CoryxKenshin, whose real name is Cory DeVante Williams, built a huge following on YouTube with horror game playthroughs and his Samurai community. Separately, rizz became Gen Z slang for charm when flirting, and a W in front of it means that charm worked. Fans clipped his hyped reaction to that idea and spread it across TikTok, Shorts and soundboards as a quick seal of approval. The clip stays popular because it compresses a whole reaction, praise, disbelief and celebration, into a few seconds anyone instantly understands.