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Why do we watch [[Professional Wrestling|wrestling]] again? Is it for the action? Is it for the eye candy? Or maybe it's to see some heel cash in a briefcase to some of the most [[Awesome Music]] played in an arena (outside of concerts, of course).
Why do we watch [[Professional Wrestling|wrestling]] again? Is it for the action? Is it for the eye candy? Or maybe it's to see some heel cash in a briefcase to some of the most [[Awesome Music]] played in an arena (outside of concerts, of course).
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{{quote| '''WWE'''}}
{{quote|'''WWE'''}}
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwTtgAwMCLc SmackDown theme] from 2009 to 2011, "Let it Roll" by Divide the Day. It even has a veiled [[Take That]] at [[TNA]]:
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwTtgAwMCLc SmackDown theme] from 2009 to 2011, "Let it Roll" by Divide the Day. It even has a veiled [[Take That]] at [[TNA]]:
{{quote| Do you really wanna cross the line?}}
{{quote|Do you really wanna cross the line?}}
** With the exception of the less than stellar "If You Rock Like Me", Smackdown has had a very good number of great theme songs. From the simplistic original techno theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO2tCKz4psQ "Everybody On The Ground"], famous for its incomprehensible lyrics, to the return of [[Marilyn Manson]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT7rB8naI1o "The Beautiful People"] (a previous Raw theme), the aggressively ruthless production piece [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD8Sl_gNfTQ "I Want It All"]([[Up to Eleven|V2]], [[Three Chords and the Truth|V1 instrumental, then V1]]. V2 Extended [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZQ36_achDo here.]) during McMahon/Heyman eras and Drowning Pool's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCqXM9BZp0k "Rise Up"].
** With the exception of the less than stellar "If You Rock Like Me", Smackdown has had a very good number of great theme songs. From the simplistic original techno theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO2tCKz4psQ "Everybody On The Ground"], famous for its incomprehensible lyrics, to the return of [[Marilyn Manson]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT7rB8naI1o "The Beautiful People"] (a previous Raw theme), the aggressively ruthless production piece [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD8Sl_gNfTQ "I Want It All"]([[Up to Eleven|V2]], [[Three Chords and the Truth|V1 instrumental, then V1]]. V2 Extended [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZQ36_achDo here.]) during McMahon/Heyman eras and Drowning Pool's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCqXM9BZp0k "Rise Up"].
* There's something about [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TwLOOFvzS4 theme] that just plain screams, "You're about to get your ass kicked, and there ain't a thing you can do about it!"
* There's something about [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TwLOOFvzS4 theme] that just plain screams, "You're about to get your ass kicked, and there ain't a thing you can do about it!"
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** Whenever I hear this song, I think about graduating college.
** Whenever I hear this song, I think about graduating college.
* [[Shawn Michaels]]' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt0vc3_F34 theme.] Even after all this time, it's still one of the most recognizable and beloved themes in all of wrestling... even if Shawn himself admitted that he finds his singing is atrocious.
* [[Shawn Michaels]]' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt0vc3_F34 theme.] Even after all this time, it's still one of the most recognizable and beloved themes in all of wrestling... even if Shawn himself admitted that he finds his singing is atrocious.
{{quote| "Eat your heart out, girls! Hands off the merchandise!"}}
{{quote|"Eat your heart out, girls! Hands off the merchandise!"}}
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4CbTFVyoHo "Sensational" Sherri Martel] did a version too, though it didn't last before Shawn went back to singing it.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4CbTFVyoHo "Sensational" Sherri Martel] did a version too, though it didn't last before Shawn went back to singing it.
* Taking it in a ''much'' different direction, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKPXfqux63A Hillbilly Jim's] theme is appropriately toe-tappin' fun.
* Taking it in a ''much'' different direction, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKPXfqux63A Hillbilly Jim's] theme is appropriately toe-tappin' fun.
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* Damien Sandow used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVVjWoXKd9M New World Symphony] in FCW and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5dlzbD7iMc Hallelujah] when he hit WWE.
* Damien Sandow used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVVjWoXKd9M New World Symphony] in FCW and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5dlzbD7iMc Hallelujah] when he hit WWE.


