Real songs that Wrestling songs were based on?

[A Platypus Rave]

Chris Daniels - Disposable Teens
James Storm (Sorry aobut your damn luck)- Electric Rodeo

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Here's the aforementioned Wiki list of TNA derivatives, plus a few I added to it. Stuck it under the spoiler tag because it's huge.

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Abyss: "American Made" by the Wrestling Boot Band, later "Sound of Madness" by Shinedown
Against All Odds '08: "Rosetta Stoned" by Tool
AJ Styles: "Headstrong" by Trapt
Alissa Flash: "I Get Off" by Halestorm (also used for Dixie's, as noted earlier)
Alex Shelley: "The Fly" by U2
Amazing Red: "It's Going Down" by The X-Ecutioners
AMW: "Primal Scream" by Mötley Crüe
Andrew Test Martin: "Toxicity" by System of a Down
The Beautiful People: Already listed earlier, though it's also a take off of "Face the Pain" by STEMM
Angelina Love, 2010: "Papercut" by Linkin Park (also used by Matt Bentley in 2006)
Awesome Kong: Beethoven's 5th
Apolo, Sarita, prob'ly quite a few others: "Smooth" by Santana
Balls Mahoney: Already listed earlier
The Band: "Wolfpac" by Jimmy Hart
Black Reign: "Feed the Gods" by White Zombie
BFG '06: "Alive" by P.O.D.
BFG '07: "Welcome To Atlanta" by Jermaine Dupri
Booker T: "Rap Sheet" by Rene De Wael and Didier Leglise
Chris Candido: "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen (another theme that's been recycled for more than one person)
Chris Harris: "More Human than Human" by White Zombie
Chris Sabin: "Offbeat Bare Ass" by 311
Christian: Already listed earlier, though the second version is also a take off of "Ice Queen" by Within Temptation
Christopher Daniels: Already listed earlier, plus the actual song was his ROH theme
Christy Hemme: "What I Like About You" by The Romantics (before she started doing her own themes)
Consequences Creed: "Living in America" by James Brown (recycled as well)
Curry Man: Guerrilla Radio" by RATM
Curt Hennig: "We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions" by Queen (recycled)
Daffney: "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson
Diamonds in the Rough: "Simon Says" by Drain STH (pretty sure Simon Diamond used the actual song in ECW)
D'Lo Brown: "What's My Name" by DMX
Daizee Haze: "Should've Said No" by Taylor Swift
David Flair: "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
DDP: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana
Dusty Rhodes: "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen
Elix Skipper: "Ya'll Must've Forgot" by Roy Jones Jr.
Erik Watts: "We Will Rock You" by Queen
Fight for the Right Tournament: "(You've Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)" by the Beastie Boys
Flying Elvises: Already listed earlier
Fortune: "Youth of the Nation" by P.O.D.
Frank Trigg: "Numb" by Linkin Park
Gail Kim: "Pain Redefined" by Disturbed (her first TNA theme)
GenMe: "Motivation" by Sum41/"Anthem" by Zebrahead
Hamada: "Throw it all Away" by Everett Bradley
The Harris Brothers: "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath
James Storm: Already listed earlier
Jay Lethal: "Push It" by Static-X, later "Pomp and Circumstance"
Jenna Morasca: "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor"
Jerry Lynn: "Scapegoat" by Fear Factory
Junior Fatu: "U Look Fly Today" by Extreme Music (later remixed for Sean Morley)
Marc Mero: "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry
Johnny Devine: "So Hott" by Kid Rock (also used an instrumental of Nine Inch Nails' "The Hand That Feeds" for Hard Justice '06)
Judas Mesias: "Requiem for a Tower" by Clint Mansell
Justin Credible: "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" by Prong (recycled)
Karen Angle/Jarrett: "Anything" by JoJo
Frankie Kazarian: "Coming Undone" by Korn
Ken Shamrock: "Working Man" by Rush
Kevin Nash: "Still D.R.E." by Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg, later "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin (he used two different themes that were derived from this, one of which was recycled)
Kid Kash: "Walk" by Pantera
Kip James: "AssMan" by Jim Johnston
Kurt Angle: "Lunatic Fringe" by Red Rider (both themes he's used derived from this)
Lance Hoyt: "Touched" by VAST, later "Come On, Come In" by Velvet Revolver (both apparently recycled themes)
LAX: "Gangsta Gangsta" by N.W.A
Lazz (I have no idea who this was): "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears
Main Event Mafia: The Godfather theme
Maddie Rayne, first theme: "Curse of Curves" by Cute is What We Aim For (I'm pretty sure her current is derived from an Avril Lavigne song)
Mascarita Sagrada: "Low Rider" by War
Matt Bentley: "Caboose" by Sugar Ray in addition to the one noted above
Matt Morgan: "Click Click Boom" by Saliva, and "Sleeping Giant" by 10 Fold
Mick Foley: "Wrecy" by Jim Johnston
Mikey Batts: "Stinkfist" by Tool
Monty Brown: "Down With The Sickness" by Disturbed
Motor City Machine Guns: "1977" by Bang Bang
Mr. Anderson: "Pour Some Sugar On Me" by Def Leppard
Nigel McGuinness: "God Save the Queen"
The Naturals: "Bad Religion" by Godsmack
ODB: "Ready Fuels" by Anberlin, and "Polyamorous" by Breaking Benjamin (latter a remixed version of Velvet Sky's original theme)
Orlando Jordan: "Do What I Want To" by Jim Johnston
Phi Delta Slam: "Basket Case" by Green Day (recycled)
Psicosis: "Dragula" by Rob Zombie (recycled)
Rhino: "Sick of Life" by Godsmack
Ric Flair: "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
Rob Terry: "Indestructible" by Disturbed
Robert Roode: "No More Tears" by Ozzy Osbourne
Roxxi Laveaux: "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain, later "Contagious" by Avril Lavigne
Sabu: "Huka Blues" by Harry Slash & The Slashtones (ECW theme)
The Sandman: What else but "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
Scott Hall: Already listed earlier
Sean Morley: In addition to "U Look Fly Today", "Hello Ladies" by Jim Johnston
Shane Douglas: Already listed earlier
Shark Boy: Theme from Jaws, later "Hell Frozen Over" by Jim Johnston
Slammiversary '08: Dueling Banjos
SoCal Val: "Question" by System Of A Down
Sojo Bolt: "Bled for Days" by Static-X (recycled)
Shocker: "Whatever" by Godsmack
Sting: "Seek & Destroy" by Metallica
Team 3D: "Bombshell" by Powerman 5000
Tara: "All the Things she Said" by t.A.T.u./"Bled for Days" by Static-X
Taylor Wilde: "Popular" by The Veronicas (used Sarita's theme when they were teaming)
Team Canada: O Canada
Team USA: The Star-Spangled Banner, also used "Born in the U.S.A."
The TNA Front Line: "Frontline" by Pillar
Tomko: "Vicarious" by Tool
Triple X: "X Gon' Give it to Ya" by DMX
Traci Brooks: "Rag Doll" by Aerosmith
Velvet Sky: "Polyamorous" by Breaking Benjamin (later remixed and used for ODB)
Vince Russo: "Toxicity" by System of a Down

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Swagger's old theme is definitely 'Testify' by RATM.

WWE had a real hard-on for Rage back in the day.

[James Fabiano]

Apr 22, 2014 17:28:14 GMT -5 Jazzman said:

Apr 22, 2014 1:51:44 GMT -5 Urethra Franklin said:

Chris Jericho's WCW theme was a version of Pearl Jam's "Even Flow", which, in retrospect, would have made a lot more sense for Raven.

There was also his theme before that when he was Lionheart Jericho based on All The Days by Mammoth.

No, silly...that was based on Basketball Highlights #11, of course!

How about:

Kung Fu Naki = Kung Fu Fighting

Mr. Perfect = Exodus (this and RVD's theme being based on his Pantera one are NOT mentioned in the WWE Signature Sounds DVD! Also, Perfect briefly used the real Exodus before switching to "Perfection". Then there's Shawn Stasiak's ripoff of "Perfection" in WCW. Come to think of it, Buzzkill's New Age Outlaws ripoff)

Beaver Cleavage = Leave it to Beaver theme, duh. (a LITB ripoff was used in WCW for Booker T. when he lost the rights to the Harlem Heat properties...and the letter "T")

Ric Flair WWF theme from 1991-1993 = Also Sprach Zarathustra, of course.

Mae Young = 1st theme was based on Glad All Over by Dave Clark Five. The more common one, the one she used when with Moolah...I guess it's roughly based on Great Balls of Fire.

Dustin Rhodes' pre- They Call Him The Natural music in WCW = Money for Nothing by Dire Straits

Oz = Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

Barry Windham (1991-1992) = La Grange by ZZ Top (also the basis to his Slam Jam song)

Z-Man and Johnny Gunn = Legs by ZZ Top

York Foundation = Dallas theme

Buddy Landell (1990-1991) = Star Wars theme

Michael Hayes' "Freebird Forever" = Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd

[TGM]

Brad Armstrong's voice was almost identical to that of his brother.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCDQTkvlbdo

[agent817]

Apr 22, 2014 4:46:55 GMT -5 67 more said:

Elix Skipper - Party Up by DMX.

I thought it was the actual song that he used.

EDITED: Oh, wait, I was thinking of Chilly Willy in ECW. My bad.