8 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 11)

By Scott Carlson /

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8. €˜Rooty Tooty Booty€™

Give WWE an opportunity to beat a childish nickname or catchphrase to death in a desperate attempt to get it over, and they€™ll take that chance every time. It never fails. In this case, the writers (you have to assume it€™s the writers and not Chris Jericho himself) latched on to a phrase Y2J said last week, referring to New Day as €œrooty, tooty, booty,€ a small play off Big E€™s constant use of the word €œbooty.€ What was childish and silly last week became the €œhot€ new catchphrase this week, with Jericho leading the crowd in a chant of it Monday night. Don€™t get it wrong: Professional wrestling is full of childish chants, catchphrases and nicknames. The Rock, probably the most quotable superstar in the modern era, has used some nursery rhyme-quality putdowns before.But what made €œrooty, tooty, booty€ worse (beyond the nonsensical phrase itself) is that Jericho pulled out an actual good insult Monday night, telling New Day that the Usos were going to €œkick the horns off of you My Little Pony jabronis.€ Now that is a quality childish nickname. But expect the creative team to stay wedded to €œrooty, tooty, booty€ for the next 10 weeks, beating it into the ground.