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Hulk Hogan is doing voiceovers in Saints Row: The Third:
http://www.1up.com/news/hulk-hogan-porn-star-lend-voices-saints-row-the-third

[quote name='1up']Saints Row is centered around its zaniness, so it's only right that each game feature some well-known celebrity voices to make everything that much more surreal. Saints Row 2 had Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Dorn, and Keith David, and for Saints Row: The Third, a former porn star and the Hulkster have been tapped to lend their voices.


THQ's announcement on the first wave of celebrity voice actors for The Third includes Sasha Grey, a former porn star who has since begun dabbling in acting and modeling. She'll play the role of Viola DeWynter. Angel De LaMuerte, a "legendary professional wrestler," will be played by Hulk Hogan, the former WWF/WWE wrestler who now, even at the age of 57, has the occasional wrestling match in TNA Wrestling, a WWE competitor.

Rounding out the cast is Daniel Dae Kim, who will again assume the role of Johnny Gat, one of the leaders of the Third Street Saints.
More celebrity voice actors are to come, according to THQ -- this is only the first bunch. There's plenty of time for more reveals to come, as The Third won't be out until November 15.
Both Grey and Hogan will be at Comic-Con this week to sign autographs and promote the game. No word yet on if Hogan will make gratuitous use of the word "brother" in his voice acting sessions.[/quote]
 
[quote name='Pure Apathy']I got the green bar whenever I tried to watch it on my TV that has a Netflix app on it and also on my 360.[/QUOTE]

I had that problem yesterday. It eventually fixed itself, but still that was really irritating.
 
Remembering what I hated about WCW. Enterance music was grunge tunes played wrong. DDP is Smells like teen spirit, Jericho was evenflow. It's those songs with missing notes or backwards parts
 
I forgot about the party watch.. haha. Hopefully Netflix sorts out the 360 issue and we can do the party watch thing soon.
 
[quote name='Chase']Ain't trying to one-up you, Purple Flames, but here's a longer, better quality video (from IGN's article).



I love this angle.[/QUOTE]

here is another one from a better angle
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBjzeCIAe0&feature=player_embedded#at=25[/media]
 
I love that he's carrying the title in his backpack and the casualness he has in taking it out. Also, it almost looks like it isn't the replica belt judging on the thickness of the front plate.
 
The opening promo meandered along until Bully Ray came out and talked about Angle hitting him in the ab he worked hard on, so now he had to get revenge. Anderson was there too. RVD-Steiner was shockingly good since RVD got thrown around a bunch and got all bendy for some stuff. Having the match end via schoolboy out of nowhere was kind of annoying, and the post-match beating really didn't serve a purpose at all. Still, the match itself was fine - probably Steiner's best TV match all year. Mickie's promo was okay, but I was confused as to just why Velvet got a shot - was it for beating two people who weren't in the company? Also, Mickie looked like she just got done auditioning for Jem and the Holograms - way too much makeup on her tonight. Then Winter and Angelina came out and Winter has a title shot ALSO for some reason. And Angelina made a lesbian joke about Velvet and Mickie. THAT was funny. Sarita/Rosita vs. Tara/Tessmacher CELL PHONE VID sucked. Why they didn't show that BEFORE the face mask's debut, I have no idea. Then, the face challengers attacked the champions from behind, ONE OF WHOM HAS A BROKEN FACE. Then they had a match. It was okay, good-ish given Sarita's injury, but nothing special beyond Sarita's ass looking awesome in her new gear.

Then they showed a GIANT CONTRACT FOR 10 POINTS. Seriously. fucking ridiculous. So...did every other BFG Series match have wacky contracts needed to validate their wins and point totals, or are the on-screen graphics an equivalent to a legally-binding contract? Morgan's all-white gear looked great - really made him look tan and actually brought out how tall he is. Joe's blue and grey gear looked terrible, and (Ray) Gunner's theme and entrance video remain terrible. The former sounds like a generic CAW theme, while the latter has lesser production values than most forum-goers signature images. I'm glad Tenay reminded me of the parking lot brawl, because I found myself cheering for him to attack AJ, who needed a bat and three friends armed with bats to beat him up. Match was perfectly okay. Joe did a suicide dive and AJ did the Shelton springboard ladder jump spot...that was about it. Morgan grabbed the contract and posed. WHY this had to be a ladder match was never explained - a 4-way would've accomplished the same goal, with the goofy contract visual.

