Shining Wizado is a musician from Seattle who specializes in songs about Professional Wrestling.
You can find out more at his Bandcamp page.
"Shining Tropes":
- Big "YES!": "YES", which is about Daniel Bryan, of course.
- Blasphemous Boast: From "Burial Time", about Triple H:"(BURIAL TIME) I buried London and I buried Charlie Sheen
(BURIAL TIME) I buried Hitler and his whole goddamn regime
(BURIAL TIME) I buried JFK and I buried Lincoln too
(BURIAL TIME) And if you think I'm goin' down then I am burying YOU" - Carry a Big Stick/Wooden Katanas Are Even Better: "Steve F**king Blackman":"Don't turn your back or he'll hit you with a Kendo stick"
- Cluster F-Bomb: "Steve F**king Blackman"
- Also "Diva" (see List Song below)
"And John Laurinaitis can fuck himself!"- "American Dickbutt (The Bryan Danielson Story)"
- "Burial Time"
"AM I FUCKING GOING OVER
AM I FUCKING GOING OVER
AM I FUCKING GOING OVER" - Dissimile: From "Steve F**king Blackman":"Like Superman but without the suit or the superpowers yeah"
- Doomy Dooms of Doom: The Cosmic Doom EP, which was named for one of UltraMantis Black's Finishing Moves and features the Mantis tribute "Neo-Solar Prayer," and is included in Shining Wizado: Championship Edition.
- Drugs Are Bad: "Wise Up," about Jeff Hardy and his terrible performance at TNA Victory Road 2011.
- Frying Pan of Doom: Mentioned in "Let's Get Hardcore"
- Garbage Wrestler: "Let's Get Hardcore"
- Groin Attack: "Steve F**king Blackman":"Don't turn your side or he'll hit you in the fucking dick"
- "I Am" Song: "I Am The Knife (Bray Wyatt Tribute)"
- Kick Dude: "Steve F**king Blackman":"Don't turn your front or he'll hit with a Roundhouse Kick"
- List Song: From "Diva":"I don't give a fuck about Kelly Kelly
I don't give a fuck about Eve, no
I don't give a fuck about Alicia Fox
I don't give a fuck about Brie or Bella
I don't give a fuck about Rosa Mendes
I don't give a fuck about anybody else
I can't be fucked to remember their names
Fuck all of you" - Memetic Badass: Invoked in "Steve F**king Blackman":"Steve Fucking Blackman he's on the attack man
He knows karate and he sees that you've been slackin'" - Miniscule Rocking: Most of his songs are under five minutes. "TEDDEH", "Snow Day" (about Al Snow), "Sin Cara Theme (Indie Rock)," "David Otunga: Attorney at RAW Theme" and "Ode to Cobra" are all under 2 minutes.
- Mirror Match: "Botch On (Demo)" is about Sin Cara and mentions the Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara (Hunico) match.
- Moral Guardians: Invoked, as "Diva" includes the line, "But I'm really starting to miss the Right to Censor." Raised to funny by the Cluster F-Bomb lyrics surrounding it.
- One-Woman Song: "Melina's Confession"
- Pun-Based Title: "David Otunga: Attorney at RAW Theme"
- Sampling: "IT'S A HUGE DRAGON" is made up of samples of Eddie Kingston's commentary during the Lancelot (Lance Steel and Lance Steel)/Angel de Fuego/Dragon Dragon vs. UltraMantis Black/Hydra/Icarus/Dr. Cheung match at CHIKARA Running in the Red, which was Dragon Dragon's debut.
- Shaped Like Itself: "Steve F**king Blackman":"His pants are black as is his name because his name is Blackman"
- Shout-Out: Well, yes. The name is derived from the wrestling move Shining Wizard, the album title Shining Wizado: Championship Edition refers to Chris Hero's Hero's Welcome: Championship Edition Finishing Move and the list just goes on from there.
- "Devil in My DNA" is based on the promo battles from Chris Jericho and CM Punk's 2012 feud.
- "These Sober Eyes" is based on the CM Punk-Jeff Hardy feud.
- "Bundle Up (Prelude)" is based on Eddie Kingston's promo on his opponent Lince Dorado at CHIKARA Tragedy and Triumph, July 13, 2008.
- "Cactus Jack (acoustic demo)" is based on Cactus' promo from the April 6, 1998 WWE RAW about how, when he and Terry Funk were injured in the cage match against the New Age Outlaws (Wrestling/Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) the previous week, the fans chanted for "Stone Cold" Steve Austin instead, and how, after the fans had wanted to see Mick as Cactus Jack, he felt disrespected.
"I gave you Cactus Jack
But what did you give me back?" - The Show Must Go On: "The Show Must Go On," about Chris Benoit, Randy Savage and Owen Hart.
- Silly Love Songs: Parodied with "Botchamania" and "Cold Fire (Booker T Love Song)"
- Something Blues: "Bad Booking Blues"
- The Something Song: "Cold Fire (Booker T. Love Song)"
- Take That!: "Burial Time," "Diva," "And I Quote" (about Michael Cole), among others.
- There Is No Kill Like Overkill: "Let's Get Hardcore"."I'm gonna hit your face
With a fuckin' brick
And then I'll get a wolf
Get him to bite your dick
I'll cut you with a knife
And then I'll go to jail
And then I'll get out of jail
And do it all again" - Villain Song: "Villain," about William Regal
- White-Dwarf Starlet: "Over," about Ric Flair. The last lines, "I'm sorry/I love you" are taken from what Shawn Michaels said to Flair before pinning him in Flair's "retirement" match at WrestleMania XXIV, March 30, 2008.
- Worth It: He has a song with this title.