Friday, April 06, 2007

Entrance Songs

Part 1:
So, I was listening to the radio the other day, and “Legs” by Z-Z Top comes on. It hits me. I need to write a blog about famous wrestling entrance themes … now, I know … I’ve probably lost half of you, and the other half probably is drunk. Anyway, as many of you know, I am a big wrestling fan … actually, that’s not entirely true … I’m rapidly losing interest in pro wrestling, but that’s not the point of this blog (trust me, it’s not). I’ve decided to put a list of rock songs and see if any of you can remember which wrestler or wrestlers used the song as an entrance theme in the 1980’s. Here goes nothing:


1. Sharp Dressed Man, by Z-Z Top
2. Eye of the Tiger, by Survivor
3. Another One Bites the Dust, by Queen
4. The Boys are Back in Town, by Thin Lizzy
5. Freebird, by Lynard Skynard
6. Rock and Roll is King, by ELO
7. Fight for Your Right to Party, by the Beastie Boyz
8. Bad to the Bone, by George Thorogood (2 guys used this one)
9. We are Family, by Sister Sledge
10. I Need a Hero, by Bonnie Tyler
11. Enter Sandman – Metallica
12. Smooth Operator - Sade
(don’t worry, I’ll give the answers out after you guys and gals respond).

Part 2: If you were a wrestler (c’mon, play along), what would your entrance theme be? I have a couple that I would so love to use. Here they are in no particular order:

Start Me Up – Rolling Stones
TNT – AC/DC
Cum On Feel the Noize – Quiet Riot
Sister Havana – Urge Overkill
I Want it All – Queen

5 comments:

Jeff said...

1. Karl overdosed on Prescription-Strength Dork pills today.

Wrestlers don't have entrance music, except when the entire team comes out of the locker room for pre-match intros.

2. If I were a rassler: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Or: Iron Man.

Karl's theme: Friends in Low Places. Or: I Will Survive.

The Rev said...

My brain is fried, but I'll give it a shot...

1. Sharp Dressed Man, by Z-Z Top - Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin

2. Eye of the Tiger, by Survivor - Hulk Hogan before he started using Real American

3. Another One Bites the Dust, by Queen - Junkyard Dog

4. The Boys are Back in Town, by Thin Lizzy
5. Freebird, by Lynard Skynard - The Freebirds on both of these

6. Rock and Roll is King, by ELO
7. Fight for Your Right to Party, by the Beastie Boyz - Drawing a blank on both

8. Bad to the Bone, by George Thorogood (2 guys used this one) - I remember Chris Adams using it.

9. We are Family, by Sister Sledge
10. I Need a Hero, by Bonnie Tyler - Blanks on both

11. Enter Sandman – Metallica - The Sandman in ECW

12. Smooth Operator - Sade - Rick Rude

Los said...

Sharp Dressed Man - Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin
Eye of the Tiger - Hulk Hogan
ANother One Bites the Dust - JYD
The Boys are Back in Town - Fabulous Freebirds
Freebird - The Fabulous Freebirds.
We are Family - Ice Man, King Parsons
I Need a Hero - Dusty Rhodes
Enter Sandman - The Sandman
Smooth Operator - Rick Rude

Ink and Stone said...

Dunno what wrestlers go with those songs... Smooth Operator?? Yeeesh.

If I was a wrestler, my themes:
Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax
Bad Moon Rising - CCR
Death's Head - Slayer
Until You Call On The Dark - Danzig
Thieves - Ministry

Karls REAL theme song:
Fairies in Boots by Black Sabbath!

snowelf said...

I'm such a dork, Los. Do you know I used to have a custom made video game wrestler from WCW some year? on N64. (that's how long ago it was)
I had my own finishing move and everthing.

I need to look through my music and think about it...

I'll get back to you on this. :)

--snow