On Monday, hip-hop superstar Wale released a new track exclusively on The Stashed. How does the theme of the “Bad Guy” work as a rap beat? Perfectly, more or less. Pure, undiluted #WrassleRap.
Wale uses Razor Ramon’s WWF theme song for a new single
The brand-new WWE Hall of Famer has just been immortalized in rap. Let your ears say hello to the bad guy.
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The full rundown of wrestlers referenced in the song, along with their Wrestling Geek Cred rating:
- Razor Ramon: solid pull anyway, but using the entrance theme as the beat makes this a 10/10 on the Wrestling Geek Cred scale
- The McMahons: pretty much mandatory. 1/10 WGC
- Eric Bischoff: normally about 6/10, but “I’m here to get your Bischoff” makes it about a 9.5/10 WGC
- Ric Flair: mandatory for a rap song referencing wrestling, but only about a 4/10 WGC
- Big Boss Man: I’d be serving hard time if I said this wasn’t at least a 5/10 WGC
- Hornswoggle: a PG-era 3/10 WGC
- Sin Cara: not clear which Sin Cara he’s talking about, but we’ll go 6/10 WGC because even current, active wrestling fans forget Sin Cara is a thing
- Rick Rude: the only wrestler with an official WWE shirt reading “SWAG.” 8/10 WGC
- CM Punk: who? 3/10 WGC
- Curtis Axel: mentioned in the same breath as his dad nets a 5/10 WGC
- Curt Hennig: merely saying “Curt Hennig” to suggest your flow is “Perfect” is on point. 8/10 WGC
- Jerry Lawler: didn’t mention any of the things “The King” is infamous for is only worth a 3/10 WGC
- Kamala/Umaga: wow, what a one-two punch. Only makes it weirder that of the two, Kamala is still alive. 9/10 WGC
- Gangrel: deep pull from the Attitude Era. Let me put it this way: Gangrel gets a name-drop and Steve Austin doesn’t. 7/10 WGC
- Flyin’ Brian Pillman: Wale made his last name into a drug reference. Well done. 7/10 WGC
- Chyna: with a little luck, her mention in the song could be the new “TWSS.” 4/10 WGC
- Papa Shango: yes. Very yes. 8/10 WGC
- Ricky Steamboat: one-half of the greatest WrestleMania match of all time needs more hip-hop love. 6/10 WGC
- Vince Russo: I might be mishearing this one, but it sure sounds like a reference to the former WWE/WCW/TNA head writer. 10/10 WGC but zero points for reminding us about Vince Russo
- Daniel Bryan: the current world champ. 4/10 WGC
- Heath Slater: WOW serious knockout blow here. Slater would probably need to sit down if he knew he got referenced in a hip-hop track. 10/10 WGC
- Doink: perhaps the most underappreciated gimmick of all time. 7/10 WGC
- Dwayne Johnson: one of the biggest wrestling stars of the past 40 years and the only true crossover movie star. Using his government name is only worthy of a 2/10 WGC.
