I went to my first WWF Smackdown yesterday. I know nothing about wrestling, but thought it made for good entertainment. McMahon took issue with Rudy Giuliani being named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. He then showed a picture of himself gracing the cover of the latest Time Magazine. The crowd hissed. When the crowd refused to cease chanting, “What?!” Mr. McMahon ordered that the lights be turned off in the arena one section at a time. With the MCI Center bathed in darkness, McMahon gloated about how powerful he is. Suddenly, the sound of breaking glass caused Mr. McMahon to frantically order the lights be turned back on. When they were, Stone Cold Steve Austin was standing directly behind Mr. McMahon! The crowd exploded as Austin goaded the crowd into shouting “What?!” over and over. Backstage, Stephanie McMahon attempted to enter the arena, but the security guard said she wasn’t on the list. Stephanie said that Mr. Flair must have forgotten to put her name there, but that she was expected. The security guard shut her down. She tried to seduce him but he told her, he was GAY! The crows was chanting slut, slut, slut. Coach caught up with The Rock backstage and asked how his New Year was. The Rock said it was fine, but he wondered what Coach did on his New Year’s. He thought that maybe Coach took the time to listen to music. He asked Coach who his favorite musical act was. Coach answered Barry Manilow! The Rock then demanded that Coach sing some Barry Manilow. Coach squawked out a few bars, prompting The Rock to snatch the microphone and bang on it to make sure it was working ok. He gave Coach back the mic briefly then grabbed it back and mocked his feeble attempts at singing. Booker T and The Rock faced each other for the right to challenge Chris Jericho for the Undisputed Championship at the Royal Rumble. The Rock simply couldn’t be stopped. He hit a Rock Bottom on Booker T that gave him the pinfall and the No. 1 contender’s spot! Bossman and Booker T made The Rock pay dearly for the win. While the two continued their assault, Stone Cold Steve Austin sauntered to the ring, but Rock and Stone got destroyed. Eventually they got back up and kicked ass, and then drank beer for like 15 minutes. The pyrotechnics were awesome. They had some floating fireballs that were cool as hell.
Hehe, I watched the wrastlin' matches last night on channel 20 -- it was MUCH more entertaining than the Rose Bowl.
I don't know where 'what?" came from, but the kids at MCI were yelling it all the time. They were cracking me up. McMahon couldn't say anything without getting drowned out by the roar of"what?".
I thought this was going to be about you being on the Jim Rome Show! Anyways what the heck is "what"? I know someone says "suck it"! Which is even more hilarious when translated to hindi! "Chus le"!!!!!!
The first time I remember Austin using the "what" catchphrase was a few months back when he was picking on Tazz for not wearing a Stone Cold shirt: Austin: Is that a Stone Cold shirt? Tazz: -- Austin(cutting him off): WHAT? Is that a Stone Cold shirt? ...and so on... Then he started talking about how his watch was saying something and it just caught on. What? I said it just caught on.
Austin's "what" catchphrase came when he called i think edge's voicemail (in real life). He meant to just leave a brief message, but he was bored so he began a conversation with himself. "hey this is steve...WHAT? yeah this is steve etc. etc."
What? Hehe. It's funny hearing the crowd saying "what" after everything Austin, Angle, and McMahon say.
Nice work Phi repeating the Rocks love of speaking in the third person, Smeg will think of Phi when Smeg gets to watch the delayed replay here downunder. Smeg is highly anticipating TripleH's return. Also anything happen between Big Show and the Undertaker??