EY tried to fight OFFICER D'Lo in a convenience store. EY schoolboyed him, did the fast three count, and it was here that I realized (finally realized?) that they're trying to make EY into Crash Holly and using the TV Title in place of the hardcore title and yeah, they're failing at that. EVERYTHING Crash did was way, way funnier than any of the TV title stuff they're doing with EY. Loved seeing D'Lo again though. And then, after this segment making a mockery of a title, they showed a graphic for the X Title match. WHAT PERFECT TIMING. Shelley-Kendrick was a decent TV match. I got a quick LOL out of them showing a replay for a dive that Kendrick did when Joe already did that same dive in the previous match, and more impressively. Sliced Bread on the apron was sick. So of course, a belt shot was the finish. At least it furthered the Aries-Shelley deal to lead to a title match, but the finish fell flat since it came so quickly after a nice-looking move.

Not-LAX promo sucked. Anarchia made some valid points about the knockouts titles being taken via cheating but GOD is he a terrible promo and the fake boos, literally, JUST BOOS, ONE PERSON GOING BOO, then it stops, BOO, rinse repeat for seemingly ever. I want Storm's "Beer Hunter" shirt NOW. And then he cut an AWESOME promo. Aside from the jingoistic stuff at the beginning, he ruled. He made himself seem like a huge ass-kicker and then buried MexAm not for being Mexicans, but for disgracing luchadores which is...well, better than blasting an entire nation of people, but still an odd thing to do after saying that MexAm should go back to doing what "they're" good at and cut grass. Still, loved the promo overall, and it actually made me want to see MexAm in a match.

The knockouts having YET ANOTHER BRAWL was the fourth one on the show and then ODB and Jackie came back. Ya see, THEY LIED. I thought for sure they'd at least break this stip during an on the road show, but nah, they just did it in the Impact Zone. And Traci comes back, but it's okay for her to come back and get involved without being arrested for some reason. I guess this is leading to a Velvet/Traci/Mickie vs. ODB/Jackie/Winter and/or Love six-woman match at some show but who wants to see that? Also, why did this need to go on forever? Then Traci said that as long as ODB and Jackie stay, she'll stay, so...ODB and Jackie's reward for LOSING a loser leaves town match is a contract for no reason?

Bully Ray telling Anderson that his gimmick sucks ruled, and of course led to the two tag partners having problems before their first match as a team. Main event sucked. Not in the "tons of botches" sense, just in the "nothing interesting in the slightest" sense. Guys did moves. Sting took bumps for some reason. Angle took them off the apron to the floor. Why do this in a tag match that means nothing? I have no idea. And then Angle just beat Anderson like it was nothing. Only one Angle slam was needed. A week ago, he was world champ, and now he's getting beaten by a single Angle slam like a jobber in '05. And then the show ended with Angle and Sting staring intensely at each other. WOW. How riveting - two old dudes staring at each other. No Hogan or Bischoff, but otherwise, this felt like every other sorta-bad Impact ever.


Screens -

On this day, I see clearly...




MISSTTEERRR ANDERCHINS! AN-DER-CHINS!














