Hey Scott, Have you heard that wwe apparently offered AJ a deal with a downside that was 20% of his TNA contract? Do you think they did that to make a point about how much tna sucks or is that a accurate reflection of his market value? Would NJPW or AAA or cmll have any interest in him? Thanks I'm gonna have to call shenanigans on that one, because AJ's contract was never actually expired and he re-signed for a short-term deal. If WWE had offered him ANYTHING, then that would be contract tampering and TNA would have cause to sue their pants off. Unless of course HHH just offered them a title shot at Randy Orton in exchange for dropping the lawsuit. But that would be STUPID. Anyway, if true, yes that would be fair market value. Styles is completely unproven on anything resembling a national stage and has never drawn money on top. He's not getting any younger and would have to go through developmental for a year to learn the style, and by then he's pushing 40 and whatever small amount of name value he had from TNA is gone. If AJ was gonna jump, the time was 5 or 6 years ago. These days he's much better off taking indy bookings and possibly going to NJPW as you noted. |
I'd call BS on it too, just on the premise this means that AJ's deal with TNA would be probably $600K+. Just the base money, although I'm guessing they don't get PPV bonuses. Just a hunch.
ReplyDeleteI think Paul London used Battle Without Honor during his time in ROH in 2003. Definitely for his match with Joe at DBD.
ReplyDeleteFor the brief time I was indy training I was working on an Angel of Death type character based on Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7 my #1 choice for entrance music was this... starting at about 1:45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKhJXaX2bAU (Paul Oakenfold "Send me an Angel")
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This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59g5R8rwqpY (Smashing Pumpkins "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning")
Eh, a Devitt feud would be fine, but I don't see him challenging for the IWGP Heavyweight title or anything.. Of note, NJPW's C-show of a PPV last night was pretty bitchin.. Bullet Club is the best thing going today..
ReplyDeleteThis was my email... but here's a story about Muse: They owe me $20. They were playing a show at The Cotton Club in Atlanta. This was years ago before their first record was released in America. My buddy and I went to go see them in a tiny venue with that held about 200 people. They played about 4-5 songs and the lead singer/guitarist busted his face open with his own guitar. He ran off stage, the band dicked around for a few minutes, said he couldn't return, then left the stage. So, for my money I got about 15 minutes of a rock show. They didn't offer a refund, or a t-shirt or cd, or a make-up show or anything. The next time they played in town was opening for the Cure in a venue that holds 20,000 people and they couldn't even manage to get 200 make up tickets to that show. So, forever and always, fuck Muse.
ReplyDeleteLately I've been using "His Story Repeats Itself" by Chiodos for my personal CAW in the WWE games, other songs I've thought to use in the past include "My World" by Mindless Self Indulgence and "Naked and Famous" by The Presidents of the United States of America.
ReplyDeleteUndersized smaller wrestler with a Southern drawl, but a fairly good moveset in WWE, hmmm?
ReplyDeleteIf you're hard-up for seeing AJ Styles in WWE, I invite you to watch some WWE era Jaime Noble for a piece of what you'd get, minus the rather entertaining "double wide trailer" angle, since they wouldn't write anything that fun anymore.
PUSA is such an underrated band. I saw them a few years ago and they were so much fun live. Tiger Bomb, Blank Baby, Naked and Famous, Poke and Destroy, Love Everybody, Meanwhile Back in the City, Jennifer's Jacket... man what a fun band.
ReplyDeleteOh yea they are one of my very favorites, anything Chris Ballew does is pretty awesome. The Feelings Hijackers, The Giraffes, SubSet, Chris and Tad, his solo stuff, the Quantum Conundrum soundtrack and more.
ReplyDeleteThe opening instrumental to "Welcome Home" by Coheed & Cambria. Good -to-great riff that makes me want to punch things. Either that or Dan Severn's old entrance theme...to beat a long-dead horse.
