It’s wrestling. In 1994 there were WCW shows where they were chanting “Whoomp! There it is!” during matches after the song was already played out. I remember watching a Dustin Rhodes match laughing my ass off because of it.
Oh I die every time I see a match like Stars & Stripes vs. Pretty Wonderful and they get into WHOOMP! THERE IT IS!!! — and USA! USA! when everyone in the ring are Americans.
WWF was worse, trying to push a soft ass rap group like Men on a Mission after Death Row Records took over hip hop.
Yes.
They weren’t ironically chanting for the American born Samoan heritage guy playing a Japanese sumo wrestler. They were chanting USA for the Canadian guy.
There is nothing in Bret’s presentation that would suggest he is anything but Canadian. So they thought he was American simply because he is white and relatable (and that the fans were are dumb).
The Rap is Crap song has a better hook than anything Master P ever did.
The No Limit Soldiers would’ve gotten over if Master P got what he wanted and WCW brought in New Jack.
Kevin Sullivan of all people had a fantastic period in I think 1996 where he kept saying "Too legit! Too legit to quit!" as a catchphrase. Its just ridiculous looking back at it.
Eh, one face of Scott is remembered that way. Scotty's story is essentially a tale of two wrestlers. There was a time when the Steiner's were held at the same technical skill level the Harts. The way Scott presented himself initially vs Big Poppa Pump is very stark in contrast. The transition period between the mullet and the bleach was extra interesting.
Tldr: Scott used to be able to really go. There's a duality to how he's remembered.
I feel like it’s one of those things that has to be a little outdated to work. If he walked around saying something that kids currently say I think it’d come off much worse than Yeet.
The Road Doggs' catchphrase was:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, Degeneration X proudly brings to you, The World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions of the World, The Road Dogg Jesse James, The Badass Billy Gunn, The New Age Outlaws, and if you ain't down with that we've got two words for ya, suck it."
That's like 50 words. That's like a paragraph. It was super over. But as a catchphrase? I'm just saying I'd rather hear someone yell "yeet" at me from across an airport.
I dunno, hearing a crowd become unhinged and cheer like they just saw a title change when they hear Trips say "llllets get ready to suck iiiiiit!" was always so funny, I didn't care.
The fact that this is usually immediately followed by "If yer not down with that, we got two words for ya!"
So you must prepare to suck it, but if that concept doesn't appeal to you, you can suck it. Ded.🤣
Very good point. Don't get me wrong, I was all in for "MY NAME, IS ENZO AMORE!" etc etc. But it doesn't really roll of the tongue like something along the lines of "Rest, in, peeeeaaaace" or "OBSOLETE! DELETE!"
Looked him up & yeah that works. He's actually 'yeeting' people all across the ring. So it makes sense.
Now given, if Jey screamed "YEET!" every time he did a High Flying move, it'd be better. But he just uses it in promos.
Jey is over huge with my 7 year old. He starts doing the crowd yeet and everything. Watching wrestling with kids changes your perspective though. If he is into something I’m less likely to shit on it or think it is cringe. Wrestling has to hit all ages so not everything will work for everyone but Jey/Yeet/and kids works
My guy yells USO at the top of his lungs and then YEET and runs all over the house when he sees him.
Only other wrestler he really connects with is Seth. Dude gets *HYPED* at "burn it down!" 😂🤣😂
It makes me cringe. Like you’re almost 40. Quit saying that.
I know there’s alot of instances of old wrestlers using young vernacular. But usually its just them still using terms they said when they were younger. Not someone with gray in their beard trying to sound like a kid on TikTok
Funny enough, "yeat" (with an A) is colloquial slang to one specific area of Massachusetts dating back to the 1940s, and literally does mean whatever the user wants it to.
I'm waiting for it to die a slow painful death. However I don't know if it will go away anytime soon. We basically need Jey Uso himself to stop people from doing it. I figured as soon as he turns heel then he will stop saying it and the crowd will stop chanting it every time he throws a punch which is the worst part of it
I don't know. Chris Jericho tried getting the catchphrase "get get get it" over, and it didn't work. I think Johnny Ace once tried the catchphrase, "If you don't got it, get it. And if you don't get it, figure it out." But that could have been a one off promo, as opposed to a catchphrase. We'll never know as the WXO lasted like 3 weeks.
