Suspiciously Similar Song/Professional Wrestling: Difference between revisions

* Used frequently in [[Professional Wrestling]], especially in TNA (though it occasionally shows up in [[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.

** Way before Jimmy Hart debuted in WCW, there were still JHV's; for example, Dustin Rhodes' theme before the Slam Jam album was a JHV of "Money for Nothing," and the York Foundation used a JH "Dallas" theme.

*** And way before that, in the JCP/NWA days, there was the JHV of Giorgio Moroder's "Chase" that the Midnight Express used.

**** Apparently he actually ''did'' get a mild JHV of it in Florida Championship Wrestling, but for storyline reasons he has to use [[The Miz]]'s music in WWE NXT.

*** [[The Simpsons|He's not Bryan Danielson anymore, he's Harry Plopper]]... er, [[Daniel Bryan]].

** [[Ring of Honor]]'s even started this: the music for their HDNet television show bears a remarkable resemblance to Velvet Revolver's "Slither".

*** Oddly enough, Ring of Honor never attempted this after the Internet outcry over [[Bryan Danielson]] having to drop "The Final Countdown." Then again, lemonade was made from this lemon, as the emotional effect when it was brought back for special "off-camera" moments, ''especially'' at his last hurrah...