Tier Ranking Smackdown Intro Themes
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Rise Up (Version 2/2005 specifically) is my favorite Smackdown theme. Absolutely iconic!!
i wish there was a full release of this version
If Rise Up by Drowning Pool isn't number 1, that's a crime all on it's own.
They put it below the first 3
Lol you'll be disappointed
@@kinnikuboneman I’m very disappointed as well
They always rank the great themes way below than they should be. I always feel like Larson doesn't like rock.
I'm in the same pool of disappointment 😢
Beautiful People and Rise up are tied for my favorite show theme of all time alongside Across the Nation. I jam to these songs daily at work
"I want it all" is early Dr. of Thuganomics Cena years. Prime Cena is after WM 21 with Rise Up
Rise Up is totally S tier
My favorite SmackDown themes are; Everybody's on the Ground, I Want it All, Beautiful People, Rise Up, & Let it Roll
My favorite childhood throughout teenage Smackdown themes are:
1. Everybody on the Ground (1999-2001)
2. Beautiful People (2001-2003)
3. I Want it All (2003-2004)
4. Rise Up v2 (2004-2008)
5. Know Your Enemy (2011-2012)
Lost a little respect for such hatred for AC/DC. They’re by no means my favorite band, it’s a good theme for SmackDown. Who isn’t ready for a good time?
Take a Chance was the best!!!! And the lyrics were so awesome and linked to the "Land of oportunity" theme of Smackdown Live
They only graded V1 Rise Up. The tempo changed and was on the bag from 2005-2008.
Rise Up, Everybody on the Ground, Beautiful People and Take the Chance are S tier for me
Rise Up being as low as it is, is blasphemous
Rise up is the real MVP
if beautiful people isn't s tier....
If only on sheer Nostalgia points alone
If Green Day isn’t Top Tier, I riot
You guys broke my heart where you placed Rise Up. I know that's just my nostalgic tendency kicking in, but as a teen during that time, I thought that song was legit.
In My Personal Opinion Any RAW, Smackdown!, NXT themes that are Rap & Hip-Hop style are my most favorites. But the Beautiful People is the theme that was on Smackdown! when my friend brought me back to WWF just shortly after the switch to WWE
"If you rock like me" is right there with Raw's "I like it Raw" as well as Superstars of Wrestling's "Are you ready to go" during the New Gen as dirt worst theme songs. On a side note, I also hated "Are you ready." It just reminds me of Lesnar's ten second squash on Kofi to win the WWE title.
Black and Blue is stuck in my head purely because I had the 2K game of it's era on all the time and the theme played partially all the fucking time 😅. Was probably my most played 2K game (I don't game much these days).
Rise Up is the GOAT. Especially the 2nd version that starts heavier and at a faster pace. First version is good too but I see your point
I thought Beautiful People by Manson fit well with the show
the best smackdown intro theme ever imo
Drowning pool had different singers after the original singer passed. The first album Sinner was top tier. Let the bodies hit the floor would slap as a theme.
Bodies was a WWE-era ECW theme.
I love AC/DC. But as a wrestling theme it's a solid Dirt Worse. Black and Blue is one of my favorite SD themes and I can't hold the crappy Sci-Fi Channel programing against it.
Unstoppable was where smackdown live started
Man yall are gonna just ignite a fire under your asses with that assessment of Rise Up
The only time "Beautiful People" should be S-tier is when it's playing in the credits roll of Smackdown Shut Your Mouth. That is hillarious
I miss smackdown lives theme song so bad
The Beautiful People was so criminally underrated as a theme, wasn’t around nearly long enough
15:06
ARE YOU READY IS GREAT WTF
Rise up remix was the best intro for a smackdown. My other favorites are beautiful people, If you rock like me, know your enemy, let it roll and Born to run, Black and Blue, take a chance, Are you ready.
I would think they'd split the different versions of Rise Up since the pace kinda changes in each version but its at the top of my list
17:10 BOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Are You Ready is a GREAT AC/DC deep cut! I had no idea it had been the theme to SmackDown!
('My' SD! theme is 'Rise Up', and that one is great too.)
If you Rock Like Me was in the top 5. A great era of Smackdown
Maybe it's an alright ac dc song but either it doesn't fit, or they're doing a bad job of mixing it for the theme. It's just ass
nah its cheesyyy
S-Tier: Everybody on the Ground, Rise Up, Take a Chance.
Solid: The Beautiful People, I Want It All, Black and Blue, Know Your Enemy.
Meh: This Life, Let it Roll, Born to Run, Nobody Better Than Me.
Dirt Worst: Are You Ready and If You Rock Like Me.
like This life and Let it roll as songs solely but as a wrestling theme it’s meh for me also
I might be the only person who felt Are You Ready felt fitting for the MOve to FOX, changing from the era of mostly unknown artists to one of the most famous rock bands in the world. I guess y'all just hat AC/DC
My friend broke his coffee table cause he junped on it when everybody on the ground came on to be young and dumb again
Beautiful People is the best Smack Down song and the best Smack Down era.