Quotes -

Tenay - Last week, the balance of the ongoing battle for the control shifted!
Sting - LOOK AT ME MA, I’M ON TOP OF THE WORLD! HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! HOGAN AND BISCHOFF, LOOKS LIKE THE STINGER’S BACK ON TRACK! I GOT SOMETHIN YA WANT, OH YEAH! FEELS GOOD! YA GOT SOMETHING I WANT - THAT PUTS ON A PLAYING FIELD, TIT FOR TAT! KNOW SOMETHING!? GAME ON! THIS IS THE PART OF THE PROMO WHERE I TALK ABOUT THE EASY OR HARD WAY, BUT WE KNOW WE’LL DO IT MY WAY! One way or another, I’ll get ya Eric, and get ya Hogan, BUT EVENTUALLY YOU’LL COMET O YER SENSES! I’M IN A GOOD MOOD! I’M INSANE! THERE’S SOMETHING EXILERATING ABOUT BEING INSANE! SO I GUESS THE INSANE ASYLUM BUSINESS IS OPEN AND I’D LIKE TO START TODAY’S BUSINESS WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIC AND HOGAN, PLEASE COME FORWARD! Waitaminutenow!
Tenay - JUST LIKE LAST WEEK, IT’S ANGLE UNDER THE MASK OF THE EVIL CLOWN!
Angle - No disrespect, but I heard a lot of Is in the speech - I did this or that, when it was I who came to your aid when Anderson and Bully Ray beat you down. I did it because it was the right thing, but what we have is a dilemma, because while you’re saving the company for Dixie, you’ve hit a speedbump! ME! I’M THE NUMBER 1 CONTENDER, AND AT HARDCORE JUSTICE, OUR PATHS WILL CROSS ONCE AGAIN!
Sting - I respect ya too, Kurt. I’m just doing what I gotta do, MAN!
Angle - I can respect that. I take pride in being the best. Second-best isn’t enough for me - in the Olympics, or this ring. WE ARE LEGENDS, BUT ONLY ONE CAN WALK OUT THE BETTER ME. It’s not just gonna be me - IT HAS TO BE ME, CUZ I’VE GIVEN MYSELF NO OTHER CHOICE!
Sting - We got ourselves a dilemma here, Kurt.
Ray - Shut off the music! Dilemma? YEAH, YOU GOT A BIG FRICKIN DILEMMA ON YA HANDS! BECAUSE IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS, YOU TWO JAGOFFS ARE GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER CUZ IT’S THE TWO OF YOU AGAINST BULLY RAY AND MISTER ANDERSON!
Anderson - Anderson!
Ray - KURT, YOU THINK I LIKED IT WHEN YOU TOOK THIS BAT AND HIT ME IN MY AB!? I DIDN’T LIKE IT SO MUCH! I WORKED HARD ON THIS AB! VERY HARD! TONIGHT, I’M GONNA HIT YOU WITH A KITCHEN SINK OUTTA NEW YORK FRICKIN CITY!
Anderson - Look at you, both of ya, Sting, you with that goofy look - YOU DIDN’T BEAT ME! If it wasn’t for your butt-buddy Knucklehead the Clown, we wouldn’t be having this discussion! IF YOU THINK I CLAWED MY WAY TO THE TOP FOR THINGS TO WIND UP LIKE THIS, YOU’RE SADLY MISTAKEN! And before you worry about Hogan or Eric, giving Dixie her company back OH BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE, YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH ME. AND OH, TONIGHT! BIYOTCH!
Taz - I don’t know what’s hotter - Christy Hemme or Big Poppa Pump!
Tenay - Scott Steiner, absolutely a natural.
Taz - Striker versus Grappler here in RVD-Steiner.
Taz - Steiner’s into rushing into anything.
Tenay - BASEBALL-STYLE KICK!
Steiner - TIME OUT!
Mackie - Velvet, I’d like you to come out - there’s something I want to say to you.
Taz - LET THE PIGEONS LOOSE! Even in tights, it’s hot.
Mackie - For the past few months, I’ve sat back and watched you…
Taz - Me too!
Mackie - I’ve seen people take out their insecurities and blame you for their downfalls. They tried to break you down emotionally and physically. I know how that feels and it’s not good. That’s why I’m not only honored, but I’m privileged to give you your first knockouts title match tonight! You didn’t bend over to kiss ass to get it - YOU DESERVE IT! Tonight, when I put the title on the line, WE’LL TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE IMPACT ZONE AND SHOW THE MILLIONS WATCHING WHILE WE’RE THE BEST WOMEN’S DIVISION OUT THERE TODAY! One more thing - ya know, when I walk down the ramp, I’m walking down as champ, and when I walk out, I intend to walk out knockouts champion, so you better bring your A game honey. Fair?
