10. Tyler Breeze
A theme that I sorely miss. Tyler’s original supermodel gimmick has taken a back-seat since teaming with Fandango and creating a psuedo-Zoolander (psuedoolander?) gimmick. Breezango’s theme meshed both Dango’s and Breeze’s themes together to create some funky remix, but it didn’t truly match up to Breeze’s custom entrance theme.
Nothing screams narcissistic quite like a theme that goes on about how great they look. Shades of Shawn Michaels, Breeze’s theme helped him stand out from the rest of his class whilst on NXT. But as per most call-ups, he was soon to be subjected to jobber entrances a month or two after his debut.
9. The Ascension
Speaking of failed call-ups, my boys Konnor and Viktor are about to get some love! The common ground amongst most fans is that people enjoy The Ascension’s entrance. Rightfully so! They have the shredding guitar, the seizure-inducing titantron and they shout a lot.
It’s a theme that triggers this need to go crazy, to mosh and scream along with them. It’s Something I feel could be a real drawing point for The Ascension if they were put on TV a little more. It’s basic, easily identified and unique to them.
The amount of times I’ve seen someone suggest the flaming guitar dude from Mad Max: Fury Road show up and perform their theme at a Wrestlemania; you can’t deny that you want to see this happen.
8. Sami Zayn
Everyone loves a good underdog babyface. Everyone loves a theme they can sing along to and dance around in joy when they eventually walk away with the title. Everyone loves Sami Zayn’s theme.
At first I was a little dubious about the Saturday morning cartoon jingle, but I’ve come to appreciate that it perfectly sums up his personality and his character. It mirrors the thrashing and ominous tune of his counterpart Kevin Owens, which even though it’s probably unintentional, speaks for this generation and who should be heading it as the flag-bearers for good and evil. On that note, Kevin Owens, you got a good theme too, sir.
7. Bobby Roode
The moment fans at an NXT taping first heard the word Glorious, they were hooked. Every single person on this Earth, aware of wrestling or not, has burst into a serenade of Bobby Roode’s theme (fact based on science).
I caught Bobby in his debut tour for NXT in June of last year, where he appeared with a pretty generic theme involving lots of strumming and a little bit of Southern twang, for some reason. Instantly I thought there was no way Roode would become a star in WWE if he were to be sent out with that as his theme. Thankfully they rectified that pretty quickly and gave him this absolute marvel of a tune.
It’s a magical moment when thousands of people sing along in unison to Bobby’s theme. I think a lot of his success needs to be credited to this song.
6. AJ Styles
Jimmy said that I couldn’t not put this on the list. So here it is. AJ Styles. Pretty cool theme I guess. Yep.
Seriously though, it’s hype. One of those which I didn’t think would last long, considering the tendency to use more rock/metal based themes for the current superstars, but it was a pleasant change from the usual hearing church organs and RnB.
Phenomenal stuff.
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