Awesome Music / WWE

Just to point out a bit of the obvious: Notice how long the WWE section is here? That's because WWE's in-house composer, Jim Johnston, is the Awesome Music Man. In fact, in more recent days, most of the themes are made by CFO$, which is a two-man producer team. and then by def rebel, a whole recording label. That's right, it takes two guys and more to replace Jim Johnston because he's just that awesome.

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• CFO$ are no slouches, either. After 2014, most new theme credits belong to them, including most-to-all of NXT's roster from 2015 onwards. They've built up a pretty strong presence on this list, too, and if they're the future of WWE entrance themes (as Jim Johnston is now handling soundtracks for WWE's increasingly active film division), then the future is in good hands.
• Yes, it's Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" March No.1, more familiar as a graduation processional, but wrestling fans hear it and can only think "OOOOOOHHHH YEAHHHHHHH!"
• Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" made "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan in WWE. No surprise there; it did the same for "Hollywood" Hogan in WCW.
  • Hogan's first WWF theme was such a great tune, Bonnie Tyler requested it to be reworked for her as "Ravishing".
  • "Real American". Years later, people still mark out to it.^note  Current clip is the So Bad, It's Good original video.
  • How awesome is this one? Barack Obama used it for his first public speech after finally revealing his birth certificate, a not so subtle Take That! at the most ludicrous of the "birthers" and their supporters.
• The SmackDown theme from 2009 to 2011, "Let it Roll" by Divide the Day. It even has a veiled Take That! at TNA:
  Do you really wanna cross the line?
  • Smackdown has had a very good number of great theme songs. From the simplistic original techno theme "Smack", famous for its incomprehensible lyrics, to Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People" (a previous Raw theme), the aggressively ruthless production piece "I Want It All" (V2, V1 instrumental, then V1. V2 Extended here.) during McMahon/Heyman eras and Drowning Pool's "Rise Up". And then you hear the new theme and forget all of the above.
  • The everlasting awesome Raw theme from 2006 to 2009, "To Be Loved" by Papa Roach. "WHOOOOA I'LL NEVER GIVE UP! AND I JUST WANNA BE, WANNA BE LOVEEEED!"
  • Before "To Be Loved", there was also The Union Underground's Across The Nation used throughout the Ruthless Aggression era. The chorus is also catchy:
    Move to the music!
    Play that fucking music!
    Move it to the music, yeah! (Let's get it on!)
    Move to the music!
    Play that fucking music!
    Live through my music, YEAH!
  • After Smackdown Live was rebranded to Friday Night Smackdown in 2019, it received a new theme in "Are you Ready" by AC/DC. Listening to this song on repeat every Friday night will ensure that "you are ready for a good time".
  • In 2021, Raw got a new rap theme song with samples from Beethoven's 9th Symphony with vocals by Vo Williams: "Greatness". What could be more awesome than blending classical music with modern hip hop?
• There's something about "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's theme that just screams, "You are beyond fucked". It worked perfectly for the psychotic violent paranoid redneck asshole that just wanted to kick people in the gut Steve was.
  • It's the abrupt glass breaking at the beginning. There's just nothing sweeter than watching Rock/Mankind/whoever getting curbstomped when suddenly you hear somebody flinging a chair through a window as Stone Cold runs in to save the day. What came after the glass could be almost anything (and sometimes was).^note  It was so effective, WWE starting adding abrupt opening noises to most of their big stars (the car crash for Mick Foley, The Rock's louder "IF YOU SMEEEEELLLLLL...", Triple H has "Time to play the game!" followed by Lemmy's Evil Laugh, Big Show's "WEEEEEEEEEEELL..." the explosion for Kane,at the height of her popularity Lita had her theme trimmed to that badass opening riff) but Stone Cold's was always the one that best said "Oh, you are screwed now."
  • The version performed by Disturbed ("Glass Shatters") used in 2000-01 is considered by many to be superior to the original variant of Austin's theme. One writer commented that you could give the song to Funaki, and he'd become a main-eventer overnight. It was just that awesome.
  • Steve Austin's original dark and creepy theme from when he started in the WWF as The Ringmaster in 1996 also qualifies.
• For more traditional awesomeness, The Undertaker's theme can't be topped. The nightmarish organ and bells evoke feelings of the night and death, similar to Chopin's Funeral March, or in a more modern sense, the 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera.
  • His Ministry of Darkness theme was extremely badass as well.
  • His run as the more true to real life Bikertaker had a pair of awesome music tracks too. Sure, they weren't tolling bells... but you can't really beat heavy metal and motorcycles. And of course, Limp Bizkit's "Rollin'".^note Because of that, Fred Durst got to appear in two WWE games (Smackdown: Just Bring It for the PS2 and Raw for the Xbox).
  • The opening to You're Gonna Pay: "Dead man walking..." Though the whole song is a treat for the ears.
  • The highly symbolic "Ain't No Grave (Can Hold This Body Down)" by the late, great Johnny Cash. Even though he only used it a few times in 2011.
• Kane's "Man on Fire" and "Veil of Fire" entrance themes evokes the same feeling as the Undertaker's, while adding a more mysterious element.
  • Kane's earlier theme by Finger Eleven, "Slow Chemical", is just as memorable.
