About

A Little Bit of the Bubbly is a phrase said by professional wrestler Chris Jericho during an improvised backstage promo after he became the first AEW champion at the AEW pay-per-view All Out. Jericho, upset that no one backstage was celebrating his victory, grabbed a microphone and began improvising a promo throughout the backstage area. Approaching a bottle of champagne, he said "Ooh, a little bit of the bubbly!" The line quickly became a meme in the wrestling fandom, as fans created mashups and image macros based on the phrase.

Origin

On August 31st, 2019, after becoming the first AEW champion, Chris Jericho began improvising a promo about how nobody in the AEW locker room was happy for him so he would have to celebrate by himself. After berating staff and other wrestlers backstage, Jericho approached a celebration area where he saw champagne on ice. As he approached the champagne, he said "Ooh, a little bit of the bubbly!"

Spread

The line quickly became a hit among wrestling fans. On September 1st, Twitter user @orinanne tweeted the clip, gaining over 40 retweets and 120 likes (shown below).

Shortly after, fans began posing parody remixes of the line. Twitter user @JackLayzell mashed it up with Mambo No. 5, gaining over 4,400 retweets and 13,000 likes (shown below, top). This was retweeted by Jericho himself.^[1] User @Being_Dan tweeted a photoshopped Simpsons still referencing the line, gaining over 70 retweets and 360 likes (shown below, bottom).

On September 3rd, Jericho repeated the line while announcing the AEW championship had been stolen (shown below).

Other popular remixes include a mix of Drowning Pool's "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor" with the line posted by @shayavigan and gaining over 1,200 retweets and 5,000 likes (shown below, top) and a mix of the clip with Brock Lesnar's entrance music posted by @SUPERZOMGBBQ that gained over 900 retweets and 3,100 likes (shown below, bottom). The memes were covered by Sports Illustrated.^[2]

Image macros about the phrase were also popular on Reddit. For example, user OhhhhCharles posted a Guys Only Want One Thing meme, gaining over 120 points (shown below, left). User maynardjamesheyman posted a Distracted Boyfriend edit about the line, gaining over 120 points (shown below, right).

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