Love - ISN’T THIS SPECIAL!? Ladies, let’s not forget why we came here - to compete against each other! BECAUSE WE ARE COMPETITORS! And judging from what I see in the ring now, you guys should just hold hand and get a hotel room! It’s taken a while to understand what Winter has been trying to show me, but now, I get it. AS A FIVE TIME KNOCKOUTS CHAMPION, I’ve realized that there’s a similar trait between the knockouts - total disrespect for me! I HAVE PROVEN MYSELF TO BE THE BEST BUT I’VE NEVER BEEN GIVEN MY DUES! And Winter here has helped me realize that it’s all due to jealousy! NONE OF YA WANNA FACE ME CUZ I’M ON A LEVEL ALL MY OWN, but Velvet and Mickie, put each other over to the moon, go bark at it, but let me make this clear - it doesn’t matter who wins tonight because that title will come back to Angelina Love!
Winter - Well said, milady. WE WORK AS A TEAM, a real team, and that bond is forever. So it doesn’t matter if I have to beat Velvet the blowup doll or Mickie the mouse, because when I take that title, it’s going to belong to us and no one will get their grubby fingers on OUR belt again! ENJOY YOUR BEAUTIFUL MOMENT BECAUSE NIGHT IS ABOUT TO FALL!
Tenay - We’ve got details on the second Bound for Glory match series tonight.
Gunner - I always knew AJ was a clown, but last week, he proved it! TONIGHT’S ABOUT GETTING A PERFECT 10 POINTS!
Taz - Sarita has Miss Tessmacher all over her - I wouldn’t mind that.
Tenay - AJ SPRINGS FROM THE ROPES ONTO THE LADDER!
Taz - LIKE FRIGGIN SPIDER-MAN!
Taz - GET YA BUTT UP THERE, MORGAN!
EY - MY FIRST OPPONENT - CEE LO GREEN!
Camera Guy - IT’S D’LO BROWN!
EY - CEE LO!
D’Lo - It’s D’LO. I know the gimmick. Eric, I’m an officer in the company- this isn’t a road you want to go down, okay.
Tenay - KENDRICK GOES FOR THE SLICED BREAD!
Taz - And both of them use it, right?
Tenay - Yeah.
Taz - Slice it up!
Tenay - SLICED BREAD ON THE APRON!
Taz - I guess that would be sliced bread number 3.
Kendrick - I didn’t know I won that way! I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE’S DOING! WE’VE SPENT YEARS, I’VE SPENT 1 AND A HALF YEARS, AND AJ HAS SPENT TEN YEARS TO MAKE THIS DIVISION. DOUG WILLIAMS WAS CRAFTY, BUT HE DIDN’T DO STUFF LIKE THIS.
Anarchia - CUT THE DAMN MUSIC. DID YA SEE WHAT THEY DID TO OUR MAMACITAS!? FIRST THEY GOTTA BREAK THE FACE OF OUR MAMACITA, THEN THEY GOTTA CHEAT AND TAKE THE TITLES OFF OUR BEAUTIFUL WOMEN! AND WHERE’S OUR DAMN FLAG AT!? THAT’S ANOTHER THING THAT PISSES US OFF NOW! YOU KNOW WHAT MEXICAN AMERICA DOES WHEN WE GET PISSED OFF!? WE START KICKING ASS! I’M GLAD YOU TWO HAD THE JUEVOS TO COME OUT HERE!
Storm - SHUT UP! Do us a favor, leave the company, and find something ya guys are good at - like cutting grass. MY GRASS. SHUT UP, FOR ONCE, SINCE YOU BEEN HERE, YOU’RE GONNA SHUT YER MOUTH AND LISTEN CUZ IF YA DON’T, I’M GONNA TAKE MY COWBOY BOOT AND STICK IT THROUGH YOUR TEETH AND DOWN YER THROAT. Sicne Bobby and I started in this BFG Series, we think people have forgotten about us, so we’re gonna reintroduce ourselves. This guy righ there is a money making, no-BS-taking man - THIS IS BOBBY ROODE! AND ME, HELL, IT’S SIMPLE - I’M A CREEK-SWIMMING, TURKEY-SHOOTING, BISCUIT-EATING, DUKES OF HAZZARD-LOVING, JOHNNY CASH-LISTENING, BEER-DRINKING COUNTRYEST CORNFED TENNESSEE BOY. I’M COWBOY JAMES MOTHERfuckING STORM! We’ve beaten the best of the best and we’re four-time tag champs! The difference between you and the teams we’ve beaten and you is we’re gonna kick your asses! WE’RE GONNA DO IT FOR US, THE VIEWERS, AND THE GREAT LUCHADORS LIKE THE GUERREROS THAT YOU DISGRACE BY DOING THE MEXICAN AMERICA BS. GET YER CALENDAR AND WRITE AUGUST SEVEN - HARDCORE PPV! BRING A GREAT FIGHT! But put a star on August 8 - you’re gonna find yer green cards stuck straight up yer ass!
Roode - SORRY ABOUT YOUR DAMN LUCK!
ODB - WE AINT’ LEAVING THIS DUMP!
Tenay - IT’S GONE TO HELL!
Taz - Imagine the smell of ODB’s sneakers - can you imagine that odor?
Taz - ODB has an oil stain on her brassiere.
Traci - THIS PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH! I KNEW THEY WOULDN’T STAY GONE! I’M THE ORIGINAL KNOCKOUT, AND WITH OR WITHOUT A CONTRACT, AS LONG AS THEY’RE STAYING, I’M STAYING!
Anderson - BOOOO! Ladies and gentlemen, if ya can be called that…
Ray - DON’T DO IT! DON’T GIVE THESE PIECES OF CRAP WHAT THEY WANT - LET’S TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS! I SAID LET’S GO!
Anderson - FROM GREEN BAY WISCONSIN, MISTER ANDERSON! ANDERSON!
Taz - The Insane Icon…it’s a perfect fit for this man cuz you never know what he’ll do next. Ya don’t know if he’s crazy like a fox or just crazy.
JB - Representing A-Mortal - BULLY RAY AND MISTER ANDERSON!
Sting - HAVE I GONE TOO FAR!? OR NOT FAR ENOUGH!?
 
