7 Annoying WWE Crowd Chants That Need To Die
3. "USA!"
Patriotism can be a wonderful thing, and the wrestling industry has a long and storied tradition of touting American pride as a rallying cry for its fans. Hulk Hogan was a Real American Hero, Sgt. Slaughter was basically G.I. Joe incarnate, Kurt Angle was an Olympic Hero, and Lex Luger was...well, he wore a lot of red, white, and blue.
It wasn't uncommon for those types of jingoistic characters to battle stereotypical (and super vague) foreigners as a way to get those American flags waving feverishly in the crowds. Soon to follow were persistent chants of "U-S-A!"
Flash forward to 2016, and those chants still echo through WWE arenas pretty persistently. And quite frankly, in many circumstances, it just doesn't make any damn sense. For example, when neither of the performers are from America. (Think Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna at WrestleMania IX.) That's either super ignorant, or super xenophobic. Either way...not so good.
"U-S-A!" has become a default setting for most American WWE fans, who use it the same way gun-toting, tank top-wearing rednecks unironically shout 'Murica after everything they say.
Be patriotic all you want, but at least be sensible and respectful about it.