch to hilarious levels, etc.). At the end of this, Vince asks that they at least have enough respect to play his music so he could walk out. No Chance in Hell comes on and Vince calmly gets out of the ring and begins to walk up the ramp when the music switches to one Vince sang for a video, with the video itself showing on the TitanTron. Vince starts seething and looks ready to blow his top, but settles for stomping to backstage because it was Vince's song playing.
  • In what may be an honest slip of the tongue on Triple H's part, when he and Shawn where listing ways various people have left their mark: "And when the Germans, when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!"note 
    • Adding to the humor was the brief pause and glance Trips and Shawn share before they pick up and continue on as if nothing happened... for a second you could almost hear Shawn thinking, "It was the Japanese, you idiot!"
  • Although it must be seen for full humor value, this exchange when Shawn and Triple H were chasing Jonathan Coachman through the building and Coach took refuge in the ladies' locker room:
    Shawn: We're going in there, aren't we?
    Hunter: (grins) Oh yeah!
    Shawn: (sighs and covers his eyes)
    (Hunter pauses to flirt with the Divas while Shawn goes through the other door. Shawn re-enters the room, eyes still covered, blindly grabs Hunter, and drags him from the room)
  • The teaser trailer for the new DX: One Night Stand DVD. Featuring Shawn, Hunter, a tank, overkill, potshots taken at both men, and further use of goofy Western music.
    Hunter: It's right behind the Undertaker's DVD. Man, that guy beat you every time. You just can't win.
    Shawn: Yeah, but he beat you too.
    Hunter: What?!
    Shawn: Dude, he beat you too. He beats everybody.
    Hunter: I'd uh, forgotten about that. I kind of don't wanna recall.
  • Shawn sings his own answering machine message. And according to reports, didn't tell Hunter what it was going to be.
  • The original Fingerpoke Of Doom. The reason this one is so much better is because 1) it wasn't for the main title of the organization and 2) the speech afterwards clearly indicates why it should be on this page.
  • A skit with guest host Dusty Rhodes which included Shawn, Dusty, and Hunter plugging The Rise and Fall of WCW, American Dream, and DX DVDs respectively, Dusty pointing out Shawn's biggest pushes coinciding with WCW's most lucrative period, and Hunter asking Dusty if the WCW DVD discusses his favorite WCW moment, the debut of the Shockmaster. This leads to a reenactment of the Shockmaster debut with Santino Marella as Shockmaster and Arn Anderson doing the voice just off camera.
  • D-X's reaction to the news Stephanie McMahon was pregnant was hilarious, swinging back and forth from deriding the guy who got her pregnant for being an idiot for being involved with her and theorizing the guy has a Gag Penis.
  • Hunter and Shawn talk about the kick that happened last night.
  • Raw #1000, and the reunion to end all DX reunions. From Shawn lampshading the downsizing from 6 to 2 members to the return of the tank to Billy and Shawn fighting over who gets their shared catchphrase, hilarity, in fact, abounded.
    • Speaking of Billy and Shawn's bickering over the Catchphrase, Hunter tries to pacify the situation by explaining to Billy that Shawn tends to lose his smile whenever he doesn't get to do it, while jokingly bringing up Shawn's previous stint on "Playgirl" Magazine. Shawn, as usual reacts to this.
      Shawn: I was young and stupid, okay?! ...And I needed the money... (Cue the rest of the gang laughing for a bit...)
  • Their induction of Mike Tyson into the WWE Hall of Fame, especially Hunter's recounting of Shawn missing one of Tyson's World Title fights. Then Tyson saying that his kids came to this induction ceremony, but passed on the boxing HOF.
  • The Monday Night RAW prior to Survivor Series 2006 has pretty much every team (minus Big Show's at the moment) together about to get into a brawl. Team DX enters and Shawn is fired up:
    Shawn: Oh yeah, let's do it! Let's start! Let's start the Royal Rumble!
    ''(the crowd starts laughing as Triple H whispers in his ear and a fan loudly proclaims, "That's January!")
    Shawn: Oh then, let's start Survivor Series.
  • Their October 9, 2006 promo before their Street Fight against Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch. No other promo in the entirety of WWE's history had made such extensive and gratuitous use of cock jokes and Double Entendres.
    Hunter: Earlier tonight we were supposed to apologize to a lot of people for stuff we didn't really do, the fact is the only guy we did anything wrong to was Vince McMahon. And we feel bad about that. So, we decided to get Vince a present. And we chipped in together, and we came up with something he would love... Something he just couldn't get enough of. And, and the question was... We know what it is, but where do you find one big enough to satisfy Vince McMahon? Ah ha! At the University of South Carolina... The home of Cocky.
    (An image of Cocky appears in the Titantron.)
    Hunter: LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT COCK!!
    (Crowd continues to cheer as Shawn slightly winces in the background.)
    Hunter: I... I... see him on the 'tron, but he's supposed to come out here, where is he?
    Shawn: Umm... I was hopin' I would have a better time to tell ya this but... apparently Cocky has representation, and they... weren't comfortable with uh... things the way they were. And uh... they said they had a lot riding on him and uh...
    Hunter: Wait a minute, hold on, wait a minute...
    (Crowd starts chanting: GAME! COCKED! GAME! COCKED!)
    Hunter: Hold on, hold on... I know its confusing; I'm The Game, that's the cock... Wait now Shawn, what you're telling me is his manager said they have a lot riding on the cock?
    Shawn: They, they said they weren't comfortable of him being with us, and and he's... he's... he's not here.
    Hunter: ''So they pulled the cock? So the cock is out? All we were trying to do was give the cock some exposure! I mean, it's really frustrating, first he was in, then he was out, in, out, in, out, in, out!
    (Crowd continued to cheer)
    Hunter: And that's an a shame too because, honestly, Vince would have loved him! Vince would have stroked him, and and rubbed him, hell, Vince would have kissed that cock right on his big red bloated head! But you know what Shawn, it's probably for the best. You know how angry Vince gets, how mad he gets. Cocky might have done something wrong and you know Vince wouldn't hesitate for a second to choke a chicken! I mean honestly, it's probably good. Because if he would have done something bad, Vince wouldn't hesitate to beat that cock like he owed him money! I guess...I guess we will never know the kind of love Vince and Cocky could have shared.''
    • Prior to the Street Fight, Shawn and Hunter have to give apologies for the craziness they went through the week prior, whether it was costing Edge's chance to become WWE Champion against Cena to making the Spirit Squad dress up as female cheerleaders. Hunter states that the entire thing stupid and always interrupts every single time Shawn tries to make an apology, getting to the point that before Shawn can finish, he looks at Hunter then tosses the card away. He finally apologizes to Cade and Murdoch for the upcoming Street Fight to which Hunter interrupts that it's not until later. Shawn asks what they're supposed to do before the two realize they're supposed to be cutting a promo on live TV. Cue them slowly looking at the camera as they decide to do an advertisement promoting DX merchandise with cheesy grins.
  • Their WWE Hall of Fame induction speech/skit. Except for a few brief moments, most notably a tribute to Chyna, it was nonstop comedy.
    • Before DX appears, HOF presenter Corey Graves makes fun of DX's treatment of Michael Cole.
    • The opening segment has all the members openly discussing how they're not supposed to mention Vince McMahon and in the process repeating his name so many times it becomes an Overly Long Gag.
    • The edited-out jabs at All Elite Wrestling. It starts with Billy Gunn saying he can't be fired only for Trips to tell him that Vince, being the rich man he is, could buy "that piss ant company" only to fire him again, and ends with Shawn taking a jab at Billy's speech end saying that "you can always count with him to overpromise and underdeliver", finishing with him being "All In".
    • Billy Gunn pulling out a squirt gun to shoot into the audience only to see the stream fizzle out after about a foot at most.
    • Road Dogg dropping a book length stack of paper on the podium in an Affectionate Parody mocking Hillbilly Jim's excessively long acceptance speech from the previous year.
    • A more friendly example: The other members gently mocking X-Pac's disorganization as he attempts to give his speech.
    • Shawn becoming emotional because his family didn't show up because they're ashamed of this part of his past.
    • Each of them taking turns trying to apologize for ruining a whole generation ends in Epic Failure when each individual member's attempt at apology ends up being interrupted by a recitation of his Catchphrase.
    • Finally the whole thing ends with every member grabbing a squirt gun note  and running into the crowd. Hunter lingers on Baron Corbin for quite a while.
  • For the 25th Anniversary of DX, the group (sans Billy this time) unite to cause havoc and mayhem much to the chagrin of Hunter who’s now fully in charge of the show following Vince’s recent departure from the company. The entire thing feels like a high school reunion of rowdy jocks where one of the members became the school principal and is begging the others not to embarrass him.
    • The opening shows Triple H trying to get the other members not to curse or talk about their genitalia only for Road Dogg to absent-mindedly ask if they can say “penis” on TV. They all start cursing to the point even Triple H starts to swear before Shawn randomly shouts “HOLY COW, I SEE FOUR COCKS HANGING OUT” to reveal four rubber chickens by Hunter’s desk, prompting him to ask the immortal question, “Which one of you put cocks there?” Trips picks one up and Shawn tells the others they got to go while Hunter is “choking his chicken” and Hunter just impotently tells him “No fighting!” in a subtle Take That! to AEW and their recent troubles with backstage fighting.
    • Road Dogg during referring to the group as they are now as "D-Geriatric X"
    • Later, The Miz laments to DX that Dexter Lumis won’t leave him alone how he destroyed Miz’s “massive gifts” (two inflatable balls), prompting Road Dogg to book a match next week where Dexter is gone if Miz wins and Miz has to give Dexter the “gifts” if Dexter wins. Shawn interjects that Dexter actually gets a WWE contract if he wins which Road Dogg clarifies “Oh, yeah, that too… but still your balls.” As Miz storms off, X-Pac wonders out loud when Road Dogg had the power to book matches which Road Dogg responds with “I can do that! Well, I think I can. I mean, I just did.”
  • For the 30th Anniversary of Raw (again without Billy Gunn), the team comes out to do their normal introduction but when Road Dogg goes into the bit where he introduces Billy, he turns to see… Kurt Angle who managed to come out to the stage with the group without any of them (or even the ring announcer) noticing and sheepishly asks to join. After a small back and forth, Triple H decides to just let Kurt be in DX for the night and continues their intro only for Gunther and the Imperium to come out and challenge DX to a fight. One by one, each member steps up and… makes excuses for why they’re not going to fight Gunther.
    • Triple H gets right into Gunther’s face and glares at him before awkwardly stating, “Uh, I’m retired, dude. I, uh… yeah…”
    • The crowd then starts chanting for HBK. Shawn looks like he’s about to hit Gunther with an impromptu superkick before just shouting “I’m too old! I’m too old. I’m not doing it, I’m not doing it."
    • X-Pac then declares it’s up to him and then cites how he has shin splints so it can’t be him either but other wise he totally would.
    • Road Dogg starts to talk and then just flat admits he isn’t going to fight Gunther either. Triple H derisively calls him “Butterbean” and tells him to go stand in the back. Not even mad, Road Dogg verbally complies.
    • The group then huddles together to make a plan while Kurt just stands there awkwardly. They look back at Kurt, go back to huddling and break. Triple H then puts his arm around Kurt and declares “Kurt said he’d fight ya!”. Without a second of hesitation, Kurt flatly states “No, I won’t. No, I won’t. Nooope. Nope. Nada.” to Triple H’s exasperated frustration.
    • Finally, Seth Rollins and later the Street Profits come to their aid. Shawn and Road Dogg celebrate by singing Seth’s theme off-key with the crowd.
    • Once the ring is packed with wrestlers, they have to figure out how to make sense of it all. Cue everyone staring at Triple H who notes that booking stuff isn't that easy. Thankfully, Teddy Long comes in to announce that Seth Rollins and the Street Profits will fight against Imperium...but then they also need a referee. After DX huddles trying to figure out what to do, Kurt brings up that he can be referee. When everyone is unsure of this, Kurt Angle removes his DX shirt to reveal he had a red and blue striped referee shirt underneath. Triple H then brings up how it was his idea to let Kurt be referee.

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