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Far and away the most popular catchphrase they have going now is literally just a guy (Daniel Bryan) yelling YES! YES! YES! over and over as he points to the sky with each hand.

I suppose that's a lateral move from Stone Cold Steve Austin's "What?"
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Nothing really illustrates the concept of the YTMND force fad better than the professional wrestling catchphrase.
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What!?
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Brother.
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What!?
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"Oooh yeah!"
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Oh fuck off.

I mean that nicely......
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The Threadkiller would be a pretty sweet 1980s pro wrestler name, wouldn't it?
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His signature move would be having a beer and cheating on his wife.
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Adam54 wrote:Far and away the most popular catchphrase they have going now is literally just a guy (Daniel Bryan) yelling YES! YES! YES! over and over as he points to the sky with each hand.

Adam54 wrote:I suppose that's a lateral move from Stone Cold Steve Austin's "What?"
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I think I'm off by a day or two, but it's basically the three year anniversary of me getting back into pro wrestling.

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And also this. One of the best entrances EVER.

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I like how Cena pretends to be in intense pain for a three-minute stretch after being slammed into a table. The script requires it, I guess. When the script doesn't call for a wrestler to lie on his back and grimace for an eternity, he pretty much shrugs off a table slam in a matter of seconds.

The problem I've always had with entertainment wrestling is just how goofy and samey it is from episode to episode. A lot of charismatic performers associate themselves with it, so It can still be watchable, but I find the majority of the mic kayfabing to be plain insufferable.
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Including CM Punk?
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Yeah. He doesn't do anything for me.
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Hmmph.

Bray Wyatt it is then.
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Chris Jericho returned last night!

To feud with Bray Wyatt!

My old favorite vs. my new favorite! THIS IS AWESOME!!
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I don't like how all of their entrance music sounds like a variation on a Nickelback song. I know Nickelback is a musical punching bag, but that's all I think of every time I see/hear the next "edgy" wrestling star walk out.

I'm also not a fan of guys that steal looks from other pop culture figures. 2012 called and it wants its over grown beard back. The look just doesn't do it for me. They have to do better.
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Sting's Crow makeover was pretty hilariously obvious.
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It occurs to me that his Crow makeover is eighteen years old at this point.

Not that he was the first to do something like that. Professional wrestling has pretty much always latched onto and borrowed from contemporary pop culture fads.
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I'd be curious to learn if they kept lowering Sting from the rafters after Owen Hart died.

Frankly, it was WCW. I wouldn't put it past 'em.
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So, the WWE has taken some (semi-deserved) grief today for something that happened at their Battleground PPV last night.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ear ... r-so-well/

Basically, Rusev is a throwback character who gets over with some cheap, Anti-American heat. He got promoted to the main roster a few months back, along with his manager Lana. She does all the talking, but in a nutshell they're both very very very VERY Russian. Usually they reference what a great man Putin is at some point, how weak Obama is and how great Soviets are.

In a nutshell, the entire character exists because Vince McMahon hates Barack Obama and probably the two Democrats who beat his nutjob wife in the last two Senate elections in Connecticut.

As far as the comments from last night, I get the "outrage" coming from Twitter, but really...it's wrestling. When you consider the source, I heard that and went "Oh God, Vince. Really?" shook my head and moved on.
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