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#1. Robert Roode's WWE entrance theme - "Glorious Domination" (originally intended for Shinsuke Nakamura)
One of the most epic moments in WWE NXT history - well, two actually - involved two TakeOver event entrances by one Bobby (now going by Robert) Roode. The first being NXT: TakeOver Brooklyn II (see the video below):
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Then later that year at NXT TakeOver: Toronto (see the video below):
This wouldn't be the end of the Glorious One's epic NXT entrances, but these two are among some of his best.
While Roode was, and still is, an incredible performer, it was his entrance theme music "Glorious Domination" that really sent him over the edge in terms of popularity in the Black and Gold brand. It's such an epic piece that it seems to draw inspiration from both the classical themes used by stars like "Macho Man" Randy Savage ("Pomp and Circumstance") and Ric Flair ("Also Sprach Zarathustra") as well as the music of Queen.
However, it seems the entrance theme was going to be used by Shinsuke Nakamura at first. According to Roode himself, before his NXT debut, he had a different entrance theme picked out - only to have it walked back by Triple H. In a 2016 interview, Roode explained:
"Triple H came to me and said the song I chose originally really didn’t fit the character that he saw. We talked in great lengths about how I wanted to portray myself as a character. I wanted to bring back the robes and wanted to kind of go back to the character I portrayed before. The ‘Glorious Domination’ song was created for someone else and it just happened to be there, not being used, and I got to listen to it."
Fortunately, Nakamura himself wound up with an iconic WWE entrance theme song of his own, so everything worked out in the end for everybody. Well, at least until Roode ended up on WWE's main roster. But that's also a whole different article.
What are some of your favorite WWE theme songs? Let us know in the comments down there.
