10 Rare WWE Entrance Themes That Only Played For One Show

Why did WWE change them so quickly
Topics Discussed In this Video:
1. 10 Rare WWE Entrance Themes That Only Played For One Show
2. 10 Rare WWE Entrance Themes That WWE Cancelled
3. 10 Rarest One Off WWE Theme Songs Never Used Again
4. RARE One-Off WWE Entrance Themes You Never Knew Wrestlers Had
5. Wrestlelamia

[@eddieimfamous]

Undertaker's Johnny Cash Entrance was seriously underrated

[@matthewdupont6009]

NBC replaced it with Katy Perry’s ET when showing highlights of Wrestlemania.

[@vintage1701H]

Nah. 🤷‍♂️

[@toptenguy1]

And it worked quite well, especially after he won, and had to be carried back. (aka, in storyline, he nearly fought to the death).

[@Real_AnimA]

God I loved that theme too!!

[@dmoneylopez6907]

@@toptenguy1yeah that match had a huge impact

[@KyleRivera-gt2tb]

Jericho’s King of my world theme was so underrated it’s one of my fav songs to listen to loved it

[@Marc_Studs]

I actually found out that the theme even existed from Quizmania.

[@babarazamsucks]

Indeed it is. It’s one of my favorite songs as well. I love to listen to it to this day.

[@DamariJackson24]

FACTS.

[@zanethind]

Same. I wish he brang it back

[@ezekielluna6265]

The promo for it is what was badass and what i remember most from 2003 when they kept showing it

[@josegarnica811]

There actually is an acoustic version of Kingdom

[@M._mkid]

And a Symphony Version of it it's amazing.

[@ericnast2233]

Another honorable mention: Stephanie McMahon used “Let the Bodies Hit the Floor” by Drowning Pool for one episode in Monday Night Raw. She even had a special entrance video featuring the band. 💙

[@RicheyYT]

That song was firstly used by The Alliance themselves before her, the intro was a little bit longer compared to her's

[@ADEthebased]

The Triple H snippet and the jericho ones are so underated and fire. It is a a shame it didn’t stay permanently

[@thegreatattila]

Look up higher brain pattern triple h.

[@oshea900]

NWOs theme was only used as a dubbed track for WM18. Christians was used a few times during late 1999. The Undertaker used about 4 different variations of the theme before changing it up at WMXV.

[@sukyuppal4680]

Industrial revolution theme

[@LubbockBabesFan]

WM18 the game and on some other DVDs but not the WM18 DVD as it was still on there.

[@ryanstraightedgebeast3858]

I loved Bobby Lashley's lyric theme

[@babarazamsucks]

I did too and I still listen to it and love it

[@CarlosHernandez-sp8jk]

There’s also a one time Jericho theme in SVR 09 that goes hard too

[@tomseville2345]

They thought they were getting ahead of the deadline for once with a new theme; it was on the "WWE: The Music Volume 8" CD from around the same time, and they naturally thought (or were told) that this would be his new theme; and he ended up never using it on TV... 🤣🤣🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@LeeEverett1]

An honorable mention is Steve Austin's "alliance leader" theme. He used it one time and weirdly enough was used in the Smackdown Just Bring It video game.

[@LubbockBabesFan]

He had several different themes during that summer of 2001.🫤

[@venomousnate7263]

Chris Jericho’s King of my World and Undertaker using Ain’t No Grave by Johnny Cash are really amazing themes. Shame they weren’t used more often.

[@LukePotentier]

Great to hear/see King of My World get a mention, Jericho’s live performance version was a great entrance. Honorable mentions to Drowning Pools cover of The Game that they played HHH to the ring with at WM-X8 a few months before Dave Williams sadly died.

[@jamesthomasjr9911]

I actually have the Forceable Entry CD. It's not on Spotify for some reason. There's some interesting stuff on there, that's for sure.

[@MiamiSunrise]

It is remarkable in all the years that WWE/WCW/WWF has been a thing how much composed music has existed and either been deleted from current content they have or is buried in the past that mainly only tape traders have to share with us. WCW had some NOSTALGIC themes in the 90s that I absolutely wish we'd get to hear again for real, like Jericho, Raven's and DDPs weird and yet awesome 90's band cover intros. Wrestling is awesome.

