I really hate this “yep” shit.

[Nr1Humanoid]

Can you imagine if Megatron had said yep all the time?

Better yet, try it during sex.

[A Platypus Rave]

they just want to be cool as ice

[Lt. Palumbo]

We've seen WWE try to get things over, this is not it.

Now if next week Jerry Lawler says "Everybody do the Yep" I'll be proven wrong, but I think you're reading it exactly the opposite way to how it's intended - Hip, cool dad Shane McMahon hates these nogoodniks, said nogoodniks are coming off as too sympathetic and likeable, so they addopt/subvert a beloved catchphrase, also bastardizing it in the process. "Yes" is a powerful, positive statement, "Yep" is a blasé, non-committal shrug.

[Muskrat]

Jan 4, 2018 1:26:53 GMT -5 schma said:

Jan 4, 2018 1:06:00 GMT -5 Old Jack Burton said:

It was the catchphrase of Ducky from The Land Before Time. Judith Barsi, the young actress that played the role was murdered by her father. "Yep! Yep! Yep!" is even on her tombstone. This is always in my mind when I see the Yep! segments. I want to believe Zayn and Owens are oblivious about this, but the thing is they are the right age to know that fact.

I actually didn't know about that until a few years ago and I was the perfect age for that movie.  I probably wore out my VHS of it.  I wouldn't be surprised if they're unaware or the connection just hasn't been made in their minds.

Also a big fan of Land Before Time, I even bought the Blu Ray release a couple years back and I don't have kids, and I literally just learned this story so I feel it would be a pretty big stretch to assume they knew or are trying to make light of it.

[One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel]

Jan 3, 2018 20:05:16 GMT -5 Chiral said:

Jan 3, 2018 17:56:28 GMT -5 mrbananagrabber said:

So, wait, by this logic Jinder Mahal is the greatest heel champion in years. Everyone HATED that.

I’m not watching going “gaahh, I hope AJ kicks his ass”, I’m watching thinking “this is clearly an attempt at creating a catchphrase or a chant, and it is ruining the natural chemistry Owens and Zayn have by turning Zayn into a one word spouting gonk, which is a shame because everything they’ve done so far has been great.”

There’s surely a difference between that and “ha, you don’t like it? That’s the point!”

Heels in 2019 all come out and just yell "HONK!" over and over and then file their taxes in ring.

By 2020, we'll be having arguments about how Elias sleeping in the ring for an hour was actually great, subtle heeling.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Jan 4, 2018 18:47:49 GMT -5 One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel said:

Jan 3, 2018 20:05:16 GMT -5 Chiral said:

Heels in 2019 all come out and just yell "HONK!" over and over and then file their taxes in ring.

By 2020, we'll be having arguments about how Elias sleeping in the ring for an hour was actually great, subtle heeling.

Meanwhile, Roman Reigns is recovering in hospital after getting an old-school ‘70s shanking with a pig fat-covered knife, all because he beat Buddy Murphy in a match on RAW.

[One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel]

Jan 4, 2018 18:51:32 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Jan 4, 2018 18:47:49 GMT -5 One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel said:

By 2020, we'll be having arguments about how Elias sleeping in the ring for an hour was actually great, subtle heeling.

Meanwhile, Roman Reigns is recovering in hospital after getting an old-school ‘70s shanking with a pig fat-covered knife, all because he beat Buddy Murphy in a match on RAW.

The most shocking part of this is that they'd actually be doing something with Buddy Murphy

[Allie Kitsune]

Jan 4, 2018 18:51:32 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Jan 4, 2018 18:47:49 GMT -5 One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel said:

By 2020, we'll be having arguments about how Elias sleeping in the ring for an hour was actually great, subtle heeling.

Meanwhile, Roman Reigns is recovering in hospital after getting an old-school ‘70s shanking with a pig fat-covered knife, all because he beat Buddy Murphy in a match on RAW.

And wondering why Alexa didn't use her backstage pull to keep Murphy more protected in the ring.

[r.]

Heel says something people find obnoxious and annoying; Film at 11

[trollrogue]

Jan 3, 2018 19:46:08 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

It's because they still think the yes chant was over rather than Daniel Bryan.

Honest to gawd (but no seriously, I just don't like typing out God's name in vain) I really thought in the back of my mind "This is Vince trying to try to get 'Yep!' over on SDLive (which explains him jobbing to Kevin Owens on SDLive) away from Roman's semi-successful Shield Reunion re-push on RAW, and sort of prove that Bryan (right in his face as GM of SDLive) only got over because of a freakin' catchphrase, but Roman was the better man.

It was honestly a passing fancy, but the pieces do fit in terms of Vincent Kennedy McMahon coming out of 'retirement' so to speak in order to start this storyline.

[Kevin Hamilton]