Triple H and Shawn Michaels made that move famous in the late 1990s.
Now a Milwaukee Brewers reliever just got suspended for it.
And honestly – the whole thing is kind of hilarious.
Abner Uribe Hits the WWE Crotch Chop at the Cardinals Dugout
It was Tuesday night at American Family Field, Milwaukee up 6-0 over the St. Louis Cardinals, eighth inning, two outs.
Brewers reliever Abner Uribe struck out Cardinals outfielder Alec Burleson on a full-count pitch that survived a Cardinals challenge.
Then Uribe turned toward the third base dugout.
And he crotch-chopped them.
Not once.
Not twice.
Three times.
The DX move – straight out of WWE's Attitude Era, Triple H and Shawn Michaels telling Vince McMahon to "Suck It" in front of 20,000 screaming fans – deployed on a Cardinals dugout sitting six runs in the hole in the eighth inning of a regular season game.
Major League Baseball saw the video.
They were not amused.
Uribe was suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount for what the league called "inappropriate actions."
He is appealing, which means he was available Friday night against the Houston Astros while the process plays out.
Why Uribe Did It – and Why You Understand Completely
Uribe did not pretend it did not happen.
"I understand that's unacceptable to go out there and react in a way like that," Uribe said through a translator after the game.
But he also explained why.
Uribe accused Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol of signaling toward the Brewers' dugout during Monday's series opener – making signs that, in Uribe's read, meant Cardinals pitchers were going to start hitting Brewers hitters on purpose.
You already know how this works.
Someone talks trash, threatens your guys, thinks he's going to get away with it.
And then he doesn't.
Baseball has its unwritten rules – don't steal bases when you're up eight, don't bunt to break up a no-hitter, conduct yourself like a professional.
Marmol, if Uribe's read was right, broke that code first.
Uribe just made sure the Cardinals knew he knew.
His Manager Loved Him – and Hated What He Did
Brewers manager Pat Murphy did not hide his reaction.
"I don't know what got over him," Murphy said. "I was embarrassed by it. Why are we doing it? It's a 6-0 game. What are we doing there?"
"I love the kid. Believe me, I love the kid," Murphy added. "There's so much good in this kid. He's been so great for us in so many ways, but that's unacceptable."
That is the sound of a manager who wants to be angry and can't quite get there.
Christian Yelich told reporters the team had "addressed" the situation and was ready to move on.
This is not Uribe's first rodeo with MLB discipline.
In May 2024, he was suspended six games – later reduced on appeal – for his role in a brawl against the Tampa Bay Rays.
This one came with an undisclosed fine and a phone call from Murphy he would rather not have had again.
The D-Generation X Crotch Chop Has a Long History of Getting People Fined
The DX crotch chop was born in 1997.
Triple H and Shawn Michaels formed the faction during WWE's Attitude Era – the same era that gave us Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, and Monday Night Raw as the most-watched thing on cable television.
The crotch chop became the calling card.
You hit it when you won.
You hit it when someone talked trash.
You hit it at whoever needed to be told, in the most emphatic terms possible, where they could direct their complaints.
Uribe is not even the first athlete this decade to get fined for it – the NBA hit Joel Embiid twice for the same gesture, $25,000 the first time and $35,000 the second.
If you had kids or grandkids in the late 1990s, you saw this move on your living room carpet, your backyard, your driveway – performed by a nine-year-old who had absolutely no idea what it meant and thought Triple H was the coolest man alive.
Triple H himself said recently that media executives at Netflix still walk up to him and tell him they want to bust it out.
Some things you never fully leave behind.
Abner Uribe, pitching in his fourth season with the Brewers, apparently never let it go either.
The man saw six runs on the scoreboard, remembered what Marmol allegedly did the night before, and decided the moment called for something more expressive than a fist pump.
MLB Suspended the Brewers Pitcher and Let the Cardinals Manager Walk
Here is the part that does not sit right.
Oliver Marmol – the man Uribe says started this whole thing by threatening to have his pitchers drill Brewers hitters – got nothing.
No suspension.
No fine.
No press release calling his behavior "inappropriate."
Uribe, who struck out a batter and celebrated too enthusiastically, got suspended and fined.
The guy who allegedly threatened to throw at people keeps managing games without consequence.
That is the MLB front office doing what front offices always do – punishing the visible reaction while ignoring the invisible provocation.
You see this everywhere now.
The person who finally says enough is the one who gets in trouble.
The instigator walks.
Uribe is appealing, and good for him.
The Brewers entered the week at 33-20, three and a half games clear at the top of the National League Central.
They do not need a distraction.
But if Marmol really did what Uribe says he did – and Uribe said it publicly, with his name attached, knowing full well there would be consequences – then the suspension landed on the wrong man.
Triple H and Shawn Michaels built a career on telling authority figures exactly what they thought of them.
Abner Uribe did it once, on a Tuesday night in Milwaukee, with his bare hands.
MLB fined him for it.
Some of you are going to read that and think he had it coming.
The rest of you are going to wish you'd been there.
Sources:
- Adam McCalvy, "Uribe suspended one game for inappropriate actions," MLB.com, May 29, 2026.
- Matthew Reigle, "Brewers Pitcher Abner Uribe Gets a One-Game Suspension for Crotch-Chopping Celebration," OutKick, May 29, 2026.
- "Brewers' Abner Uribe Learns His MLB Punishment for Crotch-Chop Celebration," Yahoo Sports, May 29, 2026.
- "Abner Uribe Suspended By MLB for DX Chop Celebration on Video During Brewers' Win vs. Cardinals," Bleacher Report, May 27, 2026.
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