@@jabrondestoroyah 😂 I honestly did not even remember making that comment, but I was listening to Kevin’s podcast tonight at the moment you posted that, because apparently the world just has hilarious timing and it makes me happy.
Lachlan Talbot well at the time ECW was all infomercial, so since ECW wasn't making money on the show there was no profit to sue for. Since shows like WWF and WCW made ad money, companies could sue for that. It's why when ECW joined TNN, they changed the music before.
Funny thing about Razor Ramon's theme is that after Mick Foley's theme came out, I would get the two confused---specifically the peeling car tire intro in both.
the hardy boys wwe theme (original version, not the later rendition jeff used) sounds a lot like "you could be mine" by guns'n'roses both Stevie Richards (ecw and wwe) and Kronic (wcw) used and instrumental version of "love dump" by static X
Jericho's first WCW theme is licensed production library music (Chappell Recorded) taken from the original Mammoth album - of course the instrumental sounds the same, cause it's the original cut.
back when he was a white meat newcomer babyface in 1996 I actually thought it kinda suited his blond longhaired '80s rocker look quite well - he was just 10 years too late...
....I didn't follow TNA at the time, but anytime I was stuck in a hotel somewhere and happened to catch an episode.....I HELLA loved that Christian Cage song
@@ChristopherJohn4389 ok so any song written in the 80’s doesn’t necessarily remind me of the 80’s so I don’t get your point I’m saying the song everything about it says 80’s it doesn’t matter when it was made
Nah. Maybe because I'm a fan of rap, but Militant was better. Wolfpac was a good ring song, but not exactly a good song to listen to in the car. Trust me, I tried... lol.
The original WCW Jericho theme was actually by Mammoth. By the time WCW used it, it was available through a production music library which had a handful of Mammoth's songs available, in both vocal and instrumental form. I believe it was Chapell Recorded Music. Ray Traylor also used a Mammoth instrumental at one point.
Reed Sampson When he first had "Close Your Eyes" it was performed by Waterproof Blonde. He went to TNA and had an Evanescence rip off. When he came back he had Story of the Year cover Close Your Eyes
David Flair's WCW theme with Crowbar and Daffney was an instrumental knockoff of Nine Inch Nails' "Burn". KroniK, the tag team, had an instrumental version of Static X's "Love Dump". Steven Richards later used that in WWE during and after the Invasion angle.
The Young Rock also used The Eagles Those Shoes for his very first wrestling theme too! Called Rocky Maivia's 1997 titantron HD with his 3rd "DESTINY" version 2 theme song!
WWE Anthology cd includes Naughty By Nature's "Here Comes The Money" (Shane McMahon), but credits it to WWE and Jim Johnston. Did they flat-out BUY the song? It's not included on any NBN album or greatest hits.
Most Rap songs use "samples" which are snippets from pre-existing songs and other sources (like movies and stuff), so there's a chance they sound similar!
The nWo Japan theme was used in the ps1 game WCW / nWo Thunder. It was used for guys like Buff Bagwell and other I want to say B team members. And I know the nWo B team theme was something different as well.
Sid's theme in 99' WCW. It's a mash-up between Sid Justice/Crush theme and the Scorpions' China White. Not sure if Justice/Crush theme were based off of anything else though.
One of the best Wrestling theme songs being WCW, WWF/WWE, TNA, or any other Pro Wrestling company is Kevin Nash's NWO Wolfpac theme. It was a very good rap song and still is in my opinion.
