I genuinely remember an unhinged conspiraxy type I knew back in 1998 saying that "all the austin sign people in the crowd are paid to be there. They are instructed to hold the 3:16 signs and act spontaneous".

In fact he believed all the attitude era signs were handed out by WWF employees at every show. He believed they were copying WCW signs. In his world, wrestling signs were invented by the NWO.