The best part of wrestling that has nothing to do with wrestling. This one's for all of you who only know wrestlers by their entrance themes. This is the 15 greatest (current) wrestler entrance themes.
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0:00 Intro
1:07 #15
1:57 #14
2:35 #13
3:11 #12
3:50 #11
4:25 #10
5:00 #9
5:35 #8
6:08 #7
6:47 #6
7:16 #5
7:58 #4
8:41 #3
9:20 #2
9:57 #1
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00:00Ah, one of the very best parts of being a wrestling fan that, like all the other best
00:04parts of being a wrestling fan, doesn't involve any wrestling.
00:07The history books are full of absolutely BANGING wrestler entrance themes.
00:11Undertaker, Kane, Austin, Rock, The Brood, and we've even just lost some really good
00:15ones in the past few months.
00:17Aleister Black's WWE theme, Johnny Gargano's Rebel Heart.
00:20They just changed Sami Zayn's theme into a crushingly generic create your own wrestler
00:24rock nothing, but don't let that trick you into thinking that the golden age of entrance
00:27music is long gone, with AEW, New Japan, and even in WWE, some all timers are still knocking
00:33around and after a run a fairly negative list, let's celebrate some positives about the current
00:37wrestling product.
00:38Obviously we can't play any of the actual themes in this video as that is a one way trip
00:41to demonetization town population us, but we've attached links to all the ones we've
00:45mentioned in the description so you can listen along and like Mojo Rawley, god rest him, get
00:50seriously hyped.
00:51I'm Adam Haling from PartsFundNone and these are our 15 best current wrestler themes.
00:56And while you're here, why don't you sing the greatest song of all, the subscribe song.
01:01You all know the words, like and subscribe, aww yeah, isn't that catchy.
01:07Number 15, Bianca Belair, Tune.
01:09All the NXT graduates have the best themes courtesy of CFO money, CFO dollar sign, CFO cash, a pair
01:18of composers John Paul Alicastro and Michael Conrad Lowry, a pair that tragically no longer
01:23work with WWE after a legal dispute between them WWE and Arcade Songs their publisher.
01:28A crying shame because under CFOs, WWE were churning out iconic hits with a regularity
01:37not seen since Jim Johnston's heyday.
01:39Including a lot of honourable mentions on this list, Asuka, Becky Lynch but Bianca Belair
01:43tops them all in terms of sheer hype and swagger.
01:47Belair has been an obvious megastar ever since she first arrived in the big dub due to her poise,
01:51signature look and of course an entrance theme that never stops, never stopping.
01:55I'm on my own against the world.
01:57Number 14, Kazuchika Okada.
01:59A big part of a really good entrance theme is a signature sting, a sound right at the
02:03beginning of the theme to pop everyone huge before the music even kicks in.
02:07The rocks if you smell, Austin's glass shatter, edges you think you know me and then there's
02:12this.
02:13Kazuchika Okada's coin, a little metallic flick that lets everyone know the rainmaker,
02:17the ace of New Japan is in the building.
02:20What follows is a terrific entrance theme, godlike and grand, fast, befitting the man
02:25who makes the point of having the best entrances in the industry every single year.
02:29It has the thumping beat and flamboyant guitar of a classic video game fighter, which makes
02:33sense because look, here he is in Yakuza 6.
02:35Number 13, Sasha Banks.
02:37Sasha Banks had two themes in her WWE career and both of them rule.
02:41Her first, Sky's the Limit, had one of the best melodies in the business for a time,
02:45instantly catchy, joyous enough to be babyface, arrogant enough to be heel perfect for the
02:49boss.
02:50And then circa 2019, WWE asked, sure what if we had this theme but bred it with Samoa
02:54Joes and created something that sounds like something a mafia elephant would have accompanying
02:58it to the ring.
02:59The sheer amount of evil bass and brass is almost comical but Banks styles it out to create something
03:04with even more swagger and intent than before.
03:06Also Sasha got her little cousin a gig working on it, which is very nice of her, family needs
03:10to look after each other.
03:11Number 12, Orange Cassidy.
03:12There's a couple of benefits to AEW being run by a madly enthusiastic son of a billionaire.
03:17First, it means they can bankroll some of the best wrestlers in the world and provide
03:20actual alternative career opportunities to WWE.
03:23And second, it means they can throw money at licensed music by actual bands.
03:27AEW's roster has some true bangers on it.
03:30Jungle Boy's Tarzan Boy's a crowd worked delight.
