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Billboard News caught up with wrestlers and fans at WrestleMania 42. We asked what they thought was the best wrestling entrance theme of all time. From interviews with John Cena to talking with Liv Morgan about her new music video for “Trouble,” keep watching to see everything you missed.
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00:00If you're watching out there, don't ever be afraid to bet on yourself.
00:02You never know what can happen.
00:03I think it's the safest bet you can make.
00:05We're on the ground at WrestleMania 42 asking wrestlers and fans
00:08what they think is the best wrestling entrance theme of all time.
00:12From interviews to iShowSpeed to the Hall of Fame
00:15to finally meeting the elusive rapper-wrestler John Cena,
00:19we did it big.
00:20Now tap in.
00:21The best wrestling theme of all time is Stone Cold Steve Austin.
00:26Glass shatters.
00:27You hear it and you're ready to go.
00:30Well, yeah.
00:32I mean, if you hear the glass break, you already know.
00:35Stone Cold Steve Austin, 100%.
00:36This is probably handsy on the best.
00:42I used to just be in the kitchen, just breaking glass like that and walking out.
00:47Mom, Jacob, hold on, Mom.
00:51It's legendary.
00:52Come on, man.
00:53You, iShowSpeed.
00:56Man, talk about that dynamic
00:58and what it's going to be on Saturday going against Logan Paul.
01:03Awesome theory.
01:05I show speed.
01:06I show fist in his face, and that's what it's going to be.
01:09Let me ask you this because a lot of us have been trying to figure out, like,
01:13speeds and ringability.
01:15We've seen a little bit with Randy Orton, the whole Evolve thing.
01:18What have you been able to see so far?
01:20I see a guy that, you know, he jumps over cars.
01:24So you put him in a wrestling ring, he can do a lot of cool things, especially with the top
01:28rope.
01:28I can tell, you know, when he gets slammed, it hurts.
01:31He's like, what's up with this?
01:33Why is it so hard?
01:34But he's very talented, and he's very hardworking, and he's somebody that he wants to understand it.
01:40And I think going into WrestleMania, he does have that pressure on his shoulder, no pun intended for me.
01:46But he has that pressure of feeling like, wow, this is my first match at WrestleMania.
01:51And I'm 21.
01:53Here we go.
01:54I'm not just in a random little match.
01:57This is as big as it gets.
01:58We're taking on the Usos in L.A. Night.
02:00Also, L.A. Night's an idiot because he only knows one word.
02:03But, yeah.
02:05A lot of people look at this, and they go, why is I show speed in there?
02:08If for nothing else, you got to at least, what was the clip of him just getting pushed into the
02:13back of me from Logan Paul?
02:14Yep.
02:15What was the highest viewed social clip in the history of the company?
02:19So with that being the case, that's a pretty good spot to be in.
02:22I can't be mad at that.
02:24What I can be mad at is why is this guy involved in this, and why does he think he
02:28can do what I can do?
02:29So we're going to find out that he can't on Saturday, right?
02:32I can't wait to see that.
02:34And back to the debate.
02:36We were playing a game.
02:37Pass the mic.
02:38We're going to give you this phone, and you're going to hear an entrance theme, and I want you to
02:43react to it because people are saying this is the best entrance theme of all time.
02:47I know what he's going to do.
02:49Oh.
02:49Oh.
02:50We'll see.
02:52Go ahead, play it.
02:53Dang, that was it.
02:55Y'all ain't telling me it's going to be that loud.
02:58This, that iconic glass break that just, you know, busted my eardrum is definitely iconic.
03:04Like, okay, that one probably is definitely top three.
03:06Oh, wait, wait.
03:07Top two.
03:07So one or two?
03:09I'm going to give two.
03:11Top two.
03:11Okay.
03:11Let's break the mold.
03:12Who's one?
03:13Number one, he's newer on the scene, but he's killing it.
03:17He don't even have, you know, no lyrics, but the crowd, the crowd feeds in that lyrics, and it is,
03:23whoop that trick.
03:24I knew you, you better, you better support your man.
03:27Literally, when y'all are in the arena, literally the arena is rocking, like you feel the vibration.
03:32So, you know, I might be biased, but I think I'm telling the truth.
03:39It sounds a little familiar.
03:48Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course, man, you know, that's that, that's that special edition.
03:52You got to understand, when them horns hit at the beginning, it sounds like royalty is coming to the building,
03:58you know what I mean?
