The Panda Powered
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Post by The Panda Powered on Dec 8, 2007 15:27:00 GMT -5
Not the greatest title I'd admit...
Basically, what entrance themes used in wrestling are nothing more than rip offs of existing music. The three that come to mind are:
Pearl Jam: Even Flow (Chris Jericho in WCW) Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (DDP in WCW) The Beastie Boys: No Sleep Til Brooklyn (Nunzio/FBI in WWE)
What are other good examples of this?
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Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on Dec 8, 2007 15:33:33 GMT -5
Evanescence - My Last Breath (Christian Cage in TNA)
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Post by shiranui on Dec 8, 2007 15:41:38 GMT -5
It's not an instrumental ripoff of an existing song like those listed in the thread so far, but I'm gonna pick Ricky Fuji's "Sexy Storm" entrance theme from FMW...
...hmm, now where have I heard a wrestler sing "I know I'm sexy, I got the looks..." before? And why does the overall structure of this theme sound so familiar? And doesn't Ricky Fuji kinda look and dress like... umm, a Japanese Shawn Michaels?
Seriously, this song is one of the greatest entrance themes EVER.
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Post by krill on Dec 8, 2007 15:43:26 GMT -5
Land of Hope and Glory - macho man randolf poffo
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Post by Bubble Lead on Dec 8, 2007 15:47:30 GMT -5
Shane Douglas/The Revolution's theme was a pretty good ripoff of his ECW theme.
Then of course, Raven's WCW theme, which started off like "Come As You Are."
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Post by The In-Crowd on Dec 8, 2007 15:51:06 GMT -5
Shane Douglas/The Revolution's theme was a pretty good ripoff of his ECW theme. Which is Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple
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Post by thegame415 on Dec 8, 2007 15:56:50 GMT -5
saturn used a ripoff of "the beautiful people" by marilyn manson for a while in wcw
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Post by EmptyEYE DUNNOOOOOOOOO on Dec 8, 2007 15:57:06 GMT -5
Didn't Sandman have an Enter Sandman ripoff during his TNA stint in their (TNA's) early days?
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Post by thepaywindah on Dec 8, 2007 15:58:55 GMT -5
Bischoff's WWE theme "I'm Back" was basically a rip-off of the song they used on his first WWE appearance (and should have paid the fees for and kept using, damn it), AC/DC's "Back in Black."
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Post by Aaron E. Dangerously on Dec 8, 2007 16:40:45 GMT -5
Dreamer's Alice in Chains rip off. They do a good job of "Man in the Box" though.
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Post by Angus Mcloud on Dec 8, 2007 17:02:07 GMT -5
I liked Russos Iron Man rip off
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Post by The F'N Captain on Dec 8, 2007 19:22:23 GMT -5
Jarrett's theme basically ripped off Kid Rock's "Cowboy" riff during his WCW days after he left WWE.
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Post by rubber johnny on Dec 8, 2007 19:31:31 GMT -5
Shane Douglas/The Revolution's theme was a pretty good ripoff of his ECW theme. Which is Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple the only good thing about shane douglas
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Post by Haulk on Dec 8, 2007 20:40:02 GMT -5
Hogans "American Made" ripping off Real American from WWF
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Post by seano on Dec 8, 2007 21:14:00 GMT -5
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Post by Feyrhausen on Dec 8, 2007 21:57:45 GMT -5
Waterproof Blonde: Christian/Sean OHaire Those are not rip offs, they are remixes with different openings.
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Post by Reverend BTY on Dec 8, 2007 22:00:15 GMT -5
Waterproof Blonde: Christian/Sean OHaire Those are not rip offs, they are remixes with different openings. Actually they're different songs. Just close your eyes and Come On, respectively.
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Post by Time Lord Soundwave on Dec 9, 2007 1:05:50 GMT -5
I like Jamie Noble's "Bawitdaba" ripoff (which was originally Kid Kash's, since that WAS his ECW theme.)
Eh, I just like Noble! ;D
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Post by Topher is Human on Dec 9, 2007 6:05:17 GMT -5
Well Mahoney is using a rip off of Big Balls atm. Also the Even Flow knock off Jericho used was awesome.
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Post by Mitch 4:20 on Dec 9, 2007 10:32:14 GMT -5
Evanescence - My Last Breath (Christian Cage in TNA) WRONG SONG!!!
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