Austin's Twitter:

WWE should sign @SamoaJoe as soon as his TNA contract is up. One of my favorite workers in today's game. Needs a full green light push.
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Hope it doesn't happen, but I wouldn't be surprised.
 
[quote name='Trakan']
Hope it doesn't happen, but I wouldn't be surprised.[/QUOTE]

Pretty sure they tried at one point, but they wanted him to lose a lot of weight?
 
[quote name='advanced']Pretty sure they tried at one point, but they wanted him to lose a lot of weight?[/QUOTE]

And who can blame them? I mean, they've never had fat Samoans before. That's a dangerous maneuver.
 
I think it was more WWE not letting Joe wrestle like Joe, but now, he's clearly in a different place than he was in '05 as a workrate freak, and WWE is more open about "well, that guy is an INDY GUY!" mindset thanks to Punk.
 
[quote name='Iron Clad Burrito']And who can blame them? I mean, they've never had fat Samoans before. That's a dangerous maneuver.[/QUOTE]

You guys have to understand, they can not afford to incur that type of expense right now. They are still trying to recover from the catering costs of Braden Walker and Matt Hardy. Joe's Kraft services tab could destroy the company......
 
[quote name='Spyder187']You guys have to understand, they can not afford to incur that type of expense right now. They are still trying to recover from the catering costs of Braden Walker and Matt Hardy. Joe's Kraft services tab could destroy the company......[/QUOTE]

Bullshit, volcano tacos are not that expensive. You get a discount if you buy 10+ at a time.
 
I agree that it doesn't fit his (Simmons') assessment of what a great entrance theme should be. It was okay. Something that...monotone and unchanging really only worked in the case of Jake the Snake Roberts. That guy was an anomaly in the sense that few wrestlers were able to do so little during their entrance and make it matter. Jake sitting, brooding in the corner made sense. Him trying to get the crowd to clap for him, or screaming, or flexing - well, all of that would be absurd. So his minimalist theme really worked, in my view.

Simmons also links to the wrong HBK theme song, as the first was sung (almost?) entirely by Sherri. But we already knew that, yes?
 
