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Nothing hurts more than your alarm ruining the end of a good dream

This is a relatable humor meme using edited footage from a WWE professional wrestling promo. It shows wrestler AJ Styles, labeled as the 'EXCITING CONCLUSION OF MY DREAM', expressing unbridled excitement while completely unaware that wrestler The Undertaker, labeled as 'MY ALARM', is standing menacingly right behind him about to interrupt him. The meme illustrates the widely shared, frustrating experience of being woken up by a morning alarm right as an enjoyable, engaging dream is about to reach its satisfying end, framing the alarm as an unwanted, unpleasant ambush of a good moment.
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EXCITING CONCLUSION OF MY DREAM
MY ALARM

Overview

This is a relatable humor meme using edited footage from a WWE professional wrestling promo. It shows wrestler AJ Styles, labeled as the 'EXCITING CONCLUSION OF MY DREAM', expressing unbridled excitement while completely unaware that wrestler The Undertaker, labeled as 'MY ALARM', is standing menacingly right behind him about to interrupt him. The meme illustrates the widely shared, frustrating experience of being woken up by a morning alarm right as an enjoyable, engaging dream is about to reach its satisfying end, framing the alarm as an unwanted, unpleasant ambush of a good moment.

Origin notes

This meme is an edited iteration of footage from a public WWE promotional segment built up for the WrestleMania 36 event, featuring professional wrestlers AJ Styles and The Undertaker. This specific captioned version of the meme was shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, and was retrieved via an RSS feed for that subreddit. The format repurposes the wrestling promo's 'unexpected ambush' visual trope to comment on a common everyday annoyance.

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