{{quote| '''WCW'''}}
{{quote|'''WCW'''}}
* The theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, the "Dawn" section of Richard Strauss' "Also sprach Zarathustra." If I have to tell you which [[Ric Flair|wrestler]] used that song, then you wouldn't be reading this page anyway.
* The theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, the "Dawn" section of Richard Strauss' "Also sprach Zarathustra." If I have to tell you which [[Ric Flair|wrestler]] used that song, then you wouldn't be reading this page anyway.
* [[Goldberg]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AByNjBJP1vY theme,] "Invasion" -- i.e. the most awesome piece of stock music ever. When they get Megadeth to do a new theme for a guy, and it's generally considered a step ''down'' from a cheap bit of production music... well, you know that cheap bit of production music is something special.
* [[Goldberg]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AByNjBJP1vY theme,] "Invasion" -- i.e. the most awesome piece of stock music ever. When they get Megadeth to do a new theme for a guy, and it's generally considered a step ''down'' from a cheap bit of production music... well, you know that cheap bit of production music is something special.
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** It's also another one of those themes that have become so iconic that you can recognize who's coming about half a second into the music.
** It's also another one of those themes that have become so iconic that you can recognize who's coming about half a second into the music.
* And of course, the theme of the [[New World Order]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWZ0gJ0HAyA "Rockhouse".]
* And of course, the theme of the [[New World Order]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWZ0gJ0HAyA "Rockhouse".]
{{quote| '''[[Kevin Nash]]''': ''Cue the porno music!''}}
{{quote|'''[[Kevin Nash]]''': ''Cue the porno music!''}}
** Speaking of the nWo, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVGHggXx8HM&feature=related Don't turn your back on the Wolfpac...]"
** Speaking of the nWo, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVGHggXx8HM&feature=related Don't turn your back on the Wolfpac...]"
** And in his tenure in the nWo, [[Hulk Hogan]] used one of the most awesome songs ever as his entrance theme... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhoXzVBc33o Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"]
** And in his tenure in the nWo, [[Hulk Hogan]] used one of the most awesome songs ever as his entrance theme... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhoXzVBc33o Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"]
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* As a face, Hulk Hogan is "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4fQd1y4QuY American Made]", but somehow not a [[Suspiciously Similar Song|Real American]].
* As a face, Hulk Hogan is "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4fQd1y4QuY American Made]", but somehow not a [[Suspiciously Similar Song|Real American]].
** The song, sadly, belonged to the WWF (now WWE) who hold the copyright on it, despite the song supposedly being written by Jimmy Hart and as we all know, was performed by Derringer. Jimmy Hart helped write ''American Made'' for Hogan when he made the jump to WCW since they needed something to fit Hogan's then still pristine 'hero' image. It actually worked pretty well, all things considered. It was actually a reversal of fates for Hogan and Flair. When Flair had jumped to the WWF, he had to use a knock-off rendition of his classic theme. When Hogan made his way to WCW, he couldn't use Real American, and so he and Hart created what was essentially its [[Spiritual Successor]].
** The song, sadly, belonged to the WWF (now WWE) who hold the copyright on it, despite the song supposedly being written by Jimmy Hart and as we all know, was performed by Derringer. Jimmy Hart helped write ''American Made'' for Hogan when he made the jump to WCW since they needed something to fit Hogan's then still pristine 'hero' image. It actually worked pretty well, all things considered. It was actually a reversal of fates for Hogan and Flair. When Flair had jumped to the WWF, he had to use a knock-off rendition of his classic theme. When Hogan made his way to WCW, he couldn't use Real American, and so he and Hart created what was essentially its [[Spiritual Successor]].
{{quote| '''ECW'''}}
{{quote|'''ECW'''}}
* [[ECW|The Sandman's]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Lgs1ELA10 memorable One Night Stand '05 entrance] to [[Metallica]]'s "Enter Sandman" -- ''[[Crowd Song|with the entire crowd of Mutants singing along]]''. Still the greatest entrance ever.
* [[ECW|The Sandman's]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Lgs1ELA10 memorable One Night Stand '05 entrance] to [[Metallica]]'s "Enter Sandman" -- ''[[Crowd Song|with the entire crowd of Mutants singing along]]''. Still the greatest entrance ever.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhRCP4sXxEE The dub theme] used for the DVD release of the show isn't that bad, either. Sure, it's no "Enter Sandman", but it ain't bad.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhRCP4sXxEE The dub theme] used for the DVD release of the show isn't that bad, either. Sure, it's no "Enter Sandman", but it ain't bad.
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* Mike Awesome's theme tells you how much of a badass that man was. RIP [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZtV9WouT5I\]
* Mike Awesome's theme tells you how much of a badass that man was. RIP [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZtV9WouT5I\]


