Great (And Not So Great) Musical Moments In Pro Wrestling History

Let's face it, music is a big part of pro wrestling. Now days everyone has their own song to come to the ring to. The song starts and the crowd knows who is coming out. But where did all this start. Well, alot of people say it was started by Michael Hayes and the Fabulous Freebirds in World Class Championship Wrestling in Texas. Now, that promotion is a whole post unto itself at some point, but the Freebirds used to come to the ring to, yeah you guessed it, "Freebird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The gimmick was that the Freebirds were a rock and roll band as well as being wrestlers. And what better way to prove that than performing your own song. Check out Michael P.S. Hayes performing "Badstreet". This is still perhaps the greatest entrance song ever in wrestling. Think I'm lying? Check it out.


Of course we must talk about the WWF. They released an album of wrestlers singing their own songs called Piledriver. From the Honky Tonk Man to Slick, wrestler got behind the mic with predictably awful results. But that's just how the WWF was at the time. Even Vince McMahon got into the act. Check out ol' Vinny Mac singing "Stand Back" thinking he's Neil Diamond. Also check out Hulk Hogan playing bass. This one NEVER gets old.

And then there was WCW. There was a time when they were putting together some of the worst theme songs in existence. Songs about Ricky Steamboat being a humble family man, and Sting being uh well a man called Sting (Seriously, that's the best they could come up with?). Eventually things go a little better when they started ripping off Nirvana and Pearl Jam songs. Diamond Dallas Page had a them song that was a direct rip off of "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Want more: Of course not but here it comes. Raven had a song that was ripped off from "Come As You Are". It's really hard to believe Courtney Love didn't sue them. I guess this proves that she never watched wrestling.

I could probably go on and on, but I think I'll finish this up with a new song that's become a real favorite of mine. The tag team of Jesse and Festus come out to a song called "Biscuits and Gravy" that is so fucking catchy, you can't help but sing to yourself like a fucking retard. Which is what you have to be to enjoy this stupid sport we love called wrestling.