You can literally make a whole video just for TNA Kurt Angle: Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider Monty Brown: Down With The Sickness by Disturbed Tomko: Vicarious by Tool Christopher Daniels: Disposable Teens by Marilyn Manson AJ Styles: Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen (his 1st theme from 2002) That's just off the top of my head, do a quick Google search and you'll find tons more!
cool casual wrestling vids brother.Let me tell you this brother: its a hell of a nice voiceover going out to aaallllllll the NikateeNiacs all over the World my brother. Thanks for the work you putting into it! your vids are great to watch, keep uploading!!
chris jericho's 1st wcw theme is called "days of my life" instrumental which was listed in Firstcom's production music catalog and he did not use the mammoth version; as mammoth sold the rights to that song to become a production track
You forgot Raven's WCW "Flock" music in the late 90's during his run against DDP that was a total rip of Nirvana's "Come as you are". Although I see you already covered DDP's Teen Spirit rip. lol
The Road Warriors used a rip-off of "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath (which they actually used to walk out to in the NWA) in WCW, and Rick Steiner used a rip-off of "Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns 'N' Roses (again, a song he used previously in the NWA with his brother, Scott) in WCW, during one of his single runs...
That We Are Ironmen theme sounded like it could have been done by Chris Tsangarides, they were using a ton of his stuff at the time. Vader and Mark shared Heavenly Thunder at GAB 90, and just a few months later a couple Priest songs (Chris T produced Painkiller, even co-wrote Touch of Evil) were on Halloween Havoc promos
There was another WCW rip off theme done in 2000 when and instrumental version of Edwin Starr's 1970s hit "War" was given new lyrics and used as the theme music for the Misfits In Action group.
I have to say that I think Tommy Dreamer's theme was the most blatant. Not only did they actually _use_ the song the first One Night Stand (or rather "Man in the Box (instrumental)" by Harry Slash and the Slashtones), but the original name of the Suspiciously Similar Song was "Boxed Man".
Hollywood Hogan also came out to the nWo Japan theme in the GameCube WrestleMania X8 game to avoid having to pay licensing fees to Jemi Hendrix's Estate for "Voodoo Childe" (which the WWE actually would do not even less than a year later for Hogan's 2002-2003 "Slight Return" face run, as it appeared in SYM, RAW2 & Day of Reckoning). Incidentally, before he was fired following the infamous Plane Ride from Hell, Scott Hall last wrestled against Steve Austin at WrestleMania X8 & openly came out to the nWo Japan theme when the PPV originally aired.
Love the fact that you bring up Kevin Nash using a rip-off theme song, and don't mention the fact that his well known WWF theme is a major rip off of 'Bad To The Bone', while playing said rip-off over the top of the Kevin Nash intro.
Great video. You always deliver when it comes to these videos. I had no idea some of these were sampled. And I had no idea C Murder did the Wolfpac are you sure? And also I actually liked Jerichos WCW Theme the first one. He once said in a radio interview that it was heard on a basketball highlights.
TombstoneChris thanks a lot! about the C-Murder thing, I've heard it from so many sources that it was him, but it doesn't sound like it! I'm still torn...
On the WCW Mayhem: The Music album the credits are C-Murder/ Hart and Helm. I think when they originally played it C-Murder was not on it and was added when No Limit came to WCW.
Kevin Nash's TNA theme is like if "Still D.R.E." was remade as menu music for The Sims.
I know this an old comment but goddamn it made me cackle at 4am
@@jabrondestoroyah 😂 I honestly did not even remember making that comment, but I was listening to Kevin’s podcast tonight at the moment you posted that, because apparently the world just has hilarious timing and it makes me happy.
@@InspectorSpacetime333 Big Sexy works in mysterious ways
WCW = We Copy Whatever...
84 weeks!!!!!!!!!!
yeah themes and mortal kombat characters
Clever lol
WCW = We Can't Write (our own music)
ECW: Hahaha that’s cute
that Kevin Nash theme sounded more like a boy band version of Still Dre
ECW couldn’t get sued because Paul Heyman’s father was a lawyer and the company knew all of the loopholes in the legal system at the time.
Lachlan Talbot well at the time ECW was all infomercial, so since ECW wasn't making money on the show there was no profit to sue for. Since shows like WWF and WCW made ad money, companies could sue for that. It's why when ECW joined TNN, they changed the music before.
Who else did The Razor walk when they heard his classic intro theme. With Tooth pick??Just me??
