8 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Jan 11)
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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 theyll take that chance every time. It never fails. In this case, the writers (you have to assume its the writers and not Chris Jericho himself) latched on to a phrase Y2J said last week, referring to New Day as rooty, tooty, booty, a small play off Big Es constant use of the word booty. What was childish and silly last week became the hot new catchphrase this week, with Jericho leading the crowd in a chant of it Monday night. Dont 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMh4z5I1_aM But what made rooty, 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 kick 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 rooty, tooty, booty for the next 10 weeks, beating it into the ground.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