03:58Then you hear them 808 drums, then you hear that bass, and that bass make you get out your seat,
04:03because the seats be vibrating, so you don't know what to do.
04:05It scares you a little bit, so everybody stand up, and then that's just the greatest theme song of all
04:09time, you know?
04:16You came up with a triumphant victory last night against Sami Zayn with Lil Yachty by your corner.
04:21Relive that feeling.
04:22How did it feel?
04:23It's unreal, man.
04:23When we hit that one, two, three, and I look out into the abyss, the nebula of all the people,
04:2855,000 out there, and everybody's roaring.
04:31Everybody's screaming, and they're chanting, whoop that.
04:34And you just feel the energy go all the way through the rafters, all the way through the teleprompters, through
04:38the screams, all the way down the ramp where my coat was, all the way up to the ring, all
04:42the way through my knees, all the way through my body, through my dreadlocks, and...
04:47Explosion.
04:51Oh, a trick.
04:52Yeah.
04:53Yeah.
04:54That was from...
04:55It's so good.
04:57It's so good.
04:58Tricks?
04:59It's money.
05:00No, it's money.
05:00It's money.
05:01And I also think over the years, they've incorporated more lyrics to the music, whereas it's not instrumental, where the
05:10audience really gets into it.
05:12I'm like, can I redo my music from 10 years?
05:13I'd be like, I need lyrics.
05:16We didn't ask you for your pick.
05:17So who do you think?
05:19Is it trick, or who has the best entrance?
05:22I'd have to say Stone Cold with the glass breaking.
05:24I mean, not the best actual theme.
05:26I think it's one of the most recognizable ones.
05:29I wouldn't say it's the best one.
05:31It's really just like a guitar strum, no?
05:33Who would you say is the best?
05:35I think it would have to do with the whole song and everything.
05:40I think it goes up there with, obviously, I'm biased, but Sean, I think it has a really good one.
05:44You know, HBK, right?
05:45Like, come on.
05:48I think I'm cute.
05:50I know I'm sexy.
05:52And we spoke to the sexy boy himself and discussed how his moment with Sexy Red came to be.
05:58Why do you think your theme song remains so iconic decades later?
06:02Well, I think because when it was first going on, I don't think, respectfully, the dudes in this world had
06:10the security of having fun like they do now.
06:14I think now that song has become so cool because it accentuates the swag and, you know, the aura.
06:23The aura.
06:23Yeah, that everybody wants these days.
06:26Yeah.
06:26But back in our day, you were supposed to be, like, too cool for that.
06:30Right.
06:30You know what I mean?
06:31And you thought you were.
06:32You didn't realize you were being too cool, and that's what made you a dork.
06:35But, and again, your generation, which I'm pleased to say, again, understood that, embraces that, embraces the joy and the
06:45fun of that song.
06:47And I don't know.
06:48I have to say nobody has been more shocked by it than I have.
06:53I would have never imagined all these years later, when I'm 60, that all of you guys, you know, that
07:00your generation thinks it's all so fun.
07:02And it really is.
07:03That is a, that has been, honestly, again, a special little thing that has happened for me in the last
07:08several years.
07:09I, you know, praise Jimmy Hart for coming up with it and, you know, his idea and having me sing
07:14it.
07:14And, you know, I can remember at the time going like, oh, geez, I can't, you know, I can't sing.
07:18But then that song just was able to bring something out of me that I didn't know that I had.
07:24Best entrance theme of all time.
07:27HBK, I'm just a sexy boy.
07:28John Michaels.
07:29Yeah, I'm too sexy like him.
07:34You know, you gotta hit the pros.
07:36I mean, listen, the entrance theme has transcended into pop culture.
07:40You and Sexy Red doing the strut.
07:48From a hip-hop sense, you know, bringing Sexy into NXT, what did she bring that is so different and
07:53dynamic that we've seen from past celebrities?
07:55It was organic.
07:56And I guess that's what made it so special.
07:58I didn't even realize it until a month or so ago.
08:01It's resonating with such a broad audience.
08:05And she made me relevant again somehow.
08:09It kind of opens that door for you to be able to be a kid again and go back to
08:13just having fun.
08:14I love it.
08:15And by the way, the strut is still timeless.
08:18You still got it.
08:20You still got it.
08:21TKO's newest star, boxer Conor Benn, shared his music origins backstage at the stadium before the main event.