Funny thing about Razor Ramon's theme is that after Mick Foley's theme came out, I would get the two confused---specifically the peeling car tire intro in both.
Sammy Lane lol I do the Razor walk every time I enter a room!
Sammy Lane lol I work pipelining & every time I walk out of a pipe underground I do his entrance walk 😂😂😂
I actually started singing the Eagles song it ripped off first. Then did the machismo walk
I still do it!!!
Kevin Nash said they used Militia version on house shows and weren't allowed to use that on tv. Don't recall the reason.
Rob Engley probably licensing reasons
mickization, oh no thats not necessary
Rob Engley. cause they didn't want to give up rights
Cause they were on TNT and they weren't gonna have song about smoking weed on live TV in '99
@@UndeadUnitedwhat a cringe time to be alive smh
the hardy boys wwe theme (original version, not the later rendition jeff used) sounds a lot like "you could be mine" by guns'n'roses
both Stevie Richards (ecw and wwe) and Kronic (wcw) used and instrumental version of "love dump" by static X
Jericho's first WCW theme is licensed production library music (Chappell Recorded) taken from the original Mammoth album - of course the instrumental sounds the same, cause it's the original cut.
back when he was a white meat newcomer babyface in 1996 I actually thought it kinda suited his blond longhaired '80s rocker look quite well - he was just 10 years too late...
Mike Keller he was lion heart remember a baby face a good guy
It kinda reminded me of Rock America, the Thrillseeker's SMW theme, so to me it fit. The Evenflow ripoff was better, especially as he went heel.
....I didn't follow TNA at the time, but anytime I was stuck in a hotel somewhere and happened to catch an episode.....I HELLA loved that Christian Cage song
I don't care what anyone says Chris Jerichos original wcw music was amazing reminded me of the 80's even tho I was born in 87 lmao
I always thought it was inspired by some Dragonball Z music or so ... I am shocked it was stolen from an unknown American band.
They also used that theme in the background of sports center highlights on ESPN in the early/mid 90s.
Of course it reminded you of the 80s. It was a song from the 80s.
@@ChristopherJohn4389 ok so any song written in the 80’s doesn’t necessarily remind me of the 80’s so I don’t get your point I’m saying the song everything about it says 80’s it doesn’t matter when it was made
Haha, I actually liked Jericho's WCW theme....
Would totally use a theme song like that if I were a pro wrestler, haha.
Taz's "Survive (If I Let You)" ECW theme was a rip off of KISS's song "War Machine"
Which the Gladiators stormed the ring to to job to the Mulkeys in a minute
Wasn't Taz song in ECW War Machine for the longest time.
Before even finishing watching the video.... the beginning to mick foley's theme is pretty much the beginning to razor's theme!
SDallstar word!
Thats All I Hear When I Hear It Too!!
Wolfpac Theme is waaaaay better than its copy source.
Nah. Maybe because I'm a fan of rap, but Militant was better. Wolfpac was a good ring song, but not exactly a good song to listen to in the car. Trust me, I tried... lol.
This is such a brain dead take good god
That was my favorite Jericho theme lol it was so damn 80's xD just made me happy to hear it.
It would work if Jericho back then was a hot blonde girl who was running through tall grass
The original WCW Jericho theme was actually by Mammoth. By the time WCW used it, it was available through a production music library which had a handful of Mammoth's songs available, in both vocal and instrumental form. I believe it was Chapell Recorded Music. Ray Traylor also used a Mammoth instrumental at one point.
some of these themes didn't even try to sound different from the original songs.
on Christian's TNA theme: I always just thought it was an instrumental rip off of his theme from WWe, "Just Close Your Eyes" by Waterproof Blonde
It's actually a rip-off of My Last Breath by Evanescence
flclfan85 i thought story of the year performed christians theme?
