That’s because of Ric Flair, who made the chop one of his signature moves inside the squared circle, and peppered his promos with enthusiastic howls, hoots, and woooos.
Out of the ring, nobody was more entertaining on the microphone — or talked better trash — than Flair.
(Flair directly inspired at least one performance by a professional comedian: Will Ferrell’s used car dealer Ashley Schaeffer from Eastbound and Down.
Ric Flair wasn’t the original “Nature Boy” of wrestling.