[@RicheyYT]

@@MiamiSunrise It's pretty annoying that WWE has all these valuable songs locked away and sitting to rot in a vault in New York, and i wish "some" collectors can ease up a little with holding the only remaining copies of a lot of themes and be more willing to share/trade them with others, my latest score of tapes didn't sound the best at all unfortunately; Regal/Hardyz, Dr. Death and Faarooq themes (still happy with them)

[@MajinHercule]

@@RicheyYT A lot of it I think was that Vince didn't want to pay the royalties or deal with the headaches. And this was a practice they've been doing for a while. I'm pretty sure that live Flair entered to Also Sprach Zarathustra in his first WWF run, we know he used it during his subsequent run after WCW got bought out, but instead they use the copyright free version Jim Johnston wrote (nothing against him, very talented dude). And it was weird to me, at least, encountering this practice where even a wrestler's WWF theme (or one of them at least), would come out to that theme at like an ECW event from 1995. Just to avoid the fee. Damn shame, and hopefully they just shrug now that they have pretty much the wrestling world by the balls, hook line and sinker.

[@ErikLarson-l9k]

A couple of clarifications I wanted to mention (I’ve been collecting WWF/E entrance music for a quarter-century, so I am a wellspring of useless theme facts ;D ) 1) “It’s a New World” was NEVER used as a live entrance song for the NWO, only for dubbing over the production track ”Rockhouse” on various home releases, and it was used in some video games. 2) “Project Gothic” was never an official title for Christian’s gothic theme, it was made up by fans. The theme has no official title, other than being an early version of “Blood Brother”. Also, he used it 3 times on TV, not just once (yes, I did the research after the full track was leaked a few years back). Actually, the number of themes used just once is staggering. Rock, Austin, and Taker all have multiple one-time themes. Then there’s rarities like “Fit Finley Theme” by the Swaggerin’ Growlers for Finley, “Misunderstood” for Trevor Murdoch, etc.

[@Teddy42O]

Triple H first heel team 1999 is rare, when he first joined corporation.

[@oshea900]

@@Teddy42O that one was released on the Uncaged series. Brooklyn Brawler also used it in late 2001.

[@ElTwOJaY]

Corporate Player is the name

[@ProtonRick8]

The nWo was dubbed over at Wrestlemania 18 and they indeed DID come out to the normal WCW nWo them. It wss dubbed over for DVD's and the Network.

[@安土竜]

Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel deserved the cooler theme song. The only thing ever holding those two back was their presentation. Dallas is back as Uncle Howdy and I was always a fan of Axel.

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Eric Bischoff theme was amazing

[@always-alicia]

Nobody’s gonna mention Mankind’s late ‘98/early ‘99 theme which he only used for like two or three weeks, one of which just so happened to be the night he magically put 600,000 butts in seats while simultaneously winning the WWF title for the first time and the entire Monday Night War!

[@zanethind]

Back in black by AC/DC is a dope song. I wish Bischoff got to keep it

[@Faust1und2]

The King Of My World theme song from Saliva was played three times. First the Raw episode before Survivor Series then Live on Survivor Series and then next week on Raw. Shame that the song was sk short lived

[@babarazamsucks]

Right. I’ve watched and listened to this theme song at these two episodes of RAW and on the Survivor Series PPV. It is a shame that the song was so short-lived.

[@tomseville2345]

The WWE nWo theme from 2002 is a dub-over; they had their real theme the whole time on live WWF/E TV and the first Mania X8 DVD; from Backlash 2002 onwards though, they started dubbing it over on DVDs and in games as they don't own it. Thankfully the Network corrects all of them...

[@nightflyer777]

Actually, the part about the nWo is incorrect. Now, it may be possible they used that new theme at one point (Idk, as I wasn't watching yet at the time lol), but they did not use "It's A New World" at WrestleMania X8 (except in the game and on DVD re-releases), they used "Rockhouse", which is present on the original DVD and SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth.

[@LubbockBabesFan]

I was and I can tell you that they never did. This channel always gets some things wrong when they do these types of videos.😑

[@tomseville2345]

The exact Fully Loaded '98 Taker theme WAS used only then; but he used a version of it for months, until unveiling a more demonic version of it at Mania XV. Then he had multiple different versions of *that* theme...

[@DirtyDemon917]

Don’t forget HHH used an even rarer theme before “game time” on smackdown Nov 9 2000

[@WWChampion16]

I remember that NWO theme from the Wrestlemania X8 video game and wondered why they didn't use their more well known theme.