ReplyDeleteStrange Wings by Savatage
ReplyDelete*drops mic*
Mother by Danzig
ReplyDeleteSomething the crowd would sing along to, like "Take On Me". I remember in last year's baseball playoffs when the Nats crowd were singing along, and then Mike Morse got a base hit while the crowd was holding the high note in the chorus. Fucking awesome.
ReplyDeletehttp://deadspin.com/5951449/nationals-buoyed-by-fans-magical-a+ha-singalongs-to-take-on-me++and-tonights-was-the-best-yet
This was done as a QOTD fairly recently i think. I maintain now as I did then that old skool Jungle/Drum & Bass is perfectly suited for the bombastic nature of a wrestling entrance. Today's example: Dom & Roland - Can't Punish Me
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Y-xakhjgAgM#t=21
Another example
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni2joG1LEJM
And one more (since I'm now immersed in Youtube)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-N1aaxcy-pI#t=96
4'33", by whomever wishes to perform it.
ReplyDeleteGood entrance music should have a strong beat and an instant hook to draw people in. To accomplish this I would probably go with something like "The End of the Innocence" by Don Henley or "The Heart of the Matter" by Don Henley. Sometimes brooding music works well too, in which case "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley would be an excellent choice. If you have something with a simple chorus, it encourages people to sing along, like maybe "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley. Songs with danceable rhythms are also good, for example: "All She Wants to do is Dance" by former Eagles singer/songwriter Don Henley.
ReplyDeleteI think any of the above songs combined with the right pyrotechnics and posing routine would make for a fantastic entrance.
What a pack of cunts.
ReplyDeleteEverything hinges on the character. I'd have wanted to be a fun character, whether face or heel so maybe a nice early 80s New Wave tune. Ghost Town by the Specials would be perfect - the people could do the chorus.
ReplyDeleteGimmick has to fit - perhaps Sunset Grill by Don Henley would work for jobbers.
ReplyDeleteAs long as Sheamus isn't using "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" by Dropkick Murphys, he's useless and his career means nothing.
ReplyDeleteAlso, "Baby Elephant Walk" should be Randy Orton's theme, because that's probably what's playing a continual loop in his mind.
I swear we've gone over this before, and recently.
ReplyDeleteI could see a Zack Ryder coming out to that once he accepts, in complete moral defeat, that he will never even smell a legitimate push again.
ReplyDeleteSheamus is a Tubthumping kinda guy, fella.
ReplyDeleteAlso the introduction to Raw should be Vince driving himself to Titan Towers, and the Sopranos theme is playing.
ReplyDeleteA recreation of this would be the greatest WrestleMania entrance of all time.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvVr2uks0C8
Stephanie is trying to get there, but she is having a hell of a time trying to parallel park.
ReplyDeleteIF you're a big enough star to make the audience wait twenty seconds for you to step out of Gorilla, Mudoney's "You Got It, Keep It Outta My Face" is perfect. Although it's less good for run ins. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XQAI_1-foE
ReplyDeleteIt shocks me that nobody has taken the Mortal Kombat theme on as their entrance music, as its unbelievably perfect at several levels (although you might need to cut the section with the names of the fighters out)
Reel Big Fish's "Bad Guy" would be great for a cocky heel, and double perfect for Ziggler's #heel gimmicks where he's kinda winking at the audience. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cLkrveDzt4
Gutter Twins' "Idle Hands" is perfect for any kind of darker character, and if that Johnny Cash song he sometimes uses weren't so damned perfect I'd suggest it as an update for Taker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEUmdjgW-r0
I could keep going for days, but those are the ones that spring to mind.
"Good entrance music should have a strong beat and an instant hook to draw people in."
ReplyDelete"Number 8" by Barney Gumbel and his Japanese girlfriend.
Kick em when they're up.
ReplyDeleteKick em when they're down.
Let's try and guess cock sizes within the WWE Universe.
ReplyDeleteI feel it would be fairly ironic & AMAZING if CM Punk used "Jesus Christ Superstar."
ReplyDeleteIf you can believe it, Steve Austin actually used this as his theme song in ECW.
ReplyDeleteI remember.
ReplyDeleteIm a huge fan of entrance music, there way too many for to name, but one of the most coolest entrances was when Raven was ducking Benoit at Starrcade 97 and called Saturn to the ring.
ReplyDeleteThe air raid siren and him coming down was just super cool to me. WCW wasn't known for their production, and right here it worked for them in my view take a look if u care.
http://youtu.be/hxALy8ypuJo?t=1h5m01s
As I got older I thought that the Raven/Benoit program was truly a forgotten classic and definitely worthy to be a main event program, just the fact that you had the NWO in full swing at the time overshadowing it.
When I used to e-fed I used to alternate between the Halloween main theme and the Phantasm main theme for entrance music.
"Govinda" by Kula Shaker. Total badass entrance theme.
ReplyDeleteDarren Young - "Back Door Man" - The Doors
ReplyDeleteKane - "Prelude to Agony" - Type O Negative
ReplyDeleteDaniel Bryan - "Ecstasy Of Gold" - Ennio Morricone
ReplyDelete(Seriously, how has that one not been used?)
...no
ReplyDeleteOde To Joy
ReplyDeleteYou know what, motherfucker? I hear about you. I hear about your misogyny. I hear about your homophobia. I am absolutely sick to my stomach about how much you hate gays and how you have an aversion to gay sex. IF YOU DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT WRESTLERS' DICKS, YOU CAN FUCK OFF!!!
ReplyDelete...So, anyway, how big is Michael Cole's penis? I mean, how big you think? I bet he's a fiver.
You hear about my homophobia? Can you bring me into the loop? That's the first EYE have heard about it.
ReplyDeleteThe Superman theme by John Williams. It's instantly recognizable, epic and fun
ReplyDeleteYou're doing it wrong. The proper question is:
ReplyDeleteHow big is Batista's dick?
Pens fact for you: men's erect penises are usually proportional to about half the size of your forearm. Think of that next time you see The Big Show.
ReplyDeleteMe Against The World by 2pac I always thought would be good.
ReplyDeleteEither Cowboys from Hell by Pantera or a shortened mix of Hey Man, Nice Shot by Filter.
ReplyDeleteJust talk about dicks already.
ReplyDeleteI bet with that thing tucked between his legs, he never has to walk alone... inside a pit of danger...
ReplyDeleteJust out of curiosity, I want to see a Big Show sex tape. It'd be like a shaved bear fucking a woman.
ReplyDeleteDon't be racist.
ReplyDeleteThat's sexist, you pig.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eBmeH0MAmk
ReplyDeleteFits any sport, IMO.
Sabotage by the Beastie Boys, Juke Joint Jezebel by KMFDM (maybe starting with that short guitar riff 30 seconds in, for that Pavlovian response from the crowd on runs and the like), Lawyers Guns and Money by Warren Zevon, Like Sprewells on a Wheelchair by Dillinger four.
ReplyDeleteI have no problem believing the E would have no interest in Styles. He's one of TNA's biggest mistakes.
ReplyDeleteSoooo..and angle as AJ Lee's number one fan is now out of the question?
ReplyDelete"Get Down" by Beanie Sigel: http://youtu.be/u68yKvNIO_U
ReplyDeleteOnce I become the Champ - "he Champ is here" By Jadakiss: http://youtu.be/4Nz3DL6EXtQ
No, there was another time Zanatude was being racist. I was just reminding him.
ReplyDeleteNow, his sexism on the other hand, I don't mind.
The other day, I said that ol' parallex1978 appears to be pro-gay rape of superheroes, does this help?
ReplyDeleteFine.
ReplyDeleteI think Cheney, while ideologically wrong, was a very intelligent man and masterful politician.
I think Tracy was best personified by Warren Beatty in the 1990 movie.
Ebersol did a good job running NBC sports.
IS THAT BETTER MOTHER FUCKER?
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAt least I think...
If I stretch out my thumb and forefinger as far as I possibly can until it hurts, that's my length from base to tip. But I dunno if this is a universal rule. Or how big a guy's hand is on average.
ReplyDeleteI really should have saved this to write into the mailbag with.
You forgot Van Dyke, you son of a bitch.
ReplyDeleteINSIST it's this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvjLgjtJKsc
ReplyDelete"An' I fight loike me Da' an' all!"
Also Greyson. I am a complete and utter failure... JUST LIKE YOU!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's the sort of thing that makes the BOD great.
ReplyDeleteHis wife is a bodybuilder from what I've seen. There bed would need shocks.
ReplyDelete...Slater, too.
ReplyDeleteAnd In Cider.
As I used to do theater, and still enjoy it I will go with the Overture to The Phantom of the Opera, (sounds lame but trust me it's badass)
ReplyDeleteMuse are hilarious though. I mean, they don't intend to be, the sour-faced bunch of pretentious douches, but they ARE hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI mean, just TRY not to sing "I want to break free" by Queen over the top of this recent Muse song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0SgwWmF9w
When the guitar solo comes in, it's like they're in some kind of amazing special pocket universe where copyright violation can't touch them because they're SO up their own arses, you can't actually reach them to serve them the papers.
According to PWInsider, Darren Young's nickname in the locker room is "Ruler Throat".
ReplyDeleteTime 4 Sum Aksion by Redman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbCQKCdzs30
ReplyDeleteI should fuck Big Show's wife... just for the novelty
ReplyDeleteWhile he's turgidly watching.
ReplyDeleteGo to the :28 second mark:
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Work safe?
ReplyDeleteKane - "Wrath of Kane" by Big Daddy Kane.
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/fbGkxcY7YFU
ReplyDeleteWhile Citizen Kane is playing on the Titantron.
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/LnzYG0ZkrXg
ReplyDeleteShe's acceptable... but again it is more for the oddity of cuckolding THE 7'5" LARGEST ATHLETE IN THE WORLD
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten about that one! Yeesh!
ReplyDeleteI tried to as well, but what has been seen cannot be unseen.
ReplyDeletePeachfuzz by KMD
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/HW17mVZqnjI?t=22s
Kills - Fried My Little Brains
ReplyDeleteDead Weather - Bone House
Fudge Tunnel – Random Acts Of Cruelty - If I was a "BUSINESS IS ABOUT TO PICK UP! IT's KANE!"-style hoss. Intro kind of like HHH's old theme (Our Time? My Time?), then is kind of like 'Walk' by Pantera. And you can't beat that for a title.
ReplyDeleteKilling Joke – The Pandys Are Coming - if I was part of a stable of 'scary' wrestlers like the New Church, I'd want this.
Ministry – The Fall or Portishead – Machine Gun - if I was a Raven or Bray Wyatt style cult leader type.
Therapy? – Teethgrinder - if I was Al Snow or some other 'crazy' gimmick
Cody Rhodes during his "Doctor Doom" phase:
ReplyDeleteMF Doom "Rhinestone Cowboy": http://youtu.be/s4iR668Ki3I
or
Madvillan "All Caps": http://youtu.be/ewc1hixzYPY
Just talk about dicks already like the man said!
ReplyDeleteYou mean like literary classic Moby Dick?
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite roles that Robin Harris played:
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/Ppqtlo8z95w
There's a Mr. Nixon on Line 3. He sounds unhappy.
ReplyDeleteFudge Tunnel??? Darren Young?