{{quote| '''[[TNA]]'''}}
{{quote|'''[[TNA]]'''}}
* [[AJ Styles]]' theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL3iS9Wehq8 "I Am"]. All the more awesome for being surrounded by the generic rock themes TNA usually pumps out.
* [[AJ Styles]]' theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL3iS9Wehq8 "I Am"]. All the more awesome for being surrounded by the generic rock themes TNA usually pumps out.
** Now, the remixed version. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJS5AXoXSDw Get Ready to Fly!]
** Now, the remixed version. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJS5AXoXSDw Get Ready to Fly!]
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** And then there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBl8mALX61E his current rap theme], which is probably the best entrance theme he's had since leaving [[Ring of Honor]].
** And then there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBl8mALX61E his current rap theme], which is probably the best entrance theme he's had since leaving [[Ring of Honor]].
* From the NWA years:
* From the NWA years:
{{quote| ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}wEGndAVpFeA You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...]''}}
{{quote|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}wEGndAVpFeA You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...]''}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evp_akZkpKw Sarita and Taylor Wilde] have a positively electric theme that has really helped them to stand out in the Knockouts division
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evp_akZkpKw Sarita and Taylor Wilde] have a positively electric theme that has really helped them to stand out in the Knockouts division
* BEER! MONEY! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAxFqZmz9wU "Watch your money...and your alcohol."] Take a Fall fits both Roode and Storm's individual characters and is awesome on its own as well.
* BEER! MONEY! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAxFqZmz9wU "Watch your money...and your alcohol."] Take a Fall fits both Roode and Storm's individual characters and is awesome on its own as well.
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* [[Gail Kim]] 's new theme since returning in 2011 as a dual champion [[Alpha Bitch]] heel knockout from hell, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5k1J80eY3M "Puppet on a String"]. The "DAH DAH '''DAH'''! DAH DAH '''DAH'''!" guitar crush combined with the ominous string accompaniment just says [[Squash Match|"You're about to be epically trounced."]] to any opponent, and considering her long title reign, that's usually the case.
* [[Gail Kim]] 's new theme since returning in 2011 as a dual champion [[Alpha Bitch]] heel knockout from hell, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5k1J80eY3M "Puppet on a String"]. The "DAH DAH '''DAH'''! DAH DAH '''DAH'''!" guitar crush combined with the ominous string accompaniment just says [[Squash Match|"You're about to be epically trounced."]] to any opponent, and considering her long title reign, that's usually the case.


{{quote| '''Other'''}}
{{quote|'''Other'''}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=josQgndpRS0 AFI's Miseria Cantare], [[CM Punk]]'s Ring of Honor theme. Say what you will about ROHbots, there's nothing like having them smack the barricades in unison to the beat of the opening drum fill.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=josQgndpRS0 AFI's Miseria Cantare], [[CM Punk]]'s Ring of Honor theme. Say what you will about ROHbots, there's nothing like having them smack the barricades in unison to the beat of the opening drum fill.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt_ro2aerQg Europe's The Final Countdown], [[Bryan Danielson]]'s ROH theme.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt_ro2aerQg Europe's The Final Countdown], [[Bryan Danielson]]'s ROH theme.
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* The now and forever legendary Mitsuharu Misawa came out to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep7P7NygkkY this gem.]
* The now and forever legendary Mitsuharu Misawa came out to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep7P7NygkkY this gem.]
* Before Chuck Norris Facts, there was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ci8OfZrDZc&feature=related Aja Kong's entrance theme, "Jungle Emperor"]:
* Before Chuck Norris Facts, there was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ci8OfZrDZc&feature=related Aja Kong's entrance theme, "Jungle Emperor"]:
{{quote| God got up one morning, He was in an ugly mood,<br />
{{quote|God got up one morning, He was in an ugly mood,
He was sick of floods and plagues, He wanted something really rude,<br />
He was sick of floods and plagues, He wanted something really rude,
He made a big pirahna out of broken glass and glue,<br />
He made a big pirahna out of broken glass and glue,
Then He gave her two legs and a nasty attitude.<br />
Then He gave her two legs and a nasty attitude.

