6 Times WCW weirdly tied in with musicians

#5 Megadeth

Fronted by former Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine, Megadeth is one of the best-selling metal bands of all time. The late 1990s were a strange time for Megadeth as the group was having success with movie soundtrack placements, but Mustaine was feeling the need to experiment with different sounds and genres, which led to the surprising studio album Risk.

Around this time -- which was a few years before Megadeth went on a hiatus -- one of WCW's then-top talents, Bill Goldberg, heard the Megadeth song "Crush 'Em" while filming the movie Universal Soldier: The Return. Goldberg was a big fan of Megadeth and pushed WCW to use "Crush 'Em" for his entrance music. That same version would appear on a commercially-available WCW music compilation album, and at Goldberg's urging, Megadeth went on to perform on-air during a July 1999 edition of Nitro.

A wrestling aside, Marty Friedman -- the former Megadeth lead guitarist who co-wrote "Crush 'Em" with Mustaine -- played Hiroshi Tanahashi to the ring at a New Japan Pro Wrestling event a few years ago.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav