Memes / WWE

The expression that perfectly summed up the fan reaction to the Streak ending.

Return to Professional Wrestling

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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.^ExplanationFoley didn't like this, and said so in a promo, saying "Foley isn't God, but he's pretty damn good!" Fans eventually took the hint and changed their signs to "FOLEY IS GOOD"

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General

• 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," The Rock's "Layeth the smacketh down," Hulk Hogan's, "(name)-amania."(which really started in the AWA) The Undertaker's "I'll make you famous.", and others.
  • You know that Chris Jericho had made it when you can hear a cartoon character call his sister an "Ass-clown."
  • Or when Tony freakin' Stark drops it on a senate subcommittee.
  • This one
• Wait and see. ^ExplanationWWE has a long history of having long term angles with hot starts that eventually fizzle out and/or move in unsatisfying directions. "Wait and see" came from fans telling those complaining to do just that during the WWE version of the Summer of Punk storyline and ever since it's used to make fun of WWE's generally disappointing long term booking.
  • LET'S JUST SEE WHERE THIS GOES, GUYS.
  • It's a Slow Burn.
• Flying Nothing ^ExplanationWhen a wrestler jumps off the top rope in order to eat a move from the opponent. It is intended to be a cool counter spot but usually comes off as a wrestler jumping off the top rope with no actual move in mind.
• And now This meme is in the Royal Rumble and so is everyone else.
• You're welcome.
• Stevie Richards as the replacement for anyone who gets [Redacted] by WWE.^ExplanationThis is a reference to the story mode for the WWF No Mercy video game, where Stevie Richards was put into all the spots that would've belonged to The Big Show, who was removed from the game after having been sent to the developmental for his weight issues.

Rock n' Wrestling Era

• 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 tough enough."
    • Who is Jim Neidhart?^ExplanationJim Neidhart's short-lived gimmick "Who." It became a meme on the WrestleCrap forums where it was used like Abbott and Costello.
    • This one became so widespread on the Unofficial WrestleCrap 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!!!
  • Right on the external occipital protuberance!
• How much does dis guy weigh?^ExplanationRefers to Art Donovan's lackluster performance as a commentator at WWF King of the Ring 1994.
• Cut the music. What I'd like to have right now...is for all you fat, out of shape, TV Trope'ing sweathogs...to keep the noise down, while I take my robe off and show the ladies what a REAL man looks like. Hit the music!"
• 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 DiSalvo than Hall. It was recycled in 1992 when the Ultimate Warrior returned at WrestleMania VIII with a slightly different look. The Neidhart jokes eventually superseded it.)
• That shoot interview with The Iron Sheik in which he claimed that he "HAMBELD" his opponent at WrestleMania III.
  • FACKin BULLSHEHHHHHT!!!!
  • AH'M GONNA FACK YUR SISTAR! AH'M GONNA FACK YUR MATHUR!
    • FACK YUR AHSS!!
• An older one, stemming from WWE's frequent use of the Unflinching Walk, would be "(X) is WALKING~!!!!!"
• Undertaker. Taped fists. ^ExplanationPrior to WrestleMania XIV, The Undertaker threatened Shawn Michaels, who was known for being a primadonna Jerkass at the time, into "doing the right thing" and drop the WWF title to "Stone Cold" Steve Austin by taping his fists in front of him.
  • *Screen flickers erratically* *Light goes out*
    • DONG!!
  • Shocked Undertaker Fan.
  • The Undertaker could chokeslam a baby and still get a face reaction. ^ExplanationA response to someone suggesting 'Taker turn heel, with another pointing out that the crowd loves him so much they'll cheer anything he does.
    • On the opposite end of the spectrum, Hitler had 12 million people killed and could still work as a face against Batista. ^ExplanationBatista's 2014 return to wrestling has been extremely poorly received. WWE tried to push him as a babyface, but the crowd despised him. This resulted in practically any heel going against him managing to get over as a face, such as Roman Reigns and Alberto Del Rio (who is infamous for his inability to get over as either a face or a heel).
  • "Buckle Up, Teddy!"
  • On the Something Awful forums, this incident has led to the creation of Undertaker's Weed Limo.
  • And before that, "Where to, Stephanie?! AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"
  • "Hello, boys!"
• STAND BACK! There's a HURRICANE comin through!
  • Stand back, Citizen Troper.
  • Whatsupwiththat!?
• DDT DDT DDT...think about it.
• LOAD THE SPACESHIP WITH THE ROCKET FUEL! LOAD IT WITH THE WORDS!
  • HOAK HOGAN!
  • *SKROOOONNNNK*
    • YOU'RE GONNA NEED AN ENERGON CUBE THE SIZE OF WYOMING TO DEFEAT MY AUTOBOTS, HO KOGAN!
  • LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME HOKE OGAN!
  • FOKE ON THE POWER OF DESTRUCITY!
  • Ultimate Warrior doesn't want you to smoke while going through one '''HELL''' of a nicotine fit.
  • HOKE KOGAN!
• OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

  • DIG IT!

  • SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM!!! (Bites a Slim Jim, Chaos ensues).
  • Someone in heaven was Corpsing, so they had to SEND FOR THE MAN!
• 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.
• Mr. T would like to remind you that he loves his momma. ^ExplanationDuring his induction to WWE's Hall of Fame in 2014, Mr. T thanked his mother above all other people. In his induction speech, he said the word "mother" or some variation of it 71 times.
• Eat Toto Puwatso
  • Fill the Superbowl with the wonton and the beef stew.
  • WONTON AND BEEF STEW!
    • Don't take my medications, Morty...
• 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! ^ExplanationIn 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!!!^ExplanationA 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!
• The British Bulldog's gonna win, whether he wants to or not, because he's bizarre!
• Bobby Heenan:
  • "That was a Greco-Roman [insert illegal manuver here]!"
  • Any time a heel blatantly cheats: "I didn't see it. My monitor went out."
  • "That coward tried to jump out the window!"^ExplanationDuring the Rockers' Breakup Breakout, Shawn Michaels threw Marty Janetty face first through Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake's barbershop window, and Heenan's self-serving memory described the altercation as this.

New Generation Era

• Bret Hart screwed Bret Hart.
  • One year later: The People screwed The People!
  • And later Kurt Angle screwed Kurt Angle.
  • Speaking of Bret Hart:
    • Bret "Hitman" Clark! — Michael Buffer
    • Who are you t-to... to doubt El Dandy?
  • Let's not forget Owen Hart:
    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!^ExplanationOwen was supposed to say 'your leg out from under you', but he stammered mid sentence and hence goofed it into 'kicked your leg out from your, uh, leg!'
  • Bret Hart gives this meme a 4/10.
  • It's not even in his Top 1000 memes. ^ExplanationBoth stem from a shoot interview where he gave the Triple H vs. Undertaker match a 4/10 and said that Triple H wasn't even in his Top 1000 wrestlers of all time.
    • 4/10? Injustice!^ExplanationA recurring meme is that any thing that the IWC hates would be followed by a Shield attack, with the headline "INJUSTICE".
• Yes Kevin Nash has a house on Fire Island thanks for asking.
  • Not to mentioned Nash refusing to jo—er, 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.
    • ...or summed up as "Chariots of Fire".
  • Not to be outdone, Vince McMahon tore both quads stepping into the ring at the conclusion of the 2005 Royal Rumble.
  • Nash booked himself to be pleased with this entry.
    • 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.
    • Nash Booking? INJUSTICE!
  • "OMG Kevin Nash WTF thought he was dead LOL"
    • "Would you like to see the text message on my telephone?".
  • Look at the adjective...Play!
• Chris Jericho's movelist from a WCW promo: ARMBAR
  • ARMdrag
    • ArmBAR
    • Achbar
    • Chinlock
    • Number 3 - Moss-covered Three-handled Family Credenza
    • Number 24 - The Canadian
    • Number 38 - Armbar
  • "Now, would you puh-lease - shut! the helllll up?!"

Attitude Era

• Chris Jericho hates this site. He will never.........EEEEEEEEEEVER..... View it uhgayn! You hick assclowns!
  • And the reason why he hates this site? Because it's populated by a bunch of lying, perverted, conniving, hypocritical parasites, do you understand what I'm saying to you right now?
  • But then I realized you're just too stupid to understand the question, so I'm going to "Ortonize" it for you. ME! WANT! TITLE! MATCH!^ExplanationThe Titantron showed images in sequence in response to each word—a picture of himself, a picture of Cookie Monster with some cookies, the WWE Championship belt, and a lit match
  Fan: Go back to Toronto!
  Chris Jericho: I'm from Winnipeg, you idiot!
  • You're a stupid man!
    • You stupid idiot!
  • ASK HIM!
    • DO YOUR FUCKING JOB!!!
  • ...The Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, Funaki, Fuyuki, Jado, Gedo, Yoshi Tatsu...
  • And, of course, his long-time feud with Stephanie McMahon, which generally culminates with Jericho calling her a "Filthy, dirty, disgusting, nasty, skanky, brutal, bottom-feeding, trashbag HO!"
    • He very nearly said the whole thing in 2014, the "PG" era, but the last word got cut off by her husband, Triple H.
  • "WELCOME TO [placeholder] IS JERICHO!!!!!!!!"
• The 1998 Hell In a cell, Where The Undertaker sent Mankind plummeting 16 ft through the (Spanish) announcer's table. ^ExplanationMainly famous because of Reddit, where user /u/shittymorph brings it up in every post they make, and indeed got sent a plaque by the WWE in 2018 as thanks for the marketing.
• Samoa Joe's gonna kill you.
  • Before that, "Taz is gonna kill you!" in the old ECW.
    • Beat me if you can! Survive if I let you!
    • CHICKENS!!!!!! Ffffffffffffffffff!
    • Nova invented memes.
    • Bill Alfonso calls memes right down the middle, daddy!
  • Bayley's gonna hug you.
  • Also, Samoa Joe's gonna choke a bitch.
  • ...
• Number 1,000,000: ARM. BAR. ARMBAR.
• Awesome Kong kills bitches dead.
  • Kharma is a bitch and she kills them dead.
• Hardcore Holly won the 2004 Royal Rumble and defeated Triple H at WrestleMania XX to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.^ExplanationIn reference to WWE Unpersoning Chris Benoit following his 2007 double murder/suicide.
  • Gene Snitsky won the 2003 Royal Rumble and defeated Charlie Haas at WrestleMania XIX to become the new WWE Champion.
  • Which was easily the greatest match since the one at WrestleMania VII between Jerry Lawler and Ken Patera.
  • CHRIS BENOIT IS SO 4REAL HE CAN CARRY PERSON X TO A FIVE-STAR MATCH.
  • One particularly dark practice is to take pictures of Chris Benoit crying and caption them with some variation of, "THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO TAP OUT.".
  • 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?"
  • Chris Benoit did it because he was angry for being demoted from the Four Horsemen to Raw.
    • Everybody knows Owen Hart died of a drug overdose.
• Edge would like to inform all of the tropers of the world that they are big, fat failure turtles.
  • And you're WRONG! WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!
    • This meme is so powerful, it traveled through time and reached Beethoven
  • SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR SPEAR!!!
  • Paul Heyman's got two words for you, Edge: "MATT FREAKIN HARDY!!!"
    Edge: That's three words, Paul! (makes Matt Hardy's Version 1 hand gesture)
    • IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY WORDS IT IS!
  • X has just completed/defeated (insert REALLY difficult feat/opponent here) and is tired, exhausted, and badly beaten, savoring his hard-fought victory. ''You think you know me...'' * guitar riff* '''ON THIS DAY! I SEE CLEARLY! EVERYTHING HAS COME TO LIFE!'''
    Edge: * running down the ramp with the Money In The Bank briefcase* I'M CASHING IT IN! I'M CASHING IT IN! RING THE DAMN BELL!
    • Ironically, this would be how Edge himself would lose the World Heavyweight title in June of 2008 to CM Punk, who would later acknowledge the irony.
    • And Punk would do it again a year later, this time at Jeff Hardy's expense.
    • It's gotten so bad that Edge has even been stealing the spot of Character Tournament winner for semi-popular RPGs for respected hand held platforms.
  • His return made the MOA in recent Royal Rumble memory.
• If Lance Storm can be serious for a moment...
  • He doesn't need to listen to any of you stupid Americans, because he's from Calgary ... Alberta, Canada!
    • BO~RING! BO~RING! ^Expanation "Stone Cold" Steve Austin came out during one of Lance Storm's matches, chanting this, and even curling up on stage to take a nap. Sadly, this ended up breaking Lance Storm's character as The Comically Serious, and his wrestling career never really recovered. He eventually retired to become a trainer.
    • All rise for the playing of the Canadian National Anthem.
• Mickie James is thinking Arby's. ^ExplanationBack in 2000, Mickie James posed nude in Leg Show magazine.
  • From a RAW a while back: someone◊ knows what you're talking about.
  • "Oh Mickie, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, hey, Mickie!" This one would be mockingly referenced by Jessie Belle Smothers at a Covey Pro event. Australian wrestler KC Cassidy even has a move called "Hey Mickie!"
• Christian: Tomko, gimme a beat.
  Tomko: No.
  • He didn't even miss a beat.
  • Stay off the Internet, buddy.
  • ...it's Christian.
    • And he wants ONE MORE MATCH.
• Did somebody say THREE MINUTES?
• #409: armbar
• HELLO, LADIES!
  • I CHOPPY-CHOPPY YOUR PEE-PEE!!
• Now, I know I'm not supposed to say this anymore, but I just got here off the:
  • HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRAIN!!!!!!!
• Kurt Angle not only won a gold medal, but can do almost anything else, "with a broken freakin' neck!"
  • He also tore his quad this morning, and he's fine.
    • But, he's not a fan of... the black people.
    • And if he would go back in time, the one person in history he would want to tap out would have to be... Jesus.
    • TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!!! TAP! TAP! TAP!!!!
  • Ding Dong, the bitch is dead!
  • Angle's reason for the comments he made on Twitter: his account was hacked.
  • Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care! Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care! Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care, cause I got Olympic gold!
  • YOU SUCK da-da-da YOU SUCK da-da-da YOU SUCK
    • Became an Ascended Meme when he returned from an injury and requested the audience chant it.
• 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 Foreign Wrestling Heel du jour is in the ring (What?), especially if they are speaking in a language other than English (What?).
    • Number 480 (What?) Armbar. (What?)
    • YES! NO! EVER AGAIN! YES! AGAIN! AGAIN! NO! YES! NO! WOOOO! YES! NO! YES! NO! WOOOO!
    • HE'S "Stone Cold" Steve Austin AND HE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS!!
  • "I'll tell you what, say what if you like to sleep with your own sister." (Wha...)
  • "If you're an imbecile and you're from Hartford, you'll say..." (Wha...)
  • "If you're a failure, say what." (Wha...)
  • *GLASS SHATTERS* ^ExplanationStone Cold's theme song, often played when a Heel is running his mouth, or someone is getting an unfair beatdown before Austin runs in for the save.
  • ARRIVE. STUNNER. LEAVE. ^ExplanationAustin's tendency to interrupt someone delivering a promo, deliver his finisher to the poor sucker, then walk back up the ramp without saying a word or doing anything else.
• Number 494 - ArmBAR
• 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.
  • "INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!
    • "Angry Vince" is BIGGER THAN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. BIGGER THAN GOD, THAT'S RIGHT!
  • IT'S ME, AUSTIN! IT'S ME, AUSTIN! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG, AUSTIN! ^ExplanationThe revelation that Vince was the Higher Power brought on this deliciously hammy declaration from the man himself, further punctuated by Jim Ross' forlorn, "Aw, son of a bitch!".
    • AW, SON OF A BITCH!
    • WHAT?!
  • Vince teaches us how to pray: "God, you don't like me, and I don't like you..."
  • This is as opposed to Eric Bischoff, who fires you via FedEx.
  • "SHHHHAAAAADD-UP!"
  • PUSH HIM HE'S A MASTODON GODDAMNIT I'M VINCE MCMAHON ^ExplanationVince has a notable fascination with powerhouse wrestlers, and will often give them a push regardless of actual skill, while other wrestlers wouldn't get used as much.
    • *achoo* ^ExplanationSneezes are a sore point amongst Vince.
  • I'm starting to get blown up here!
• Number 712 - ARMbar.
• Number 960 aRMBAr.
• IF YOU SMEEEEEEEELLLL!
  • WHAT THE ROCK!
  • IS COOKIN'!
    • "Do you like (X)?" "Yes, I — " "Then (X) your ass on outta here!"
    • "Hey Jericho, what's the next move on your little list?"
    • "Number 969 - Arm—
    • "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE NEXT MOVE ON YOUR LITTLE LIST IS!"
    • "THIS ISN'T SING-ALONG WITH THE ROCK!"
  • BOOTS TO ASSES!!!! BOOTS TO ASSES!!!!
  • Affixing "candy ass" to almost any statement.
  • With you are your roody-poo candy ass!
  • I want you to take (X). Shine it up reeeeeeal nice, turn that sumbitch sideways and STICK IT STRAIGHT UP YOUR CANDY ASS!
  • There is (X) AND THE ROCK MEANS (X)
  • Know your role and SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
  • I will layeth the smack down on all your candy asses!
  • You need to go down to the corner of "Know Your Role Boulevard" and "Jabroni^Note A jabroni is a wrestler is who is never meant to be a main eventer or win a title. Another word for a "jobber" Drive" and check into the SMACK DOWN HOTEL!
  • The Rock is The People's Champ. He is the People's Choice. And he will deliver the most electrifying move is sports entertainment today, The People's Elbow!
    • The Rock is so memetic he can get things to trend world wide on Twitter simply by saying that they will trend, world wide, on Twitter. Two such examples are "Fruity Pebbles" and "Cookie Puss."
  • IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WRESTLING MEMES YOU SAY!
  • AND IF YOU'RE NOT DOWN WITH THAT, THEN WE'VE GOT TWO WORDS FOR YA!
    Audience: SUCK IT!!
• BANG BANG!
  • HAVE A NICE DAY! :)
• Rikishi did it for The Rock. He did it for the people...
  • AW SHUT YOUR MOUTH, YOU THONG WEARING FATTY!
• Number 974 - ArMbAr
• Triple H and Shawn Michaels ARE D-Generation X... and if you're not down with that, they've got TWO! WORDS! FOR YA!
  • Suck it!
• Playtime: "FUCK OFF!"
• This list pisses Bob Holly off.
  • And now he's descending from the sun.
  • Bob Holly broke his arm in a match against Kurt Angle and finished the fucking match.
• 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.
• 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? ^ExplanationThis 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.
    • YOU ARE THE HEEL! BOO!
    • YOU ARE THE FACE! YAY!
• Jim Ross and BBQ Sauce
  • Jerry Lawler and "Puppies!"
  • [Insert name]'s being beaten like a government mule!
  • [Insert match] was bowling-shoe ugly!
    • And mercifully, it's over.
  • [Insert cowardly Heel's name] is running away like a scalded dog!
    • With a case of the liver-tail!
  • It's gonna be a slobber-knocker, King! BAH GAWD!!!
  • STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!
  • ...My ass!
  • "GOOD GAWD AWMIGHTY, THAT KILLED 'IM! AS GAWD IS MAH WITNESS, HE IS BROKEN IN HALF!" ^ExplanationFrom the infamous "Hell in a Cell" match between Undertaker and Mick Foley as Mankind. This was JR's reaction to the Undertaker throwing Mankind off Hell in a Cell, and Mankind plummeting sixteen feet through an announcer's table.
  • "That's it, he's dead." "WILL SOMEBODY STOP THE DAMN MATCH?! ENOUGH'S ENOUGH!"^ExplanationLawler and JR's reactions (respectively) to a second extreme bump through the roof of the cage which did even more damage to Foley.
  • "...and he's smiling!◊"
• Vickie Guerrero: "EXCUSE ME!!!"
  • [Everyone in the crowd boos.]
  • Vickie Guerrero: "I SAID 'EXCUSE ME'!!!
  • [Everyone boos even louder.]
  • SHUT THE HELL UP! *Clap clap clap-clap-clap* SHUT THE HELL UP! *Clap clap clap-clap-clap*
• Number 997 - ARmbAR
• Number 332 - Jumprope Flat Crossbody Strike
• Oh, you didn't kno-ow?
  • YO ASS BETTA? CAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL SOMEBOOODDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAYYYY!!!
  • Oh you were not aware of this? Your posterior better contact someone at once!
  • I'm an ass man!
• Triple H wants to squash him.
• The only good thing money does for me is buy grapes.
  • #FuckYouMattHardy.
  • How fat is he? Morbidly obese.
• Blah blah blah Haitch Combo 1◊.
  • Blah blah blah Haitch Combo 2◊.^ExplanationOn /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?! ^ExplanationAfter 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.
    • Isn't that associated with Shawn Michaels circa 1995-1998?
  • It's what's best for business. ^ExplanationThis is the excuse that Triple H uses to justify such heel actions as screwing Daniel Bryan out of the WWE Championship and firing Cody Rhodes.
• $9.99! ^ExplanationAfter the WWE Network was launched, several commentators would tell the WWE Universe to watch an upcoming PPV live by purchasing the WWE Network for just...well, you know. They would say this for about no less than five times.
• Breaking News: Rey Mysterio Injured Again. ^ExplanationThis meme parodies the sheer amount of times in short intervals Rey Mysterio gets injured.
  • Pray to Kneesus.
• THAT'S GOTTA BE KANE
  • Since Kane's re-masking during the Authority angle post WrestleMania 30, seemingly everybody on WWE TV now seem to go out of their way to refer to him as "The Demon Kane", as if the entire thing were his name. Because of this, it's now pretty common to see him referred to as THEDEMONKANE.
    • Prior to this, he was referred to as "Corporate Kane".
  • "Congratulations, Daniel, on a hard fart victory."
• WHO'S BETTER THAN KANYON? NOBODY!'
  • "WHO'S BETTER THAN KANYON?" "EVERYBODY!"^Explanation The fan's eventual reaction to his catchphrase.
  • WHO'S NOT BETTER THAN KANYON?^ExplanationKanyon's clever workaround to the above.
• Number 192 - Armbar
• Mark "Ratings" Henry. ^ExplanationWhen 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. ^ExplanationEdge 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. Furthermore, the "15 years" thing turned out to be the main source of Henry's frustration fueling his ongoing Hall of Pain tear of destruction at the time.
  • THAT'S WHAT I DO!
  • SOMEBODY GON' GET THEIR WIG SPLIT.^ExplanationThis line comes from Mark Henry's theme song

Ruthless Aggression Era

• David Flair's WWE Titantron.^ExplanationDuring Ric Flair's feud with The Undertaker leading to WrestleMania X8, Ric's son, former WCW wrestler David Flair, got involved, and even though his involvement was very brief ('Taker just beat him around to provoke Ric), WWE gave him a TitanTron. For some reason, his entrance video only consisted of three things: a hastily-made animation of his name, looped several times; a clip of David flexing a bit; and a clip of his father Ric, all set to probably the most generic piece of rock music used in pro wrestling. The fact that the clip of Ric has him with a look of what appears to be disappointment is just the icing of the cake. This led to a fad of giving a "David Flair TitanTron" to various wrestlers (here's a playlist), eventually leading to the logical conclusion of one for RIC HIMSELF, with David being the one who looks disappointed.
  • Not to mention Road Warrior Animal's last WWE Titantron.
  • * tilts head to the left*
• WE GOT NO FEAR, NO DOUBT, ALL IN, BALLS OUT^ExplanationA line from Nickelback's "Burn It To The Ground" the theme song of WWE Raw
• 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. For a time, they forced the nickname "Basketball Jones" on him, even automatically changing Batista's name to that whenever mentioned by a user.
    • /wooo/ has quite a few memes featuring the man as well. Don't drink his "protein milkshakes".
  • "Where tropes aren't just encouraged...they're allowed."
  • Batista: The Eternal #1 Contender
  • And now we have "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MAH FRIEND!"
  • "You keep on kissing babies and hugging fat girls."
  • "STOOP THAT LOW! Duct tape!? Are you serious? Really? Duct tape?"
  • * Batista stares disapprovingly at this list of tropes*
  Little Kid: I hate you, Batista!
  Batista: I hate you too!
  • "JBL, at The Great American Bash... I'm gonna expose your ass!"
  • Batista stole Kaitlyn's jeans. ^ExplanationAs a result of wearing skinny jeans during his return.
    • DEAL WITH IT! ^ExplanationBatista angrily yelled this at Daniel Bryan supporters to prove a point that he had a more impressive physique and was stronger.
  • Bootista ^ExplanationHe was roundly booed upon winning the 2014 Royal Rumble.
    • Which is also crossed with a meme from "The Simpsons, with a picture of Hans Moleman captioned "I was saying Boo-tista."
    • "I LOVE THIS BUSINESS!" *Crowd boos*
    • "If they cheer me, I cheer 'em back! If they boo me, I boo them back!"
  • "How big is Batista's dick?", something of a Running Gag on You Shoot.
  • Batista rips his jeans!
  • Bluetista ^ExplanationAs a reference to his bright blue attire he wore at Payback 2014
  • This photo of Batista is spreading around the IWC fast.◊
  • "GIVE ME WHAT I WANT!"
• Number 438 - Rabmra.
  • RABMRA-?! THAT'S "ARMBAR" SPELLED BACKWARDS!
• 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...
• Michael Cole, master of predictable and inaccurate commentary:
  Michael Cole: VINTAGE UNDERTAKER! VINTAGE FINLAY! I have never ever seen Batista jump off the top rope before in my life, I swear to God! Tonight marks the first time the WWE Championship has ever been defended in Canada!
  • Michael Cole must suffer from long-term memory loss.
  • Not to mention his seeming inability to say the word 'head'. 'Skull' will always be substituted, context be damned.
    • Also substitute "spine" for back.
  • Michael Cole: No! No, not this way! NOT THIS WAY!
    • DAMMIT!
    • AND I QUOTE
    • 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 taken to screaming "X GOT LUCKY!" when somebody he hates beats somebody he likes.
    • And all of this was lampshaded like a motherfucker on episode 13 of Top Rope Theater.
    • Miz-gasm in 3, 2, 1...
    • "This meme's on fire right now. Can he keep it up? Find out as Memes: Professional Wrestling rolls on.^ExplanationWhenever a WWE television show heads to commercial break, expect Cole to lead the viewing audience into the break with this or a similar line.
  • #____ is now trending worldwide! ^ExplanationThe WWE's (from Michael Cole in particular) obsession with trending on Twitter, to the point that promos are actively structured around forcing some phrase to trend, and bragging about every single trending topic they get, no matter how insignificant or silly. A cursory glance at Twitter's trends show that actual twitter topic trends routinely disagree.
  • With all due respect...ANAL BLEEDING.^ExplanationMichael 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? ^ExplanationBooker T's response to the above. Even he was caught off-guard by Cole there.
    • ...wow.
    • X-Pac would certainly know about ANAL BLEEDING.^ExplanationX-Pac tore his anus open at an independent show.
  • (iPhone text sound) I've just received an email from the anonymous Raw General Manager. And I quote...
  • BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    • Hey listen, fuckhead!
  • BIG DOG EATS MY ASS!^ExplanationFrom a 2006 episode of SmackDown!
  • IT'S BOSS TIME
• John Morrison's "We don't have (X) at the Palace Of Wisdom!"
  • 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."
  • John Morrison is the Royal Rumble Ninja.
  • ...
    • #397: Armbar
    • Armbars aren't allowed at the Palace of Wisdom.
• Lest we forget - the The Samoan Bulldozer... YOU MANGA!
  • aka Omaga, the Samoan Bulldog.
  • Triple Haitch.
  • Adamle really is the king of this. Jamaican me crazy Kofi!
    • You Ghana make me crazy Kofi!
  • "And his name is Jeff Harvey... Hardy!"
  • "I'm getting a little emotion here, Shane."
  • WCW Champion La Parka
  • The main event for Summerfest will be Kobe Johnson vs. "The Show" HHH.
    • Evan Braun.
  Dave Meltzer: I never knew he was the twin brother of Hitler's mistress/wife
  • How ya doin', Dave?
• Diamond Dallas Page's catchphrase as a self-help guru isn't a bad thing. It's a good thing.
• Triple H with a shovel.^ExplanationSince he's accused of "burying" other wrestlers

PG Era

• FRUITY! DELICIOUS! DELICIOUS! FRUITY! FRUITY! BAH GAWD THEY'RE FRUITY! SKITTLES!
• John Cena is trying to learn Tackle... But John Cena can't learn more than four moves.
  • * waves hand over face* YOU CAN'T SEE ME!
    • What're you playing, Peek-A-Boo?! You can't shee me! You can't shee-- CAN YOU SEE ME?
  • DA CHAMP... IS.. HEEEYYAAA!!
  • JOHN CENA HAS OVERCOME THE ODDS BAH GAWD!
  • HIS LIFE IS BEING RUINED BY THE INTERNET!!!
    • BALONEY FUDGE AND MUSTARD
  • [Insert Name] wrestles better than Cena!
  • 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] ^ExplanationA 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.
    • [Happy Cena Face] ^ExplanationAfter winning the Raw Money in the Bank match at the event of the same name in 2012, Cena made this narm-tastic face◊.
  • Fruity Pebbles. ^ExplanationWhen The Rock returned in 2011, he decided to take aim at John Cena's choice of wardrobe, particularly his technicolor t-shirts.
    • "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!"
    • FRUI-TY PEB-BLES! *CLAP, CLAP, CLAPCLAPCLAP*
  • LET'S GO CENA! / CENA SUCKS!
    • LET'S GO CENA! / CM PUNK!
    • FACT: John Cena supports CM Punk
  • X sells better than John Cena.
  • BRRRRRR APPLEDOUGH ^ExplanationWhat most people interpret the guy is yelling at the start of Cena's theme.
  • Spoiler: Cena wins.
  • Except That One Time.
  • CENA WINS LOL◊ ^ExplanationAn 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 over the years, with "ROMAN WINS LOL" looking to be the permanent heir to this meme.
  • 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...
  • If Cena Wins, We Riot.^ExplanationA 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.
    • If Cena Wins, We Complain Online.^ExplanationA fan sign that appeared at a Raw in New Jersey in 2013. It became such a meme that WWE released a official shirt of it.
  • Ryder or Riot.
  • Similarly, If Punk Loses, We Riot.
    • Then Punk and Cena team up. Either Cena wins or Punk loses.^ExplanationAn example of a lose-lose situation for the IWC
  • Alternatively, If Cena Wins, We Wyatt.
  • Be a STAR! ^ExplanationSince the turn to a more family-friendly product, WWE has partnered with the Be a STAR Alliance, an anti-bullying organization, leading to fans using this in response to good guy wrestlers like John Cena or Sheamus committing acts that would be seen as "bullying".
  • JOHN CENA SUUUUUUUUCKS! JOHN CENA SUUUUUUUUCKS!^ExplanationSung to the tune of his entrance theme, this chant was heard about two or three times over the years (recorded on YouTube) before getting heard live and loud on the 2014 Night After WrestleMania show, then became a thing done once in awhile over the following year before the 2015 Night After WrestleMania show. Since then it's become practically mandatory, much like the "YOU SUCK!" chants at Kurt Angle.
  • There's only one real meme champion on this website... AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA!^ExplanationPreviously a radio prank phone call answer, people started placing it in many different contexts, like Game of Thrones, Pokemon, and even Steven Universe's opening.
    • Are you sure about that? ^ExplanationIn a hidden-camera prank done with Cricket and members of the Cenation in which they were instructed to give their best introduction for John Cena right before Cena burst through a picture of himself, re-enacting the "Unexpected Cena" meme, there was one little girl who claimed that Cena would be a tiger if he was an animal. Cena then pulled away the face on his picture, stuck his head in the hole, and asked the question that later turned into a meme. That's right; while re-enacting a meme, John Cena inadvertently created another meme.
  • Bing Chilling ^ExplanationOn May 2021, John Cena posted a video on Weibo depicting him with an ice cream cone as an advertisement for F9. The video received various gag English subs depicting Cena in a difficult situation, and his Americanized pronounciation of "bing qilin" (Mandarin Chinese for "ice cream") also became a meme.
• #CallTheDamnMatch^ExplanationAfter Michael Cole's heel turn and subsequent feud with fellow Raw announcer Jerry Lawler, the two commentators would often bicker and forget about the match at hand, prompting Twitter to tell them to focus on their job.
• Hey man! That was Jeff Hardy's painting!
  • Your son is not Jeff Hardy.
    • PRAISE THE LORD! YEAH!!!
  • Jeff's Waffle House Rant
    • 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 generated one of the funniest inside jokes in wrestling history when Kevin Nash described CM Punk as "A guy who looks like the short-order cook at a Pikesville Waffle House", and CM Punk smiled and responded, "I like Waffle House, I don't know what you've got against Waffle House."
• Zack Ryder's theme will make you sing with the radio, and like to play it real loud.
  • "OH RADIOOOO, TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW..."
  • WOO, WOO, WOO!
    • YOU KNOW IT!
  • ARE YOU SERIOUS, BRO!?
  • Zack Ryder = Ratings
    • (sign confiscated by WWE Security)
    • Zack Ryder cant equal ratings, because Zack Ryder's never on television.
  • Broskis before hoeskis.
• CM Punk thinks you're a whore.
  • No he doesn't. He thinks "YOU'RE A WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!"
    • And he speaks the truth!
    • He also thinks "YOU HAVE A VAGINA!"
  • He's Straight Edge, and that makes him BETTER THAN YOU!
    • "Luke...Serena...Bring me Jared from Subway!"
  • You dumb bitch, he's not even holding a microphone!
  • He was also a victim of an assassination attempt from 36 armed assailants!
  • John Cena spilled his diet soda!
  • He's not a chicken, you're a turkey.
  • After letting Wade Barrett know who would be leading things from now on "LONG. LIVE. THE. KING!"
  • Faith.
  • Mickey Mouse to join the Nexus.
  • CM Punk would like Teddy Hart to know: There's no God, and the cage wasn't 30 feet.
  • Whoops, he's breaking the fourth wall
  • CM Punk will re-sign with the WWE, only if they bring back WWE ice cream bars.
  • PIPE BOMB!◊
  • What do you get when you mix CM Punk and Zack Ryder? THIS◊
  • Many people want to kick his skinny-fat ass.
  • Hey TV Tropes, how ya doin'?
  • I respect you, Funkman!
  • CM Punk is not impressed with this example. ^ExplanationA meme inserting a disinterested CM Punk into various images.
  • [insert fan-favorite wrestler] has Nuclear Heat with management and is in the doghouse. The most infamous resident of the WWE Doghouse is CM Punk.
  • Punk's discussion on WWE's apparently frighteningly lax medical team has also led to the joke that they prescribe Z-packs for everything, including things like concussions and broken bones.
  • "You don't want X, you want Sheamus."^ExplanationOn the same podcast, CM Punk claimed an email chain between WWE's offices and the creators of WWE 2K13 that was leaked to him revealed that WWE wanted Punk's place on the cover of the game to go to Sheamus instead, which didn't end up happening.
  • CM Punk chants at X. ^Explanation After a handful of videos inserting CM Punk chants into TNA scenes involving Jeff Hardy (likely sparked by this real video), people began inserting them into anything.
  • "CM Punk Return Imminent!" ^Explanation For years after his retirement from wrestling in 2014, fans on wrestling forums would take nearly any piece of news or rumor, no matter how unrelated, and walk it back as proof that Punk's return to the ring would be happening any day now. Hilariously, Punk eventually did return to wrestling, but not to WWE, electing to sign with AEW instead.
  • 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!"
• Another headlock, Randy Orton? ^ExplanationIn 2006, Randy Orton had a tendency of using chinlocks and rest holds all the time during commercial breaks.
  • STUPID STUPID STUPID^ExplanationRandy Orton once yelled this at Kofi Kingston during their feud.
  • \_O__/^ExplanationAn ASCII version of Randy Orton's signature pose. Popularized by the SMF wrestling e-fed where that was literally his finisher
  • RKO OUTTA NOWHERE!^Explanationfollowing Randy Orton's incredibly impressive RKO on Dolph Ziggler on Raw recently a series of vines have appeared on the internet of Randy Orton being edited in "hitting" people with his RKO finishing technique. It can be seen here.
  • Hoes, Pose, RKOs^ExplanationApplied mainly to Orton's time in Evolution and describes his gimmick fairly succinctly - a young, handsome Mr. Fanservice (who was, in his older vignettes, often surrounded by beautiful women) who makes liberal use of both his signature pose (see above meme) and his Finishing Move.
  • "I just kicked your brother where his appendix used to be! And that's not the only place, that I'm gonna kick him!"
  • Randy Orton is such a monster that he would RKO an innocent panda◊.
  • Randy Orton is quite the method actor.... Along with the whole locker room and Kelly Kelly.
  • ...dive^ExplanationIn 2017, Orton made a tweet that jokingly criticized the indy wrestling, after which the fans became divided whether or not he's right or not.
  • Randy Orton is an AEW recruiter.^ExplanationThanks to a trend in 2021 of legends that he beat up not long before showing up in AEW. The Big Show, Christian and Mark Henry are all legends that decided WWE was no longer for them shortly after an encounter with Randy Orton, leading to joking theories that he is secretly an AEW spy tasked with poaching hall of famers.
• The Miz is AWESOME!!!.
  • Except for this little girl◊.^ExplanationThis 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.
    • Became an Ascended Meme now thanks to The Miz. WrestleCrap's (former) forum had a field day with that one.
    • 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.
  • When my hand goes up, your mouth goes shut!
  • 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!"
• Daniel Bryan Danielson isn't used to the big leagues! He's only wrestled in high school gyms, in front of about 50 people!
  • You can't use ties in the big leagues.
  • 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! ^ExplanationStemming 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!"
    • Daniel Bryan, you owe me one.
    • "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!" ^ExplanationThe 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.
    • "NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!"
    • I AM THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! ^ExplanationWhen Daniel Bryan & Kane became the WWE Tag Team Champions, the Vitriolic Best Buds took to shouting on who was the Tag Team Champions on a regular basis.
  • From his Ring of Honor Days: "You're gonna get your fucking head kicked in!"
    • "I have till five!"
  • The Final Countdown, to the point Ring of Honor had a final countdown tour and the response to any other wrestler besides him or Sara Del Rey coming out to the theme tends to be boos, even four years after he stopped using it.
• 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^ExplanationDuring Ryan "Ryback" Reeves's run as Skip Sheffield, his Catchphrase actually was "Yep yep yep, 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! ^ExplanationMichael 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.^ExplanationEli Cottonwood's hilariously bad promo about mustaches made on an episode of WWE NXT Season 2
  • Daniel Bryan and Derrick Bateman are all about chicks...and AMERICA!
    • As well as SUBMISSION! WRE-STLING!!!
  • *Welsh* *English translation of Welsh statement*
• Jack Swagger does not have a speech impediment.
  • If you're ever at the deli in Perry, Oklahoma; be sure to order the Swaggie. It tastes like freedom.
  • And now we have the Swagger Soaring Eagle. He's an endangered species, for God's sake!
    • "No, the fact that you named it the Thwagger Thoaring Eagle makes you especially THUPID!!"
    • Do you know how hard it is for an eagle to get medical insurance?!
  • WE(ED) THE PEOPLE!^ExplanationPlaying off Jack's new hyper-conservative Teapublican character & his apparent love for the magic green maple leaf.
• TOO MANY LIES. TOO MANY LIES.
  • It's a shameful thing. LOBSTER HEAD!
    • TOO MANY LIMES! TWO MEN IN LINES!
    • "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.^ExplanationA threat Sheamus made to Daniel Bryan on an episode of RAW in 2011, while the latter was talking to his then-girlfriend Gail Kim
    • And he's just a shark circling an empty butthole.
  • Listen to the WWE Universe. Let's Go Sheamus! ^ExplanationIn order to downplay a crowd blatantly chanting "Let's Go Ziggler" for the, at the time, heel Ziggler, Jerry Lawler claimed the crowd was chanting for Sheamus. It has since become popular to attribute any random chant to being "Let's Go Sheamus."
  • And he's got a 24K gold horseshoe up his arse.
  • Fuck this, he don't care.
  • I'LL FIGHT HIM.
  • YOU LOOK STUPID!
    • I! DO NOT! LOOK STUPID!
• "Santino Marella's eyebrows have formed a coalition!"
  • Santino steals a Subway sandwich.
  • Put up the Honk-a-meter! ^ExplanationEvery week in his second Intercontinental title reign, Santino would compare his reign to the Honky Tonk Man's.
    • COBRAAAAAAAA!
• "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." ^ExplanationPrior 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 (particularly the last four words) about Del Rio.
  • "MY NAME! MY NAME IS ALBERTO DEL RRRRRRRIO!...but of course, you already know that."
    • It is Del Rio's destiny to become a meme.
  • He has a ranch, JR!
  • Last night... I defeated Shawn Shena.
• My favorite match is between Melina and Alicia Fox.^ExplanationOn an episode of WWE 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"? ^ExplanationAn infamously bad match where Gayda blew just about every spot she attempted.
• John Morrison is Spider-Man. Also Cody Rhodes is Doctor Doom.^ExplanationThe 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
  • Thanks to WrestleMania 25 and WrestleMania 27, Rey Mysterio is The Joker and Captain America.
  • Cody Rhodes' mustache.
• Sin Cara wrestles Sin Cara. The winner of the match? Sin Cara.^ExplanationMístico II and Hunico had mirror matches, both wrestling in the Sin Cara gear.
• #AJAll or #_____All ^ExplanationDuring the Daniel Bryan/CM Punk/Kane/AJ storyline there was a poll on Raw asking fans to vote on who they thought AJ should be with: #AJPunk for CM Punk, #AJBryan for Daniel Bryan, #AJKane for Kane and #AJAll for all three of them. The ridiculous (and possibly NSFW) nature of #AJAll has caused it to be brought up any time Raw holds a Twitter poll for its Rawactive stuff. Or alternately #____All with the blank space being the object in question for the poll.
• Allow me to beg your indulgence for one moment.^ExplanationHow Damien Sandow opens most of his promos.
  • You're welcome!
  • Thank you, for your irrelevant opinion!
  • You ignoramuses! Get off this trope page! Get off TV Tropes, heck, for the good of everyone else, get off the entire Internet!
• Feed! Me! More! ^ExplanationThis declaration is made by Ryback upon his entering the arena, with fans catching on to the shout.
  • Feed! Me! Punk!
    • Now he hates bullies.
  • Ryback created [[X]]. ^ExplanationAfter being released from WWE, Ryback started a podcast series where he claims he was the man who created the Shield and their Finishing move. Needless to say, the fans ran with it, to the point that Ryback is now behind everything in the wrestling world.
  • Ryback eating chips ^ExplanationOn March 2020, Ryback posted on YouTube an ASMR video of him eating Ruffles chips. Many edits of him in various movies or assisting Zoom meetings were made, in large part thanks to his deadpan look in the camera while downing the bag of chips.
• Will TV Tropes ruin the Tensai gimmick? ^ExplanationShortly after Matt Bloom, formerly Albert and A-Train, made his WWE re-debut, the FAN forums speculated about how his new gimmick would be a failure. A series of polls with these titles flooded the forum all April.
  • (Insert Overly Long Gag-styled description) Tensai. ^ExplanationA month or so after "Lord" Tensai debuted, the WWE dropped the Lord from his name, and the IWC has picked up on it and inserted replacement names whenever they refer to Tensai.
• Titus O'Neil is like Kobe Bryant at a hotel in Colorado. He's unstoppable! ^ExplanationAs part of his "manager on the mic" gimmick the Prime Time Players' manager A.W. shouted the following quote in reference to the rape allegations against him from 2003. Reached meteoric levels after his firing 10 days later.
  • Yo mama! *throws shoe* ^ExplanationAs a distraction during another Kofi Kingston vs. Titus O'Neil match, the Prime Time Players' manager A.W. threw his shoe at Kofi Kingston while shouting the aforementioned as a distraction. Also became more common after his firing.
• TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT! ^ExplanationDuring every Raw, fans would speculate the show as the one that internet favorite Dean Ambrose would finally make his debut. It also doubles as a reference to the new Raw theme of the same name, first introduced on the show's 1000th episode. Also a meme for Video Game Championship Wrestling.
• Dolph Ziggler could sell drugs to CM Punk.
  • Dolph could sell a hamburger to Daniel Bryan.
  • I'm Here To Show The World! ^ExplanationWhenever there was a change in power at any organisation (before 4/8/13 anyway) it would be followed instantly with a picture of Dolph and his Money in the Bank briefcase.
  • I don't know if I've signed a contract or not.^ExplanationIn 2016 and 2017, Ziggler was constantly teasing the fans whether or not he's signed a new contract with WWE, usually ending up winning the championship titles.
• Ryblack. ^ExplanationWhen NXT talent Big E. Langston made his debut on the 12/17/12 edition of Raw, fans immediately noted the similarities of Langston's appearance to Ryback (except for his ethnicity), leading to this nickname for the big man.
  • OH I GOT THE MIC NOW ^ExplanationBig E's first promo after several weeks of being The Quiet One. It was about as awkward as you would expect.
• Doo doo, doo doo da-doo doo doo doo... ^ExplanationThe fans on the RAW after WrestleMania 29 just went bananas chanting Fandango's theme music during his match with Kofi Kingston, and it went on for the rest of the show, and even afterwards. Later that night, and for the past 24-48 hours, Fandango's theme shot up to the top 20 on iTunes UK.
  • WE ARE AWE-SOME clap clap clapclapclap ^ExplanationThose same fans during a match between Sheamus and Randy Orton. Among many other things.
• WORLD'S STRONGEST SWERVE! ^Explanation Mark Henry's retirement speech on the 6/17/13 Raw that had literally everyone believing it was legitimate, before it turned out to be a swerve when he attacked and World's Strongest Slammed John Cena when they were hugging after his speech.
  • YOU THINK IT'S THAT EASY?! I'VE GOT A LOT LEFT IN THE TANK!
• Paul, say something stupid. ^ExplanationBrock Lesnar says this to Paul Heyman after boasting about being better than CM Punk in an interview segment on the 8/5/13 Raw.
  • Lesnar Screams Like a Little Girl ^ExplanationLesnar had a series of very high-pitched screams on the final Raw of 2013
  • EAT, SLEEP, CONQUER, REPEAT!
    • EAT, SLEEP, BREAK THE STREAK!
    • EAT, SLEEP, CONQUER JOHN CENA!
    • BLOOD, URINE, VOMIT, REPEAT!
    • EAT, SLEEP, MAUL, REPEAT! ^Explanation Lesnar is usually called "The Beast Incarnate" since his second WWE run and predators are known for mauling their victims to death. And then there's what he did to Orton in SummerSlam 2016.
    • ARRIVE, KILL BITCHES, LEAVE!
    • EAT, SLEEP, KILL, REPEAT! ^ExplanationLesnar says "I'll Kill You!" to the Undertaker in the middle of their brawl.
  • Lesnar's Derp Face◊ ^ExplanationRight before breaking Mark Henry's arm he put on the most ridiculous expression on his face.
  • SUPLEX CITY, BITCH! ^ExplanationBrock Lesnar's Badass Boast to Roman Reigns as he proceeded to suplex the hell out of him.
    • This has since become an Ascended Meme in the form of a Fun T-Shirt.
  • Camera six, you're in a worst case scenario
  • MY CLIENT, BROCK LESNAR, CONQUERED THE UNDERTAKER'S UNDEFEATED STREAK AT WRESTLEMANIA! ^ExplanationPaul Heyman has delivered promos consisting mostly or entirely of that sentence since Brock Lesnar ended the Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania
  • Brock... Lesnar... Is... The... One... In... Twenty... One... And... One! ^ExplanationPaul Heyman slowly repeats to the fans about Brock Lesnar being the one in 21-1 so that they can understand.
  • MY CLIENT, R-TRUTH, CONQUERED BO DALLAS' UNDEFEATED STREAK!^ExplanationBo Dallas' undefeated streak was broken by R-Truth (who was a jobber at the time), leading many to compare Truth to Brock Lesnar.
  • Brock Knew You Were Trouble^ExplanationAfter hearing Lesnar's Scream, many Online fans decided to replace Taylor Swift's scream on her song 'I Knew You Were Trouble' with Brock's Scream.
  • Brock vs. Lesnar^ExplanationBorn as a parody of dream matches, (Wrestler first name) vs. (Wrestler last name) derivatives soon followed, though Brock vs. Lesnar was the original and is still the most used
  • LET'S! DO! THIS?!? ^Explanation During a challenge to The Undertaker, Brock's voice cracked causing him to give this absolutely narmtastic delivery.
• This meme is a solid B+ ^Explanation Stephanie McMahon referred to Bryan as a solid B+, as opposed to Randy Orton's A. It is used in a similar manner to Bret Hart's 4/10.
• Andre the Giant's ghost ^ExplanationThe Shield's Dean Ambrose claimed that unless Andre the Giant's ghost returned to win the number one contender's battle royal, he would beat the winner at Summerslam for the US Title.
• Juan of a kind! ^ExplanationAfter Alberto Del Rio claimed he was a Latino hero, his former manager/valet Ricardo Rodriguez said he was no hero, and introduced Rob Van Dam instead. Since Van Dam isn't Latino and his theme is called "One of a Kind" this mocking pun was formed.
• JTG is still employed? ^ExplanationEvery time JTG appears on WWE programming this is the reaction. Also the reaction that he stays employed after other Superstars gets future endeavored.
  • He's hiding backstage.
  • "Nope." ^ExplanationEver since The Shield's first promo on the 11/26/12 RAW - featuring fan favorites Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins... and Roman Reigns, too..., image macros have been popping up on the internet with Dean Ambrose's face right after he gave this one-word answer to a question Michael Cole asked them in the interview... and in relation to the above meme, JTG was released by WWE in June 2014.
• The Big Show is going to KNOCK TRIPLE H OUT.◊^ExplanationBig Show decided to show he was going to do this by making the linked face, in which he appears to be angry, scared, and realizing he lost control of his bowels all at the same time.
  • Big Show, knock him out. ^ExplanationWhen Big Show was reluctantly working under the orders of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, the latter frequently ordered Show to knock out foes of The Authority with this phrase.
  • Paul Wight is a dirty bastard and his mama said so.
  • Move Over New Stars^ExplanationA dig at The Big Show's Spotlight-Stealing Squad tendencies
  • Local Men Ruin Everything ^ExplanationA dig aimed at Big Show and Kane's continued prominence in the main event scene in WWE as the heavies for the Authority (most infamously during the 2015 Royal Rumble), as well as their penchant for being placed into feuds with top stars. Also applies to their habit of running interference, and thus ruining, almost any match involving the Authority or whoever they're feuding with.
• We're here. [blows out match in lantern.] ^ExplanationBray signaling the arrival of the The Wyatt Family
  • DERP! ^ExplanationHow some have taken the scare factor away from the jump cuts that begin and end each segment with The Wyatt Family.
  • "YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAHYEAH YEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH"
• Vacant ^ExplanationWhen the WWE Championship was held in abeyance after Night of Champions, the WWE website used a picture of a blank-faced man to signify that the WWE Title was vacated. Right away, a @WWEVacant Twitter account was spawned, with fans embracing Vacant as the current WWE Champion as if it were a person. The meme spread over to TNA when AJ Styles was stripped of the TNA Championship just a few days after Randy Orton won the vacant WWE Championship.
• John "Bradshaw" Layfield's stint as a WWE commentator has given rise to a ton of "JBL-isms", as much of his commentary is quite clearly fed to him and repeated. Most commonly, referring to Michael Cole as "MAGGLE" and Mauro Ranallo as "MARRO".
  • BALLGAME, MAGGLE!
  • THIS IS FUN TO WATCH, MAGGLE!
  • MRS. FANDANGO!
  • CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND BLACK HELICOPTERS AND ALIENS AT AREA 51!
  • OLE! OLE OLE OLE! FEAR THE BULL!
  • HE'S TWERKIN', MAGGLE!
  • WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE US A FLYING (name)!
  • THAT'S THE SAME (move) THAT WON HIM THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
  • IF (what just happened) HAPPENS AT (upcoming pay-per-view), WE COULD HAVE US A NEW CHAMPION!
  • HAHA I LOVE IT MAGGLE
    • AH LOVE IT MARRO
• After Katy Perry started her Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, smarks took to Twitter to note how her outfit bore a resemblance to the iconic outfit of Bam Bam Bigelow. Bigelow's name was trending on Twitter for a solid hour, and even John Bradshaw Layfield and The Iron Sheik noticed this.
• #Give_____AChance^ExplanationAfter a Divas match on the February 23, 2015 episode of Raw that only lasted around half a minute, a hashtag on Twitter called #GiveDivasAChance trended worldwide for around 1.5 days. This hashtag would bring attention to various multi-media outlets over the long tenured controversy over the company's treatment of their women's division
• "Don't forget to make Roman Reigns look strong." ^ExplanationWhat a WWE official reportedly told CM Punk before a match with The Shield, according to Punk on Colt Cabana's Art of Wrestling podcast. This is often by fans used in response to WWE's Superman booking as it relates to Reigns.
  • Roman is a Wank Pheasant ^ExplanationA fan sign that was seen on television at both WrestleMania 31 and the Raw that followed.
  • After fans were really unhappy about Reigns winning the 2015 Royal Rumble, fans began editing the image of The Rock holding his hand up in victory to put him over as being similarly popular characters attempting to put over similarly divisive characters, starting with Reigns as Raiden, followed by Scrappy-Doo, Wesley Crusher, and Poochie.
  • Wait until Pajeet gets here! ^Explanationthe longer any discussion regarding the quality of Roman Reigns' wrestling goes on, the more likely a guy from India who thinks wrestling is real will show up to defend Reigns based on how many matches he wins.
    If Roman have million number of fans i am one of them . if Roman has ten fans i am one of them. if Roman have only one fan and that is me . if Roman has no fans, that means i am no more on the earth . if world against Roman i am against the world . i love #Roman til my last breath.. .. Die Hard fan of Roman Empire . Hit Like if you Think Roman Best wrestler <3 :-*
  • "I'm not a bad guy. I'm not a good guy. I'm THE guy!" ^ExplanationThis was the start of Reigns' promo in the Raw after WrestleMania 32 where he won the WWE World Heavyweight Title against Triple H.
    • Followed by variations of "I don't do bad drugs. I don't do good drugs. I do... THE drugs!" ^ExplanationTo everyone's shock, Reigns was suspended on June 21st, 2016 for violating the wellness policy.
  • "Faithless fool. When your time on earth is done, enjoy nothing."^ExplanationAfter Roman tweeted out prayers for Hurricane Irma, one user attacked Roman for believing in God. Roman's response quickly grew memetic due to how much it makes him resemble a JRPG villain.
• "I wish you died in the WOMB!"
  • Nikki never told anyone, until now.
• "Brainbustaaaaahhhhh!!!!!" ^ExplanationEl Generico's finishing move is so awesome that every time he uses it, the audience and the commentators mark out and chant it repeatedly. The commentators often chant it in Engrish accents.
  • Sami Zayn is trending worldwide! ^Explanation Sami Zayn's last name frequently trends worldwide...even though the trends are actually about ex-One Direction member Zayn Malik, so fans pretend it is about the former. Hilariously, one time Sami Zayn actually was trending and garnered the opposite response from One Direction's fanbase.
  • Michinoku Driver! ^Explanation Michael Cole constanly refers to Sami Zayn's Finishing Move, Blue Thunder Bomb, as Michinoku Driver.
• Honor Of the Troops Thang ^ExplanationCountry duo Florida Georgia Line made an appearance at Night of Champions 2014 to promote them performing at Tribute To the Troops, where one of the members forgot what the upcoming event was called.
• BO-LIEVE! ^ExplanationThe mantra of Bo Dallas, formerly of NXT and now a part of the main WWE roster.
• Jeans Ambrose ^ExplanationAfter Seth Rollins turned on The Shield and the group disbanded, Dean Ambrose has since taken to wrestling in a basic tank top/jeans combo.
  • Dean "Titty Master" Ambrose. ^ExplanationAmbrose at once wrote Titty Master on his wrist tape.
  • Dean Fucking Ambrose
• I'm afraid I've got some BAD NEWS. ^ExplanationStarting in December 2013, Wade Barrett, now rechristened Bad News Barrett, appears every episode to give fans Exactly What It Says on the Tin
  • CAN I HAVE SOME DECORUM, PLEASE? ^ExplanationHe expects politeness when he does it.
    • *whrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr* ^ExplanationAnd he now has an elevating platform to appear out of nowhere so he can announce his bad news.
    • God save our queen.... ^ExplanationThe theme song that plays every time Barrett's podium rises into the air.
• Antonio Langston ^ExplanationAntonio Cesaro and Big E Langston dropped their first and last names, respectively, around the same time, leading some to speculate that Antonio Langston was about to debut and take the world by storm.
• Seth Rollins hates the back of his own head.^ExplanationSeth Rollins likes to do crazy bumps. A lot.
  • Send out the new Seth Rollins clone!^ExplanationSeth bumps so much that he supposedly dies after/during every match.
    • Fuck you, Seth Rollins ^ExplanationThe internet did not take Seth Rollins' betrayal of The Shield well.
  • u da man sef ^ExplanationRollins gained a lot of sympathy after his injury
  • BURN IT DOWN!^ExplanationIn 2017 this shout was added to his theme, and the fans took to it.
• The first five-seconds of Kaitlyn's theme.
• Has Brodus Clay debuted yet? ^ExplanationA 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.
  • Somebody call his momma.
  • He's the Funkasaurus hailing from Planet Funk.^ExplanationThe new nickname and locale of which Brodus Clay hails from after his re-debut.
  • And he thinks you're a fucking chicken.^ExplanationClay referred to William Regal as a funky chicken on an episode of Smackdown and it was easy to mishear as this.
• 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. ^ExplanationWhen CM Punk finally got to put Laurinaitis to sleep, the EVoTRaIGMoMNR showed no emotion in his predicament whatsoever.
  • People Power!
• Yes, The Miz used to wear Aladdin pants. Let it go.^ExplanationLate 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.
• I HATE YOU HEATH SLATER! I HATE YOU!
  • And now the official song... SLATERS GONNA SLATE! This one may have already ascended due to Wade Barrett giving the song a mention on Twitter.
• 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's all part of the C-O-N....SPIRACY!
  • You gon' get got!
  • U They sit around the conspiracy table, and they conspire!
  • 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!
• KEVIN STEEN—ZOO ENTHUSIAST!!!^ExplanationKevin Steen appeared on the Art of Wrestling podcast, hosted by Colt Cabana, and said he was a zoo enthusiast. It stuck.
• What's the difference between Drew McIntyre and a party? The party's over.^ExplanationA popular joke about Drew McIntyre that pokes fun at one of his catchphrases and his inability to get a reaction from the crowd.
• What the fuck did Lita do with Esse Rios!?
• It wasn't! Snitsky's! FAULT!
  • BRUSH YOUR TEETH! BRUSH YOUR TEETH!
• This here's what we call domination, it's a combination of skill and concentration...
  • WOO WEE!
  • THERE WILL BE NO SALAD
• DO MAGIC!
  • Number 975: the Tights Pull Takedown
• Charles Robinson runs for his life.
• NUTHIN ONLY URF IS GONNA SAVE YOU FROM THE SAND RIPPA!
  • STAMP UP TO PUNCHY!
• Any combination of Yoshi Tatsu and Tyler Reks.
• IT'S PARTY TIME, ALL THE TIME!
  • DON'T BE A LEMON, BE A ROSEBUD!
• Demi Lovato releases a piano ballad called "Stone Cold". Wrestling fans learn about that and go, "What?"
• "Bayley, next week, you are gonna defend the Women's Championship Title in a one-on-one match...verse me!"^ExplanationIn the 11/18/15 edition of NXT, Eva challenges Bayley for the NXT women's title. Note that it should be "Women's championship" instead of "Women's championship title" and "versus me" instead of "verse me".

New Era

• The gift of Jericho. Drink it in, maaaaaaan.
  • Stupid Idiot! ^ExplanationYet another example of a guy saying something that has no business becoming a Catchphrase. Not only did it, but Jericho's heel run seems to have been flanderized into saying it all the time. That is, when he's not getting it chanted at him.
  • You just made the list! ^ExplanationIn his latest run with the WWE, Chris Jericho carried around a clipboard on which he would keep a list of everything and everyone that annoyed him. He would punctuate this statement by clicking his pen before adding something or someone to his list. Like many other things, it was Chris Jericho's delivery that made this a meme.
    • Hold number 100 billion trillion: Armbar.
    • You know what happens when your list is full of mostly armbars? You know what happens when you know nothing but armbars? You know what happens? You know what's going to happen? ...Haha. You thought I was going to put you in the list, did you? Okay, I'm just kidding. No, I'm not. YOU JUST MADE THE LIST! And your stupid scarf, too.
  • You're going to get... it.
• English Bulldog + New Day unicorn horn = "Dawwwwwwwwww". Seen in the crowd at the 28 December 2015 Raw show.
• NASCAR pit reporter Jamie Little is completely unaware of who John Cena is.
• #BeatUpJohnCena
  • I'm gonna wrap some presents for my kids with my hot Asian wife, and then I'm gonna beat up John Cena!
  • NEEEEEEEEEEERDS!
  • SmackDown Live is the House That AJ Styles Built!
• NEW... DAY SUCKS. ^ExplanationThe New Day wasn't well-received initially. Somebody started this rhythmic chant, and it stuck. The particular rhythm eventually carried over to any three(ish) appropriate syllables the WWE Universe could fit in there.
  • NEW... DAY ROCKS. ^Explanation After an initial heel turn and a couple of character tweaks, the New Day went from hated to popular heels, which was followed up by a full face turn.
  • BOOTY ^ExplanationSomehow the word snuck into the New Day's lexicon, to the point where it's become a catchphrase.
    • BOOTY-O's! They make sure you ain't booty! ^ExplanationThe Catchphrase became a fictional - initially - cereal product. Don't ask how. It just happened.
• GLORIOUS! ^ExplanationAfter debuting in NXT, Bobby Roode's new theme song took the Internet by storm. Even more so after Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa started making videos with the song playing and Roode in the background, who is confused as to why the pair are playing his music.
• Tomspiracy. ^ExplanationWWE's backstage interviewer Tom Phillips is a rather tall fellow, but interviewers aren't allowed to seem to be of the same height as superstars or tower over them due to the risk of them losing a part of their imposing appearance, so poor Tom has to take interviewer standing with his legs spread apart, so that he'd seem smaller.
• Modified Blue Thunder Bomb ^ExplanationDuring Sami Zayn's match at Payback '16 Michael Cole mistakenly called a Michinoku Driver the Blue Thunder Bomb (one of Sami's signature moves). When the actual BTB gets used right after in the match, Cole covers his tracks by calling it a traditional Blue Thunder Bomb and his earlier call the "modified" version. Now whenever Cole botches the name of a move it's jokingly rechristened a modified Blue Thunder Bomb.
• MAMMA MIA! ^ExplanationA Catchphrase of Smackdown/Cruiserweight Classic/NXT commentator Mauro Ranallo, said whenever he gets overly excited during a match.
• Braun Strowman's jobbers have frequently become this, especially James Ellsworth, who was the first. A lot was also made about Johnny Knockout, Strowman's victim on the 8/22/16 Raw, due to his resemblance to CM Punk and his "I like big sweaty men" line and Chase Silver, who lost to Strowman on the 10/3/2016 Raw due to his heavy resemblance to Ring of Honor champion Adam Cole. (BAYBAY)
• "X lasted longer than Goldberg vs. Lesnar" ^ExplanationFrom the now-infamous Survivor Series 2016 squash match between Lesnar and Goldberg which lasted for a mere 84 seconds, with the meme starting as "Goldberg's entrance lasted longer than the match" and is now liberally applied to other wrestling fare
• BRAAAAAUUUUUUUUNNNNN ^ExplanationAfter the 2016 brand split, Braun Strowman was removed from the Wyatt Family and given a push as a monster heel. His entrance music starts with a roar that sounds kind of like him shouting his first name. He's since gotten over with the fans, and any time he interrupts a segment (which he's been in the habit of doing ever since failing to defeat Sami Zayn at Roadblock: End of the Line) expect the fans to yell this.
  • I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU! ^ExplanationSaid by Braun during his attack on Roman Reigns on the 4/10/17 edition of RAW. Braun had just beaten the hell outta Roman, who got stretchered out, before Braun came back and tossed the stretcher off a ledge. They then proceeded to put Reigns in an ambulance before Braun shouted this, attacking Reigns again, before tipping over the ambulance.
  • GET THESE HANDS!
• The 'x' that 'y' ^ExplanationA Rhymes on a Dime Mad Libs Catchphrase that originated mainly from the Cena/A.J. Styles rivalry. Basically, right before AJ debuted, Cena started calling himself "the face that runs the place." When A.J. showed up, defeated him, and subsequently won the WWE Title, he started stealing Cena's self-title - or alternatively using "The Champ That Runs The Camp." And it basically took off from there.
• REEEEEEEEEEEGAAAAAAAAAAAAAL ^ExplanationA frequent cry of Samoa Joe's during his proxy war with NXT General Manager William Regal, originating from Joe's feuds with both Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura for the NXT Championship
  • GET BETTER SECURITY ^ExplanationJoe yelled this at Regal from inside a speeding car, just after beating both Nakamura and a team of security guards in the NXT Arena. Joe later lampshaded this when something similar happens at the WWE UK Championship Tournament, this time with Regal confronting an out-of-control Pete Dunne.
• DAY ONE IS H ^ExplanationDuring Breezango's feud with The Usos, they got their hoodies with "DAY ONE ISH" written on them, which they read as "Day One is H", puzzled by the meaning of it.
• GLORIOUS!
• The mumps/meningitis is the real MVP ^ExplanationJust before TLC 2017, Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns came down with either mumps or viral meningitis, causing them to be replaced with AJ Styles and Kurt Angle in their respective matches.
• It's good to see that, in the current racial climate of America, a black man and a white man can be on the same Paige. ^ExplanationAfter that tape got leaked, this wisecrack began making the rounds.
  • Paige here!/Paitch Face◊. ^ExplanationDuring WrestleMania weekend in 2018, Paige promoted the Fighting with My Family biopic, and to say her delivery of introducing herself was awkward is kind of an understatement.
• "We don't just set the bar, WE ARE THE BAR!" ^Explanation Sheamus and Cesaro's Catchphrase for their tag team.
• IT'S RUSEV DAY! ^ExplanationAfter the breakup of the Vaudevillians, Aiden English became a front man for Rusev. This loud declaration before Rusev came to the ring followed, and instantly caught on with the fans.
• WWE stands for Walk. With. Elias ^Explanation Elias' Catchphrase.
  • Oh, walk with Elias, Oh, walk with Elias! ^Explanation Whenever Elias makes an appearance in England, the English crowd would chant "Oh, walk with Elias" to the tune of "Seven Nation Army".
  • The next one to interrupt me is <other wrestler's catchphrase/trait>! ^Explanation Elias inadvertently summoned The Undertaker by rapping "The next one to interrupt me is a Dead Man!", and people started commenting that he can summon other wrestler with a variation of the line. He did it two more times, interrupted by a person who "never shows their face" and when he declared he's "taking the rei(g)ns" of Smackdown Live.
• Titus Worldslide ^ExplanationAs Titus O'Neil was running to the ring at the Greatest Royal Rumble, he tripped and fell headfirst underneath the ring, with only one of his feet sticking out, in what fans immediately hailed as the greatest botched entrance since The Shockmaster.
• WEAR A CUP AJ ^ExplanationShinsuke Nakamura turned heel at WrestleMania 34 by uppercutting AJ below the belt after an apparently friendly matchup. Fair enough. But since then, it's become a thing for Shinsuke to hit AJ in the balls anytime he can reach them, causing some to wonder at this point why AJ doesn't arrive at any encounter with Nakamura prepared for this to happen.
• "Shane McMahon is the Best in the World." ^ExplanationShane entered himself in Crown Jewel's World Cup finals on the behalf of the Miz after the latter got kayfabe injured, and defeated the other finalist Dolph Ziggler, canonically making him the best wrestler in the world. The internet were torn between raging at the decision and laughing at the stupidity of it all. Supposedly it was the setup for a Face–Heel Turn that would've had Shane having the victory go over his head, but apparently WWE had second thoughts about it, possibly because (A) They realized that the audience are simply sick of "Heel McMahon authority figure" angles, and (B) Ratings had such a drastic downturn around that time that WWE did a Soft Reboot in which they basically went into Sincerity Mode and owned up to their recent mistakes (although blaming other reasons in kayfabe) and the McMahons took direct control of the brands.
  • INTRODUCING THE BEST IN THE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORLD, SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE MCMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHON!!!!!!^ExplanationShane did eventually turn heel at Fastlane 2019, and afterwards would order the ring announcers to announce him as this, which apparently gets longer and longer every week.
• The Name Goblin strikes again! ^Explanation Any time a wrestler who previously used their full name abruptly switches to using only one name for no particular reason, e.g. (Antonio) Cesaro, (Alexander) Rusev, Big E (Langston), (Luke) Harper, Apollo (Crews)
• Just happy to be here.^ExplanationA phrase attached to wrestlers who were silent ass-kickers who you didn't want to mess with as heels turning into audience-pandering, cornball goofs the minute they turn face. Also gets applied to wrestlers who get called up from NXT to Raw or SmackDown.
• The _______ Experience. ^ExplanationAfter War Raiders were drafted from NXT to Raw under the new name "The Viking Experience", fans started running with the joke for various other wrestlers.
• It should have been me!^ExplanationDolph Ziggler is unamused on how Kofi Kingston became the WWE Champion instead of him...to the point that he and only he should receive all of Kofi's accolades and accomplishments. The fans have since extended this to almost any successful accomplishment.
• "JOHN-NY WREST-LING!", and many other "Johnny ______" chants depending on the storyline.
• BIG MEATY MEN SLAPPING MEAT^ExplanationOn the New Day's podcast, Big E revealed his dream match was against Goldberg and expressed his love for big-on-big hoss fights in endlessly-quotable fashion. It has later evolved to the crowd chanting 'MEAT' everytime a hoss wrestler strikes another hoss wrestler.
• Bayley's catch phrase "Hug Life" spawned all sorts of memes.
  • Her Snickers commercial, where she uses "Hug" for a non-friendly word to the point where many comments can basically be summed up as, "What the HUG did I just watch?!"
  • Bayley's gonna hug you!
  • Hey, bitches...^ExplanationBayley's first promo as an all-out villain prompted her loyal fanbase to unironically change their name from the Hugger Section to Bayley's Bitches.
• JOLLY WALLY *clap clap clapclapclap*^ExplanationWhile Gallus was feuding with Imperium on NXT UK, Mark Coffey of the former referred to WALTER of the latter as 'Jolly Wally' during a promo. The nickname caught on to the point of the crowd chanting JOLLY WALLY during WALTER matches. It's sometimes extended to Jolly Wally and the Two Bob Tracky Squad ('bob' being an old form of British currency), which is how Mark's brother and fellow Gallus boy Joe referred to the stable as a whole.
• "Name a more iconic duo." "Peyton Royce and Billie Kay."^ExplanationWhenever the "name a more iconic duo" phrase is used, expect a reference to the IIconics.
  • YOU GOTTA BE JOKIN' ME!^ExplanationDuring the 2019 Royal Rumble, Cathy Kelley intended to interview the IIconics about how they felt about being eliminated. Billie's reaction contained this phrase, which became very popular (and even caused Cathy and Peyton to corpse).
  • YOU GO TO JOURNALISM FOR THAT?^ExplanationFrom the same interview. Compare Fandango's "You're not even a real journalism".
• FREAK^ExplanationThe Red Baron associated with Lars Sullivan is "the Freak", so Michael Cole and other commentators constantly shove this word in whenever possible.
• GIVE ME THE GREEN LIGHT!^ExplanationTheme song to WrestleMania 33 by Pitbull ft. Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis that been used as a Rick Roll or dubbed over Entrance theme due to being catchy as hell.
  • I'M READY TO GO OH OH OH WE OH WE OH WE OH WE OH OH OH
• Pitbull performs.^ExplanationOriginated from a series of parody fantasy booking posts on Reddit titled "Booking the Worst Possible (show name)". These posts always seemed to include a live Pitbull performance, in reference to Pitbull's performance at WrestleMania 33, often juxtaposed with announced matches being cut for time. "Pitbull performs" is now a fun way to tell an armchair booker that their storyline just isn't very good.
• There is no failure in RETRIBUTION! ^Explanation Mustafa Ali, leader of the heel stable RETRIBUTION, yelled this at Reckoning after she lost to Dana Brooke on a November episode of RAW. It became a meme because not only is RETRIBUTION an Internet punching bag, but their win/loss record is less than impressive.
• ....WOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHRRRRRRGAMES! ^ExplanationWWE NXT GM William Regal, when announcing the return of the War Games match, had a very... particular delivery of the line (complete with scary face). Since the match and the announcement have ascended to annual status, the delivery has become a meme unto itself, with WWE even recognizing it with a video dedicated to NXT superstars trying to imitate Regal and even selling a Fun T-Shirt referencing the meme.
• ...vs. Daniel Bryan in a Triple Threat match. ^ExplanationWith the recent build to WrestleMania 37 in 2021, Daniel Bryan has now joined a WrestleMania main event and turned it into a Triple Threat match for the second time. Given this unique distinction - and the mixed reaction due to the fact that no one was asking for it this time around - memes quickly sprouted up around the internet of match card graphics with Daniel Bryan photoshopped into the picture. This has even extended to nonsensical 'matchups' that have nothing to do with Wrestling. (Example: Team Cap vs. Team Iron Man vs. Daniel Bryan in a Triple Threat match)
• Can they coexist? ^ExplanationThe women's division from both brands have had the women's champion and her rival team up in tag team matches, often against Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler. As a result, fans have used this term every time such a match appears.
• VEER MAHAAN COMING TO RAW ^ExplanationIn November 2021, WWE began running vignettes hyping the re-debut of the titular superstar on the Raw brand. And then, months passed with no sign of Veer coming while the promos continued to run with the aforementioned headline. Not until late March 2022 did a vignette run promising Veer's long-awaited arrival at the Raw after WrestleMania, fans are still skeptical nonetheless.
  • Number 987: The Off The Top Rope Reverse Mat Slam
• Asukaposting ^ExplanationWWE Superstar Asuka is known for posting in Twitter photoshopped images of herself in various out of context situations.
• Cum Toosday! ^ExplanationIn a digital exclusive backstage interview of NXT 2.0, Von Wagner mentions "Come tuesday", but fans understood as he pronounced as "Cum Toosday", and since then, it has become synonymous with Wagner himself. Was acknowledged in 2022 by Robert Stone, then reached ascended status in a late August 2023 promo (made even funnier by Von promising to "bring the hard wood" to his No DQ match against Bron Breakker).
• The UWU Championship^ExplanationThe Undisputed WWE Universal Championship (the collective name for the WWE and Universal Titles after Roman Reigns won both) can be abbreviated to UWU, which the fans took to heart.
• Sarah Logan's new look. ^ExplanationAfter she returned to WWE wearing black war paint on the entirety of her upper face and clothing akin to Viking Experience on the 11/11/2022 Smackdown, a lot of memes circulated. Some saw an immediate resemblance to non-binary independent wrestler Max the Impaler, and posted pictures of the two using the "We have 'X' at home" meme format. Others saw the black face paint, coupled with Logan's conservative views and took it as some Unfortunate Implications.
• WWE NXT's parking lot is "The Most Dangerous Place In Wrestling".^ExplanationFans noticed that on NXT's "Black and Gold" era, there's an abnormally high number of beatdowns, brawls, and mystery attack angles that seem to happen in the parking lot, be it when the show is filmed on Full Sail University (NXT's original home) or the WWE Performance Center (where NXT currently resides). This led fans to jokingly refer NXT's parking lot as "The Most Dangerous Place In Wrestling", something that has continued through its 2.0 rebrand and subsequent transformation to the "White and Gold" NXT. WWE even made an official shirt of it.

