An inside joke amongst friends became an international sign of irreverence.
With the legendary stable D-Generation-X set to reunite for their 25th anniversary at WWE Raw at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Oct. 10, Shawn Michaels spoke to The Post to promote the occasion and take a stroll down memory lane. Topics included Chyna as a dynamic performer, whether Michaels ever got a WCW offer and the origin story of the infamous “suck it” crotch chop.
The group included Michaels, Waltman Triple H , Scott Hall and Kevin Nash — who were collectively and notoriously known as the Kliq — and their influence both in the ring and behind the scenes is a big part of pro wrestling lore.“It was sort of a witty way and tell somebody where they could go or they didn’t like your answer to something — a bunch of buddies ribbing each other,” Michaels recalled.
“From a television standpoint, as we started to do DX, it just felt kind of natural. A lot of things that we did on TV as DX were things we were doing as friends behind the scenes long before we ever brought it to TV,” Michaels said of the crotch chop.Initially, DX were heel characters, antagonizing the audience, the protagonists and even the announcers — there was a time where they gave Michael Cole a wedgie backstage, for no other reason than to bully someone who was weaker than them.
One element of DX that is fascinating to look back on in retrospect is how far ahead of her time Chyna, who died in 2016 at the age of 46, was as a women’s wrestling performer. If she came along in the modern era, she would have outstanding programs with a number of women on WWE’s roster, such as Charlotte Flair, Ronda Rousey, Rhea Ripley, Bayley, Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair.
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