WWE: 10 Most Irritating Wrestling Catchphrases Ever

5. What?

This is one that would probably be ranked a lot higher on the lists of many people, but it gets credit because it wasn't Steve Austin that made "What?!?" irritating. It was the fans that made "What?!?" irritating with their incessant desire to yell the word again and again and again during every promo that anyone cuts. When the fans are bored, they chant it. When the fans are in a good mood, they chant it, trying to "participate". Heels hear the chant. Faces hear the chant. You don't have to be feuding with Austin to hear it. For that matter, you don't even have to wrestle in a company that has ever employed Austin to hear it, as the chants have been heard in TNA, Ring Of Honor, and in just about every indy promotion you can think of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzB2N9xnJk As Austin has said, he came up with the "What?!?" catchphrase on a random road trip, where he decided to call Christian to keep himself occupied. When Christian didn't answer the phone, Austin had to come up with something clever to leave as a voice mail, so he just began throwing the word "what" into his sentences every now and then. Christian thought it was so funny that Austin began using it backstage around the boys, and it just took off from there. If only Christian had answered his phone on that fateful day, we wouldn't have gotten the catchphrase for fans to run into the ground, and things would probably be a lot better off.