08:28We are here at Allegra Stadium with Conor Benn coming off a big, big victory.
08:32How does it feel, man?
08:34Yeah, it feels good, man.
08:34I love winning.
08:35Tell us a story about walking out to Ready or Not.
08:37Why was that such an important song for you to walk out to?
08:41Ready or not, here I come.
08:43You can't hide.
08:44It's been a decade to this month that I've been in a sport of boxing.
08:48And when I first turned professional, I walked out to an O2 arena, a full O2 arena.
08:52I think it's 19,000.
08:54And the song was Ready or Not by the Fugees.
08:58It's my tune.
08:59And because it was Ready or Not, here I come.
09:02You know, and I wasn't ready for it.
09:04I was 19.
09:05I only had a limited amateur bouts.
09:08And whether I'm ready or not, I'm coming.
09:10And then, do you know what I found out about six years later after having that ring walk?
09:15The song that was hit number one in the charts on the day I was born was Ready or Not.
09:20Was Ready or Not, I found that out six years into my career.
09:24Wow.
09:25Now, what are the chances of that?
09:27Is that goosebumps?
09:28Yeah.
09:28I feel it.
09:29Fun fact.
09:31The score, Fugees, 30 years this year.
09:34Ready or Not, 30 years this year.
09:36We got to get Lauryn Hill.
09:38Why Clef?
09:39Walk you out.
09:40I mean, listen.
09:42That'd be phenomenal.
09:43It'd be some ring walk.
09:44We're going to manifest that.
09:45But I'm curious, who would you say in all of boxing has the greatest walkout that you've seen?
09:52I'm going to have to go on my own.
09:54Oh, why?
09:55Well, the one specific ring walk would have to be for the first Eubank fight, second Eubank fight.
10:02It was a twist with Ready or Not with the Fugees and then Phil Collins.
10:07In the air.
10:08Yeah.
10:09Because I just stood there and it was like, I feel it coming in.
10:13I feel it in the air tonight.
10:24It's my moment.
10:25And I don't think I'll ever reach a higher height than that in my career.
10:28That ring walk for me was something that would go down in just one of the greatest nights of my
10:33life.
10:34Best wrestling theme.
10:35It's the official billboard phone.
10:36It is.
10:36I know.
10:37It has a little.
10:37It got the little B.
10:38Got the little B.
10:39So we heard this is the best wrestling theme song of all time.
10:42We want to see whether you agree or disagree and why.
10:45We're going to play it right now.
10:46Let's play it.
10:51It is iconic.
10:53It is one of the greatest of all time.
10:56Not the greatest of all time.
10:58Who is the greatest according to L.A. Night?
11:00Without a hesitation.
11:01One of the contenders of the N.W.O. theme song.
11:05Okay.
11:06What do you think?
11:08I think this is not a contender to be the greatest of all time.
11:15I feel like there's better songs.
11:17First one.
11:17What would you say for Javon Evans is that GOAT pick?
11:20Voices by Randy Orton.
11:26They talk to me.
11:30Oh.
11:30They're talking to me right now.
11:31That is a great song.
11:32Okay.
11:33But the one that has always got me going, like growing up as a kid, wrestling on the trampoline,
11:38just losing my mind out there, beating the crap out of my sister's huge stuffed animal
11:42dog, and even working out in the gym over the years, and even until now, The Game, Triple
11:47H's song.
11:48It's different.
11:49Dude, I just, like, feel like I'm going to run through a brick wall.
11:52Time to play the game.
11:58Okay.
11:58So here's the thing.
12:00I may have done an interview yesterday saying that his wife has the greatest entrance theme
12:05song of all time.
12:06Well, you kept it in the family.
12:08I kept it in the family.
12:09This, for me, though, close second.
12:11And I feel like if anyone has to beat it, it's the wifey.
12:13So we're going.
12:14Stephanie McMahon's entrance music is so good.
12:16It's so good.
12:24Okay, this one, want me to say who it is?
12:26This is Stephanie McMahon.
12:27There we go.
12:28I love my Steph McMahon.
12:29Do you think she has the greatest entrance theme of all time?
12:33Steph is iconic.
12:34And I know I'm stealing that word from Liv Morgan, but listen, Stephanie McMahon is hands
12:39down the best heel for a woman in WWE history.
12:43Like, there was no woman, in my opinion, that was a better heel than her.
12:45She loved being bitchy.
