Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that
takes the classic mixtape approach to building
a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn.
Joining me tonight is the largest panel of guests
in My Weekly Mixtape history, as I can officially
call this episode a panel discussion, as I'm
joined by Pantheon Network mates Jason, Jordan,
Ryan, and Brad, otherwise known as the Four Jobbers.
Gentlemen, thank you so much for joining me tonight.
Yeah, thanks for having us on. Yeah, it's great
to be here. I always like to start by asking
my guests this question. I guess we'll just work
our way around the table, starting with, I don't
know, Jason, we'll start with you. What does
the word mixtape mean to you? That's a good question.
And, you know, growing up, I was really into
hip hop and rap. So mixtapes were very important
for me. I think it was a very like it's a personal
thing. I think albums are very curated and there's
so much planning and everything that goes into
it. For me, when I was growing up, like the rappers
were able to get the mixtapes out quick and they
were very personal and maybe a little bit more
raw, some freestyles on there. So to me, it's
more personal. Mixtapes are more personal to
me. Jordan? Yeah, growing up, mixtapes were something
that we would share. with other people. Like,
I know you're saying it's personal, but we would
share it with our mates and show them what we'd
put on it. And it was almost like a representation
of our personality. You know what I mean? Like,
growing up, you'd be like, hey, this is what
I like. What do you think about this, you know?
Ryan? Yeah, Jordan said exactly what I was going
to say. I think about the DIY that goes into
putting a mixtape together and the expression
of you. I made a mixtape for my now wife after
our first date. I'd like to think it's gone well
since then. I did a good enough job. And Brad?
I only ever had the experience of getting one
mixtape growing up when I was in high school
from a girl. And it was a great experience because
you never know what's going to be on it. You
don't know which music's going to be there. And
so it's something that I think all of us have
had a chance to experience. And then would that
count? Like we had these CDs growing up or just
after tapes, right? From in Canada, much music.
I guess it's the Canadian version of MTV, right?
And so you get a whole smattering of different.
different styles and different genres. It'll
blink 182, a little pop, things like that. So
those are definitely some of my, my most fond
memories. Listen to music for sure. Awesome.
Awesome. Well, tonight we're going to be talking
music, but since you guys are the four jobbers
and you're centered around wrestling and I myself
love me some WWE tonight, the five of us are
going to be tasked with creating a playlist featuring
the 10 best entrance themes. in WrestleMania
history. So 40 years of WrestleMania wrapped
up into 10 songs from Tito Santana versus the
executioners opening match in WrestleMania one
to the bloodline rules championship match of
Roman Reigns versus Cody Rhodes to close out
WrestleMania 40. We have our work cut out for
us tonight. And if that wasn't hard enough. There's
also a bit of a twist at play here because this
is a music show. So no, we're not just going
to rattle off our 10 favorite wrestlers in wrestling
history. These songs have to be badass when separated
from the wrestler. It doesn't have to be a wrestling
theme because some wrestlers use actual band's
music. Other stuff is produced by the WWE, but
the song has to exist. outside of wrestling for
each one of these choices. And I think watching
the 2025 Royal Rumble, there were certain songs
that when they would happen, I would look at
the family and go, who the hell is coming out?
Like, what is happening? And that was kind of
the reason I decided to do this episode. So with
that, I'm going to go through each one of you
with this question. Jason, we'll start with you
again. How hard was it for you to nail down your
list? Because you only get two picks tonight.
I think we've had this conversation before amongst
ourselves. So it wasn't too hard for me because
I know what is the greatest wrestling theme of
all time. So I put that one on my list. And I
chose another one that I've grown to love by
listening to it. Separating the wrestler from
it is important, actually, in this case. Jordan?
Initially, I had like... a hundred things come
to my head and i just went right okay i'm putting
this down put this down put this and then i went
i've only got two i need to narrow this down
how the hell am i gonna do this and that was
the hardest part it's i think yeah trying to
separate the song from the rest of it because
immediately when i thought about the song i thought
about the rest of it right so i had to try and
separate that out and i came up with a list of
two or three just in case and uh it was tough
like it is really tough because you're trying
to think about what gets me personally going
So it was tough, but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed
coming up with some for sure. Right. Same deal.