03:32Darby Allens' Eiffel is as effortlessly cool as the man himself, but special mention has
03:37to be made of Orange Cassidy's, mostly because I'm a big Pixies fan.
03:40Tony getting out the checkbook to give OC Where Is My Mind is a wonderful move.
03:45It's a beautiful song, perfect for his character, serene but full of subtle aggression.
03:48Just brilliant, brilliant.
03:50Number 11, Walter.
03:51Love a bit of classical music in my wrestling.
03:53Damien Sandow's Hallelujah Chorus by Handel.
03:56Randy Savage's Pomp and Circumstance.
03:58Bryan Danielson's Ride of the Valkyries, although I don't actually like his new AEW remix.
04:02Sorry, don't at me.
04:03The flares with their various versions of also Sprach Zarathustra and then there's this,
04:07the theme for all of Imperium, but especially their Uber Ring General, Walter.
04:11Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 from The New World and that new world is governed by a final boss
04:16and the final boss will chop your f***ing tits off.
04:18The song reeks of intelligent cruelty and unstoppable violence,
04:21which are the two top qualifications on Walter's LinkedIn profile.
04:25Number 10, Rhea Ripley.
04:26I'm not sure if this will be a controversial inclusion,
04:28because who the hell knows what the internet thinks about anything anymore,
04:31but purely for my own taste, this song rules and genuinely is in contention for the best
04:36women's theme ever.
04:38Maybe alongside Lita's classic theme and Ayo Shirai's occasional theme, Scary Mask,
04:42which why isn't that her theme song all the time, please?
04:45The vocals on Rhea Ripley's theme are by Ash Costello and talk about killing it,
04:48and also her own vocal chords.
04:50Great Sting with This Is My Brutality and the rest of the track absolutely thunders along.
04:55Shame the Mania 37 performance didn't quite capture the song's fury.
04:59Number 9, Minoru Suzuki.
05:01Why does such a big horrible punch bastard have such a romantic power ballad for a theme,
05:05and why does it work so well?
05:07It's a beautiful bit of 80s cheese rock,
05:09which really undersells the fact that Minoru Suzuki is on his way to the ring
05:12to first kick a young lion in the goddamn head,
05:15and then elbow you until you become Dean Ambrose again.
05:17The only person in New Japan to have a better theme was Jushin Thunder Liger,
05:20and sadly that's now retired, leaving this as King of the Mountain.
05:24Frankly, if you don't bellow,
05:25kaze ni narei, then are you even breathing?
05:28Well, probably, you just don't know that much about Japanese wrestling,
05:31and that's absolutely fine.
05:32But if that is the case, listen to this song, because it's great.
05:35Number 8, Adam Cole.
05:36Who am I to argue with iTunes music charts?
05:39I guess, nobody, that's who.
05:40As soon as Adam Cole Baby debuted in AEW, his new theme,
05:44You Know It's All About The Boom, rocketed to the top of the metal charts,
05:47for a pretty simple reason.
05:49It's f***ing excellent.
05:50In some ways, a tuning up of familiar, undisputed era riffs.
05:53In other parts, it's own new, braggadocious beast.
05:56It's light years ahead of what NXT had him coming out to in his final month,
05:59and it's nice to see him have a song that's as enthusiastic about his own name as Adam Cole Baby is.
06:04Really great sting, stupidly catchy, it's a home run straight out of the gate.
06:07Number 7, Finn Balor.
06:09And speaking of amazing theme songs for amazing former NXT champions,
06:13quick sidebar before we talk about Catch Your Breath,
06:15isn't it f***ing mad that Bobby Roode doesn't have Glorious anymore?
06:18I actually checked recent Smackdowns, and even in singles matches,
06:21he's been coming out to the Dirty Dogs new theme, and that's s***.
06:24Otherwise, obviously it'd be on the list.
06:26Poor CFOs, oh, oh, oh, oh, money, ohs.
06:30Having all of their songs slowly stripped away from the product.
06:32F***ing hands off Finn Balor's though, it's as glorious as Bobby used to be.
06:36Brooding, grandly orchestral, imposing like an actual boss fight,
06:39and with the perfect hooks for legit one of the best call and response bits of crowd work ever.
06:43It would be the best theme music to ever come out of NXT, if not for...
06:46Number 6, Shinsuke Nakamura.
06:48God, Nakamura's really been through the ringer in WWE, hasn't he?
06:51I actually had to remind myself he was Intercontinental Champion.
06:53That's how bizarrely background his character has become,
06:56but at least his theme music's better than ever.
