Thursday, October 30, 2008

BRRRR Abado! (tm)

LOL, Wresslin' keeps a keen eye out for those special times when the real world crosses paths with the wrestling world of Earth-53. In that unique nexus of universes, some of the greatest news is forged.

While we would normally take an article and provide our own sarcastic tilt to it, we think both TMZ and Idolator have done a fine job of that before we got to it. The rap group M.O.P., comprised of Lil' Fame (perhaps the most appropriate rap name ever) and Billy Danze, claim that Mr. John Cena's current theme song pilfers their hit(?) "Ante Up." More specifically, they are upset of the liberal use of the phrase "BRRR abado" throughout the theme song, and apparently each instance of its use is worth fifty-thousand dollars, coming to grand total $150,000 the group is demanding from Mr. Cena and/or the WWE.


I'm sure most of you find it hard to believe that Mr. Cena could be involved in any sort of foul play, and so do we, which is why we're choosing not to believe it. Not that the WWE hasn't done some shady things in the past, and this "phrase" could have very well been used without M.O.P.'s permission. However, we submit that you should examine the meaning behind what is otherwise a random grouping of letters. Just as no man can lay claim to the alphabet, neither do we think this trouble-making rap group can say that Mr. Cena is using their work without proving that he is using it the same way they did. Otherwise, Mr. Cena has changed the meaning enough to make it his own creation, something completely divergent from its original usage.

Here we have a sample of lyrics from the hit(?) "Ante Up":

Huh (huh) huh (huh) huh (huh) huh (huh)
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)


Ante Up! Yap that fool!
Ante Up! Kidnap that fool!
Get him (get him) get him! Hit him (hit him) hit him!
Yap him! (Zap him!) Yap him! (Zap him!)

If you up in the club, back at your pis-tal money
Catch them fools at the bar for that Cristal Money


Now we'd like to present some lyrics from Mr. Cena's theme song "The Time is Now":

I got my soul straight, I brush your mouth like Colgate


In any weather I'm never better your boy's so hot
you'll never catch me in the next man's sweater


And talk about the bread you make but don't know the recipe for dough though
Aimin' guns in all your photos, that's a no-no

See? The fellas from M.O.P. are promoting the yapping and zapping of fools (we're pretty sure that's not good for the fool in question), carrying around pistols, and huhing and yeahing. Mr. Cena, on the other hand, talks about baking bread (presumably for the poor), not stealing other people's clothes, and promotes good dental hygine. Rather than being a rally cry for lawless behavior, "BRRR Abado" clearly means good health and strong family values.

We hope any jury would see that this lawsuit has no merit. If for some reason they don't, we're always looking for a payday, so let this be a notice to the WWE: Adam and Matt of LOL, Wresslin' have now trademarked the phrase "you know," and will demand only $10,000 each time a hack wrestler uses it to fill time during a promo. We're currently pursuing the trademark of "you see" and "let me tell ya something" as well, so enjoy them for free while you can.

Ka-ching!

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