  • This fantastic theme done for Kane by Type O Negative was unfortunately never actually used
  • Of course, there's his original theme "Burned." The remix, "Out of the Fire," is even better.
  • CFO$ have made a nice blend of his classic theme with a CFO$ sound, and the result is the amazing "Veil of Fire (Rise Up Remix)".
• The theme song of the Corporate Ministry was probably the best thing about the Corporate Ministry in general.
• The moment you hear the screeching and crashing of a car, then you know you're gonna have a nice day.
  • Hey yo! Da Bad Guy would like to remind you that screeching cars without a crash meant only pure machismo was coming, man!
  • Mankind's original theme was dark and tragic, but soothing in a way. And the remix of it was rather catchy.
• John Cena's theme. When the the song starts and you hear that "OOOOOOOOOOOOOH!" you know things are about to get real.
  • YOUR TIME IS UP! MY TIME IS NOW! YOU CAN'T SEE ME! MY TIME IS NOW!
  • His previous theme also kicked major ass: "Word life, this is basic Thuganomics.
  • His theme when he started out until 2003 was also badass.
  • "Untouchables" kicks ass for a theme that was unfortunately unused.
• Triple H:
  • He always seems to have awesome music, especially that by Motörhead, whether it's "The Game", "King of Kings", or the theme of his stable, Evolution, "Line in the Sand". Being the best friend of a heavy metal god certainly has its perks. When Khaos Omega invokes "Line in the Sand" for a Rainbow Angel-heavy version of Evolution, one member is consistently missing. The standard excuse is that said member wants to enter to her singles theme... which consistently succeeds in springing the trap of a massive Raging Soul Assault, as said member's singles theme is the instrumental version of "Battle of Omega". The fact the two versions don't reveal which one's which until right when the trap truly kicks in helps with the success rate of said trap.
  • One two, is this on? While not performed by Motorhead, "My Time" is a brilliant piece which was used after he abandoned DX. There's also the instrumental "Higher Brain Pattern" and the similar rare rap version of "The Game".
• "Break it Down", the D-Generation X theme, which is not by Rage Against the Machine, is still awesome. For that matter, so was the Run DMC remix, "The Kings".
• Gail Kim's WWE return unfortunately didn't include the return of her awesome theme, "International Woman".
• Edge + "Metalingus" + Alter Bridge = ON THIS DAY / I SEE CLEARLY / EVERYTHING HAS COME TO LIIIIIFE.
  • His previous theme "Never Gonna Stop" by Rob Zombie, was pretty good, too.
  • Ever since his injury (and return), people on YouTube have been giving him Alter Bridge's "Coming Home" as his "new" theme. It's surprisingly fitting for his character, and it's a shame he never got to actually use it.
  • As of Edge's 2022 heel turn, he finally got a new theme (which lasted until he was kicked out of The Judgment Day) in "The Other Side", also done by Alter Bridge. The lyrics can even come off as a very dark villain song:
    If you believe yours is the only way
    Then you're the fool who lives to die
    Well you deserve the Hell, you're gonna pay
    On the other side
    Once you reach the other side
    There will be no paradise
• "Everybody's got a price...everybody's gonna pay... cause the Million Dollar Man always gets his way... AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
• Batista's theme from 2003 to 2005 can't be ignored.
• "I walk for miles inside this pit of danger. A place where no one follows me, I walk alone".^note courtesy of Saliva.YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!
• Randy Orton's theme, "Voices", with vocals by Rich Luzzi, from the band Rev Theory^note  though it is almost always attributed solely to Rev Theory[, is so awesome that nobody really cared when it didn't fit his character at all, and it became even more awesome when it did. Orton's previous theme, "Burn In My Light" by Mercy Drive, was equally badass, and fit his character perfectly following his split from Evolution. The acoustic version of "Voices" used in a WrestleMania 30 promo is amazing, which could've been used as a fitting theme for Randy ever since he joined The Wyatt Family. Fifteen years after its debut in 2008, Rev Theory went back and re-recorded "Voices", and the end result sounds much more heavier and badass than the original.
• Bret "The Hitman" Hart's "Hart Attack" deserves mentioning. Like Stone Cold's, it's one of those few beats that's so distinctive that you know it roughly a quarter of a second after it starts playing.
  • The remixed version made for The Hart Dynasty (and eventually just Natalya) is pretty damn slick.
  • The 2010 remake of "Hart Attack", "Return the Hitman".
• Can you slap a tornado? Matt Hardy can. It just takes a little Mattitude, and an awesome song by Monster Magnet (either the entrance version or the full song).
  • Jeff Hardy's 2008-2009 entrance song isn't bad either.
  • Their original tag team theme was a great piece of production music called "Loaded".
  • Zack Tempest also made "Slow Death" that got the Holly Cousins over.
  • A little PREMONEETION: When you OBSOLETE MULES hear the "Deletion Anthem", first thing you know upon listening to this WONDERFUL tune is all that the Mattitude Matt once had has been DELETED! He is WOKEN! And he will DELETE YOU! DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!
• Ultimate Warrior's theme . He wasn't the best wrestler in the world, but damn if his theme didn't capture his character perfectly.
• If ya smell...what The Rock... is cookin'.
