Shawn Michaels discusses the origin of the crotch chop.
The taunt became iconic throughout the Attitdue Era, as Michaels and his stablemates in D-Generation X often used it as a sign of defiance. It remains popular to this day, both in the wrestling world and beyond.
In an interview with Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post, Michaels reflected on the origin of the taunt and credited Sean Waltman (X-Pac) as the first person he saw doing it.
the origin story of the infamous “suck it” crotch chop.
“The first place I remember seeing it was Sean Waltman, who was then known as 1-2-3 Kid and later X-Pac, doing it over in the UK. Then all of a sudden, we were doing it as a group, to each other, kind of thinking it was funny. 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 said.
The WWE Hall of Famer then looked back on DX's early days and noted that it felt natural because a lot of the act stemmed from things they did as friends behind the scenes.
“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.
DX is set to reunite on the October 10 episode of WWE Raw. More information is available here.