I had to make sure not only to think of my favorites,
but I had to think of reserve picks for in case
I get scooped because this is kind of draft style,
if I'm not mistaken. You are right. Did I have
to think of the ones that are a song that exists?
that is adapted to wrestling? Or do I have to
think of great songs that accompany a wrestler
but have taken on a mind of their own? It's a
great exercise. And as Jason said, we've done
it before. And I love talking wrestling themes.
We saw the worst of it almost at the Royal Rumble.
And I'm excited to talk the best of it. And finally,
Brad. Yeah, save the best for last, of course.
There's always a little bit of banter going along.
We were talking about this, getting ready for
it. And, you know, we all want to snipe each
other and take one of the songs from the others
that the others want to show up with. And it's
great you brought up the Royal Rumble because
that was a great example of what happens when
you don't pay that much attention to the wrestler's
theme song. It is so important in building a
character. Having that initial sound that lets
us know who the wrestler is, is so important.
especially during a Royal Rumble or during a
run -in, and it can add so much. Look what Seth
Rollins is doing. Just a song alone can elevate
you from mid -card, maybe into the top of the
card, just because it gives you something a little
bit different. So I'm excited to see what the
guys have today. I'm really excited to see what
you pick as well, because I have no idea what's
going to come out from you. So I'm excited for
that. Yeah, I just put together a list of 11
songs, even though there's only 10 choices. I
have a feeling I'm going to get scooped by somebody
and I wanted to be able to go in different directions
based on what you guys were picking. And I have
no idea where each of your mindsets are coming
here. So this is going to be a complete exercise
that the songs may or may not flow from each
other one to the next. We might go genre hopping.
We might stay in one kind of hard rock style.
Who knows? So with that said, let's get down
to business or. Given the theme tonight, let's
get ready to rumble. Because as I mentioned at
the top of the show, the five of us will be curating
the ultimate WrestleMania mixtape using a roundtable
approach. With our overall goal for this episode
is to craft the best playlist of wrestling entrance
themes through only 10 songs. At the end of the
show, you can take this conversation to the next
level by visiting the episode page at myweeklymixtape
.com, where you can give our final mixtape a
listen via the embedded playlist. And if you
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on upcoming topics like several of the mixtapers
did with the songs they would use to kick things
off tonight, and I want to share them with the
group here. Tom Hutchinson chimed in with Metalingus
by Alter Bridge, with Edge being his favorite
wrestler of all time and saying his WrestleMania
24 entrance stands out the most. Brandon from
Virginia chimed in with also Sprock Zarathustra,
otherwise known as Ric Flair's entrance music.
Rob Jones chimed in saying it's got to be Mr.
WrestleMania and bonafide sexy boy Shawn Michaels
theme music. However, side note, the drums on
Becky Lynch's theme are absolutely nuts. Chad
LaMassa chimed in with Downstate's I Came to
Play for The Miz. And David Lee Smith chimed
in with Voodoo Child's slight return by the Jimi
Hendrix experience for Hollywood Hulk Hogan at
WrestleMania 19. calling it his all -time favorite
entrance music, adding that if he were in the
business, he'd do anything to have that as his
theme music, which I guess that would mean he
has to go through Hollywood Hulk Hogan to make
that happen. So, David, if that match is ever
to go down, let me know so I can tune in and
check that out. Once again, if you'd like to
chime in for future My Weekly Mixtape episodes,
come join the Mixtaper community at patreon .com
forward slash My Weekly Mixtape. And with that...