• FINALLY!! THE ROCK HAS COME BACK...
• Shawn Michaels' theme, "Sexy Boy". It's still one of the most recognizable and beloved themes in all of wrestling... even if Shawn himself admitted that he finds his singing is atrocious. "Sensational" Sherri Martel did the first version, but when they split up on screen Shawn's version debuted and has been used ever since.
  "Eat your heart out, girls! Hands off the merchandise!"
• Taking it in a much different direction, Hillbilly Jim's theme is appropriately toe-tappin' fun.
• If the pure awesome released when the WWF's "Countdown to the Millennium" campaign ended in this could be captured and bottled, it would solve world hunger. Subsequent remixes, as well as a cover by Sevendust, only up the awesomeness.
• Chris Jericho doesn't only enter to Awesome Music, he also creates it courtesy of Fozzy (not Fozzy Bear).
• Rob Van Dam's second WWE theme, "One of a Kind" by Breaking Point, which takes his first theme, "Dam-Nation" and cranks the badassery up.
• "Oh, radio, tell me everything you know..."
• The music Zack Ryder used to share with Curt Hawkins, "In The Middle Of It Now", by Disciple, which eventually just became Hawkins'... until he switched to the more generic sounding "Face The Facts" for his 2016 return... after using "In The Middle Of It Now" for his return vignettes. The large amount of dislikes "Face The Facts" has on the official release on Youtube just shows how awesome "In The Middle Of It Now" was.
• The Brood's entrance consisted of the arena being bathed in red light, the group rising up from a circle of fire and this completely badass theme. It culminated in the blood spit entrance that was so good Triple H used it for himself with water.
• Say what you will about Goldust but his entrance theme is really catchy, and at one point, rivaled that of The Undertaker's entrance to the ring. Just watch this.
• Cody Rhodes' is just as good, but with more of a hip-hop style.
  • Since he stopped being dashing, it's only fitting that Cody Rhodes gets a darker and "undashing" theme.
  • Unmasked, uninhibited, unbeatable...and remixed.
  • Similar to Jerishow, when Cody and Goldust team together, their themes get remixed together for "Gold and Smoke".
  • His WWE return theme, "Kingdom", mirrors Cody's career very well. "Wrestling has more than one royal family" indeed.
• Nightmare Clown, Doink the Clown's theme.^note His face theme, "Entry of the Gladiators," is far less memorable as his theme, but is now used on all of his appearances.
• Whatever became of the man himself in his last hours, Chris Benoit's final theme, "Whatever", is still pretty awesome, and the theme he used before that "Shooter," is awesome, too.
• Eddie Guerrero always had some of the best themes in wrestling, including "Viva La Raza" and its heel remix, "Lie Cheat Steal.
• The Perfect Theme for a Perfect man. His son's theme is better than Perfect.
• Former WWE Diva Sable had an entrance theme that sounded so purr-fect.
• My name is Finlay, and I love to fight.
• A WWE-themed "Awesome Music" list would never be complete without one specific song: AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
• Well, it's Big Show! Come on, nothing compares to a song this BIG!
• Usually theme mashups for tag teams made up of two singles joined to together have mixed results. But when you get Maylene and the Sons of Disaster to re-record it into a nice little medley, it sounds so much better.
• Forget Ted DiBiase, Ric Flair, and Shawn Michaels. Who is handsome, brave, and strong? Who enforces the law? Who always gets his man? Of course, that's not what The Quebecers would have you believe...
• Christian always gets great themes.
  • Just Close Your Eyes by Waterproof Blonde is all kinds of awesome. The full version is also good.
  • The 2011 remix by Story of the Year is just is just as awesome.
  • The unused 2012 remix by Bedlam's Gate gets heavier and still just as awesome.
  • CHRISTIAN, CHRISTIAN, AT LAST YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN - the first one is great, and the second one is just as good.
• Kurt Angle's WWE theme, "Medal".^note The theme had originally been used in 1997 for the Patriot, who was a traditional babyface.
• Too many lies, too many lies. One thing agreed about Sheamus is that his theme music is awesome, fella! His heel theme is also badass, banger after banger. Faugh a ballagh, fellas...because it's Fight Night!
• Rey Mysterio Jr..'s "Booyaka 619".
• Vladimir Kozlov's older theme, "All for the Motherland", which he sadly never used on TV. His other theme, "Pain", is exactly what the lyrics describe: He brings you pain.
• Billy Kidman theme, "You Can Run" - a super-black theme for a white guy. Who would've thought?
• HERE COMES THE AX! AND HERE COMES THE SMASHER! Rick Derringer strikes again, with this theme for arguably the best tag team of the late 80s. Cited as a reason why fans began to cheer them as faces and eventually force the bookers to turn them face.
• The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers would like you to know that they're "All-American Boys".
• (hooooooooooooooonk) NOW LISTEN — THIS AIN'T NO MAKE BELIEVE! John Morrison's theme, which is totally not supposed to be "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix.^note It is kind of weird that a wrestler with a Jim Morrison style gimmick has a Jimi Hendrix-style theme
• Mark Henry's theme music, by Three 6 Mafia: "Some Bodies Gonna Get It."
• Shane McMahon's entrance music, "Here Comes The Money."