[@LubbockBabesFan]

And and what was more interesting is that the smackdown shut your mouth game that released that same year did have the nwo theme.

[@SLSmith24]

The nWo entry is completely incorrect. WWE never once used the "It's a New World" dubbed theme on TV or PPV at any point in 2002. The nWo always had their original "Rockhouse" theme throughout their entire run. The dubbed theme was strictly used for later home video releases that included matches from nWo members (Such as "The Greatest Superstars of WrestleMania" DVD from 2008, which included Hogan vs. The Rock), as well as being used in various video games featuring the nWo. The reason for this was that there was a lengthy period of time (up until around 2011) where WWE did not have the licensing rights to use "Rockhouse".

[@jackbateson9919]

For me, underrated, and I'm sure it was only played once, (It MAY be twice) but I loved Sin Cara Negros 2011 Hell In A Cell theme!

[@RiotCity_Racer_28A]

An underrated song that I don’t think was ever used was Drowning Pool’s version of “The Game”

[@lupillosanchez6620]

I was about to say that he actually used it at Wrestlemania X-8

[@kenterminateddq5311]

1:04 The Rock's theme (from the November 30th, 1998 episode) was an underrated banger. However, since it didn't fit the former multiple-time WWE Champion, I can see why WWE changed his theme right after the show.

[@titanironwolf7986]

Not many people will know this but the NWO's "It's a New World" theme can be heard in the video game WWE Crush Hour when you unlock and use Kevin Nash

[@milesthatcher]

You’re right Bobby’s new song didn’t hit the same because it hit so much harder!

[@marcoramirez313]

Bobby’s new song sucked lol

[@IAmNeomic]

Undertaker's FL98 theme was actually one of several early versions of what would become his "Dark Side" theme from WWE: The Music - Vol. 3. Also, how do you make a video titled "Theme Songs only used once", and the first one was never used, and many others were used for weeks or months?

[@NitroRalph]

4:57 Sami Zayn dancing 😂

[@teamtim87]

Bro King of My World goes so hard.

[@kaboomgamer333]

Jericho's and Taker's should of gotten full runs

[@cameron-xm4hg]

I love videos like this

[@KamoMustafaWWE]

Does The Game by Drowning Pool count? The band performed it for Triple H at WrestleMania X8.

[@sliceofbread965]

For those curious, Kingdom (Cody's theme) already has an acoustic version, and it's on Spotify :)

[@majinish]

This Fire Burns was so out of place for Randy Orton, I’m glad that was only once.

[@ehlohimwhil5762]

What about the first version of “X Factor” theme

[@devicebackup664]

The one with the gay singing before the rap

[@ehlohimwhil5762]

@@devicebackup664 nah before that one (you’re talking about the version with Uncle Kracker singing) They used it like once or twice kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ2ph2ptbqd0jc0si=sOWsDp3RZhHhjvC2

[@RicheyYT]

@@ehlohimwhil5762 Freakin' underrated, i only have a sample when production were testing their audio on dark matches, only played for 4 seconds!

[@darthvader77813]

Saliva, Motörhead, disturbed, and DX’s band are the big 4 of WWE theme artists

[@toptenguy1]

Mr Perfect had one appearance on the Brother Love show with a different theme music, it might have just been used once. Then he went to his most recognizable theme.

[@RicheyYT]

@@toptenguy1 Do you know the date?, would love to check that one out

[@justinlynch3]

I heard the Johnny Cash theme when Taker brought it back around Mania 27. Personally I didn't like it, I'm glad he went back to the Deadman Graveyard music. While The Game is great, my favourite Triple H song is actually King Of Kings.

[@thegame890]

Undertaker once used "No Mercy 2002" instrumental version on a SmackDown episode in Fall 2002. It was after Lesnar had put his hand on Undertaker's then-wife's belly and told her "Life is a bitch."

[@RicheyYT]

Very honored to be featured here, though i have a little corrections for themes here The Undertaker theme from Fully Loaded 1998, they never dropped the theme song, actually they only used that very first version in the PPV, he would use a newer version the very next day, a third mix the next week and so on for 3 other weeks before they finally stopped at "Dark Side" that was released on The Music Volume 3 album. I wonder why you guys didn't include his September 19th, 2002. I like that one The nWo theme song that they made for them was only for WWE Network dubbing, they never meant to use it on TV

[@LubbockBabesFan]

Ah yes the No Mercy 2002 remix theme.

