7 great wrestling themes ripped off from real songs

#1 DDP - Self High Five (Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit)

Of all WCW theme songs, the one that has always stuck with me the most is DDP’s “Self High Five”. Maybe it’s because I’m such a big Nirvana fan, or maybe because I was such a big DDP fan at the time.

It’s probably due to the fact that it is one of the first theme songs I recognised as a real song that I had actually heard before, and it led me down the path, many years ago, to find out what other wrestling theme songs were either rip-offs of real songs or, in some cases, the song itself.

Outside of the somewhat poorly done opening riff, the part of the song most reminiscent of the Nirvana song comes right after, where they go from a high tune to a low tune (hear it starting at 13 seconds) compared to Nirvana’s version, where it’s a much sharper low to high.

It sounds more like somebody forgot how to play the chords on their guitar than an attempt at a decent cover that wouldn’t get them sued, but hey, sue me -- I love the song!