• Regardless of what you think about Limp Bizkit, the song "My Way" always brings pleasant memories of WrestleMania X-Seven. So does "Crack Addict" for WrestleMania XIX.
• The Dudley Boys - "Ollie Stalefish". Their next theme is pretty awesome as well. Lay 'em on the tables!
• When you compare anything on this page to Vince McMahon's theme, it's got "No Chance In Hell"! And the Theory of a Deadman cover.
• WWE Divas tend to not be as lucky in the music department, and a couple of themes have actually been recycled from one Diva to another. A few notable exceptions include Melina^note which was originally MNM's theme, Natalya, and Jillian. Since the WWE Divas Division was rebranded as the WWE Women's Division, most of the female Superstars' entrance themes have evolved, and some of them are iconic, such as Charlotte Flair's entrance theme (which is a reworking of her father's entrance theme), Sasha Banks' "Skies the Limit" and Ronda Rousey's "Bad Reputation."
  • Trish Stratus' theme entrance music was awesome. So was Lita's theme. Both of them.
  • Even if Michelle McCool's theme has been traded around with Layla, it's still is a good villain song.
  • Victoria's just lost her mind...her mind...
  • Before the significantly less impressive "Pa-Pa-Party", Alicia Fox's heel theme was a jazzy, mellow piece called "Shake Yo' Tail".
• Ezekiel Jackson: This is a story about domination!
• William Shatner's spoken word versions of WWE entrance themes counts as both awesome and funny music.
• Daniel Bryan, man, ever since moving to WWE his entrance music has sucked, but, what's that now? Is...is that Wagner?
  • In a contrast to the rock/rap themes usually heard at WWE pay-per-view events these days, Night of Champions 2010 went for an awesome orchestral theme by Two Steps from Hell.
  • After an inexplicable switch to a generic theme, the Valkyries ride in remixed form. Richard Wagner meets rock via Jim Johnston. YES! YES! YES!
• Introducing Sin Cara!
• AAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOHHHH...WHAT A RUSH!!!
• CM freaking Punk. Even through the darkest days, this fire burns, always... One of the few songs in WWE that has been able to hold very well through face and heel runs.^note Unfortunately, the song's audio is blocked from most Youtube videos, so many videos use a lower pitched version to avoid copyright detection.
• Introducing one of the first Ring of Honor songs to crossover to WWE: I'M THE CULT OF PERSONALITY!!^note WWE just happened to have the rights for that song purchased from back when they used it for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's Hall of Fame induction, and that song just happened to be the one Punk used during the "Summer of Punk" back at his ROH days. His unused theme, "Playing the Saint" by Digital Summer is awesome as well.
• Some are born to fly or in Evan Bourne's case are born to win.
• The entrance music isn't the only source of awesome. There's also the huge amount of production music and songs used for hype vids from...
  • WrestleMania X8 / XIX's opening by Hans Zimmer^note  aka The Pearl Harbor trailer music.
  • Placebo's haunting cover of the Kate Bush classic "Running Up That Hill" for HBK vs. Undertaker II from WrestleMania 26.
  • How can you make The Miz more awesome? Hate him now with Nas.
  • The use of Mark Collie's "In Time" from the soundtrack of The Punisher (2004) for the promo for Undertaker and Triple H's No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania 27 was well chosen.
  • The choice of song used for their final match in Hell in a Cell at WrestleMania 28 is a contender.
• Skillet had two songs "Hero" and "Monster" for Royal Rumble 2010 and Hell In A Cell 2009 respectively. Both songs also appeared on SmackDown vs. Raw 2010. So did "Down from the Sky" and "Still Unbroken" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, the only SVR 2010 song that often comes up for wrestling-related stories by Khaos Omega (as Rochelle's main theme; her alternate, reserved for events like WrestleMania, comes from Initial D in the form of "Heartbeat"). The previous game, SmackDown vs. Raw 2009, has three with similar involvement: "Taking You Down" by Egypt Central (Storm), "Get Up" by Steriogram (Chucky), and "Save Me" by Burn Halo (Jet, when entering solo; his harem uses Goldberg's theme "Invasion" when entering as a group).
• Also for Survivor Series 2009 and NXT's secondary theme "Get Through This" by Art of Dying.
• "What About Me", Raven's WWE theme. And his other WWE theme, "End of Everything" by Stereomud.
• The WrestleMania 27 theme, by Tinie Tempah and Eric Turner: "OH! Written in the Stars, a million miles away, a message to the main, seasons come and go, but I will never change, and I'm on my waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy...."
• Despite being rather new when it happened, Alex Riley's face turn netted him one hell of a theme song.^note Ironically, this is the same band that performs The Miz's theme. Now, all together, SAY IT TO MY FACE!
• Kaientai's WWE theme was pretty good.
• Regardless of what college you support in the rabid college football fandom, there is one fight song that will make everyone smile. Tumtumtumtum-tum... Tumtumtumtum-tum... Tumtumtumtum-tum... Tum..tum..tumtumtum, Tum..tum..tumtumtum...
• Dolph Ziggler's remixed theme is PERFECTION!!! His next theme was awesome because HE'S HERE TO SHOW THE WORLD!!!
• Despite his brief stay. Kaval's theme was awesome.
• "Exploding Helmets", also used by Wade Barrett during his stay in developmental.
• Who could forget Big Daddy Cool Diesel's theme since his championship win in 1995?
• Santino Marella's theme is slightly too bombastic for his character, and all the more awesome for it. "La Vittoria è Mia", indeed.
• "Black Or White", used by Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel for a short time after parting from the Corre. It sounded a little like Skillet's "Awake and Alive."
• The Great Khali's theme, Land of Five Rivers" is ridiculously catchy. His First Theme was also pretty epic.
• "We Are One". When you hear that song, you know that The Nexus are united and ready to strike.
  • Also, The Corre and Wade Barrett's old theme "End Of Days." All one million versions of them.
  • Barrett also has "Rebel Son". Add lyrics and you get the even more awesome "I Did My Time", which went unfortunately unused until it was remixed into "Take A Stand" for the WWE Cruiserweight Classic.
• Otunga's All About the Power
• Drew McIntyre's theme, "Broken Dreams" by Shaman's Harvest. The unused version is just as good. When he switched to a new theme, "Gallantry" for his return in NXT, it was met with protest from the fans and a huge dislike ratio on the YouTube much like with Hawkins. "Broken Dreams" was that good. That said, the remix he used later has held up much better, with the generic rock beat replaced by martial pounding drums better suited to fit Drew's Brave Scot character. How beloved is "Broken Dreams"? When WWE brought it back for Drew's match against Roman Reigns at Clash at the Castle, the over 60,000 strong in Cardiff instantly marked for it, and sung it loud to show how despite it not being heard in over a decade, the fans still love it.
• Come On by Waterproof Blonde, Sean O'Haire's theme.
• Hunico, either his first or the remake, Respeto.
• Dean Malenko's epic 007-esque theme, "Ice Man", which later got remixed into Antonio Cesaro's theme, "Miracle".
• JBL's theme, "Longhorn" or, on a similar note, Alberto Del Rio's theme, "Realeza".
• Damien Sandow used New World Symphony in FCW and Hallelujah when he hit WWE. New World Symphony would later be more popularly used by WALTER in NXT, which fans dubbed as the "Symphony of Broken Chests".
• Millions of dollars! Prime Time Players Makin' Moves! Their old theme, "Move", was even better. When Titus O'Neil turned heel in 2014, he started using "Let Me Show You How" for his heel run. Unfortunately he didn't go back to using this after breaking away from Darren Young for the second time, and kept using "Makin' Moves".
• The Usos finally dropped their Jimmy Hart version of "Pimp My Ride" and got their own theme in 2010. But of course, what really makes their entrance is the thumping drum beat intro, accompanied with the Polynesian Siva Tau war dance. Meanwhile, their heel theme "Done With That" has instantly become a fan favorite, especially when lyrics were added to the "Day One Remix". Let's welcome these fools to the Uso Penitentiary.
  • After the twins' break-up following the climax of Summerslam 2023, they adopted their own singles run themes. "Main Event" Jey Uso has a solo version of the "Day One Remix" titled "Main Event-Ish", but Jimmy's heel theme "Born a King" is an original by comparison, taking signature motifs from his cousin Roman Reigns' "Head of the Table" in the villainous Bloodline stable.
• Meat on the Table perfectly illustrates the character of Ryback.
• Sierra - Hotel - India - Echo - Lima - Delta: Shield. If that opening isn't enough, the badass guitar riff is an added harbinger of the destruction that The Shield is sure to cause.
• MVP's first theme and his second theme. The first is an example of his determination ("Nobody to stop me! Nobody to hold me! Nobody controls me!"), while his second theme is the "Ballers' Anthem" boasting his status as both an MVP and a VIP. Everyone say "We ballin'! Straight up ballin'!"
• Sofia Cortez didn't get much opportunity to allow fans to get into her theme but it was just made of win.
• Here comes the pain! When you listen to Next Big Thing, you know the Beast Incarnate is coming for you, enough for you to say "Oh, Crap!".
• Jack Swagger's last theme song "Patriot", is exactly what you'd expect of the All-American American being, well, an American patriot. Now, say it: "We...the people!"
• The Civil Twilight's "Letters from the Sky". So awesome that WWE used it in promos for huge matches involving top stars - TWICE. (The John Cena-Randy Orton Iron Man match in 2010 and for Cena vs. Rock at WrestleMania 29.)
• Puerto Rican tag team Epico and Primo changed their entrance theme to this in 2013. Unabashedly Latin? Yes. All the more awesome for it? YES. In 2016, they received "Shining Star" to go with their gimmick of Puerto Rican con men bribing others into taking a holiday to Puerto Rico, "The Shining Star of the Caribbean". Remixed into "Primos", which takes cues "Shining Star" and made it darker while still keeping its Latin elements.
• The Wyatt Family's theme, "Live In Fear" by Mark Crozer (of The Jesus and Mary Chain) and The Rels, which Bray Wyatt inherited for his solo career.
• After being repackaged in 2019 as an darker character, Wyatt gets a remix of "Broken Out in Love/Live in Fear" entitled "Let Me In", a more aggressive metal take on the former song, with shouts of "HURT! HEAL!" during the guitar interludes between verses. It fits "the Fiend" perfectly. And yes, that is Code Orange who recorded the song!