[@tomseville2345]

No, the nWo dub theme was for 2002 DVD releases Backlash through Judgment Day; the WCW Rockhouse prod. library track is back on the Network, thankfully. Imagine all those mid-90's-2000 WCW events with the dub theme. Ironically, they actually use Rockhouse to dub over "Voodoo Child" for Hollywood Hogan on WCW shows on there...

[@RojoCube]

Hadn't Johnny Cash recently passed away. Making it more eerie?

[@1hendrixx7]

He died 21 years ago.

[@RojoCube]

@@1hendrixx7 so I was way off. Thanks. I guess I had a Lloyd Christmas moment.

[@daviddaniel6949]

He was long dead, but he had a number of albums he recorded before he died. The American series. I believe that specific album was released in this time period when The Undertaker had used it.

[@NovaForsaken]

he died in sept 12 2003

[@armytoad7863]

Fun fact: there is an acoustic version of Kingdom. It's honestly really good. I recommend it

[@lb9355]

I was at a Raw in Dallas where the Rock came out with some weird new remix theme and after his match it was back to the old one.

[@IAmNeomic]

Year?

[@tomseville2345]

Orton and Batista's acoustic arrangements were CLEARLY for look-back vignettes leading to Mania XXX; they couldn't be used for their entrances (especially Batista's with all the pyro)...

[@turtle0053]

Ain’t No Grave has always lived in my mind as one of the greatest short lived themes in wrestling

[@ericYg909]

Man now lashley is gone, there's no chance to see his entrance with hell will be calling your name

[@Graph4m]

It's worth mentioning that Kingdom - (Downstait) already has an acoustic version.

[@finn5045]

This is ridiculous, I don't see Edge's legendary theme from summerslam of 2022.

[@studiosus8931]

Damn. As soon as "there ain't no grave" started I felt like the 10 years old kid again What a fitting song it was

[@tomgrim]

The Fully Loaded 98 Undertaker theme is essentially a demo of Dark Side and available in full on the Uncaged albums.

[@ReinEngel]

Triple H's theme from right before the Motorhead theme will always be his best.

[@giggs0106]

Randy Orton and Batista's acoustic versions were top notch 🔥🔥

[@AdimOdin]

My Time is a certified banger, highly underrated!

[@jakepearl9919]

I remember "B team B team GO GO GO" fan participation... Battle Scars...NO FAN PARTICIPATION... simple...

[@MichaelVillavicencio-fi6kg]

I think using the acoustic version for video packages only is a good idea, but I'm intrigued to see how fans would react if Cody or Randy comes out to their acoustic versions

[@Madewell86]

That remixed NWO theme was only used on the original Wrestlemania Legacy Boxset when WWE didn't have the rights to it. The original broadcast of WM X8 did have the original NWO theme.

[@dripguy5177]

Awesome video W

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Chris Jericho is the G O A T

[@russenterprise6502]

The fire burn theme Randy Orton used on an episode of Smackdown later became CM Punk theme upon his main roster debut from 06-11 before using the cult of personality song that he used ever since.

[@34For47]

I love this video idea ❤

[@mgoldstyles]

Wow, great vid

[@thecodester6669]

0:20 also of disturbed, kotr 2001 is actually the 4th ppv to had a actual theme. Not invasion. They only used for the ppv only. Voices-disturbed

[@Rod904]

I cant believe you left out kane's Aggression theme. I believe he only used it once. Correct me if im wrong but it was cool to listen to kane come out with his theme using a hip hop twist. It was 🔥🔥🔥

[@tomseville2345]

Weird that the first time Triple H's Motorhead theme was heard on WWF TV, it was after a beatdown on Austin on Raw in early January, and NOT the Royal Rumble PPV as a full entrance song debut...

[@Kitto0]

I wasn't a Cena enthusiast for most of the career cuz back as kid i felt he was way cooler with Word Life gimmick & always felt My Time is overall inferior. But man if they do get Cena in his farewell matches the acoustic version of My Time, that might make even a grown man cry now 🥲 cuz how iconic Cena became for this business.

[@AldoCoolinBoolin]

The acoustic version of Voices onlyy makes sense being used within a ppv promo it would've been soft af as the entrance wtf lmao

[@Flamaro]

Recall Kurt had a one time one, least I only heard it once. Was an episode of Smackdown I think, was basically the same song but way heavier in the electric guitar. He wore a black singlet that match as well as opposed to his usual Red/Blue heavy ones.

