Myles Borne had NXT fans hitting him with the infamous “What?” chants recently, but there was one pretty big problem with their plan — he couldn’t even hear them. In fact, Borne didn’t realize fans were chanting at him until he went back and watched the segment with closed captions.
During an appearance on The Finish with Corey Smith and Tor Smith, Borne was asked whether the chants bothered him considering his hearing impairment. Instead of being annoyed by the situation, Borne found the whole thing pretty hilarious.
Borne revealed that the closed captions were actually what tipped him off to what the crowd had been doing. As far as he was concerned, fans were wasting a whole lot of energy trying to get a reaction he couldn’t give them.
“I mean, the only reason I even knew there was a ‘What?’ chant is because when I watched it back, there was closed captioning, so I was able to pick up on it. But, I mean, to me, that just shows me, you’re really doing ‘What?’ chants to a guy that can’t even hear? Like, you know, you’re wasting your energy. You’re going to have to be a lot louder than that if you want to try to get my attention.”
Borne wasn’t offended once he realized what had happened either. If anything, knowing that fans were repeatedly shouting at someone who couldn’t hear them only made the situation funnier to him.
“I think it’s funny. They know the situation, and yet they’re sitting there yelling and just keep saying it. I love it.”
Borne eventually saw exactly what the fans had been chanting when he watched everything back. His response wasn’t anger — he jokingly thanked them for the effort.
“So, you know, once I saw that, once I watched it back and saw what they were saying, great. Thank you. I appreciate it.”
The “What?” chant has been used by wrestling crowds for decades to interrupt promos and get reactions from wrestlers, but Borne’s situation gave it a pretty unusual twist. Fans were trying to get under his skin in real time while he was completely unaware of what they were doing.
Borne clearly isn’t losing any sleep over the chants, and his reaction might actually make things tougher for fans trying to mess with him going forward. After all, it’s pretty difficult to derail someone’s promo when they don’t even realize you’re trying.
What do you think about Myles Borne’s reaction after finding out NXT fans were hitting him with “What?” chants? Let us know in the comments below.
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