• Code Orange recorded a new theme for Bray Wyatt following his return at Extreme Rules 2022, titled "Shatter". An industrial metal track accompanied by a haunting piano, the lyrics also serve as a tribute to Wyatt's late friend and Wyatt Family brother, Luke Harper, which becomes Harsher in Hindsight following Bray's tragic passing in late August of 2023. Today, fans pay respect in Bray's memory with this final theme and his previous ones (primarily "Live In Fear").
• Harper and Rowan have gotten their own entrance theme for their tag matches sans Wyatt himself, and they're pretty good:
  • "Sheepherder" for Erick Rowan. A nice, mellow bluegrass number.
  • ...And Luke Harper's "Swamp Gas". He's got his eyes on you...
• Emma's goofy pop number, "#Emmalution" and accompanying dance are amazingly addicting and just plain fun. "Real Deal", her theme after getting bitter and better, is the definition of evil being sexy. Her last theme before leaving WWE, "It's All About Me" is Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Her ego expressed in musical form.
• Paige's first theme, "Smashed In The Face", has these harmonic stabs at the beginning that get the entire audience on their feet instantly (she's also unique in having a rock theme when most Divas end up with dance-pop). Her new (and last) theme, "Stars In The Night", is pretty awesome too.
• Summer Rae's is catchy as hell and a perfect fit for her. Her new one even more so.
• Big E. Langston's "I Need Five" was perfect for his gimmick of being able to win with a five-count... that he stopped using once he left NXT.
• Fandango is cool and all, but Johnny Curtis is way better.
• And upon coming back from a devastating knee injury, the now-married Tyson Kidd has a theme which, while short, makes you feel like you could take on the world.
• Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" had been used to taunt a losing wrestler, especially in a "Loser Leaves Town" Match. Savio Vega did this to Ted DiBiase Sr after he defeated "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a strap match at "In Your House 8: Beware of Dog" in 1996. There's this video that had some of the best ones, where even Jerry Lawler, who's often a Heel nails one.
• Alexander Rusev, who came from NXT, has this amazing theme, "Roar of the Lion." Its intensity makes you feel like everyday is Rusev Day.
• Whether you think Bo Dallas sucks, Bo Dallas sucks, or Bo Dallas sucks, one thing you're probably not knocking is his theme song. His new theme, "Shoot for the Stars," is also just as good.
• Words can't properly describe the face-melting greatness of Finn Bálor's theme song, "Catch Your Breath". It's a hard-hitting orchestral rock piece that wouldn't sound out of place in the final boss fight of an RPG. The awesomeness is greatly amplified when he wrestles in demon form, when the theme has the awesome intro included. His theme upon turning heel and joining the Judgment Day, "I AM DANGER" distorts "Catch Your Breath" into something darker, fit for a cult leader.
• Since the dissolution of The Shield, each member has had their own theme that's distinct yet still similar to each other's:
  • Seth Rollins' "The Second Coming." That crashing drum intro is probably the most stand-out thing. The "Burn It Down" remix is probably even catchier, leading entire arenas to scream the title along with the music. And then he settled on "Visionary", which takes the best parts of the first two and adds a short but absurdly catchy Leitmotif that turns into a full-on Crowd Song at the mere mention of Rollins' name. Seriously, Rollins and the song itself are so over that they've added a part to his entrance where he poses with a lone spotlight on him just so the crowd can keep singing.^note A crowd at a live event in Paris was recorded keeping this up for nearly ten minutes, severely truncating Seth's actual scheduled match due to the delay.
  • Dean Ambrose's "Retaliation" whose intro sounds like a revved-up motorcycle.
  • Roman Reigns' "The Truth Reigns" is a slightly modified version of the original Shield theme.
  • As if Roman's turn as "The Tribal Chief" couldn't get anymore badass, they gave him a theme (aptly named "Head of the Table") that wouldn't sound out of place as a final boss theme, appropriate for SmackDown's most dominant superstar.
  • Their NXT and FCW themes aren't so bad, either:
    • Seth Rollins used "Flesh it Out" in NXT and "Battle On" by the Christian Metalcore band, War of Ages, in FCW (and Ring of Honor). (Which is ironic considering Seth is an atheist.)
    • Dean Ambrose had "Broken Bones", "Terminal Woman", and an unnamed track in the FCW.
    • Roman Reigns (known as Leakee in the FCW) has "Army of the Dead" in NXT and the catchy "Motivation" from FCW.
• Baron Corbin's theme, "Superhuman", is ridiculously kickass and fits his gimmick like a glove. His new theme, "I Bring the Darkness (End of Days)" goes the next mile by introducing amazing vocals and being more foreboding than "Superhuman".
• Dana Brooke's theme, "Respectful", is also a rock song — although less incongruent to a Diva than Paige because it's sung by a female.
• Charlotte Flair's theme, "Recognition", remixes her father's into a techno piece, while "All Hail the Queen" turns it into a dubstep remix.
