Best WWE Entrance Music
WWE has always been known for its theatrical sports entertainment livelihood. From chair shots to the head to someone stealing someone else’s girl to just plain right being over dramatic in some aspects.
Within all that craziness, what some people barely notice is the theme songs of the wrestlers.
Entrance music wasn’t a thing for WWE before. In the 80’s, the wrestlers had no music to come out to. They’d just walk out to the roaring crowd. There were some wrestlers who did have a theme song but it was only a handful.
It wasn’t till they started broadcasting Raw live in 1993 that they begun to make entrance music for their wrestlers.
Every song had to be a part of the wrestlers gimmick. It couldn’t just be a bunch of distorted guitars and drums just playing. It had to suit the person. It had to to some extent further the persons character.
There’s been so many times where wrestlers have changed their music throughout their career. But, these are some that have stuck around for ages.
Mankind
Mick Foley was fairly new to the company when his Mankind persona started.
The Mankind theme song was just as deranged and mental as the character itself. I got chills every time I heard it.
The song was odd and ominous.
Mind you, this was a time where most people were using hard rock songs as their theme songs. This was a complete 180 on the formula. Here came out this man with a mask and this eerie music that made you feel uncomfortable.
I think it was the perfect fit for Manknd. The tragic piano song still rings in the peoples ears.
Sure, he had a theme change during the Attitude era, with the car crash intro and then the famous guitar riff. But, his original song still lingers on my mind till this day.
Edge
The Rated-R Superstar
He had two theme songs.
The first being when he debuted in the late 90’s with the famous “You think you know me” tag line.
It was a nice theme song. It did make his character more mysterious throughout the years.
He then transitioned into a singles competitor and started to use Rob Zombie’s “Never gonna stop” song in the early 2000’s. Fun fact, apparently he didn’t like using that song.
Then came his most famous them song that he still uses to this day. The song that will forever remind us of Edge. The song is “Metalingus” by Alter Bridge. I think it’s so great when the music hits and the smoke erupts from the entrance ramp.
It’s the perfect theme song for him.
And when he puts up his devil horns and the pyro goes off behind him..it’s just magical.
The Brood
Probably one of the spookiest songs created for a team. Just the intro alone was scary and made you think the devil was inside the arena.
It starts off with an indecipherable whisper and then kicks in with the music. The drums sound AMAZING in this song.
It was a marvelous theme song for the trio. As they were a vampire trio.
The way they incorporated their entrance with the song was perfect. They’d come up from the bottom of the ring with a ring of fire surrounding them.
One of the best entrances period.
The Wyatt Family
It was a southern-style song from an English musician that made the Wyatt Family a force to be reckon with.
It was slow, solemn, and almost questionable.
Bray Wyatt would come with with a lantern that was dressed with a mask of his own face. His followers walked behind him wearing masks. It was probably one of the best entrances I’ve seen in a long time.
The fans held their phones up with the flashlights on so it looked like there were thousands of stars inside the arena.
You couldn’t match the persona of this team with a more perfect song.
Chris Jericho
BREAK DOWN THE WALLS
One of the most recognizable wrestling intro music ever.
This is one of the theme songs that has crossed from generation to generation with a handful of versions and edits. But, it has always kept the core of the song.
The best part was when the countdown would pop up on the titanron. Once it hit 0 the pyro would go off and the music would start.
I know I was one of the fans going crazy when it happened.
D-Generaion-X
It wouldn’t be a list without the resident bad boys of the WWE.
DX did what they wanted to do, when they wanted to, and how they wanted to do things. They didn’t respect authority. They didn’t care what you thought about them, they didn’t want to be praised by the masses. All they wanted to do is raise some hell.
It’s only fitting that they would have a theme song that embarks on their morals.
They got that theme song.
Their song supplemented the mix of Rage Against The Machine-style music or Nu Metal, and had the vocals of a New York based musician Chris Warren.
You think you could tell us what to do?
You think you would tell us what to wear?
Triple H
It’s not hard to point out that Triple H’s most famous theme song comes from Motorhead. Lemmy’s hard-rock vocals just send chills down your spine. It was a bit cheesy in reality, but it just got down to the point.
“The Game” by Motorhead just worked extremely well.
Once you hear that opening riff, you know you will see the unparalleled star walk down the ramp with a water bottle in hand and just spit the water out.
Personally tho, I do think his Attitude Era song was better. I know, I know…I can catch heat for saying that, but it was more catchy.
His Attitude Era theme song was just more in your face.
John Cena
The champ is here
John Cena is the biggest star of the WWE since The Rock.
His “Word Life” theme song was used when he came up with the “Thug Of Thuganomics” character during the Ruthless Aggression Era. It was the perfect fit for him. It was hip and showed off what he was about.
Not to mention, he rapped his own song.
Then came 2005 and he decided to change his song. The song that came to be would be his most recognizable song to date.
My time is now
I’d say even if you’re not a WWE fan, if you hear that song, you will immediately know who song is playing.
The Undertaker
I know what you’re saying…why isn’t Undertaker’s song number 1?
It’s crazy I know. He still has one of the greatest and most memorable theme songs ever created.
Most of the times in WWE it can be a soap opera, obviously, so emotions run high and the storytelling hits a climax…you’re on the edge of your seat…you feel the energy and then…
DUN…
The dongle is hit. The lights go out. The fog starts to float over the entrance ramp. The flames starts to rise up. You know you get goosebumps every time you hear that music hit.
The church organs just rattle your mind.
There’s a saying that an entrance music can make or break a character. I’m happy to say that it made the Undertaker even more fierce and terrifying.
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Stone Cold’s entrance music changed the sound of glass shattering for an entire generation in the late 90's.
I called it the “Oh shit, it’s gonna get real” sound that meant that this guy was going to run down the ramp and raise a can of whoop ass.
That’s what he did.
When his theme song came on it didn’t just mean you were about to get into a serious brawl, it also meant that everything was going to be alright.
Although, I might be in the minority here when I saw that his second theme music in 2001 where the song became a bit heavier, I think that song was a bit better than the original.
Before I go, I wanted to give a HUGE shoutout to the man behind all the great music for the wrestlers. Jim Johnston. He worked countless hours for decades, creating all the exciting music for us fans to hear and relish.
He was responsible for the great music the WWE susperstars have or had.
This man deserves a gold medal and a spot in the WWE Hall Of Fame.