06:57A million Pat McAfee's can't be wrong.
07:00From the moment he stepped foot into TakeOver Dallas, the song was over like Rover,
07:03and even though they tried to dampen the crowd's love for it with a vocal version
07:06during his heel run, the crowd would not be dampened.
07:08If anything, the presence of Jack Black and Waluigi's love child Rick Boogs has made the theme
07:13even more epic You Keep Vibing Pat.
07:15Number 5, Kenny Omega.
07:17The words Final Boss are thrown around a lot when it comes to wrestler's entrance themes,
07:21and it makes sense.
07:21There's a rich vein of themes that exist purely to sell threat, impending doom,
07:26and world shattering menace.
07:27You know, Brock Lesnar, etc.
07:29Kenny Omega used to have one of those themes.
07:31Devil's Sky, his New Japan theme.
07:33Everyone knows that Kenny Omega is one of wrestling's biggest nerds,
07:36and has got a thing for old Cephas from Final Fantasy 7,
07:39and that was the perfect mix of choral orchestral threat.
07:41Then he made everyone very cross by ditching it for Battle Cry, his AEW theme,
07:45but bloody hell, it really grows on you to the point where I will die on the hill
07:49that it's better than his New Japan theme.
07:51It sounds like a metal version of a Mega Man boss theme, and it's wonderful.
07:55However, if you are missing a bit of Sephiroth in your wrestling, look no further than...
07:58Number 4, Roman Reigns.
08:00The Tribal Chief has out one-winged Angel, Kenny Omega, and that must really sting,
08:05but who cares, Roman Reigns' new music is astonishingly good.
08:09Probably the best bit of new music WWE has put out in a decade, or maybe more.
08:14Roman is going to be pushed as the greatest of all time, and if you're going to do that,
08:17this is the kind of music you give someone.
08:19The final bossest of final boss tracks.
08:22It's even got a harpsichord bit in it.
08:24No, for real, after the John Williams Jewel of the Fates meets Hans Zimmer intro,
08:28after the piano tinkling straight out of a classic horror movie, there's a harpsichord section!
08:32Outrageous!
08:33There's strings, explosions, it's so silly, so grandiose, and I love it to death.
08:37As long as he keeps this theme, long may Roman keep winning.
08:40Number 3, Chris Jericho.
08:42It's a song so good, it's single-handedly keeping Chris Jericho over.
08:45Okay sure, Y2J's a legend, no hot takes here.
08:48But as good as he is, his theme tune is a million times better.
08:51Especially now that he's a babyface and fans don't feel like they're betraying heel-face
08:54alignments by bellowing it with all their heart.
08:56Hearing the AEW fans sing The Excellent Judas by Chris Jericho's OK Band Fozzy,
09:01it feels special.
09:02It has that same tribal joy of AEW fans getting to enjoy something just for them.
09:06This late in his career, after Break the Walls Down, Roar is Jericho, The List,
09:10Stupid Idiot, just when you thought Jericho couldn't add anything more beloved and refreshing
09:14to his act, he drops the second greatest theme in AEW history to give his relevance and presence
09:19on the show a boost.
09:20Number 2, CM Punk.
09:22Doesn't quite feel right calling this the best AEW theme currently going after its years
09:27as Punk's WWE theme, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter.
09:30Cult of Personality by Living Colour rules.
09:32And if anything, Punk's reignited love of pro wrestling has transferred onto the theme
09:37itself, making it a true anthem of wrestling triumph.
09:40Beyond that, it's simply a very, very good song indeed.
09:43Rousing, catchy, perfectly suited to the incendiary nature that CM Punk cough used to have,
09:48cough, but above all else, it made Oli Davis cry.
09:51And such things are to be celebrated.
09:53Welcome back CM Punk.
09:55Welcome back Cult of Personality.
09:57And Number 1, Edge.
09:58Of course it f***ing is.
10:00It's a f***ing banger.
10:01Metal Ingers by Alter Bridge, and especially WWE's edit with the You Think You Know Me
10:05sting followed by the Storm of Drums.
10:07Oh man, it was and remains the greatest entrance theme of all time.
10:10On this day, I see clearly, and to hear it again during the 2020 Royal Rumble, man,
10:15moments don't come much more special than that.
10:18I imagine a lot of people will be very angry about some of the stuff missed off this list,
10:21but if you disagree about Number 1, I will personally put you in the bin.
10:25And that's our list.
10:26What's your favourite current wrestler theme going right now?
10:29Let us know in the comments.
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