Can’t wait for the NXT theme ranking video to see Wild and Young be ranked
Roar of the Crowd is GOD tier
@@GerritCoulter Resistance is S++ Tier
I like how cheesy it is as a song lol
Good lord! lol. I can't believe how off I am on "Know Your Enemy"! For me, it's one of the WORST SD Intro songs. 🤮
And yeah,. "Are You Ready?" sucked too. Like Steve, I can't stand AC/DC. I'm a metal head so you'd think i'd appreciate them or something but nope!
i love watching youtube videos of ppl reworking old themes with new stars aew i want it all is pretty solid also unionunderground for 2023 is good too..
if you rock like me sounds like some early 90s cheese
8:51 THANK YOU, LARSON!!!
"Nothing happens in the first 5 seconds"
You guys are clueless, Rise Up is the best and its not even close, have you never heard of a buildup before? You don't just start blasting the persons ears with loud music, there needs to be a build up and the buildup in Rise Up is incredible and then it gets even better.
Insanity putting Rise Up that low, just insane.
Everybody On The Ground
Will Smith Selling Crack
I want it all is my favorite intro theme by Jim Johnston
Boggles my mind how big of a deal smackdown on fox was at the debut and someone green lit “Are You Ready” to be the first thing people heard when they tuned it to see the new show.
To me it made it feel more main stream, which is exactly what they were going for.
I really like Rise Up but the later versions, I have a feeling the guys listened to the first version which is not good at all!!
Bro no Rise Up love? What is wrong with you guys lol that theme is iconic
Everbody On The Ground is the best.
Love me some SmackDown themes. I feel most people who were kids during the Brand split preferred SmackDown because it wasn't a school night. Rise Up is truly iconic and THE BEST SmackDown theme. Let It Roll is very solid. That's some Nostalgia right there.
yea and for those who didn’t have cable for the most part this was all we had 😂
Here I was thinking "If you rock with me" was definitely going to be in the middle of solid. Nope Larson buried the shit of it and now I'm questioning my taste in music FML.
The only answer for top tier is Rise up.
Rise Up should be S Tier
Gotta do NXT themes next right?
Smackdown has ALWAYS had issues with intro themes compared to Raw. They've got a few good or iconic ones but WAY more stinkers than RAW. That's why there are so many themes to begin with 😂😂
Late to the party but Steve wins 🏆 again!!!! Everybody OTG is the best
Very hot takes here
You missed out;
"Hangman". (A Solid for me personally)
"Centuries" (Meh)
"Big Surprise" (Didn't even know this was one, Meh)
"Unstoppable" (Dear god, Dirt Worst)
"Victorious" (WHO GREENLIT THIS SHIT, Dirt Worst)
their bumpers but i understand
ACDC is great, you guys are old farts
Again they pick the first few for nostalgia rather than the best intros. If your just going to pick the first one in every video as the best is there really a point 🤣
also also peak nxt was welcome home intro just sayin...
"If you rock like me" was a good intro, but the song was bad
The disrespect to Rise Up is insane! Know Your Enemy, a mid song by overrated band, is way too high and it being above Rise Up and Beautiful People lmao
I don't know what it is but wrestling tv intro themes should only be either ROCK or Metal music. Anything else is always lame.
rise up is the best 1
Rise Up being where you guys put it is blasphemy
S Tier: Everyone on the Ground, Beautiful People, I Want it All, Rise Up V2
Solid: Rise Up V1, Let It Roll, Rock Like Me, Born to Run
Meh: Enemy, Take a Chance, Are You Ready
Dirt Worst: Black and Blue
What happened with Marilyn Manson?
Hope you do NXT next
Beautiful people is a S tier for me. But it’s a recycled Raw theme lol.
Whats funny?
I don't even remember If You Rock Like Me, but I love that Larson almost killed Steve calling it "Dirt Worst."
Larson has been the most wrong he’s ever been😂
It's almost like music is subjective
Know your enemy is ass but are you ready is the worst intro music ever & always muted or changed the channel until it ended!
A good number of people watched Smackdown when black and blue was the theme.
I like the tier list vids I will say having an S-tier then a solid tear which is also an S tier throws me off lol
I am a big ACDC fan, and I still agree with everything they say about Are You Ready
Absolutely no way 'Are You Ready' is anywhere below S tier.
I’ve never been more proud to be Friendo then I was listening to Steve’s utter hatred for AC/DC.
Rise Up and Let it Roll are my two favorites as they were at the height of my fandom.
Black and Blue is ok.
I stopped watching by the time it got around to Know Your Enemy, I can't stand Green Day! 🤮
Beautiful People is terrible.
I Want It All is a precursor to all the crappy hip-hop B.S.
Everybody On The Ground sounds like a Schizoid's brain in audio form. Always made me feel frazzled and stressed.
If You Rock Like Me is a great addition to the compilation album titled: "Songs to KYS to", Absolute waste of studio time and a big blemish on Jim Johnston's record. He could've farted into the microphone, put them to a beat and recorded some drums and guitar to go along with the rips while having an opera singer belt out some "Ooo"s and "Ahh"s, and It would've turned out better than that atrocity!
NXT should be next, from game show til 2.0!
1. Everybody On The Ground
2. I Want It All.
3. Beautiful People
End of.
Saying this before watching but the ac/dc theme is top tier
Marilyn manson beautiful people should be number one. Don't think hes as bad as people are saying.
I'm sorry, but I hated Rise Up. It's F tier for me.
I can't agree more about AC/DC. They're terrible.
Are you ready is such a boring song, same lyrics all the time, it doesnt even go into second gear 17:15
Everything after Rise Up was terrible.
Lies.
@@LNER985yep agreed 100% percent. 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.