Entrance envy. It happens. Even the Superstars who have the most identifiable themes in all of WWE — the John Cenas, Randy Ortons and Daniel Bryans of the world — have personal favorite songs that they’d consider entering the ring to.Even though they have established their charisma and style in the company through their identifiable entrance themes, many WWE superstars including Divas have expressed their desire to change onto a theme of their favourite WWE legend or fellow performer for that matter if they were given the choice to do so. Here are the 10 superstars who have revealed their personal favourite theme songs.
#10 AJ Lee wants Hardcore Holly\'s theme
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In naming her choice, The Black Widow not only opted for a relatively obscure song; she also articulated a case that gets right at the heart of this dream-entrance concept.
“I’m not sure I would still use it to this day, but I have to stay true to 12-year-old AJ, who used to use Hardcore Holly’s entrance music for my Create-a-Wrestler in every ‘SmackDown! vs. Raw’ video game,” she said. “That was always my go-to.”
#9 Kofi Kingston wants Marc Mero\'s old theme song
The way Kofi Kingston leaps into his entrance — leading arena-wide boom-claps to the sound of Collie Buddz’s “S.O.S.” — is as much a part of The Dreadlocked Dynamo’s Superstar DNA as his elastic, blink-and-you-missed-it in-ring attack. It’s hard to imagine him arriving to the ring to any other music. If he did, however, the song trumpeting his arrival would be Marc Mero’s old theme song.
“It had that awesome heavy guitar riff,” Kingston recalled. “Plus, he used to do the Shooting Star Press, and I thought he was really athletic and cool. His music was definitely something I had on CD back in the day.”
#8 Fandango wants Jericho\'s theme
Fandango has had his share of run-ins with Chris Jericho, even notching his first pay-per-view victory over the legendary Ayatollah of Rock ‘n’ Rolla at WrestleMania 29. Still, WWE’s resident dancing destroyer fancies any song that makes him want to move — even if it does belong to Y2J.
“I like the way the music goes out and the pyro hits,” Fandango conceded. “I’d actually listen to that song even if it wasn’t a wrestling entrance theme song.”
#7 Paige wants Edge\'s theme
The youngest Divas Champion in WWE history didn’t hesitate in naming the Superstar’s theme song she’d like to have as her own. “Edge’s song,” Paige replied instantly.
“Every time it came on, it got me excited and I was singing along to it,” The Diva of Tomorrow said, before explaining why. “It’s completely badass, and I think it suits me because I think of myself as quite the badass.”
#6 Dolph Ziggler wants Shawn Michael\'s theme
It doesn’t come as a surprise at all when Dolph Ziggler chose Shawn Michaels’ theme as his personal favourite given the fact that he too is athletic, flexible, high-flying and flamboyant just like Mr. Wrestlemania was. Shawn Michaels’ entrance “embodies everything about being a top-shelf sports-entertainer,” Ziggler said, noting its universal appeal.
“There’s entertainment, there’s seriousness, there’s something you can latch on to,” he said. “There’s everything you could possibly want.”
But would Ziggler attempt to sing vocals like Michaels did on his track?
“I would love to,” he said, before quipping, “It wouldn’t be my finest hour, but I’m used to that.”
#5 Jack Swagger wants Batista\'s theme
Jack Swagger boasts a triumphant-sounding entrance song that’s almost as infectious as his “We The People” credo. Yet, The Real American admitted his favorite Superstar entrances are the ones that pack impressive, galvanizing bursts of noise.“At the beginning they start small and then there’s a big explosion, and then the music is just pumped, and you’re feeling it,” Swagger said. “You can’t help if you’re a fan in the audience coming to your feet, and the one that comes to mind is The Animal, Batista’s.”
Swagger even digs Batista’s theatrics that go along with this song: “When he hits the machine gun stance, I go crazy every time for that.”
#4 Santino Marella wants Stone Cold Steve Austin\'s theme
Santino Marella has been well known for his legend gimmicks during his in-ring performances. The cobra striker with a mix of Mic Foley’s socko move is a big admirer of Stone Cold’s breaking glass theme as he has wished to enter the arena and open a can of whoop a** on his opponent.
“I would like to have the one from ‘Cold Stone’ Steve Austin, because when the glass breaks, you know that stuff’s about to go down,” Santino explained in his own special way.
#3 Randy Orton wants Alexander Rusev\'s theme
Randy Orton’s theme “Voices” is easily one of the most identifiable entrance songs in the WWE universe. But Orton even after such a cool theme at his disposal, admires Rusev’s theme as the “the baddest music we’ve got.”
“I like the marching beat when he comes out and that bass hits. It makes me bob my head,” WWE’s Apex Predator said. “When Rusev’s music hits, if I’m in the back and I can hear it out in the arena when I’m getting ready, it motivates me, believe it or not. So I’d pick that — minus the Russian tones to it, which are included throughout the music.”
#2 Daniel Bryan wants The Ultimate Warrior\'s theme
Daniel Bryan picked The Ultimate Warrior’s entrance theme as his favourite. The energetic and exciting theme of the late WWE Hall of Famer has inspired Bryan and he revealed that coming out to the music once felt great.
“I came out to it once in the independents and it was awesome,” Bryan revealed. “There’s just so much energy, and it fires up the crowd so much.”
#1 John Cena wants Ric Flair\'s theme
At WWE Battleground, John Cena edged closer to Ric Flair’s all-time record of 16 World titles as he won the Mony In The Bank Ladder match to earn his 15th career title. But that competition doesn’t alter the mutual respect that both these superstars have for each other.
The Cenation leader’s admiration extends beyond the achievements of Nature Boy as he has admitted that he would love to make an entrance with Flair’s theme, Richard Strauss’ “Also Sprach Zarasthura.”