<br />

Well, the Sahara was a jungle 'till she ripped out all the trees,<br />
Well, the Sahara was a jungle 'till she ripped out all the trees,
Then she looked up at the mountaintops, they all began to freeze,<br />
Then she looked up at the mountaintops, they all began to freeze,
The sun gave her a cold until she set it on fire,<br />
The sun gave her a cold until she set it on fire,
You can see her for yourself if you think that I'm a liar!<br />
You can see her for yourself if you think that I'm a liar!
<br />

God made the Devil just for fun,<br />

God made the Devil just for fun,
When He wanted the real thing, He made Aja Kong! }}
When He wanted the real thing, He made Aja Kong! }}
* [[Gorgeous George|Adrian Street]] had his own take on the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bhLK6XPKCs badass boast].
* [[Gorgeous George|Adrian Street]] had his own take on the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bhLK6XPKCs badass boast].
{{quote| I can tear a telephone directory in two<br />
{{quote|I can tear a telephone directory in two
Bending iron bars is something else that I can do<br />
Bending iron bars is something else that I can do
I always pick my teeth with the nearest billiard cue<br />
I always pick my teeth with the nearest billiard cue
So imagine what I could do to you... }}
So imagine what I could do to you... }}
* Back on the NWA, when they started out, the Road Warriors used Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" as their theme, and never failed to blow the roof off the arena when they did. Even after the promoter decided to stop paying for the rights, they used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK0LkY1v3Q4 a generic clone called "We Are Iron Man"] that was probably close enough that Ozzy could have sued over it.
* Back on the NWA, when they started out, the Road Warriors used Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" as their theme, and never failed to blow the roof off the arena when they did. Even after the promoter decided to stop paying for the rights, they used [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK0LkY1v3Q4 a generic clone called "We Are Iron Man"] that was probably close enough that Ozzy could have sued over it.

Revision as of 22:15, 7 August 2014


Why do we watch wrestling again? Is it for the action? Is it for the eye candy? Or maybe it's to see some heel cash in a briefcase to some of the most Awesome Music played in an arena (outside of concerts, of course).


WWE

Do you really wanna cross the line?

"Eat your heart out, girls! Hands off the merchandise!"

WCW

Kevin Nash: Cue the porno music!

  • Alex Wright's 2nd theme, as acknowledged by RD Reynolds. Not as ironic as many of the above examples, but by God, I want to go crazy with Das Wunderkind right now.
  • As a face, Hulk Hogan is "American Made", but somehow not a Real American.
    • The song, sadly, belonged to the WWF (now WWE) who hold the copyright on it, despite the song supposedly being written by Jimmy Hart and as we all know, was performed by Derringer. Jimmy Hart helped write American Made for Hogan when he made the jump to WCW since they needed something to fit Hogan's then still pristine 'hero' image. It actually worked pretty well, all things considered. It was actually a reversal of fates for Hogan and Flair. When Flair had jumped to the WWF, he had to use a knock-off rendition of his classic theme. When Hogan made his way to WCW, he couldn't use Real American, and so he and Hart created what was essentially its Spiritual Successor.

ECW

TNA

Other

God got up one morning, He was in an ugly mood,
He was sick of floods and plagues, He wanted something really rude,
He made a big pirahna out of broken glass and glue,
Then He gave her two legs and a nasty attitude.


Well, the Sahara was a jungle 'till she ripped out all the trees,
Then she looked up at the mountaintops, they all began to freeze,
The sun gave her a cold until she set it on fire,
You can see her for yourself if you think that I'm a liar!


God made the Devil just for fun,
When He wanted the real thing, He made Aja Kong!

I can tear a telephone directory in two
Bending iron bars is something else that I can do
I always pick my teeth with the nearest billiard cue
So imagine what I could do to you...