ReplyDeleteI'm going all old school on your asses and I'm saying NO ENTRANCE MUSIC. Also, NO KNEE PADS. Also, a TOWEL AROUND MY NECK. Also, my finisher: NECK VICE. Also, when I cut promos: NO WORDS, JUST A MENACING GLARE TO THE INTERVIEWER AND I WALK AWAY.
ReplyDeleteThe IWC will either love me or hate me. I won't care because I love to hurt people.
...you're Ronnie Garvin?
ReplyDeleteChange your finisher. I suggest a Top Rope Canadian Destroyer, with an extra rotation, a twist, and his head in your trunks. On landing, both of you sell like death, until you kip up, and pin him with a foot on his chest. If you botch the kip-up, he has permission to kick out.
ReplyDeleteI figured that's what a whitey would say.
ReplyDeleteAnd it sounds like devitt to wwe is almost a done deal
ReplyDeleteMore people would see AJ on nxt than have in TNA
ReplyDeleteI'd just rip off Jon Jones and use jammin by Bob Marley
ReplyDelete"2x4" by Metallica. The drum intro is perfect for interrupting a promo, and the song has an awesome, grungy "kick your face in" feel to, which is fitting because the song's essentially about getting physical with passive aggressive people, so even better.
ReplyDelete+1 for anything KMFDM.
ReplyDeleteWhat I said:
ReplyDelete"His wife is a bodybuilder from what I've seen. Their bed would need shocks."
What Parallax heard:
"His WIFE blah blah. Their BED would need shocks."
You know me so well.
ReplyDeleteBTW I hope you will keep the children in the impact thread in line tonight while I am out. (Holding another audition for the future Ex-Mrs. Parallax1978 the 3rd)
I always thought "Instruments of Destruction" by NRG from the Transformers: The Movie soundtrack would be a great one.
ReplyDeleteI'd be very interested on hearing your thoughts on why you feel that way.
ReplyDeleteI guess my dream scenario of seeing AJ Styles debuting as a "Paul Heyman Guy" and "The REAL Best In The World" is dead.
ReplyDeleteHe is fucking useless. He has been getting constant pushes and yet has not improved in any area in ten years. He is awful on the mic, useless as a character, has no presence in the ring and is limited as to what style he can work in the ring. He has only one selling point and that is he's been there since the beginning. He has not developed AT ALL.
ReplyDeletePitchshifter - WYSIWYG
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7nnPW37tbQ
I'll try my hardest to provide the filth flarn filth that you've come to expect from me.
ReplyDeleteOasis- F'in In The Bushes. It's the perfect wrestling entrance. Immediately notable first second to pop the crowd, the "you go to hell" bit while you're on the stage, pop pyro, and you walk down the aisle to the guitar riff. (I might have thought about this quite a bit.)
ReplyDeleteWow, I actually disagree with a lot of this.
ReplyDeleteTo me, he has improved on the mic (decent as opposed to god-awful), has an RVD-like charisma and presence due to his ability in the ring, and is one of the absolute best in-ring performers of the last ten years. True, he may have one "style" that he uses, but I think he's like Flair in that he's able to plug anyone and anything into that style and have a pretty good match.
I'll definitely agree that he's not very good at playing a character, though, anything other than "guy that goes out and has good matches" doesn't work too well for him.
I think "The Knife" by Genesis would be a great entrance theme.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Cena really embodies the refrain; that guy's always getting up again.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... I wasn't feeling all the hate Puffy got for his performance at WrestleMania this year, because Victory is about a pretty perfect entrance theme.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJAgGB7jKZU
Now, that's for the energetic, bad-ass feel. For a cool heel, kinda slacker vibe, I'm riding with an updated, slightly slicker version of sum ol' school Jamaican ish...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i78WgwvOns
Agree 100%. Oasis are my favorite band and, even though that album is brutal, I immediately thought that song would be the perfect entrance music.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm not an ROH guy, but I believe Nigel McGuiness used it there...
Wrestling needs more Primus entrance music.
ReplyDeletePlease don't say that. Thank you.
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