Reed Sampson When he first had "Close Your Eyes" it was performed by Waterproof Blonde. He went to TNA and had an Evanescence rip off. When he came back he had Story of the Year cover Close Your Eyes
It's the exact same song. Story of the Year just remixed
Edward Whitman no his TNA Theme was a rip-off of My Last Breath by Evanescence from their debut album Fallen
Jericho 1st theme is allowed on the network
Hall's TNA theme is flat out one of my favorite songs ever. Not just wrestling theme, but in general.
Nunzio had a No Sleep Till Brooklyn by Beastie Boys rip off song in wwe
David Flair's WCW theme with Crowbar and Daffney was an instrumental knockoff of Nine Inch Nails' "Burn". KroniK, the tag team, had an instrumental version of Static X's "Love Dump". Steven Richards later used that in WWE during and after the Invasion angle.
Tazz's "Survive If I Let You" always reminded me of Kiss' "War Machine" \
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The Frenchfries, I mean Franchise Shane Douglas has a Ripped Off Wrestling Theme in WCW and TNA that was a knock off of Perfect Strangers
I think the Wolfpack would use the actual song they ripped off on house shows, I think Nash said that in a shoot
Angelina Love's TNA theme, Unhinged, sounded a bit like Linkin Park's Papercut, and at live events, she used a straight up instrumental of Papercut.
Great video! A suggestion for the next edition "Sugar" Shane Helms' WCW theme "Vertebreaker" as a copy of Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Shimmy Shimmy Ya".
BowtiesAreRad thanks for the info!
No problem!
The Wolfpack theme was only used on television.... They used the Militia one at house shows
Dean Malenko's theme when he had that "double ho 7" was the same opening song from James Bond movie License to Kill
The Young Rock also used The Eagles Those Shoes for his very first wrestling theme too! Called Rocky Maivia's 1997 titantron HD with his 3rd "DESTINY" version 2 theme song!
for Razor Ramon's music, also see EPMD You're A Customer
8:27 I remember that theme on WCW Thunder on PlayStation 1
Christian theme from TNA was super dope
i popped when I heard the jericho song I remembered it
Kevin Nash's TNA theme sounded like he was supposed to be a wrestling Santa. Poor choice of instruments.
Am I the only one who thinks the Stone Cold theme and Razor theme are near identical just different genres
did that nwo Japan theme come with piped in crowd reaction like Hogans tna theme
When Hulk Hogan returned to WWE in the early to mid 2000's, he used "Voodoo Child" by Jimmy Hendrix
At one point Christian Cage actually used Last Breathe
Carmella's theme song with Iggy Azalea's song Fancy
GeraldGT16 I just realized it
My daily Nikateen dose is finally here
Chris Jericho's wcw theme use to get me pumped for his matches.
mammoth - all the days *adds to playlist*
WWE Anthology cd includes Naughty By Nature's "Here Comes The Money" (Shane McMahon), but credits it to WWE and Jim Johnston. Did they flat-out BUY the song? It's not included on any NBN album or greatest hits.
bossfan49 I believe they did because Shane liked it so much it fit his character at the time so he just kept it till this day
I did not notice a difference in Jericho's theme and the original version besides the lyrics of course
I remember Kanyon's Theme back in WCW sounded like Round and Round by Ratt. His theme was just slowed down a bit.
Most Rap songs use "samples" which are snippets from pre-existing songs and other sources (like movies and stuff), so there's a chance they sound similar!
i never knew the Razor Ramon theme was inspired by an eagles song!color me surprised.
Wolfpack did it better
jason77584 yeah, doesn't even sound the same..
1000%
The nWo Japan theme was used in the ps1 game WCW / nWo Thunder. It was used for guys like Buff Bagwell and other I want to say B team members. And I know the nWo B team theme was something different as well.
4:00 That Mammoth band looks like a combination of Judas Priest and Meatloaf 😂
jericho theme was production music that had lyrics & instrumental version, 1/2 the roster used production music
You're finally back good🙂👍.
gamer dude where was I? Lol
Nerd Seven lol
NikateeN My bad you did make a vid the other day my notifications didn't let me know lol.
