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* Used frequently in [[Professional Wrestling]], especially in TNA (though it occasionally shows up in [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]; listen to the Full Blooded Italians' entrance music, and you'll be reminded of "No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn" by the Beastie Boys). WCW was an even worse offender before it got bought out, which is rather odd; they were a Time Warner subsidiary, and Time Warner ''owned'' most of the labels that were getting ripped off. As noted above, this is mostly due to Jimmy Hart, the former [[Trope Namer]] himself, writing the music for these companies. Other examples include Mortis using a reworked version of the theme from [[The Phantom of the Opera]] (both characters wore a skull-like mask).
** To be fair, just because they "Own" the rights doesn't mean they don't have to pay the artist to use the song. It's cheaper to get JH to write the song for you.
** Some infamous JHV's from WCW: "Come As You Are" by [[Nirvana]] ([[Raven (wrestling)|Raven]]), "Even Flow" by [[Pearl Jam]] ([[Chris Jericho]], mostly heel run), "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by [[Nirvana]] ([[Diamond Dallas Page|DDP]]), "War" by Edwin Starr (Misfits in Action), "The Zoo" by [[Scorpions]] (The First Family), "Purple Rain" by [[Prince]] (Prince Iaukea), "Cowboy" by [[Kid Rock]] ([[Jeff Jarrett]]), "Beautiful People" by [[Marilyn Manson]] (Perry Saturn/Revolution), "Perfect Strangers" by [[Deep Purple]] (Shane Douglas) and "Burn" by [[Nine Inch Nails]] (David Flair).