12:48Oh, yeah.
12:48And she played it great.
12:50Hall of Fame.
12:52No pun intended.
12:53Hall of Fame.
12:53She's the best heel.
12:55And in real life, she's an amazing person.
12:57But she liked being a bad guy.
12:58Absolutely.
12:59Remember John Cena's final year where we chased him down to give him a plaque honoring his
13:03Billboard chart success?
13:05In 20 years of You Can't See Me?
13:07Can't see me.
13:08It's my time now.
13:09Well, we couldn't see him until now.
13:12Game changer.
13:13You can't see me.
13:14We made this for you.
13:14We wanted to present it to you.
13:16I appreciate that.
13:16What goes through your mind making this album?
13:19So, what I enjoy about this is I hope anyone who's seeing this understands the value of betting
13:27on oneself.
13:29I made and produced this album myself.
13:32WWE was kind enough to hook up with Sony and impress it and bring it out to the masses.
13:37I didn't know how to go after tracks or what life was like in the studio or how do I
13:46construct an album.
13:46I kind of, this is kind of like a startup episode and this is betting on myself on a character
13:52that I thought resonated with WWE.
13:53And to be recognized for the work 21 years later, hopefully, if you're watching out there, don't ever be afraid
14:00to bet on yourself.
14:01You never know what can happen.
14:02I think it's the safest bet you can make.
14:03I love that.
14:0421 years later, I'm so curious.
14:06Why do you think you can't see me?
14:07The track itself, your entrance theme resonates so deeply with fans.
14:11I think it's why the, I hate to talk in the third person, so I'll just try to use my
14:17words correctly.
14:17I think it's the work that I've done as well.
14:20It's perseverance.
14:21I've never had another song.
14:24This, this is it.
14:26So, the song never gave up.
14:28You know, the character never gave up, regardless of popular opinion out there.
14:33I think it, it aligns with the core values of the character.
14:36And then lastly, plus it's a pretty dope fight track.
14:40I mean, it kind of is.
14:41It kind of is.
14:42Super iconic.
14:43Like, now more than ever, I always ask Russell about this.
14:46The connection between hip-hop and wrestling is so high at this point.
14:50Why do you think the connection is so strong 20 years later since when you first came out?
14:56A lot of hip-hop is based on trash talk.
14:58A lot of, especially like freestyle battles, is based on bravado and trash talk.
15:02And even, even non-battle rap.
15:04You're still, it's a conduit to talk about the latest trends, pop culture, what's going on, what your life is
15:11like.
15:12You know, I was able, I was able to tell O'Shea, like his dad's music reached a 12-year-old
15:19kid
15:19in West Newberry, Mass.
15:20And it wasn't about, it was more about rebellion.
15:23I was a rebellious 12-year-old.
15:25I needed a voice.
15:26NWA gave me that voice.
15:27NWA gave me the voice in West Newberry of like, the rebellious nature of the music is something I connected
15:34with.
15:35So, I think, I think the connection is like, it's also so inclusive.
15:40WWE is so inclusive.
15:42And, man, we want everybody to come and enjoy the show and get rowdy.
15:46You know, hip-hop is also rowdy.
15:49You know what I'm saying?
15:49I take it back to groups like Onyx and Rough Riders and DMX.
15:54Like, hip-hop has a rowdy side to it.
15:56And I think, man, I think there's a lot of parallels.
16:00John, I got one last question because I had Truth in the office playing his music.
16:05There's an unreleased track.
16:08Anyway, you could maybe slip it to me.
16:10Can I just bump it in my?
16:11And that's so, I've got a few unreleased tracks out there that just got to remain as moments
16:18between myself and the collaborating artists.
16:20You know, and I like that because I was able to show up to Truth's house.
16:25He went into his studio in his house to drop a few tracks.
16:29And I remember that time as being wonderful.
16:31And so does he.
16:32And I think that's the yield on that effort.
16:36John, thank you so much.
16:37We appreciate everything you've done for music, for entertainment, for wrestling, the culture,
16:41everything.
16:42You deserve that.
16:42Man, this is like the most unlikely ever award.
16:45So, really, really appreciate it.
16:47Dreams you come true, man.
16:49Thank you, man.
16:49I appreciate it.
16:50And we can't stop seeing him.
16:56It's a solid option.
16:58The best wrestling music is actually, it's called Trouble by Liv Morgan.
17:11And you had said, like, only you on it.