On his twitter, he acknowledges it was a mistake to leave out Angle`s WWE song. IMO the biggest omission.
 
the you suck song?

I remember Demolition's theme being the heaviest thing I'd ever heard. I just went back and listened to it and realize that it's incredibly tame. Amazing what Deicide will do to someone's frame of reference.
 
Agreed so much. Kennedy's second theme was fucking horrible.

How could he have left out Gangrel's entrance music? That song was the shiiiiiiit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ULPhXumYfc

Also, I like the nod to Edge's theme - but it's a commercial song too, which he forgot to mention. It's a re-sequenced version of Alter Bridge's Metalingus. He mentioned Edge's "You Think You Know Me" song, but didn't mention when Edge had Rob Zombie's Never Gonna Stop as his theme.

EDIT: Also, I really liked the old Heavenly Bodies theme, and Owen Hart's themes (yes, even the "nugget" one too.)
 
[quote name='xilly']EDIT: Also, I really liked the old Heavenly Bodies theme[/QUOTE]

Two tag teams in WWF used that. I can't remember the other one. I think it was "The New Foundation" or "High Energy."

The discussion going in the direction of themes really emphasizes a maxim of Simmons that got lost under the radar:

My friend Grande (a fan since 1980 like me) believes these entrances assumed greater importance in recent years because of the homogenization of the wrestling industry. Even if there's more talent than ever, these guys look the same, wrestle the same, hit the same beats, take the same bumps, jump back and forth between TV shows … it's just becoming harder for anyone to stand out.
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How many guys are there on the roster that wrestle under their real name or a believable First Last combination, with a generic rock theme and trunks? That's a huge part of the problem, and programs like Tough Enough/NXT don't help that phenomenon out at all.

On another note, Grantland is one of those sites that I loved on launch but for the life of me forget to check out when I'm doing my daily surf around the web.
 
We need more gimmicks, imo. When everyone's gimmick is that they're themselves, no one stands out as different for doing it.

I realize that makes me a hypocrite for being a huge mark for Punk and Miz, but dammit, at least they're using obvious stage names.
 
[quote name='Mr. Beef']The last gimmicks I remember liking were Pirate Paul Birchill and The Hurricane.[/QUOTE]

I think Undertaker is the sole current guy with a gimmick that I enjoy but even then, he's been around so long as the same guy that it doesn't really seem like a gimmick anymore. Like, if he came out as Mark Calloway and was a sort of toned down ABA charcter, that would seem like a gimmick even if it was 100% authentic.

The nostalgic part of me misses the time when guys would have a "regular" job and just wrestle on the side. But at the same time, you always knew that Phineas I. Godwinn was never going to win the world title and every time he wrestled someone who didn't have a crazy gimmick, he was going to lose.
 
i think this discussion misunderstands how wrestlers use the word 'gimmick.' The way I see it, a 'gimmick' is anything you use to decide to present yourself (combined with the recognition and humility to tweak or scrap it if it's not working).

Pirate Paul Birchall is as much a gimmick as "Ripper" Paul Birchall (his OVW persona, where he was more or less just a Blackpool tough guy with a solid technical wrestling arsenal).

Chris "No Gimmicks Needed" Candido was indeed a gimmick, and probably Heyman/ECW/Candido's response to being packaged as "BodyDonna Skip" in WWF.

"The Franchise" Shane Douglas, on the air during his ECW prime, was hard to discern from the person who lived as Troy Martin - furious at being overlooked for years and treated as a jobber (WWF), as a surfing dickbag (WCW) and as a prattling schoolmarm (WWF). If he hadn't have been saddled with such bullshit, then none of what he brought to the table as "The Franchise" would have worked.

Everything is a gimmick. CM Punk is a gimmick. May not be far off from who he is, but it's still a gimmick.

I feel bad for the guys WWE send out with no fanfare and no explanation. I'd rather be TL Hopper than Gunner Scott. WWE should have learned their lesson that fans want gimmicks, but that gimmicks don't work that are either (1) too close to reality (no wrestler should be "just a regular joe," which is how they portrayed people like Albright or (2) too far from reality (well, TL Hopper, frankly). Finding that balance is difficult, and doing so while striking a chord with the fans is extremely difficult.

