Looking for a certain video

[thelonewolf527]

So I've spent the last half an hour trying to find footage of the time when Lilian Garcia was singing the national anthem and the crowd started chanting "WHAT?" at her. I KNOW it exists somewhere, maybe not in its entirety, but I've seen it before and can't find it anywhere. Does anyone have a link to this happening that they can share?

[chazzbusby]

I read about this again the other day and I feel like it was part of an event report. A report that would undoubtedly help you immensely if I were at all able to remember where I saw it. But I can't.

[Kayfabe FAN don't want none]

www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ukut_stone-cold-steve-austin-what_sport

@ 2:32

[chazzbusby]

I was googling it and got all excited by one very relevant looking result which has turned out to be this thread.

[chazzbusby]

I've traced it back to our good friends at Madison Square Garden for Monday Night Raw on January 7th 2002 (night Triple H returned incidentally). They also taped Smackdown there the next night and the fans did the same thing but there doesn't seem to be any broadcast of the anthem. 

Which suggests someone backstage found it hilarious enough to edit the video put together for Austin.

[chazzbusby]

Austin enjoyed it:

WWF.com: Are you surprised at how much the fans have embraced the "What?" catchphrase?

Austin: Yeah. I'm extremely surprised. When I started doing that several months ago, as a heel, I was doing it to be a jackass. It was just something smart-aleck to say to someone while you're berating and bullying them on a promo. I just kept on doing it and kept on doing it, and I never would have guessed in a million years that it'd turn into what it has turned into today. Last night -- as we speak right now, we're at our second night in the Garden -- they were doing it when Lilian (Garcia) was singing the national anthem. I kind of got a kick out of that. So, it was never intended to turn out like it did, but then again most of the things I do don't turn out the way they're supposed to. I think it's funny as hell.

I don't know why I'm posting all this, I know no one cares.

[A Platypus Rave]

Jun 11, 2014 12:58:21 GMT -5 chazzbusby said:

I've traced it back to our good friends at Madison Square Garden for Monday Night Raw on January 7th 2002 (night Triple H returned incidentally). They also taped Smackdown there the next night and the fans did the same thing but there doesn't seem to be any broadcast of the anthem. 

Which suggests someone backstage found it hilarious enough to edit the video put together for Austin.

hmm I was there that night... I don't remember them whatting the National Anthem... but doesn't mean it didn't happen

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Jun 11, 2014 13:21:24 GMT -5 chazzbusby said:

Austin enjoyed it:

WWF.com: Are you surprised at how much the fans have embraced the "What?" catchphrase?

Austin: Yeah. I'm extremely surprised. When I started doing that several months ago, as a heel, I was doing it to be a jackass. It was just something smart-aleck to say to someone while you're berating and bullying them on a promo. I just kept on doing it and kept on doing it, and I never would have guessed in a million years that it'd turn into what it has turned into today. Last night -- as we speak right now, we're at our second night in the Garden -- they were doing it when Lilian (Garcia) was singing the national anthem. I kind of got a kick out of that. So, it was never intended to turn out like it did, but then again most of the things I do don't turn out the way they're supposed to. I think it's funny as hell.

I don't know why I'm posting all this, I know no one cares.

Are there any reports of what Austin thinks of the chants still being around?

[chazzbusby]

This was posted in April but I think it's actually from last year, which would be the most recent I think.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAEysg4_Cfk