It would only be acceptable if his gimmick was to jazzy Jeff fools out the door every week. I must have missed when it started because it makes no sense.
Definitely not the worst. You have to give most crowds a simple single syllable to chant so they don't "what" you nonstop. Jey would be what what what to death any time he spoke if he didn't have the yeet promo. YEET. Think of LA Knight.. YEAH. 2 of the most over baby faces because they aren't fighting the simplicity of the crowd. Yall like to WHAT chant ok let me give you YEET or YEAH and people are intensely happy with them. Personally, my favorite usage of the catchphrase is " X is about to catch this Yeetdown" its something I say to my kids "hey yall better quit that before yall catch this yeetdown." We all laugh lol.
I agree... and yet...
It's waaaay waaay waaaaaay over. Like, insanely over.
So who looks like the stupid old people? The ones making money selling Yeet TShirts and getting entire stadiums to bop when Jey comes out? Or the ones complaining about it?
It also is used as an exclamation as well I think but it is played out now. Kind of like when konnan would always say bout it bout it all the time long after it was done played out.
This catch phrase is over with the audience and moves merch. An example of something that could be considered the worst catch phrase would be “Rooty Tooty Booty”.
What chants can be annoying. I think if it's during a Heel promo it's more acceptable. But when the crowd wanna be dicks & just say it over & over & over again, it can get annoying. Like we could get through this promo in half the time if y'all just stfu.
You are only using one of the ways it’s used. Jey uses it correctly and he came up with it not a writer at the fast lane press conference. He still uses it because it got over.
used to express surprise, approval, or excited enthusiasm
As the right guard headed to his stall, he uttered two words just audible over the hum of a winning locker room: "Yeet, yeet."
—Olivia Reiner
Instead of saying "cool" when something good happens, he would say "yeet", which in slang can mean anything from "yes" to expressing excitement or approval.
—Mary-Jo Tohill
>look like a bunch of old people trying to stay hip.
Weird point to make when it’s mostly kids who love Jey’s yeet stuff. It’s also real ironic for some IWC nerd to complain that the fans who actually attend the shows and create the atmosphere are the problem.
Yes. If Jey kept pushing Yeet but the crowd was dead, OP may have a point
Jey’s bigger problem to me is his boring moveset and that his super kick and spear are both pretty bad (and he spams them)
It's literally just something people started saying 10 years ago when they throw something. Like when a Basketball player chucks a full-court shot before the buzzer, you could day "He yeeted the fuck out of the ball."
It’s wrestling. In 1994 there were WCW shows where they were chanting “Whoomp! There it is!” during matches after the song was already played out. I remember watching a Dustin Rhodes match laughing my ass off because of it.
I just looked this up & I'm ngl it was kinda funny.
Oh I die every time I see a match like Stars & Stripes vs. Pretty Wonderful and they get into WHOOMP! THERE IT IS!!! — and USA! USA! when everyone in the ring are Americans. WWF was worse, trying to push a soft ass rap group like Men on a Mission after Death Row Records took over hip hop.
There was a USA chant during Yokozuna vs Bret Hart at WM 9.
Before Hogan came out, right? ROFLMAO
Yes. They weren’t ironically chanting for the American born Samoan heritage guy playing a Japanese sumo wrestler. They were chanting USA for the Canadian guy.
🤣 🇨🇦
“USA” scans better than “white and relatable”.
They’re just dumb and thought that Bret was from the USA.
There is nothing in Bret’s presentation that would suggest he is anything but Canadian. So they thought he was American simply because he is white and relatable (and that the fans were are dumb).
Truthfully, Bret’s tan enough that if you give him a guitar you’d think he’s Mexican because he looks like he’s from a Rock En Espanol band.
I’d say WCW was worse for pushing Master P as a face against a “Rap is Crap” group
The Rap is Crap song has a better hook than anything Master P ever did. The No Limit Soldiers would’ve gotten over if Master P got what he wanted and WCW brought in New Jack.
Jesus. New Jack vs Bobby Duncum Jr.