By the way, before we get too far from the discussion of entrance themes - what's yours? Don't bullshit me and act like you ain't thought of it.

Me? Celestial (The Tower) by Isis. Cut the intro down so it's not 90 seconds of the same guitar riff and you can coordinate pyro/lighting magnificently with the pulsating bass line (around 1:46 in). And drop the vocal track, of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xICz-ZegCng

There. What's yours?
 
For my own theme? I'd go with

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDdByyoZBpU

and I'd come out after the "Here we go again" I'd want to be what Hade Vansen was supposed to be. I actually played the storyline out on Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 with my own created character, who came out to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyy53JnJ8bo


EDIT: watching Smackdown, and it looks like Booker T is sticking with the annoying "D Brine" thing, as someone here called it.
 
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I've been in FF mode for a while, so I'd choose either this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MyG8NF1DMk

(I'd probably show various footage during the first 22 seconds before the song picks up, like Drew McIntyre's theme, or just skip those seconds altogether)

or this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT6CmBOcAfw

I'd keep the guitar riffs during the first 10 or so seconds, then skip straight to where the music picks up at the 32 second mark.

If Cena can have horns, then so can I.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']...as a surfing dickbag (WCW)...[/QUOTE]

Skateboarding, man! SKATEBOARDING!

I'd go with "Born Too Slow" by The Crystal Method. It just sounds like entrance music to me with the way the song spikes at the :30 mark. The song would start and you'd wait backstage, letting the crowd response build and then burst through the curtain at the :30 second mark. Of course, this is all in the assumption that you're crazy over as a face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6BEkPzstJQ
 
Almost forgot, here's another one although I'm too skinny/prone to heelish tendencies to use it.

The "through the curtain" moment is at 0:23. The tricky part would be finishing your entrance by about 2:00 but with wrestling being sort of constrained by television schedules nowadays, it would still work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yctfXIqugXc
 
Born to Slow was my theme song back when I was the Need for Speed Underground champion. Loved coming out to that at WCG.
 
[quote name='Habbler']Born to Slow was my theme song back when I was the Need for Speed Underground champion. Loved coming out to that at WCG.[/QUOTE]

???

There is/was a championship for NFS games?

Awesome and strange at the same time.

Perhaps my dream of one day being the Ghouls N' Ghosts world champion can come true (although I'm so out of practice).
 
They played the current version of Need for Speed from 2004 up till 2009 I believe. After that Forza 3 took it's place.

I would love to play in some tournaments with older games. They play Tecmo Superbowl for money around here during football season.


Watched Superstars and Zack Ryder and Santino as a tag team was pretty great. Now that Ryder is face I wouldn't mind seeing them pair up more.
 
Some fascinating choices. Love the Dvorak. Thoughtful and unique. Now, now, Danielson uses flight of the valkyries, but that's a bit played out (I recognize the absurdity of saying that about a classical tune, but it's like using "Ode to Joy" as your theme, y'know?)

Oddly enough, I typed that out and *then* realized this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM-tVRIxMj4

Now, who had the most promising theme but blew it? Someone who has potential, but doesn't quite get there, so to speak. I always put Nigel McGuinness there from his ROH days. I went bonkers the first time I heard the guitar riff from "Streets of London" used, and then nearly puked on the shithead fan in the row in front of me when it turned into The Living End. Why didn't he go all the way with Anti-Nowhere League? It's a great tune. Sure, the lyrics don't fit...but the only lyrics I can make out in the previous Raw theme (Papa Roach, I think) were "woah-oh, I just want to be loved." So there's that.
 
I'm on my phone, so excuse the lack of links

Anyway, not to completely 90s it the fuck up in here, but my entrance theme choice has always been 'Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart' by STP. Depending on gimmicks and face/heel designations, my close runners up are 'Steam' by Peter Gabriel or 'Sixteen Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six' by Tom Waits. Just the instrumental on that last one, though.
 
That's my heel choice, so that's not an awful reaction.

For a less serious heel, my dream gimmick has always been an 80s dickbag character that comes out to 'Sailing' by Christopher Cross.
 
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