• Sami Zayn's theme, "Worlds Apart" sounds like the musical equivalent of the triumph of the human spirit, fitting for so-called heart and soul of NXT. As a bonus it brings back El Generico "Ole" vibes to it. So iconic, it's even been the subject of a "goes with every anime opening" meme! It has given the WWE the foundation for potentially one of the greatest crowd singalong sessions of all time. Just imagine it: a Triple Threat match. Bobby Roode, Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura. His heel theme, "This Is It" shows just how much Zayn went from being the heart and soul of NXT to an outright paranoid conspiracy theorist, with the guitars speaking for themselves.
• "The Prizefighter" Kevin Owens is here to "Fight" and show why he's the Champ.
• AJ Styles' WWE theme "Phenomenal" is simply that, phenomenal.
• The sky's the limit for "The Boss" Sasha Banks. The heel remix includes a deep brass orchestra to make the song darker, as well as new rap lyrics from Snoop Dogg. When I say "hell", you say "yeah"! HELL...YEAH! HELL...YEAH!
• While "Subconscious" will be missed, the "The Rising Sun" is a worthy successor for the "King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura. Them violins.
  • The Takeover: Brooklyn II version, performed by Lee England Jr., kicks it up to a whole new level.
  • The version for Wrestlemania 34, courtesy of Nita Strauss.
  • The heel remix, "Shadows of a Setting Sun", adds aggressive Japanese rapping and more guitar-driven feel to the original, signifying the change in Nakamura's demeanor.
• Perhaps the most worthy contender to the Road Warriors' badass theme for a tag-team in the company's history; that of the Acolyte Protection Agency. The opening riff alone makes people mark out to this day!
• Coming from their successful NJPW run, Gallows and Anderson receive a brand new amazing theme, "Omen in the Sky".
• Bobby Roode's WWE theme "Glorious Domination" is just that, GLOOO-RIOUS!!!
• TJ Perkins' main roster theme "Playing With Power" is a lovechild of your typical pro wrestling theme and Mega Man music.
• The one thing missing from WWE Armageddon? THE END IS HEEEERRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
• While it can be filed under generic rock, James Ellsworth's theme is great for not only the music itself, but the fact that such a driving song is used for probably the smallest guy on the main roster.
• NXT's Tye Dillinger has the very triumphant sounding "Ten" which fits with his "Perfect 10" gimmick like a perfect ten.
• American Alpha's theme "Elite", which was inherited by Chad Gable, manages to get very catchy, especially its signature piano playing during both the intro and throughout the song. Jason Jordan's solo theme alone proves that he is a part of the "Next Generation of Great".
• The Brian Kendrick is the man with a plan! The full version is just as good too. The theme he used when teaming with Paul London, "Rocker," is a pretty sweet remix of The Rockers' theme, "Rock Out."
• NXT's Tino Sabatelli has "G.O.A.T" which is a really catchy money themed rap not unlike Shane McMahon's theme.
• Apollo Crews' theme "Cruise Control" is a triumphant theme fitting for the always smiling superstar.
• Brian Pillman's theme, "Ticking Timebomb" is a psychotic piece fitting for his "Loose Cannon" character.
• Big Boss Man has two notable themes, both of which are awesome. His classic theme, "Hard Times" is a theme many classic wrestling fans should recognize. His last theme, "Guard" is a badass theme for the late Hall of Famer.
• The Revival have a theme emphasizing their Southern origins in the form of "Southern Proud." SAY YEAH!
• The mysterious Aleister Black has a really heavy rock song with gothic influences and a badass name: "Root of All Evil".
• While NXT's "Roar of the Crowd" will be missed, the new theme "Rage" is a worthy successor.
• #DIY have "Chrome Hearts", a rock piece that sounds like it came straight out of Dynasty Warriors. The duo also had great themes while competing in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, where Johnny Gargano used a sweet remix of "Chrome Hearts" in the form of "From the Heart" while his ex-partner Tommaso Ciampa used "Chaos Rises". After Tommaso Ciampa's betrayal, Johnny Gargano switches to a vocal version of "From the Heart", called "Rebel Heart", which wouldn't sound out of place in an anime opening. It's especially notable as one of the few themes with female vocals that's used by a male wrestler (probably the first since Christian abandoned his Waterproof Blonde theme upon his departure from WWE in 2005).
• For someone still so green in the ring, the MMA specialist Sonya Deville (formerly Daria Berenato) has quite the epic theme.
• Jinder Mahal's theme, "Sher (Lion)" is a long Badass Boast put into a Punjabi rap for the Modern Day Maharaja.
• Despite being around for only a short time until disbanding as a result of the WWE 2016 Draft along with Adam Rose's release, The Social Outcasts had a ridiculously awesome theme, the Three Days Grace-inspired "Outcast" with vocals provided by Kit Walters.
• The Ax-Crazy stable SAnitY gets "Controlled Chaos", which is basically a heavily distorted version of Primus's "My Name Is Mud" with a badass helicopter intro and a haunting Evil Laugh added throughout. The members individual themes are equally as badass remixes of "Controlled Chaos". Killian Dain's "Beast of Belfast" has haunting Irish instrumentals added to "Controlled Chaos". Nikki Cross's "Glasgow Cross" replaces the distorted guitars with electronic synths and the original Evil Laugh with Cross's own laughs and terrifying screams. Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe, meanwhile, have yet to get solo themes.
• The Drifter, Elias Samson brings a sweet guitar piece, "Drift", to wherever he drifts to.
