7 great wrestling themes ripped off from real songs

#5 Chris Jericho - One Crazed Anarchist (Pearl Jam’s Evenflow)

Chris Jericho’s original WCW theme song was an upbeat soft-ish rock song that he didn’t like, and neither did most people. It was hokey and corny, but fitting enough for a smiling babyface. It was also a direct instrumental version of Mammoth’s “All The Days”. Soon enough his character changed, and so did his music.

He was a flamboyant heel who always thought the world was against him -- a conspiracy theorist indeed -- and needed something a little less 1980s Brat Pack and with more of an edge.

It wasn’t a perfect theme song, and it was a little light on the bass, but it was much better than what he had before. Nothing tops his iconic WWE theme song “Break The Walls Down” and I am biased because Evenflow is one of my all-time favourite songs, but this was certainly one of the better “rip-off” WCW theme songs.

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