The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
One fall. Introducing first, as I ran our names
through a randomizer to make this Royal Rumble
style, Jason, you get the pleasure or pressure
of kicking things off tonight. Well, thank you
very much. Unfortunately, one of those people
that called in or wrote in or whatever stole
my thunder a little bit, but I'm going to stay
with it. the greatest wrestling theme of all
time is sexy boy hbk sean michaels it's never
changed for him his whole career even when he
wasn't quite such a sexy boy he still made sure
to keep it he sings it himself which is incredible
and remarkable i know sherry sang the first version
but this one's better And for me, it's the shower
test. If I could listen to it in the shower and
really feel good about it, then I like it. And
I listen to Sexy Boy in the shower all the time
and I come out feeling fresh and like a sexy
boy. So what more could you want? It's easy to
sing along to. It's funny. And there's an incredible
guitar solo that really makes it feel when he
holds up that title belt and that guitar solo
plays like there's nothing better. He is Mr.
WrestleMania. And that is the greatest wrestling
theme of all time. Of course, Jason picked Shawn
Michaels. He was a huge Shawn Michaels mark growing
up. He was a big Shawn fan. I was a big Bret
fan. And that's just what he is. He's contrarian.
But in this case, I can't fault him for that.
It's one of the best wrestling themes of all
time. Arguably the best wrestling theme of all
time. Well, yeah, again, Brad's kind of said
it. Jason was definitely going to pick that.
We always knew that. But I don't know if I would.
ever call jason a sexy boy but that's that's
okay that's okay that's absolutely fine it is
an absolute banger there wouldn't be a mixtape
without that on it if we're talking about wrestling
so i have to agree it has to be right at the
top of the list for sure uh make it four we we
knew this is where jason was going and i know
that sometimes the theme song and the wrestler
are separate i think this theme only works for
sean michaels i think it could only be sean who
is accompanied by this music it works so well
with who he was as a character it works well
now as a legacy act and it's hard to disagree
as soon as you hear that opening riff and you
hear that you get hyped because you know the
greatest it's not too bad right you know the
greatest is coming out and going to entertain
you. So great pick, Jason. I can't say I wouldn't
have picked the same. And the character itself
coming from where he did with the rockers and
then kind of into this sexy boy persona that
he even was able to carry into Degeneration X,
even though it was a little bit of a twist on
it. he always was a heartthrob for the female
fans. So the music fits that side of it, but
the music is also solid enough that you could
enjoy it as a jam as a guy as well. So I think
this plays all parts of the character that kind
of transcends the different personas he's taken
on. Obviously, he didn't have this persona with
the Rockers as much. It was taking him there,
but he really kind of brought it to the next
level from that point on. And once again, a shout
out to Patreon mixtaper Rob Jones, who chimed
in with this one as well. So with that, we're
moving on to follow up Shawn Michaels, Sexy Boy
Brad. We're up with your first pick of the night.
I'm going to go to WrestleMania 27. One of the
greatest wrestlers of all time, The Undertaker.
And at this WrestleMania, he used Ain't No Grave
by Johnny Cash. Nice. We all know and love The
Undertaker's theme, but this was just a little
bit different. added a little something extra,
and it's just one of my favorite songs. I love
Johnny Cash, so how could I not choose this one?
Yeah, that's a great song. As far as a WrestleMania
playlist, I think it's a bit obscure. I wouldn't
even remember that he used that, but as a song,
it's a great song, no doubt about it, and it
fits The Undertaker perfectly. Yeah, I disagree
with Jason. I remember the WrestleMania where
he came out to that song. I couldn't tell you
who his opponent was. That's the only thing.
But it still fits with The Undertaker's general
era. If I'm not mistaken, they did the gong and
then they did the Johnny Cash. And it fits. It
fit with his entrance. It fit with his look.
It still made him imposing and made him threatening.
And The Undertaker was all about aura. And this
was perfect for him. I think it was Triple H.
We fought at that WrestleMania. Whoever it was,
they lost. That's right. Yeah, it's funny. We
talk about one song being synonymous with a wrestler
like Sexy Boy and Shawn Michaels. And actually,
this is the opposite. Undertaker had so many
different themes throughout his career. There's
obviously a couple that he's more attuned with,
but there's quite a few. And this one doesn't
stick out for me because it was probably only
used the once. It did for Brad. And I think that's,
what's important about a mixtape. When we talk
about something being, you know, a representation
of your personality, throwing that one in there.