Scott Hall's TNA theme sounded like tool's "Sober".
3:19 Lance Storm should be doing vocals, "Out on the back streets, I hear a heart beat... We're gonna rock America!!!"
Love your rasslin vids.
The Japanese NWO theme isn't bad actually
You're pretty
@@laminlatrel6402 fuck off simp
Sounds like a porno lol but with new new new world order
That Mammoth one is blatant and awesome!
Sid's theme in 99' WCW. It's a mash-up between Sid Justice/Crush theme and the Scorpions' China White. Not sure if Justice/Crush theme were based off of anything else though.
the jericho theme sounds like something i would hear in anime(the instrumental version)
One of the best Wrestling theme songs being WCW, WWF/WWE, TNA, or any other Pro Wrestling company is Kevin Nash's NWO Wolfpac theme. It was a very good rap song and still is in my opinion.
don't lie when razors music hit the apex you wanted to put someone in the razors edge
Joey Trimble Eh, Razor was ok. WCW/NWO Scott Hall though, he's legendary. Much, much better than the Razor gimmick.
Justin Yatsko you made no sense lmaooo you do realize Scott Hall and Razor Ramon are the same character right? 😂😂😂 and WWE owns BOTH copyrights
Yaco Jimenez WWE does not own the rights to Scott Hall or the name. they can't copyright a real person's name. they own Razer though.
I don't even like rap but god damn it was a lot better in the 90s... much like any other genre these days I suppose.
the 80's was the decade.
ronjon83 rap was way better in the 90s. I guess like everything else, sports, movies, wrestling, the economy...
Honorable mention goes to Shane Douglas' WCW theme ripping off his ECW theme.
Tyler bate and Ivory's themes are both copies of sledge hammer by Peter Gabriel
somiari tobin Greatest Pop song ever.
Eddie Guerrero, or Eddy Guerrero, as he was known in WCW also had a ripped off theme, from lowrider.
You can literally make a whole video just for TNA
Kurt Angle: Lunatic Fringe by Red Rider
Monty Brown: Down With The Sickness by Disturbed
Tomko: Vicarious by Tool
Christopher Daniels: Disposable Teens by Marilyn Manson
AJ Styles: Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen (his 1st theme from 2002)
That's just off the top of my head, do a quick Google search and you'll find tons more!
cool casual wrestling vids brother.Let me tell you this brother: its a hell of a nice voiceover going out to aaallllllll the NikateeNiacs all over the World my brother. Thanks for the work you putting into it! your vids are great to watch, keep uploading!!
Dr Baarish thanks a lot! 😎
That one Stone Cold theme sounds EXACTLY like a Disturbed song, voice and everything.
Robert Nickel cause it was disturbed singing it glass shatters
Because it was disturbed...the amount of marks these days is astounding...
Am I the only one who notices the beginning of AJ Style's Current theme is a ripoff of DMX's "Ain't no Sunshine"
madmikedx
And DMX's Ain't no sunshine is a rip off of Bill Withers Ain't no Sunshine
@@mr7oclock346 no it's not, it's a sample, which means the original gets paid. I doubt WWE paid anyone
Scott Hall's TNA outfit looks like it's covered in red mucus. GOD. At least it's known as iMPACT Wrestling now.
subbed since a couple weeks ago, and have seen all your wrestling and some game vids.
Juan A. Tena thanks a lot! Glad you're enjoying the content!
@@NikateeN CAN YOU DO SMACKDOWN ARENA SHOWCASE THANKS
That nWo theme is used in wcw mayhem! So it is official.
carmella's wwe theme sounds alot like the song im so fancy
Scott Hall's TNA theme was probably one of TNA's best themes ever.
chris jericho's 1st wcw theme is called "days of my life" instrumental which was listed in Firstcom's production music catalog and he did not use the mammoth version; as mammoth sold the rights to that song to become a production track
You forgot Raven's WCW "Flock" music in the late 90's during his run against DDP that was a total rip of Nirvana's "Come as you are". Although I see you already covered DDP's Teen Spirit rip. lol
You're forgetting Christian's theme from after he and Edge broke up. It's a soundalike of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.
