It’s been just a little over two years since I posted the first in this series, and also about the same amount of time to do one focussing solely on WWE themes. So, as there are still many to fondly look back on, lets head back to WWE for some more! Originally I had another post of these planned, but as quite a few of them on that list were WWE, I thought I would do another one, for just WWE wrestlers. As for the other post…coming soon.
Looking back on the history of WWE in music, it’s quite fun to remember the long forgotten tracks of lesser remembered talent. There are many stars in WWE history, but not many of them get to reach the same heights, or longevity; as some of it’s legends. Which is a shame, because looking back, there are quite a few memorable, and even catchy tunes, for performers, who weren’t around for very long.
So, I thought in this post I would include some long lost heroes of the WWE Music Universe, so we can remember them fondly once more, perhaps even spark a “I Remember That One!” or “I Remember Them!” moment. I have also included a few legends too, because…why not? Anyway; without further ado, here are 10 More Cool Classic WWE Entrance Themes from the past; Enjoy!
10. Hardcore Holly – Hardcore Holly’s theme is pretty simple, but very effective. It’s a hard hitting, but gentle rock track, filled with an almost construction like sound, particularly in it’s build-up. It does from regular listening sound like stock music, something the company may have had lying around, but in the case of Hardcore Holly, it fits quite well. It has it’s slow bits, and some build-ups of speed too, plus sounds quite cool too!
9. Jesse and Festus – Jesse and Festus were a real one-of-a-kind tag team, whose time in the spotlight was almost tragically speaking; short, despite the rather excellent level of entertainment they provided both inside and outside the ring. But hey, in WWE; Tag Teams never last! Anyway, their theme is a rather jovial piece. It’s nice, light, fast, and kind of refreshing. It mentions the American delicacy of Biscuits and Gravy quite a bit too, which I have personally never tried, but it sort of makes me want to give it a try!
8. Sylvester Terkay – Another WWE star, whose time was again tragically short, despite quite an impressive debut. Sylvester Terkay had an impressive start, but was shunted out of the way in favour of his partner Elijah Burke. Terkay’s theme has an almost ominous quiet to it, before it lays in some near blood curdling guitar string screeches, before then laying in a hard hitting, punching theme, whose seriousness builds the longer it’s heard. It’s almost the perfect warning for his victims really; the longer he the fight continues, the more painful it will be!
7. Mark Henry – Mark Henry’s time with the WWE wasn’t short, but this theme tragically was! Soon after his return to the major fold in 2006 with this theme, it was replaced with ‘Some Bodies Gonna Get It‘ by Three 6 Mafia. I have always preferred this theme though. It’s fast, heavy, and sounds like the personal entrance theme for King Kong; marching his way to the ring, about to deliver a whole world of pain. It even has a sort of gentle-ish breather, where it slows down to take a breath, but then brings the pain one more time, again and again. It sounds like the perfect tune for a tough, unstoppable, force of nature!
6. The Dicks – When The Dicks first appeared, interfeering in a couple of matches, they looked mighty impressive. They looked terrifically tough, and had quite an impressive offence, doing moves I had never seen before, or even since. Then they disappeared, debuted as strippers, and were then gone in a matter of months, used as nothing more than cannon fodder for a debuting Bobby Lashley. Their entrance music though, was pretty funky. An electronic disco like rhythm, with some hard hitting sections, which again could be considered as nothing more than stock music, but is timed rather perfectly with the accompanying entrance video. It’s a strange sounding theme, for a rather badly packagaed tag team that could have been so much more, but at least we will always have the theme!
5. Steve Blackman – Steve Blackman’s theme builds up with the closest possible alternative to silence, building tension, before then bringing out all the punches with some near extreme drumming. This drumming continues, near never stopping, to create a real heart racing sound, one which suggests someone who not only hits hard, but fast too. But hang around for a bit, as there is a pause in the heavier sound, to be replaced by some other sounds, which may sound strange, but kind of cool too, suggesting there’s more to this character!
4. The Boogeyman – The Boogeyman’s theme is an interesting one, as it’s a collection of creepy but simple sounds, on a never ending run, interrupted occassionally by the heavy presence of a piano slamming on the player’s fingers. It comes across as possibly trying too hard to create a more sinister take on the Undertaker‘s theme. All the while, it features sounds from the Boogeyman himself, to portray how he is always lurking in the background. It’s a simple track, made of sounds that have near to no earthly right to be slapped together; but it’s not meant to be pretty, it’s meant to be creepy!
3. Kenny Dykstra – Whenever I saw Kenny Dykstra perform under that name, I couldn’t help but wonder if he was any relation to John Dykstra, who was the special effects director on the original Star Wars? Anyway, Kenny Dykstra, much like The Dicks above, was given a very hard hitting disco style theme as his entrance music. It’s an interesting collection of boinging like sounds, embedded in a near metal like riff, played at a very fast pace. It’s the kind of tune that wakes you up, makes you pay attention, as to what the next match might be!
2. Batista – Probably best remembered for using a theme song performed by Saliva; the genesis of that theme can be heard in his previous theme. It’s basically the same composure, but features a more sinister tone, than the later much more upbeat tune. It really does suit his earlier Evolution character better, as it suggests the oncoming presence of an animal, or beast, or a frankenstein like monster of the two!
1. Edge – Edge’s rise to superstardom pretty much took off at almost the precise time he started using this theme. His earlier theme is a great piece too, but this one allowed him to breakout onto the road to mainstream success. I mean it was just a little over a year after he started using this, that he won his first world title. The entrance theme is a terrific rock piece. It’s energy and adrenaline ooze out both inspiration and aspiration; as well as create a surge of excitement; pumping you up with anticipation as to the show about to be seen, and it’s magnificent lead star!
(Only just realized that it was about 20 years ago, when Edge first used this theme)!
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