Ricky Saints Reignites ‘Aw, Dude’ Meme After Spilling His Coffee
Ricky Saints has reignited the 'Aw Dude' meme almost three years after Adam Copeland reacted to his promo on AEW Collision.
Aw Dude.
The wrestling world is no stranger to memes being born out of segments within the industry, with some even going so far as to crossover into the mainstream such as AJ Styles and The Undertaker during ‘The Deadman’s’ final WWE match where he would sneak up behind Styles for a screen grab that would be used across the internet. Now, a new meme has quickly taken over social media, despite the segment where it was captured taking place almost three years ago.
On an October 2023 edition of AEW Collision, a segment would seemingly break down in the ring between Ricky Saints, Adam Copeland and Bryan Danielson, leading to Copeland uttering the phrase ‘aw dude.’ In a social media post on Monday, Saints would take to social media to showcase he had spilled his coffee with a simple caption calling back to the segment.
Aw dude pic.twitter.com/3L2nZtBwSU
— Ricky Saints (@starkmanjones) September 7, 2026
This post would prove to be the catalyst for the meme involving Saints to explode across X, with fans and wrestlers alike quoting Copeland. You can check out some of those memes and posts below.
aw dude 🥲 https://t.co/aG5GcL7AQX
— “Protostar” Kyle Fletcher (@kylefletcherpro) September 9, 2026
Aw dude using WWE 2K14's story designer mode pic.twitter.com/tkfwuwQ0C7
— ThisGenGaming (@ThisGenGamingYT) September 8, 2026
Aw dude, joker! pic.twitter.com/oFpW9BrnE4
— conner (@winterweather) September 8, 2026
In case you’ve been living under a rock,“Aw dude” is on fire right now pic.twitter.com/OnuMrmRR7U
— Dante Alexander (@dawrestlingtalk) September 8, 2026
Aw Dude (2000 smackdown foreshadowing) pic.twitter.com/6xpBuIaldE
— space 🔜fm (@spacethebat) September 8, 2026
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There can only be one Dude. pic.twitter.com/8G4UBtl0Yb
— Big Bean (@BigBeann61) September 9, 2026
Elsewhere in a recent interview, Saints would name the items that he wants to tick off next on his pro wrestling bucket list. You can read more about that here.