It's a great song. It's a brilliant pick. Yeah.
Like it's, it's great. I'm here for it. I love
it. Love it. And I have to agree again. This
is, I mean, we're talking Johnny cash here. One
of the all time greatest musicians of any genre.
And let's be honest. The undertaker steam is.
decades of just countless matches where it's
the same theme. This one time there was this
pivot, obviously the American badass character
aside here, we're talking the dead man version
of the undertaker. This was a fun pivot because
you knew the undertaker was coming out. You knew
where we were in the card for this match. So
it was a swerve where you knew what was happening.
So the theme music almost gave this delayed.
Where in the 2025 Royal Rumble, it was a delayed
response because they had no clue who was coming
out. This was more of a shock that they spun
it to a Johnny Cash song, a country song, nonetheless.
And it was so dark, it was able to grab the Undertaker's
persona and channel it through an already recognizable
song that's usually not. attached to him. So
I thought it's a brilliant move and I actually
remember it for that, but I'm also a huge music
nerd. So, I mean, of course that's going to score
points with me and in the random drawing, I'm
actually up next. Nice. So I'm going to jump
in here and follow up Johnny Cash. And I mean,
I'll go with the undertaker in a way, but I'll
go with one of his opponents because as far as
I'm concerned, The Undertaker or Chris Jericho
from WrestleMania 28 and 29 are probably the
two matches that stick out to me for CM Punk.
So let's go Living Color, Cult of Personality.
I mean, the time that Living Color played it
live. and he came out. I get goosebumps for those
moments. I love seeing bands come out and perform
during the wrestler's entrance. I mean, the most
recent was last year with Motionless and White
playing out Rhea Ripley for her title defense.
I love the fact that CM Punk took it upon himself
when he returned to WWE to reach out to Living
Color themselves and have them re -record a version
of the song so that way, he can ensure the money
went to the band versus the label. CM Punk is
a personality in the ring that's a character,
but he also has some of the morals that his character
possesses. And when something like that happens,
to me, that takes it a step above the business.
And it was just an awesome move to do for a band
that truly... is one of the most underrated rock
bands as far as I'm concerned. They should be
so much bigger than Cult of Personality. They're
such an amazing group. And I love the fact that
CM Punk is keeping their legacy alive through
that song. And then I'll just close up by saying
Punk is three and four at WrestleMania. Maybe
he'll be tied up at the end of 41 in the triple
threat match. Who knows? Yeah, I mean... Again,
it's another one that was absolutely going to
have to be in there at some point, right? When
we talk about the Royal Rumble that's just passed
and some unrecognizable songs, you immediately
know what's happening. From the first half of
a second of that track, you know who it is and
you know the way that it's going to turn in whatever
match is happening, right? To have Punk in this
mixtape or Living Color in this mixtape, yeah,
of course, it makes absolute sense. Love it.
Absolutely love that pick. And it has a little
bit of a special place in my heart because I
got to see it live once. Undertaker versus CM
Punk, MetLife Stadium, WrestleMania 29. Jason
and I were live in the building. So yeah, as
soon as you said it, all those memories start
flooding back. And it's on its own. How incredible
of a song. Then you add it to CM Punk. Probably
the best promo of all time. Come on. It's perfect.
Yeah, I was introduced to this song through CM
Punk. I heard it first as his theme music. And
now I can easily say the song itself is probably
in my top 10 songs of all time. I love it. It's
an incredible song. It's more relevant than ever
right now, the lyrics and everything about it.
So, yeah, I think that's a fantastic pick. So
props to CM Punk for introducing me to that song.
