Though British wrestler Shirley Crabtree had been using " I Shall Not Be Moved" as his entrance music in the 1970s in the United Kingdom. McMahon, entered to the " Marines' Hymn" at a Madison Square Garden show in the 1970s. Slaughter, who has sometimes claimed to have introduced the idea to Vincent J. In the early 1950s, female champion Mildred Burke often entered to theme music, while Gorgeous George was associated with " Pomp and Circumstance Marches", a song which was later used regularly by Randy Savage.
Gorgeous George was one of the few wrestlers in his time to have music accompany his entrances. In addition, Extreme Championship Wrestling used popular music in order to promote a hip, edgy, counter-culture image. Due to less restrictive copyright laws in Mexico, lucha libre promotions use mostly popular songs.
A promotion might also purchase music from production libraries, which is considered to be cheaper than the royalties of commercial music, or use public domain music, which is available for no fee. You know it.” before his music starts, and Ric Flair's signature exclamation of "Wooooooo!" prior to his entrance theme.ĭue to licensing costs, entrance themes are often composed by the professional wrestling promotion for which the wrestlers perform in order to avoid having to pay royalties. Hate the game" (WCW) and "Can you dig it, sucka?" (WWE) followed by his entrance theme, Zack Ryder’s recorded voice saying “Woo, woo, woo. Examples of this include Dwyane Johnson's recorded voice saying, "If you smell what the Rock is cookin'!" before his music starts, Booker T saying "Don't hate the player. Some entrance themes are accompanied by the wrestler's recorded voice saying their signature phrase.
In practice, modern day entrance themes are normally heavy metal music, rock music, rapping, or contemporary R&B (especially for women), as these genres of music are popular with the professional wrestling key demographics. For example, Jacob and Eli Blu (The Blu Brothers) had an entrance theme in the WWE that resembled a piece of blues music, while The Undertaker has often used entrance themes which resemble a funeral march, including the ringing of an eerie funeral toll and a quote of Piano Sonata No. Entrance themes are often tailored to the gimmick of the wrestler they are written or selected for.
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