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Post by Burst on May 22, 2012 21:17:02 GMT -5
So I was watching the Indians-Tigers game and did a double-take when the Indians' DH Travis Hafner came out to Brock Lesnar's theme.
Judging from his other choices for intro music, most notably "The Game", I think it might be juuuuust a bit safe to say that he's a wrestling fan.
Anybody know any other athletes that are intro'd to wrestling themes? I know someone in NASCAR was also using "The Game" for their driver introductions music, and I get the feeling that song gets around a bit, really.
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Post by rydndirty on May 22, 2012 21:22:02 GMT -5
I think it's awesome that the Spurs use the Undertaker's first theme when they announce the Visiting starting lineup.
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Post by MiLB Fan on May 22, 2012 21:24:49 GMT -5
When Jason Kendall played for the Pirates, he used "Oh You Didn't Know" as his entrance music. And the team used Kurt Angle's "Medal" theme when they introduced the starting lineups.
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Post by turkeysandwich on May 22, 2012 21:31:06 GMT -5
I swear I was just about to make this same thread, but not because of Hafner but because Matt Holliday came to the plate to the Big Show's theme. He doesn't usually use it, normally I think he uses that Chicken Fried song. Somebody used to use the DX theme a few years ago on the Cardinals, but I can't remember who it was. One of the Memphis Redbirds 2 or 3 years ago was using Orton's theme.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2012 21:50:16 GMT -5
Some dude for the lancaster barnstormers uses the nWo Wolfpac theme as his walkup music. I freaked out when I heard it
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Post by jacobsinc224 on May 22, 2012 21:53:01 GMT -5
Jason Giambi used to use NWO Wolfpack Theme and i think he still does
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Post by Urethra Franklin on May 22, 2012 21:55:32 GMT -5
Not necessarily "wrestling music" per se, but Eric Thames has been using "This Fire Burns" (CM Punk's old theme) as his walk-up music this season.
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Post by danboone2006 on May 22, 2012 22:22:42 GMT -5
Judging from his other choices for intro music, most notably "The Game", I think it might be juuuuust a bit safe to say that he's a wrestling fan. He's a HUGE wrestling fan, he used to come to bat to Cena's music back when it was new. His wardrobe consists of just about every HHH shirt that's ever been made, plus other random black WWE shirts. His favorite is HHH. Hafner is good friends with Jerry Lawler. (probably because Lawler is a huge Indians fan) I heard Hafner's wife interviewed on the radio the other day and she said Lawler comes over to the house and they practice chops on eachother's chests. The indians actually gave away this bobblehead a few years ago. www.ebay.com/itm/Cleveland-Indians-MLB-Bobblehead-WWE-Travis-Hafner-Pronk-/270980474302?pt=Vintage_Sports_Memorabilia&hash=item3f17b1e5be
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Post by Some Guy on May 22, 2012 22:29:23 GMT -5
Somebody else was watching the Indians/Tigers . Mo Rivera uses "Enter The Sandman", does that count? I'm having trouble placing anyone else though.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on May 22, 2012 22:32:48 GMT -5
Somebody else was watching the Indians/Tigers . Mo Rivera uses "Enter The Sandman", does that count? I'm having trouble placing anyone else though. Personally I wouldn't count very well known songs that just happen to have been used in wrestling. I don't remember who, but wasn't there a baseball player recently who used to use Stone Cold Steve Austin's theme?
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Post by Urethra Franklin on May 22, 2012 22:36:21 GMT -5
Somebody else was watching the Indians/Tigers . Mo Rivera uses "Enter The Sandman", does that count? I'm having trouble placing anyone else though. Personally I wouldn't count very well known songs that just happen to have been used in wrestling. I don't remember who, but wasn't there a baseball player recently who used to use Stone Cold Steve Austin's theme? Matt Stairs did.
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Post by Toxik916 on May 22, 2012 22:36:30 GMT -5
Jason Giambi used to use NWO Wolfpack Theme and i think he still does He still does! Also here's a pic of Brian Wilson rocking a Miz shirt! God I love that he plays for my San Francisco Giants!
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Post by paywindah on May 22, 2012 22:39:00 GMT -5
Manny Parra used MVP's theme when he was a starting pitcher for Milwaukee, and I believe the Brewers still use the current Raw theme when they take the field to start the game.
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Post by Cyno on May 22, 2012 22:46:00 GMT -5
The Game is played at a ton of venues. The Devils play it before games start.
Brad Lidge also used it for his entrance music.
Also know for a fact that Johnny Damon, CC Sabathia, Nick Swisher, and AJ Pierzynski are big wrestling fans. CC's good friends with Jerry Lawler and I think either he or Swish gave players of the game a replica WWE Spinner Belt to have for the day. There's an amusing picture of Phil Hughes being interviewed wearing it over his shoulder.
Swisher was also very jealous of the Yankee Stadium guys photoshopping Brett Gardner's face over Bret Hart's body for the rare occasions when he hits a home run.
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Post by Bo Rida on May 23, 2012 7:04:58 GMT -5
I've mentioned it before but Reading FC had a brief period where a different player picked the entrance music each week, one of them picked "The Game".
I'm guessing it was Marcus Hahnemann as not only have I heard him make wrestling references but his kids are called Hunter and Austin (it can’t be a coincidence can it?).
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on May 23, 2012 7:11:22 GMT -5
There's a darts player who uses CM Punk's old theme and does the Punk "It's clobbering time!" thing in his entrance.
Also, not an athlete exactly but I remember Sky Sports using the Hardy Boyz old theme before in a few preview adverts for upcoming football matches.
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Post by Turd Ferguson on May 23, 2012 7:19:09 GMT -5
There's a darts player who uses CM Punk's old theme and does the Punk "It's clobbering time!" thing in his entrance. Also, not an athlete exactly but I remember Sky Sports using the Hardy Boyz old theme before in a few preview adverts for upcoming football matches. The Hardy Boyz theme is just production music. Most of the most well known wrestling themes from the late 90s, early 00s were production. Which is why Marc Mero and Fit Finlay were able to use the same exact theme within 5 minutes of each other despite being on WWF and WCW respectively (I switched from Raw because Mero had just come out, and Finlay came out a few minutes later with the same exact music lol) Also, I remember losing my shit when Giambi came out to the Wolfpac theme.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on May 23, 2012 7:19:10 GMT -5
Newcastle United used to (Not sure if they still do) use Angle's old Medal theme.
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Post by Steveweiser on May 23, 2012 7:20:58 GMT -5
Mervyn King in darts was using Triple H's "Bow Down To The King" song, think he still does.
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Post by Mr Captain Falcon on May 23, 2012 9:08:14 GMT -5
There's a darts player who uses CM Punk's old theme and does the Punk "It's clobbering time!" thing in his entrance. Also, not an athlete exactly but I remember Sky Sports using the Hardy Boyz old theme before in a few preview adverts for upcoming football matches. The Hardy Boyz theme is just production music. Most of the most well known wrestling themes from the late 90s, early 00s were production. Which is why Marc Mero and Fit Finlay were able to use the same exact theme within 5 minutes of each other despite being on WWF and WCW respectively (I switched from Raw because Mero had just come out, and Finlay came out a few minutes later with the same exact music lol) Also, I remember losing my s*** when Giambi came out to the Wolfpac theme. While the themes for Marvelous Marc Mero and Fit Finlay sounded alike they were different. Take a listen on youtube. Finlay's theme is much better and has an awesome guitar intro.
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