17:14You don't need a remix.
17:15Nope, I don't need a remix.
17:16I don't need a feature.
17:17I would have Dominic on it, you know, if he was interested.
17:20But I didn't ask him.
17:22I should ask him, maybe.
17:23What's your favorite lyric?
17:25That Trouble part.
17:29A few weeks back, we took a trip with Liv Morgan and Dominic Mysterio to Liv's hometown diner
17:34in Elmwood, New Jersey, in Elmwood, New Jersey, before their matches at Mania.
17:38Can I have the chicken fingers, please?
17:41And can I have it with the honey mustard and the barbecue?
17:44And I also have a hot sauce.
17:48And then can I also do the chicken fingers?
17:51But can I just do ranch?
17:52Ranch.
17:54You know what?
17:54Let me do the chicken kebab.
17:55Hey.
17:56Way to switch it up.
17:57Yeah, chicken kebab.
17:58Yeah.
17:59They have everything.
18:00The menu's really big, Dominic.
18:02They have everything.
18:05Yeah, we're going to look at the menu.
18:09So Liv, tell us about this spot.
18:10What makes it so special for you?
18:12What makes it special?
18:13I don't know.
18:15Gotta have some nostalgia.
18:16It was just the hometown spot.
18:19This was the after school spot.
18:21You know, it was just Elmwood Park diner.
18:24We're in Elmwood Park, New Jersey.
18:25Core memories.
18:26I mean, you said you'd go over there and get your little pastries, your little dessert.
18:30Yeah, I'd walk over to the little dessert counter, get my little...
18:33Just give me like Marty McFly.
18:34Yeah.
18:36Yeah, I'd get my little piece of pie or my little sprinkle cookie.
18:40A la mode.
18:41A little Miss Sunshine, you know?
18:45Okay.
18:45Yeah.
18:45It just was the spot.
18:47You know, I think like my sister worked here at some point.
18:49I think my brother worked here at some point.
18:51What were you didn't get?
18:53I probably would have worked here at some point.
18:55That's a little family vibe.
18:56But I got snatched up.
18:57I'd have to be quick.
18:58So, you know, I didn't get the chance.
18:59But I probably would have worked here at some point.
19:03Tell me about the music video and how that came to be.
19:05Were you involved with the direction?
19:07Yeah, I was very heavily involved.
19:09Luckily.
19:10And I'm grateful that WWE let me be so hands-on with it.
19:14So pretty much we just decided I was going to get new entrance music.
19:17And that's really where this all started.
19:19And then I got asked like, hey, would you be open to singing it?
19:22And I was like, wow, that's like a really cool opportunity.
19:24I'm not a singer.
19:24Like sometimes I sing in the shower in the car and sometimes I hit a note and I'm like, damn,
19:28I ate that.
19:29You know?
19:29But that's really like the extent of like my singing capabilities.
19:33But I was just like, let me just try it.
19:36Let me just try it.
19:37So we recorded the song and then they were like, we really like the track.
19:41Do you think you can shoot a music video?
19:42And I was like, wow.
19:45I've never taken a dance class before ever.
19:47But like, yeah, let's do it.
19:48And so we pretty much went off of like we wanted to be very feisty and like sexy and cool
19:57and give like nostalgia.
19:58So we based it off of like making bad decisions as Liv Morgan, you know, may or may not make
20:04a ton of those.
20:05So we got tattoos.
20:06We were at bars.
20:07We were having shots and doing an underground fight club.
20:13So lots of hands on, which was awesome.
20:15And I think like we were trying to give like Britney, Christina Aguilera, Pussycat Dolls,
20:20just like those early 2000s nostalgia, everything that I loved about like the pop girlies.
20:25But it was an awesome experience.
20:26And I'm super proud of the work that we did for not having any of that experience.
20:31More music ever?
20:35I'm probably going to one and done it, honestly, but maybe I'm like open to it.
20:38I'm not going to say no.
20:39But in my mind right now, like I will let Trouble be my centerpiece in the music world.
20:47Dear everyone, at WrestleMania, I am going to become the greatest motherfucking women's world champion of all time.
20:58So watch me and enjoy.
21:00You're welcome.
21:01You're not going to become you already are, but you're just going to, you know, remove the doubts.
21:08Thank you, Dominic.
21:09And that's a wrap.
21:10Who do you think wins best entrance theme?
21:12Let us know.
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