Polish wrestling chants

This is a short guide to Polish wrestling crowd chants.

Translations, explanations and pronunciations are provided. Additionally, since many of the chants use crude language, the number of chilli pepper emojis (🌶️) following the IPA pronunciation link indicates how strong the expletives are.

• No peppers - neutral
• One pepper 🌶️ - mild profanity
• Two peppers 🌶️🌶️️️ - crude language
• Three peppers 🌶️🌶️🌶️️ - strong profanity

General expletives

• Wypierdalaj - "Get the fuck out": often used to react to heels and other unwelcome characters.
  vˌɨpʲɛrdˈalaj 🌶️🌶️
• Chuj ci w dupę - "Up your arse": popular and general use expletive referring to anal sex.
  xˈuj t͡ɕˈi vˈɨ dˈupɛ 🌶️🌶️
• Kurwy i śmiecie, z [miasta] nie wyjedziecie - "Motherfuckers, you ain't leaving [city] alive": used against heels, especially billed from out of town.
  kˈurvɨ ˈi ɕmʲˈɛt͡ɕɛ, zˈɨ [mʲˈasta] ɲʲˈɛ vˌɨjɛd͡ʑˈɛt͡ɕɛ 🌶️🌶️
• [Miasto], a gdzie to kurwa jest? - "[City], where the fuck is that?": used to insult a heel's hometown.
  May need extra words to match the rhythm. For Gustav Gryffin's four-syllable hometown of Bartoszyce no padding is needed, but for Isnorr's Poznań the chant starts with Miasto Poznań ("Poznań city").
  [mʲˈastɔ], ˈa ɡd͡ʑˈɛ tˈɔ kˈurva jˈɛst? 🌶️🌶️
• Chuj ci na imię, hej [wrestler], chuj ci na imię - roughly equivalent to the British "[Wrestler] is a wanker" chant, although the expletive is stronger (lit. "Dick's your name").
  xˈuj t͡ɕˈi nˈa ˈimjɛ, xˈɛj [vrˈɛstlɛr], xˈuj t͡ɕˈi nˈa ˈimjɛ 🌶️️🌶️

Praise

• Zajebiste - "This is awesome", although more vulgar.
  zˌajɛbʲˈistɛ 🌶️
• [Wrestler] jest zajebisty - "[Wrestler] is awesome": most often to the tune of "Seven Nation Army".
  [vrˈɛstlɛr] jˈɛst zˌajɛbʲˈistɨ 🌶️

Calls to action

• Chcemy krwi - "We want blood": the crowd wants someone to start bleeding.
  xt͡sˈɛmɨ krfˈi
• Przemoc - "Violence": encouraging exactly that.
  pʃˈɛmɔt͡s
• Zabij go - "Kill him": encouraging offense.
  zˈabʲij ɡˈɔ
• Zajeb go - "Fuck him up": also encouraging offensive action.
  zˈajɛp ɡˈɔ 🌶️
• Zjedz mu łeb - "Eat his head": same. Once actually acted upon by Samson, who bit his opponent on the head to a great pop.
  zjˈɛt͡s mˈu wˈɛp
• Urwij mu łeb - "Rip his head off": generally encouraging violence.
  ˈurvij mˈu wˈɛp
• Zostaw [wrestlera], ty kurwo, zostaw [wrestlera] - "Leave [wrestler] alone, you bitch": when a babyface receives too much punishment.
  At Godzina Zero 2024, during Leon Lato vs Reece Alexios, a slightly modified version was heard, replacing the expletive with Alexios's nationality: ty Greku zostaw Leona - "leave Leon alone, you Greek".
  zˈɔstaf [vrɛstlˈɛra], tˈɨ kˈurvɔ, zˈɔstaf [vrɛstlˈɛra] 🌶️🌶️
• Jedziesz z tą kurwą, hej [wrestler], jedziesz z tą kurwą - "Fuck this bitch up, [wrestler]": encouraging offense and insulting the opponent at the same time.
  jˈɛd͡ʑɛʃ zˈɨ tˈɔ̃ kˈurvɔ̃, xˈɛj [vrˈɛstlɛr], jˈɛd͡ʑɛʃ zˈɨ tˈɔ̃ kˈurvɔ̃ 🌶️🌶️
• Pokaż dupę - "Show your ass": against a male performers it's rather a What chant signifying the persona is boring.
  pˈɔkaʃ dˈupɛ 🌶️
• Trzecia lina - "Third rope": calling for a wrestler to perform a top-rope move.
  tʃˈɛt͡ɕa lˈina

Referee

• Sędzia chuj - "Referee is a dick": after referee fails to see heel tactics, or a three-count that was not to the crowd's satisfaction. Referee Krystian Czekaj put it on a T-shirt.
  sˈɛɲd͡ʑa xˈuj 🌶️🌶️
• Sędzia jest super - "Referee is awesome": counter-chant to the above, but also when ref prevents further damage or throws a heel out.
  sˈɛɲd͡ʑa jˈɛst sˈupɛr
• Było trzy - "It was three": when a heel kicks out at the last microsecond.
  bˈɨwɔ tʃˈɨ

Weapons

• Więcej krzeseł - "Bring more chairs": when the current number is not enough.
  vʲˈɛnt͡sɛj kʃˈɛsɛw

Intros

• Kim ty jesteś? - "Who are you?": the crowd is unfamiliar with the character (or pretends not to be).
  kˈim tˈɨ jˈɛstɛɕ?
• Mało! - "Not enough!": a response to the ring announcer calling a wrestler's weight. Somewhat equivalent to repeating "One Fall!" after the announcer.
  Popularized by Arkadiusz Pawłowski in KPW and later PTW, the typical dialogue is:
  – Announcer: Pochodzący z [miasta], ważący [ilość] kilogramów ("Hailing from [city], weighing in at [amount] kilograms.")
  – Crowd: Mało!
  mˈawɔ
  Rarely, if a wrestler is especially massive, the crowd might respond Dużo, "Plenty".
  dˈuʒɔ

Songs

• Pan kiedyś stanął nad brzegiem: this is Barka, a religious song that was especially liked by the Polish Pope John Paul II. Fans may start to randomly sing it at 21:37 (9:37 PM), the exact hour of his death. It is not in the Pope's memory, however, but rather the opposite - mocking his cult deeply enshrined in Polish Catholicism. Sometimes also sang for Greg of Kombat Pro Wrestling in his Pope of Polish Wrestling gimmick - which he seemed to enjoy.
• Mam tak samo jak ty: Sen o Warszawie by Czesław Niemen, sometimes sang before PpW shows begin.

Wrestler-specific

• Mister Zjeb - Mister Z: zjeb roughly means "retard" or "loser".
  mˈistɛr zjˈɛp 🌶️
• Papież Polak - "Polish Pope": Greg, as described under Songs above.
  pˈapʲɛʃ pˈɔlak
• Polski lis - "Polish fox": Axel Fox.
  pˈɔlski lˈis
• Wiedźmin 4 - "Witcher 4": Sambor, referring to his attire and gimmick of a Slavic warrior.
  vʲˈɛd͡ʑmin t͡ʃtˈɛrɨ
• Facet w gaciach - "Guy in undies": David Oliwa and his usual ring attire.
  fˈat͡sɛt vˈɨ ɡˈat͡ɕax
• Siła przyjaźni - "Power of friendship": Rafi, referencing his early gimmick in PTW.
  ɕˈiwa pʃɨjˈaʑɲi
• Bóg jest łysy - "God is bald": Ricardo Diesel's signature bald head.
  bˈuk jˈɛst wˈɨsɨ
  Also Bóg ma wąsa - "God has a 'stache", when he grew one.
  bˈuk mˈa vˈɔ̃sa
• Sadzić! Palić! Zalegalizować! - "Plant it, smoke it, legalize it": a pro-marijuana chant. Used against Tony Sk1n, who was straight-edge.
  sˈad͡ʑit͡ɕ! pˈalit͡ɕ! zˌalɛɡˌalizˈɔvat͡ɕ!
• Chuj w dupę Łodzi, tej kurwie nic nie zaszkodzi - "Up the arse of Łódź, the bitch ain't gonna mind": insulting Łódź, a city in central Poland and the hometown of Stanisław Van Dobroniak. A stadium chant against their football clubs.
  xˈuj vˈɨ dˈupɛ wˈɔd͡ʑi, tˈɛj kˈurvʲɛ ɲˈit͡s ɲʲˈɛ zaʃkˈɔd͡ʑi 🌶️🌶️🌶️
• Legia to stara kurwa - "Legia is an old whore": a stadium chant against football club Legia Warszawa, and by extension, the team of Legia Łysych: Marco Hammers and Olgierd.
  lˈɛɡja tˈɔ stˈara kˈurva 🌶️🌶️🌶️️