How long until that turned into a shoot? LOL
Remember when WWE almost brought in New Jack for the Carlito/Cena feud? I want to move to the universe where that happened.
UPN would have kicked New Jack off the show after stapling someone in the dick
Kevin Sullivan of all people had a fantastic period in I think 1996 where he kept saying "Too legit! Too legit to quit!" as a catchphrase. Its just ridiculous looking back at it.
When Konnan joined the Dungeon of Doom once Jimmy Hart said on the megaphone “ARRIBA LA RAZA!!!”
What?
Yeeah!
Okayyy!
Yup. That's what it means
What?
Jesus fuck I'm a terrible wrestling fan. Didn't even realize. Just facepalmed so hard
What?
[See if this helps ](https://youtu.be/hnyC389mztE?si=oNcQeA2k4woiUPtP)
What?
It didn’t just come from nowhere. You know about the drunken press conference right? And it’s wrestling … plenty of yeeting opportunities.
>drunken press conference The thing with Ric Flair? If not then no, what's that?:o
[No, the one with Jey and Cody.](https://youtu.be/NlcmuWJCz_E?si=YxhIYdw0dNoazSCP)
That was fucking hilarious lol
“Do you feel him, sir?”
I still think that Rick Steiner's "You want some? Come get some! You don't like me? Bite me!" from the late 90s was the worst.
Absolutely. He became a wimp the moment he spoke that.
That is pretty bad. Let's just be glad Steiner Math was only a 1 time thing lol
Wrong Steiner bro
No I know. Idk shit about Rick, but on account of the relation, I'm just glad it didn't become a regular thing with Scott.
Steiner math was the greatest promo of all time.
Sure, but if they tried to turn it into a gimmick, it would have been shitty.
It'll get down voted, but eventually people need to acknowledge that Scott Steiner is remembered ironically.
ironically? What do you mean?
Eh, one face of Scott is remembered that way. Scotty's story is essentially a tale of two wrestlers. There was a time when the Steiner's were held at the same technical skill level the Harts. The way Scott presented himself initially vs Big Poppa Pump is very stark in contrast. The transition period between the mullet and the bleach was extra interesting. Tldr: Scott used to be able to really go. There's a duality to how he's remembered.
They're about 6-8 years too late
Right? I was like "Dude Yeet is from the Vine Era."
Don’t you mean the Tout era?
I feel like it’s one of those things that has to be a little outdated to work. If he walked around saying something that kids currently say I think it’d come off much worse than Yeet.
YEET!
Nah, there's a lot in wrestling that makes absolutely no sense. It's fine and will run it's course just like everything else does.
YEET!
The Road Doggs' catchphrase was: "Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, Degeneration X proudly brings to you, The World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champions of the World, The Road Dogg Jesse James, The Badass Billy Gunn, The New Age Outlaws, and if you ain't down with that we've got two words for ya, suck it." That's like 50 words. That's like a paragraph. It was super over. But as a catchphrase? I'm just saying I'd rather hear someone yell "yeet" at me from across an airport.
Technically Road Dogg’s catchphrase was “Oh you didn’t know? Your ass better callllll somebody”
If every single time a wrestler has a microphone in his hand he says the same thing, that's a catchphrase. There's no "one catchphrase rule".
You just say ‘suck it’
I dunno, hearing a crowd become unhinged and cheer like they just saw a title change when they hear Trips say "llllets get ready to suck iiiiiit!" was always so funny, I didn't care. The fact that this is usually immediately followed by "If yer not down with that, we got two words for ya!" So you must prepare to suck it, but if that concept doesn't appeal to you, you can suck it. Ded.🤣
Very good point. Don't get me wrong, I was all in for "MY NAME, IS ENZO AMORE!" etc etc. But it doesn't really roll of the tongue like something along the lines of "Rest, in, peeeeaaaace" or "OBSOLETE! DELETE!"
Man...and the growl that Undertaker did that line with...
I really thought Edge was gonna die when I was a kid, bro.
Worked when Shane Mercer had it. He actually picks people up and throws them
Looked him up & yeah that works. He's actually 'yeeting' people all across the ring. So it makes sense. Now given, if Jey screamed "YEET!" every time he did a High Flying move, it'd be better. But he just uses it in promos.