It's as Jordan said, all the best wrestling themes,
you know, within a couple seconds, who's coming
out. And I love the TV static noise. It perfectly
encapsulates CM Punk as a character. He is the
disruptor. He is interrupting whatever programming
you were expecting to watch because he's going
to take it in his direction, whether it's voice
of the voiceless, whether it's dropping another
pipe bomb or whether it's being the best. wrestler
in the world. One of the best moments in wrestling
in the last few years was when he returned to
WWE. Hell froze over at Survivor Series 2023.
Nobody was expecting it. And as soon as you're,
you know what you're in store for. So excellent
pick. If you were going to pick it, Brian, that
was going to be my pick. Well, that pop at the
end of Survivor Series, I think might be one
of the biggest pops I've ever heard in any moment.
I mean, it's not top three for sure. One of the
best pops ever. But with that, next up on our
list is Jordan with the next pick. Well, we've
talked about instantly recognizable themes, and
I'm going to pick one here that I think all of
us will agree has to be in. But I put a little
bit of a twist on my pick. It is Disturbed with
Glass Shatters, Stone Cold Steve Austin. Not
only am I picking one of the most recognizable
themes of all time, I'm having to pick the Disturbed
version of it because it's Disturbed. And as
a hard rock fan, I absolutely love that. Again,
it's just, it's an absolute staple and it's one
that was glued to Stone Cold his entire career.
And even now, he can't get away from that. sound
hits you know what's going to happen the the
level of for lack of a better phrase violence
in whatever match or whatever moment is going
to happen immediately just goes up when stone
cold's music hits disturbed glass shatters it's
in there yeah i mean you can't have a wrestling
mixtape without stone cold steve austin There
is no, I know I was just talking up CM Punk's
theme song, but there is no two seconds of wrestling
soundtrack that is more iconic than the glass
shattering. In the Attitude era, nothing got
fans out of their seats quicker than that because
you knew that whatever was going on was about
to be turned up to 11. So absolutely excellent
pick. We cannot leave Stone Cold off of this
list. yeah i mean what what else can you say
about stone cold i think he had that theme when
he turned heel if i'm not or he was with the
alliance or something and you ask yourself like
how can you make his you know glass breaking
entrance theme any more iconic and a lot of people
argue that this version is better you know you
got some lyrics you can sing along to and i really
do enjoy this version as well and uh i might
take it over his original one so good pick definitely
a great shout choosing that one not just the
classic stone cold but this specific version
great choice he is Probably number one on my
Mount Rushmore of wrestlers. He was just all
around the best. It was the hottest time in wrestling.
We still go back. Jason and I were going back
last week and watching old Stone Cold stuff because
it's just that damn good. And there's nothing
more iconic than the glass breaking. I'm not
going to lie. During WrestleMania 40, as much
as I loved the gong, I was waiting after that
segment finished for the glass shatters. And
even when the match was over, I'm like. It's
got to still happen. I felt like that was needed.
And I don't know if it's going to happen for
WrestleMania 41, but there's rumblings and there's
rumors and you never know what to believe. But
if there were anybody to make WrestleMania 41
memorable, knowing that The Rock is going to
be down at ringside, you've got John Cena in
his last WrestleMania match. You've got the current
face of the company and Cody Rhodes. You bring
that glass shatters into the fold and you have
a WrestleMania moment that I mean, Stone Cold
hasn't been there since he faced Kevin Owens.
So I think it would be a return of epic proportions.
But, you know, we don't we don't know yet. We
have to wait and see. But with that, Ryan, we're
up to you for track five. Track five. So I appreciate.
all the entries of the artists who lent their
songs to wrestlers. But we do have to pay tribute
to Jim Johnston. While we have Def Rebel now,
and that's a lot of where our complaints are
coming from for the unrecognizable musics, Jim
Johnston produced some fire tracks that I think
go beyond the wrestler it was written for. And
the one that comes to mind first and foremost
is Break the Walls Down. for Chris Jericho. And
it's not only just the swagger that you get,
you feel like you can walk down the entrance
ramp to that song. It's also what he represented.
It was the turn of the millennium where he showed
up on Monday Night Raw. