First reported from Ryan Satin's ProWrestlingSheet.com

After months of joking about it, and just one day after Bullet Club “invaded” Raw, WWE sent The Young Bucks an ACTUAL cease and desist letter over the “Too Sweet” hand gesture.

Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed WWE reached out to the popular Ring of Honor/NJPW tag team to say they own the copyright to the “Too Sweet” hand gesture and have discovered that the brothers have been using it in other companies, as well as on merch.

Therefore, WWE is demanding the Bucks stop using WWE intellectual property in-ring and on any merchandise immediately. If not, they may be hit with $150K in damages or more.

They also want an agreement in writing saying the brothers wont use WWE IP again in the future.

I guess they didn't find the invasion too funny. At least, not when they're on the other side of it.

WWE is so petty lol
This is laughable

So I guess Mr. H won't be taking any pictures with them anytime soon.

Copyrighting a hand gesture is a waste of time.

Even if this cease and desist holds, The Young Bucks will be fine without it.

Onto more important matters. Someone needs to tell me about this Bullet Club Invasion.

Sept 28, 2017 17:55:29 GMT Emperor said:

Even if this cease and desist holds, The Young Bucks will be fine without it.

Onto more important matters. Someone needs to tell me about this Bullet Club Invasion.

Glad you asked!

It was their version of the WCW Tank outside of Raw this week. I am sure footage will be on the next Being the Elite episode.

Sept 28, 2017 16:23:33 GMT Mistress said:

WWE is so petty lol
This is laughable

How are they petty? It's my understanding that The Young Bucks went and picked this fight by themselves - if anything they are the petty ones. 

Also it's there IP and they are completely within their rights. If And1 or whatever that brand they sell at Wal Mart is started putting Nike symbols on their shoes I'm sure they would do the same thing. 

I think this is ridiculous because I don’t see how WWE owns the rights to it, but either way Bucks will be fine.

Sept 28, 2017 18:49:31 GMT SM said:

I think this is ridiculous because I don’t see how WWE owns the rights to it, but either way Bucks will be fine.

They own the rights if they patented it and it got accepted. As far as my research tells me there is almost 60 different hand gestures registered as a trademark though most of those only apply to putting it on clothing or merchandise. There is really only one case that I found that held up to actuall using the gesture live and in person being prohibited. 

So while the WWE may lose the on the idea that The Young Bucks can't use it in the ring , they will more than likely win as far as The Young Bucks putting it on there merchandise. 

Either way you can't nip at the big dogs heels , and then cry foul when the big dog bites back. Stay in your lane Young Bucks. 

Don't you mean "know your place"?

Sept 28, 2017 17:14:19 GMT Ed said:

Copyrighting a hand gesture is a waste of time.

DDP would probably argue otherwise. I forget the exact details, but owning the IP rights to his diamond/bang hand gesture won him a fair bit o' money from some rapper or rap group in some kind of settlement back in the late 90s or early 2000s.

Sept 28, 2017 19:12:17 GMT djm said:

Don't you mean "know your place"?

Word it however you like I suppose , but the fact remains that if you go out of your way to get on the WWE's radar you can't cry foul when the WWE notices you and stops you from making money off their IP's. 

Stay in your lane. Know your place. Don't bite off more than you can chew. Use whatever idiom you want for it , but don't cry about the WWE picking on poor widdle Young Bucks when they started a "war" with slingshots and the super power started dropping bombs. 

I could really do this all day , because I'm bored. 

Sept 28, 2017 18:41:55 GMT UT said:

Sept 28, 2017 16:23:33 GMT Mistress said:

WWE is so petty lol
This is laughable

How are they petty? It's my understanding that The Young Bucks went and picked this fight by themselves - if anything they are the petty ones. 

Also it's there IP and they are completely within their rights. If And1 or whatever that brand they sell at Wal Mart is started putting Nike symbols on their shoes I'm sure they would do the same thing. 

Its a freaking hand gesture.
Next are they going to say no one can use the Cena gesture?

Didn't Candy Crush try and copyright the world candy or something similar happened with another company? Never underestimate greed.

Being greedy doesn't mean you can't be petty too.

Sept 28, 2017 19:40:37 GMT Mistress said:

Sept 28, 2017 18:41:55 GMT UT said:

How are they petty? It's my understanding that The Young Bucks went and picked this fight by themselves - if anything they are the petty ones. 

Also it's there IP and they are completely within their rights. If And1 or whatever that brand they sell at Wal Mart is started putting Nike symbols on their shoes I'm sure they would do the same thing. 

Its a freaking hand gesture.
Next are they going to say no one can use the Cena gesture?

If they are putting in on merchandise and making money off from it , you damn right they will and should. I don't know why you don't understand that no one is allowed to use other peoples IP's to make money for themselves. I can't open a fast foot restaurant , make burgers and start slapping the golden arches on there , I would get sued , it's common sense. 

Sept 28, 2017 19:49:25 GMT Mistress said:

Being greedy doesn't mean you can't be petty too.

Who's being petty? The WWE didn't even care until those assclowns showed up on their doorsteps wearing their IP's? The Young Bucks are the petty ones. 

And you can't tell me that if YOU created something , or owned something you would be perfectly fine with other people making money off of it , essentially taking money out of your own pocket. 

Sept 28, 2017 17:14:19 GMT Ed said:

Copyrighting a hand gesture is a waste of time.

It worked out well for DDP in regards to Jay-Z.

They'll just need to adjust and start again. It's a hand gesture,they can always do another one

The Bucks are one of the hottest acts in wrestling. They'll survive and this will only make them more loved because of the Evil Empire.

Sept 28, 2017 19:48:17 GMT Ness said:

Didn't Candy Crush try and copyright the world candy or something similar happened with another company? Never underestimate greed.

The idiots also tried to claim "Saga".

WWE knew that all the Bullet club members did it so why did it just start bothering them.

Look what just hit the market at prowrestlingtees.com



I'm buying one on payday

Do you wanna be the hottest thing in wrestling? Because that's how you become the hottest thing in wrestling.

I wish WWE would issue a cease and desist on crowds yelling "Too SWEET!" after every single two count.

Sept 29, 2017 21:56:21 GMT Emperor said:

I wish WWE would issue a cease and desist on crowds yelling "Too SWEET!" after every single two count.


It seems like it only happens at Full Sail.

Nah, it happens on the main roster too. It spreads like a disease!

Sept 29, 2017 22:23:09 GMT Ness said:

Nah, it happens on the main roster too. It spreads like a disease!

meh, I don't like many things on the main roster to watch it watch Raw or Smackdown frequently enough to let it bother me.

I saw something on Twitter that said that WWE didn't even own the rights to the gesture in the first place. Dont know if that's true but I do know that Scott Hall gave his blessing for The Bucks and the rest of the BC to use the gesture.

Whatever happens though I hope The Bucks will be okay.