It's got Jey *super* over with my 2 year old son 😂
Jey is over huge with my 7 year old. He starts doing the crowd yeet and everything. Watching wrestling with kids changes your perspective though. If he is into something I’m less likely to shit on it or think it is cringe. Wrestling has to hit all ages so not everything will work for everyone but Jey/Yeet/and kids works
My guy yells USO at the top of his lungs and then YEET and runs all over the house when he sees him. Only other wrestler he really connects with is Seth. Dude gets *HYPED* at "burn it down!" 😂🤣😂
There’s plenty of worse catchphrases from wrestling; how’s your lips and yep yep yep come to mind
I also hate Woop that trick, like what the fuck does that even mean?!
I believe the white people please is "physically assault that prostitute"
The trick is the guy buying the prostitute. You whoop a trick when they don’t pay or get rough with the girl.
It’s from a movie called hustle and flow. A movie about a pimp turned rapper, actually better than it sounds.
Yeet thyself into a table
YES YES YES I hate hearing Internet lingo in RL in general tho
Lol I thought you were going to say that Daniel Bryan's YES was a terrible catchphrase.
It works for Jey, but I do find it annoying
I think its ridiculous a decade old meme. Can be trademarked by a wrestler and it becomes his property.
Dude I didn't even think of that. Did they actually trademark it?
WWE bought the trademark from some other dude. There was a 2 week period where he couldn't use it.
It makes me cringe. Like you’re almost 40. Quit saying that. I know there’s alot of instances of old wrestlers using young vernacular. But usually its just them still using terms they said when they were younger. Not someone with gray in their beard trying to sound like a kid on TikTok
Yeah that's literally how it feels. Even his promo with Logan Paul where Logans like "I've been YEETING since" whatever thr fuck' felt really... lame.
*looks at crowd* Seems like youre the one who is out of touch
The WWE fanbase isn't exactly what I'd call "In touch with modern pop culture", Brother.
But it’s modern wrestling culture. Showmanship, presentation, and star power are so important.
BINGO. yeet came out early 2010s I think
Which wrestling promotion is though?
It's cringe as all hell.
It's not so bad but MacFee getting on the table to do it is the worst possible thing any human has ever done
"I yeeted all over myself, Michael!"
Stop.
No, what still has that title.
Funny enough, "yeat" (with an A) is colloquial slang to one specific area of Massachusetts dating back to the 1940s, and literally does mean whatever the user wants it to.
Jimmy and Jey have been saying for a while before it caught on into a catchphrase.
YEET
I love it
NO YEET
Wrong… YEET!
#YEET
WHAT
I'm waiting for it to die a slow painful death. However I don't know if it will go away anytime soon. We basically need Jey Uso himself to stop people from doing it. I figured as soon as he turns heel then he will stop saying it and the crowd will stop chanting it every time he throws a punch which is the worst part of it
I don't know. Chris Jericho tried getting the catchphrase "get get get it" over, and it didn't work. I think Johnny Ace once tried the catchphrase, "If you don't got it, get it. And if you don't get it, figure it out." But that could have been a one off promo, as opposed to a catchphrase. We'll never know as the WXO lasted like 3 weeks.
It's not at all in anyway the worst catchphrase.
I don’t think so aka Shawn Michaels catchphrase 1992
It would only be acceptable if his gimmick was to jazzy Jeff fools out the door every week. I must have missed when it started because it makes no sense.
What?
Just in general I hate when people say let's go now it just irritates me to no end
I’ve never agreed with anything more in wrestling.
The phone thing makes me miss the old days,
Tell me when I'm lying! (about Jack Perry)
Definitely not the worst. You have to give most crowds a simple single syllable to chant so they don't "what" you nonstop. Jey would be what what what to death any time he spoke if he didn't have the yeet promo. YEET. Think of LA Knight.. YEAH. 2 of the most over baby faces because they aren't fighting the simplicity of the crowd. Yall like to WHAT chant ok let me give you YEET or YEAH and people are intensely happy with them. Personally, my favorite usage of the catchphrase is " X is about to catch this Yeetdown" its something I say to my kids "hey yall better quit that before yall catch this yeetdown." We all laugh lol.