• Cedric Alexander's theme, "Won't Let Go", is a great hip hop song with sirens added throughout.
• When Chris Hero returned to NXT as Kassius Ohno, he brings in "Hero's Welcome", a rap piece sung by Cody B. Ware, who also sung the theme of The Kings of Wrestling in Ring of Honor, which had Hero and Cesaro in it. Hero also used "Flatlined" during his first run in NXT.
• What happens when you let Downstait, the band who created the themes of The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, Zack Ryder, Alex Riley, and Cody Rhodes, remix Seth Rollins's theme? You get "Redesign Rebuild Reclaim", a really metal remix of "The Second Coming" with parts of "Battle On" and "Flesh It Out" added throughout. Too bad Seth confirmed on Twitter he wouldn't be using it.
• For NXT TakeOver: Chicago 2017, Chris Jericho and his band Fozzy come out with "Judas", a song very fitting for his former "best friend" Kevin Owens, as well as the PPV itself, where #DIY breaks up when Tommaso Ciampa turns on Johnny Gargano after losing to The Authors Of Pain for the NXT Tag Team Championship. Unfortunately, Jericho did not appear at that pay-per-view nor did he use it for himself...at least in WWE, as he started coming out to "Judas" once he went to New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
• U-N-I-T-Y, what it spell huh? It spells Team B.A.D.'s theme, "Unity", which was later picked up by NXT's Street Profits and was remixed into "Bring The Swag". A huge change from the girly "beautiful and dangerous" to "we want the smoke".
• Bayley's theme "Turn it Up", which is precisely as anime-pop clap-along as you could want for The Huggable One.
• "F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S", yes. Carmella's "Fancy"-inspired song is perfect for her swag.
• Roderick Strong's theme, "Next Level", is a metal song heavily influenced by Killswitch Engage's famous "The End of Heartache".
• The Undisputed Era's theme, aptly titled "Undisputed" evokes an NWO-like vibe with its guitar, fitting for a group billed as a kind of invading force in NXT.
• Jack Gallagher received "Gentleman" after his heel turn and it fits the dastardly gentleman very well.
• Drew Gulak's theme, "For the Better" sounds like a news station or politician's theme, and it works surprisingly well for a man who wants to change the landscape of 205 Live.
• Even though he was in NXT for a criminally short time, "The Cowboy" James Storm was at least given a kickass country-esque theme in the form of "Game Up", a song befitting the veteran.
• Andrade "Cien" Almas' theme, titled "Making a Difference", is a festive piece which features homages to his earlier, masked persona La Sombra and his time as founder of Los Ingobernables.
• "WOKEN" Matt Hardy has been making his mark in WWE after a long absence, and the aptly named "The Deletion Anthem" punctuates that the Matt we used to know has changed into a wonderful man.
• Ricochet's NXT theme, "One and Only", sounds like it could easily be a superhero's theme song. It fits.
• Snitsky's theme, "It wasn't my fault", was kickass and fit his character during the first year of his run in WWE.
• Tommaso Ciampa's theme, "No One Will Survive", perfectly illustrates his Sadist personality and unbridled tormenting of Johnny Gargano and the rest of the roster.
• The video game WWF Attitude included, as one of its stock themes, a title called "Crimson Grin". Let's put it this way. Every kid with a wrestling game with a CAW mode has made a bloodthirsty demonic heel to be Kane... and in Attitude, it's a safe bet to say most of them used Crimson Grin as their theme. Actually, for an otherwise mediocre game, Attitude had a lot of great generic themes, although they tend to be hard to find even on Youtube...
• While Chavo Guerrero Jr.'s "Kerwin White" gimmick was lame, the Frank Sinatra-esque theme song he used was brilliantly cheesy.
• Becky Lynch has "Celtic Invasion". The more popular Becky is, the more fans sing along to her entrance theme. It's so popular that the San Jose Barracudas ice hockey team plays this music whenever they score a goal.
• Rick Boogs on Smackdown has Solid Ground, a pulse-pounding rock song with cheesy-yet-awesome lyrics bellowed out with enough intensity, charisma, and enthusiasm to rival the wrestler himself.
• Hands-down one of the most memorable moments of WrestleMania 38 was the long-anticipated return of Cody Rhodes to WWE. The absolute kicker that popped the crowd into overdrive was the moment Kingdom fired up, confirming that every key element of Cody's beloved post-WWE persona was being kept intact for his grand return to the company. "Wrestling has more than one royal family" indeed.
• LA Knight's theme "Knight Vision" serves to remind these dummies just whose game this is, with EVERYBODY saying: "L! A! KNIGHT!" YEAH!
  • His updated theme "Welcome to LA" for his face run adds more drums to encapsulate his red-hot charisma.
  • The original NXT version "Rollin' Deep" has a drumroll intro right after his name is said.
• The Bloodline's Stoic enforcer, Solo Sikoa, has "Taking It All", a tribal-esque trap anthem serving a clear warning that when you target his family, you'd best be ready to get demolished by the Samoan Street Champ.
• There's only three words to describe Trick Williams's NXT theme "Locked In": WHOOP THAT TRICK! Made even catchier thanks to Booker T's ad-libs during his entrances, which someone fan-edited into the instrumental.