Endeavor/TKO Era

• Man....if what I'm hearing is real.... Poor Walter.^ExplanationAt the very tail end of the Vince era, rumours arose that fan favourite WALTER was set to be called up and given the new name of "Gunther Stark" (which, on top of sounding lame, was also the name of a Nazi commander). The "Poor Walter" quote is the reaction of Keith Lee, then recently departed for AEW... but nowadays, it's only used ironically, as the star of GUNTHER (without a last name) has continued to rise, whereas Keith Lee's has significantly fallen as a result of injuries.
• FINISH THE STORY^ExplanationThe tagline for Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns' WrestleMania 39 match, which turned out to be false as the story didn't finish.
  • Triple H never forgets.^Explanation Cody Rhodes failing to defeat Roman Reigns for the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship at WrestleMania 39 is believed to be in retaliation of Cody destroying a replica of Triple H's throne at AEW Double Or Nothing. It didn't help that Triple H would defend the decision at the media scrum following WrestleMania.
  • X will finish the story before Cody does.^ExplanationPopular snowclone based on the above. Example: "George R.R. Martin will finish his story before Cody does."
  • Cody needs more adversity.^ExplanationThe decision to have Roman retain the title over Cody was not popular. Triple H justified it as Cody not having faced enough adversity yet, which was mocked.
• WHOOP THAT TRICK! ^ExplanationAs Trick Williams has started to rise in popularity, fans started chatning "Whoop that trick!" during his entrance, while Booker T also added some of his adlibs to make the entrance even more memorable.
• WE ARE NOT FLINCHING ^ExplanationIn the build to WrestleMania 40, this became a popular phrase as it was widely expected that Cody Rhodes should win the title at that show, finally finishing his story, even amid reports that WWE wanted to do a much-anticipated Roman Reigns vs. the Rock match.
• I prayed for this, and it happened. ^ExplanationAfter CM Punk has sustained an injury during Royal Rumble 2024 at the hands of Drew McIntyre, the latter came out two days later on Raw, smiling as he took out his main obstacle on the way to Wrestlemania. Drew's unabashed spitefulness made this a full-on meme, used when something that people wanted to occur miraculously happens.

WWE Films

• I WANT MY SON BACK, BUT I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW!
  • R-Truth attempted to mock this in a promo, screaming, "Let's go see the new John Cena movie, I WANT MY SON BACK!" Made even funnier by, the fact that even John Cena didn't get the reference to his own movie.
• Randy Orton will take this to the papers if he has to.^ExplanationFrom the movie "That's What I Am"
• Triple H wants to know who's ready for some field-trippin?
• Even though you've got a mask on, Edge can tell you need a hug.
• Fans are still waiting for CM Punk: The Movie!
• Number 1004 - ARMBAR

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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.^ExplanationThe release message displayed on WWE.com; "Future Endeavors" later became part of John Laurinaitis's gimmick and one of his catchphrases.

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