[@acidsymphony]

I saw The Outsiders use The Fugees "Ready or Not" a couple times at house shows.

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

Triple H No2. was not called Game Time. It was called My Time (Higher Brain Pattern Mix) v1, V2. V3 and V4. When they brought out the Uncaged series online. It was renamed to Game Time. But Jim Johnston named it My Time (Higher Brain Pattern Mix) this is confirmed by Jim's BMI. Plus it was also confirmed by WWE Music group themselves on a video they did compiling Trips themes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6i9lomdh6qspMUsi=XYCNuyPHb0NKG1BM

[@RicheyYT]

Yeah they never really had a title for it, reminds me of how they had the downloadable files of "Evolution of The Game" album where "My Time (Instrumental)" on Uncaged 3 was called "Higher Brain Pattern (V2) Triple H - NEEDS OFFICIAL TITLE mastered", it was hilarious

[@Sirjthethird]

Triple h also had another theme that i think was only used once i think on a episode of smack down in 2000

[@manbehindacameras1617]

5:33 Grim and Duhop doing the beat of the B team

[@TheRealMrAndrew]

3:26 no, it’s not understandable. If I license the song, I should get to use it in that segment until the end of time. The laws protecting artists are wrong.

[@alexq2930]

The best lost theme was and still is was Damien Sandow Hallelujah (Rock mix) by CFO. Such a great song

[@davidwithnoid7642]

When I saw the video I was hoping for Salivas, Jericho theme. Song was so damn badass and remember he only came out to it at survivor series

[@toptenguy1]

Call me a "simple mark", but I loved "B TEAM B TEAM GO GO GO!!" hahaha

[@TheBlockerNator]

I liked the dubbed NWO theme, i have lots of memories of it from Wrestlemania x8 on Gamecube

[@tomseville2345]

Hardly any of these "Only Played For One Show"; Taker used "Ain't No Grave" on the SD's leading into and including Mania. Jericho is shown here using his Saliva track live at Survivor Series, and on Raw the next night; and Christian and The B-Team had their themes for a few appearances...

[@landonmiles97]

“Hell Will Be Calling Your Name” would have been good for American Badass. Or Taker’s later career.

[@98kreB]

The good thing about the battlescars theme is that it made it in 2k19

[@broncoramfan]

Dam i really wanted to see more of that series

[@royleepulleyjr.2765]

Disturbed and Triple H….chills

[@TheJaguar1983]

It would have been cool to have a Disturbed version of The Game, but then again, they already have a song called The Game.

[@Strangegloves]

Both of Triple Hs themes (the game and my time) are both bangers !!

[@a.grimes4202]

Shane McMahon’s “Money Talks” from ONLY at _Backlash_ (2001) should have been on here.

[@RicheyYT]

I bet they barely did a research before making an AI script for a 10 minutes video, and of all they included Undertaker's entrance with Ain't No Grave which was a special entrance, not a theme song😂

[@tomseville2345]

@@RicheyYT He came out to it on the TV's leading up to it, but that was only for Mania XXVII and it's build...

[@AirmanXWarrior]

I used Battlescars on one of the 2k games for my personal character, it was seriously goated

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Christian should've got major push

[@javiermenesesherrera5837]

Randy Orton uses the original for punk, this fire burns ❤

[@iyop012]

mark henry entrance without lyrics from that saturday morning slam show for kids should have been on this list i think he faced daniel bryan or sheamus when that was used in late 2012

[@DamariJackson24]

Randy orton and him using this fire burns theme song on an episode of raw back in 2008 it really clear it did not fit Randy’s viper gimmick he was going for but it did fit cm punk.

[@Stumpers24]

Game time was one of the best. Wish he would have kept it for alittle longer

[@UncleShaggy23]

Honestly I loved the B Team battle scar theme

[@raphamcneil4665]

You forgot the game’s theme by drowning pool

[@RicheyYT]

That one was never used

[@raphamcneil4665]

@@RicheyYT drowning pool play it live during wrestlemania 18

[@RicheyYT]

@@raphamcneil4665 Live performances don't count as the wrestler using a pre-recorded song.

[@ScottyDoezntKnow]

There was also a rock version of Kurt Angle's theme that he used for just one night.

[@TheAmanRawatExperience]

Batista's acoustic theme is great

[@Cooljohn760]

Ngl Eric Bischoff I'm back theme song was catchy 👌