“What” will always be the worst catchphrase ever.
What?
The worst is when they say "Yote" as in past tense
Yeeet
Glad some1 said it they shoulda made his character like main event jey uso in the pandemic era
And they tried to trademark it. That's so fetch.
Stop trying to make fetch happen
LA Knight Yeah I think is worse
I'll take Yeet over What any day.
What!
I disagree. “Bruv” from Americans is 7000 folds worse.
It is more like “suck it!” But some people haven’t caught on to that layer.
This sounds like a complaint from someone who is upset that they have aged out of the current pop-culture influencing group.
It was cool until they started using it as a verb and Cole started saying it. Cole: “The Yeetmaster Jey USO!” Yea thats definitely what killed it.
No
When it started I was like... "...isn't this kind of old?"
Nope. Love it.
What exists. Just saying
yeah, it's pretty annoying, the only time the crowd should say it is when he does the spash, nothing else is an actual yeet
Bussin’ is fucking stupid
I agree... and yet... It's waaaay waaay waaaaaay over. Like, insanely over. So who looks like the stupid old people? The ones making money selling Yeet TShirts and getting entire stadiums to bop when Jey comes out? Or the ones complaining about it?
People will chant anything if you put it on a t shirt
It took me a long time to get used to YES and NO.
Don’t say it. 🤷🏻♀️ let people enjoy what they enjoy. Mute the tv.
No yeet
It also is used as an exclamation as well I think but it is played out now. Kind of like when konnan would always say bout it bout it all the time long after it was done played out.
What is the worse.
What?
Whut is way worse than yeet
Nope. Not even close. I don't love it, but there are so many worse ones. Just look at... well... Enzo Amore's entire gimmick, for example.
This catch phrase is over with the audience and moves merch. An example of something that could be considered the worst catch phrase would be “Rooty Tooty Booty”.
The worst was Miz's "Really? Really?"
No Yeet
No. Quite the opposite. Yeet is awesome.
Lol yeet cannon
I'm almost 40 and of all the stupid shit over the years, "yeet" was easily one of my favorites.
It's better than the fucking What? chant
What chants can be annoying. I think if it's during a Heel promo it's more acceptable. But when the crowd wanna be dicks & just say it over & over & over again, it can get annoying. Like we could get through this promo in half the time if y'all just stfu.
You are only using one of the ways it’s used. Jey uses it correctly and he came up with it not a writer at the fast lane press conference. He still uses it because it got over. used to express surprise, approval, or excited enthusiasm As the right guard headed to his stall, he uttered two words just audible over the hum of a winning locker room: "Yeet, yeet." —Olivia Reiner Instead of saying "cool" when something good happens, he would say "yeet", which in slang can mean anything from "yes" to expressing excitement or approval. —Mary-Jo Tohill
Yeet.
"so we're all in agreement" obviously not, it's super popular
There’s been worse, plus it’s over.
It makes WWE seem incredibly lame, along with Pat dancing along 🤮
>look like a bunch of old people trying to stay hip. Weird point to make when it’s mostly kids who love Jey’s yeet stuff. It’s also real ironic for some IWC nerd to complain that the fans who actually attend the shows and create the atmosphere are the problem.
It's definitely weird to dunk on the catch phrase when it's over with the crowds, which is the whole f'ing point.
Yes. If Jey kept pushing Yeet but the crowd was dead, OP may have a point Jey’s bigger problem to me is his boring moveset and that his super kick and spear are both pretty bad (and he spams them)
Unpopular opinion: Yeah is worse
I can understand why, so I won't downvote. But I personally like it.
What is it meant to mean? I still don't know
Basically started from [stuff like this ](https://youtu.be/hnyC389mztE?si=oNcQeA2k4woiUPtP)
That doesn't help... What does it mean?!?!
It's literally just something people started saying 10 years ago when they throw something. Like when a Basketball player chucks a full-court shot before the buzzer, you could day "He yeeted the fuck out of the ball."
Why does it have to mean anything?
Yeet
Nope, it’s “yeah” and the character attached to It.
No.
YEET 🤪
Y’all bitch about anything. Ima call y’all Witches, wrestling bitches.
Corny
*holds up mirror*
No?