The Road Warriors used a rip-off of "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath (which they actually used to walk out to in the NWA) in WCW, and Rick Steiner used a rip-off of "Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns 'N' Roses (again, a song he used previously in the NWA with his brother, Scott) in WCW, during one of his single runs...
Will Cooke the Rock Steiner one was featured in the previous video. Maybe watch that one so you don't suggest a theme that's already been mentioned.
That We Are Ironmen theme sounded like it could have been done by Chris Tsangarides, they were using a ton of his stuff at the time. Vader and Mark shared Heavenly Thunder at GAB 90, and just a few months later a couple Priest songs (Chris T produced Painkiller, even co-wrote Touch of Evil) were on Halloween Havoc promos
do a TNA remix WWE themes. start wit Booker T
Michael Garrett Or Mick Foley TNA always copies WWE.
@Cool Guy Games 1998 but a bit better?
Tommy Dreamer's theme always reminded me of the Dragon Ball Z theme song
I really wish Nash could have used the wolfpac theme in WWE
Taz's original WWE theme sounded like Can't Explain by Scorpions
Wow never knew bout Christian TNA theme
There was another WCW rip off theme done in 2000 when and instrumental version of Edwin Starr's 1970s hit "War" was given new lyrics and used as the theme music for the Misfits In Action group.
Wow Kevin nash's tna theme sounds like California love a little idk why though
Razor Ramon's theme is also very similar to "Wild Again" by Starship.
Razor Ramon theme sounds like stone colds a little bit
I love that Mammoth song haha
Another WCW wrestler used it a couple years later
TNA also used a more closer version of the Wolfpac theme later.
I have to say that I think Tommy Dreamer's theme was the most blatant. Not only did they actually _use_ the song the first One Night Stand (or rather "Man in the Box (instrumental)" by Harry Slash and the Slashtones), but the original name of the Suspiciously Similar Song was "Boxed Man".
Hollywood Hogan also came out to the nWo Japan theme in the GameCube WrestleMania X8 game to avoid having to pay licensing fees to Jemi Hendrix's Estate for "Voodoo Childe" (which the WWE actually would do not even less than a year later for Hogan's 2002-2003 "Slight Return" face run, as it appeared in SYM, RAW2 & Day of Reckoning). Incidentally, before he was fired following the infamous Plane Ride from Hell, Scott Hall last wrestled against Steve Austin at WrestleMania X8 & openly came out to the nWo Japan theme when the PPV originally aired.
this reminds me of my music similarities...and I'm a big wrestling fan and this is entertaining. keep up the good work
hamsandtwoten thanks a lot!
The nWo literally "took over" this list 😂😂😂
In WCW, Jerry Flynn used a portion of Boston's "Peace of Mind."
Love the fact that you bring up Kevin Nash using a rip-off theme song, and don't mention the fact that his well known WWF theme is a major rip off of 'Bad To The Bone', while playing said rip-off over the top of the Kevin Nash intro.
What C-Murder song did Nash use???
Great video. You always deliver when it comes to these videos. I had no idea some of these were sampled. And I had no idea C Murder did the Wolfpac are you sure? And also I actually liked Jerichos WCW Theme the first one. He once said in a radio interview that it was heard on a basketball highlights.
TombstoneChris thanks a lot! about the C-Murder thing, I've heard it from so many sources that it was him, but it doesn't sound like it! I'm still torn...
On the WCW Mayhem: The Music album the credits are C-Murder/ Hart and Helm. I think when they originally played it C-Murder was not on it and was added when No Limit came to WCW.
Steve Austins theme is pretty much Razor Ramons theme played with power-chords.
Same with Big Show's and Diesel's.
Alice In Chains BABY! Man in the box fuck ya
Oh yeah! They were the best thing going back in the day.
I liked Christian's TNA theme the best