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Music in Professional Wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring. After a match, the entrance theme of the victor will normally be played as they exit the ring. Entrance themes are used to alert the audience to the immediate arrival of a wrestler, and to increase anticipation. Entrance themes are often tailored to the Character of the wrestler they are written or selected for. For example, Jacob and Eli Blu (The Blu Brothers) had an entrance theme which resembled a piece of Blues music. The Undertaker has often used entrance themes which resemble a Dirge . In practice, modern day entrance themes are normally Rock or Rap music, as these genres of music are popular with the professional wrestling key demographics. Due to licensing costs, entrance themes are often composed by the Promotion for which the wrestlers perform in order to avoid having to pay royalties. A promotion might also purchase music from Production Libraries , which is considered to be cheaper than the royalties of commercial music. However, small promotions with television deals are not obliged to pay royalties, and so may use popular songs for their wrestlers. Due to less restrictive copyright laws in Mexico , Lucha Libre promotions use mostly popular songs. As well, ECW used popular music in order to promote a hip, edgy, counter-culture image, despite the greater expense involved. The history of entrance themes is not clear, but Gorgeous George is often cited as being the first wrestler to be accompanied to the ring by music. Sgt. Slaughter also claims to have introduced the idea to Vince McMahon, Sr. of playing the Marines' Hymn prior to his entrance at a Madison Square Garden show in the 1970s. However, the practice did not become widespread until the 1980s , when the Fabulous Freebirds , Hulk Hogan and various World Class Championship Wrestling employees began using rock music for entrance themes. Music is also used as a promotional tool, played during advertisements and video packages. ENTRANCE THEMES A ; " ( 50 Cent ) ; ) ; ) ; ), " In The End (Instrumental)" ( Linkin Park ) ; ), "Deepest Bluest (Instrumental)" ( LL Cool J ) ; ), " Personal Jesus " ( Marilyn Manson ), "Fire It Up" ( Black Label Society ) ; ) ; " ( Audioslave ) ; ) ; " ( Blur ) ; ) ; " ( Andrew Lloyd Webber ) ; ), "Awesome Bomb" ( Reckless Fortune ) B ; ) ; ) ; ), "The Zoo" ( Bruce Dickinson ) ; , K Mac and Boo Kapone ) ; " ( AC/DC ) ; " ( Sean Paul ), "Cowboys from Hell" ( Pantera ) ; " ( AC/DC ), "Blitzkrieg" ( Metallica ) ; ) ; ), "The bWo Theme" ( Swamp Candles ) ; " ( Claude Joseph Rouget De Lisle ) ; " ( Thomas Arne ) ; ) C ; " ( Barry Manilow ), " Super Freak " ( Rick James ) ; " ( Steppenwolf ) ; " ( Calixa Lavallée ) ; " ( INXS ), " Back In Black " ( AC/DC ) ; ) ; " ( Peter Gabriel ), "I've Got to Have It (Instrumental)" ( Jermaine Dupri ) ; ), "The Time Is Now" ( John Cena and Tha Trademarc) ; ) ; ) ; ), "Beauty And Stupid" ( Hide ), "Perfect!" ( Jesus Believe Me ), "I Like COLA" ( Jesus Believe Me ) ; ) ; ) ; and Jimmy Page ), "The Old School Style" ( Boner ), " O Fortuna " ( Apotheosis ), "Fire" ( Scooter ) ; ) ; ), "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" ( Grinspoon ) ; " ( Rob D ) ; ) D ; ) ; ) ; " ( Nine Inch Nails ), "Disposable Teens" ( Marilyn Manson ) ; " ( The Offspring ), "Lysergik Funeral Procession" ( Down ), " Dragon Empire " ( DJ AlKohal ), " The Final Countdown " ( Europe ), "Obsession" ( Animotion ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( Sisqó ) ; " ( The Bee Gees ) ; " ( Julius Fucik ) ; ) ; " ( Deep Purple ) ; ), " Man In The Box " ( Alice In Chains ), "Man in a Box" ( Harry Slash & The Slashtones ) ; ) ; " ( AC/DC ), "Turn the Tables" ( Saliva ), "Bombshell" ( Powerman 5000 ) ; ) E ; ), "This Is Extreme!" ( Harry Slash & The Slashtones ), "Bodies" ( Drowning Pool ) ; ), "Metalingus" ( Alter Bridge ) ; ), "Total Elimination" ( Harry Slash & The Slashtones ) ; ), "Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Instrumental)" ( Kanye West ) ; ) " Mosh " ( Eminem ), " Just Lose It " ( Eminem ), " In Da Club " ( 50 Cent ) "You Ain't Nice ( Papoose ), "Born to Win" ( Papoose ) ; " ( Motörhead ) F ; " ( Lynyrd Skynyrd ), "Badstreet, U.S.A." ( Michael Hayes and the Badstreet Band) ; " ( Richard Strauss ), " Line In The Sand " ( Motörhead ) ; " ( N-Trance ) ; " ( Ennio Morricone ), " Fanfare For The Common Man " ( Emerson, Lake & Palmer ), " Mary Jane's Last Dance " ( Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ), " Desperado " ( The Eagles ) G ; ), "You Just Don't Know Me At All" ( Lilian Garcia ) ; " ( ZZ Top ) ; with Antonio Banderas ) ; " ( The Melvins ), "Complication" ( Nine Inch Nails ), " Personal Jesus " ( Marilyn Manson ) ; ) ; " ( Edward Elgar ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( Queen ) H ; ) ; ) ; " ( Rage Against The Machine ) ; " ( Lynyrd Skynyrd ), "Badstreet, USA" ( Michael Hayes and the Badstreet Band) ; " ( Ludwig Van Beethoven ) ; ) ; ), "Dead and Bloated" ( Stone Temple Pilots ), " Holding Out For A Hero " ( Bonnie Tyler ), "Hero" ( Foo Fighters ), "It's a Bird, It's a Plane" ( Ralph Cardall ), "Kryptonite" ( 3 Doors Down ), "Nobody's Real" ( Powerman 5000 ), " We Are The Champions " ( Queen ) ; ) ; " ( Survivor ), "Real American" ( Rick Derringer ), "American Made" ( The Wrestling Boot Band ), " Voodoo Child (Slight Return) " ( Jimi Hendrix ) ; ), "The Truth" ( Beanie Sigel ), "You're Not Ready" ( 50 Cent ) ; ), " Smooth Criminal " ( Alien Ant Farm ) ; ) I ; ), "Oddities" ( Insane Clown Posse ), "Take It" ( Insane Clown Posse ), "The Show Must Go On" ( Insane Clown Posse ), "Chicken Huntin' (Slaughter House Mix)" ( Insane Clown Posse ), "Down with the Clown" ( Insane Clown Posse ) J ; ), "The Touch" ( Stan Bush ), "Date with the Night" ( Yeah Yeah Yeahs ), "Ballad of Lacey" ( Jimmy Jacobs ) ; " ( Ice Cube ) ; ), "King of My World" ( Saliva ), "Don't You Wish You Were Me?" ( Fozzy ) ; " ( Queen ), "Grab Them Cakes" ( Junkyard Dog and Vicki Sue Robinson ) K ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) L ; " ( Daddy Yankee ), " Thriller " ( Michael Jackson ) ; ), "Date with the Night" ( Yeah Yeah Yeahs ) ; ) ; " ( Modest Mussorgsky ) ; ), "Pussy Liquor" ( Rob Zombie ) ; ) ; ) ; ), "Pompeii" ( E.S. Posthumus ), "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" ( Tomoyasu Hotei ) ; ) ; ), "Scapegoat" ( Fear Factory ) M ; ), "What You Gonna Do?" ( ModTrom Productions ), "Thief's Theme" ( Nas ) ; ), "Big Balls" ( Boner featuring Balls Mahoney ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( The Clash ), " Roll On " ( The Living End ), "Fuckin' in the Bushes" ( Oasis ) ; ) ; ), "All Grown Up" ( Jacki-O ) ; ), " Prayer " ( Disturbed ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( Alien Ant Farm ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( Metallica ), "Booyaka 619" ( Rey Mysterio and Mad One ) N ; " ( Lynyrd Skynyrd ) ; ) ; " ( The Beastie Boys ) ; ) ; and Ice Cube ) ; ) ; ) O ; ) ; ), "Come On" ( Waterproof Blonde ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( Motörhead ), " Burn In My Light " ( Mercy Drive ), "This Fire Burns" ( Killswitch Engage ) P ; " ( Lynyrd Skynyrd ), "Run Through the Jungle" ( Creedence Clearwater Revival ), " Black Betty " ( Ram Jam ) ; " ( Ernest Gold ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( Metallica ), " Cherub Rock " ( The Smashing Pumpkins ) ; ) ; " ( Papa Roach ) ; ), "Miseria Cantare (The Beginning)" ( AFI ), "Cult of Personality" ( Living Colour ), "Night Train" ( Bouncing Souls ), "99 Problems" ( Jay-Z ); ; " ( Michael Jackson ) R ; ), "Rockstar" ( N.E.R.D ), "The Promise" ( Crook Bandoh ), "Parade of the Charioteers" ( Miklós Rózsa ) ; " ( The Offspring ), "Take It" ( Insane Clown Posse ), "End of Everything" ( Stereomud ), " Sin " ( Nine Inch Nails ) ; " ( Rage Against The Machine ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( Cyndi Lauper ) ; ) ; " ( Black Sabbath ) ; ) ; ), "Old Time Rock & Roll" ( Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ) ; " ( University Of Oklahoma ) ; " ( Marilyn Manson ), " Antichrist Superstar " ( Marilyn Manson ) ; " ( Marilyn Manson ) ; " ( Bruce Springsteen ) ; " ( Queen ), "The Stripper" ( David Rose ), "Simply Ravishing" ( Harry Slash & The Slashtones ) S ; ) ; ) ; & BOO-YA Tribe ), "The Champ Is Here" ( Jadakiss ), " Mama Said Knock You Out " ( LL Cool J ) ; " ( The Beach Boys ), " Enter Sandman " ( Metallica ) ; " ( Edward Elgar ) ; " ( Rage Against The Machine ) ; ), "Jungle Boogie" ( Kool & The Gang ) ; " ( 50 Cent ) ; ), "Six Barrell Shotgun" ( Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ), "Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Instrumental)" ( Kanye West ) ; " ( Styx ) ; " ( Gwen Stefani ) ; ) ; " ( John Belushi ) ; " ( The Alan Parsons Project ) ; ) ; ), "Yours" ( TobyMac ) ; " ( 5ive ) ; ) ; ) ; ), "Did My Time" ( Korn ), "A Victim, a Target" ( Misery Signals ) ; ), "Body Bomb" ( Unsane ) ; ), "It's a Long Way to the Top " ( AC/DC ), "Praise" ( Sevendust ), "Wherever I May Roam" ( Metallica ), " Also Sprach Zarathustra " ( Richard Strauss ) ; " ( Black Sabbath ) ; ), "Blue Roads" ( Johnny Vicious ), "El Guerrero Nomad" ( Harry Slash & The Slashtones ) ; ), "My Seventh Rib" ( The Shins ) ; ) T ; ), "T.I.W." ( Harry Slash & The Slashtones ) ; ), "Path of Rage" ( Harry Slash & The Slashtones ), "Survive (If I Let You)" ( Harry Slash & The Slashtones ), "Just Another Victim" ( Cypress Hill ) ; " ( Calixa Lavallée ) ; " ( Led Zeppelin ) ; ) ; ) ; ), " King Of Kings " ( Motörhead ) U ; ) ; ), "Rollin'" ( Limp Bizkit ) V ; ),"Walk" ( Kilgore ), "One of a Kind" ( Breaking Point ) ; " ( T.A.T.u. ) ; ) W ; ) ; ) ; " ( Beck ), "Pepper" ( Butthole Surfers ) "Bombtrack" ( Rage Against The Machine ), "Sinister Minister Theme" ( Boner ) ; ), "Self Revolution" ( Killswitch Engage ), "Down" ( Stone Temple Pilots ), " Slither " ( Velvet Revolver ), "Date with the Night" ( Yeah Yeah Yeahs ) ; " ( Blur ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( Bruce Springsteen ) ; ) ; ), "Rise Up" ( Drowning Pool ) ; ), Take Me Home ( Phil Collins ), Boom ( P.O.D. ) X ; ) Y ; ) Z ; " ( Skid Row ) PAY-PER-VIEWS A ; " ( Lynyrd Skynyrd ) B ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) I ; ) J ; ) K ; ) N ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( Evanescence ) ; ) ; ) ; ) R ; " ( Kid Rock ) ; ) ; ) ; ) S ; " ( AC/DC ) ; ) ; " ( Metallica ) ; " ( Rush ) ; ), "Get It Poppin'" ( Fat Joe feat. Nelly ) ; " ( Puddle Of Mudd ) ; ) ; ) ; ), "Ugly" ( The Exies ) ; ) T ; ) U ; ) ; ) ; " ( Saliva ) ; ) V ; " ( Drowning Pool ) ; ) ; ) ; ) W ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ), "Tear Away" ( Drowning Pool ) ; ) ; ), "Touche" ( Godsmack ) ; ), "Behind Those Eyes" ( 3 Doors Down ) ; " ( Peter Gabriel ), "I Dare You" ( Shinedown ), "Save Me Sorrow" ( Bullets & Octane ) ; ) VIDEO PACKAGES A ; " ( Coldplay ) ; ) B ; ) ; " ( Evanescence ) E ; ) ; ) F ; ) G ; ) H ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) J ; ) L ; " ( No Doubt ), "Not Enough" ( Our Lady Peace ) O ; ) R ; " ( Nirvana ) ; ) ; " ( Filter ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( Audioslave ) ; ) S ; " ( Creed ) ; ) T ; " ( Papa Roach ) ; ) ; ) ; ) ; " ( U2 ) ; ) U ; ) ; ) ; ) W ; ) ; ) ; ) ; ) TRIBUTES ; ) ; " ( Johnny Cash ) VIDEO SPECIALS V ; Viva Las Divas of the WWE : "Why Can't We Just Dance" ( Stacy Keibler ) W ; WWF Divas Sex on the Beach : " Hey Baby " ( No Doubt ) OTHER ; Candice's Playboy Cover Unveiling : "Foxy Foxy" (Rob Zombie) IN-HOUSE COMPOSERS The following are composers known for composing numerous in-house theme songs for particular wrestling promotions:
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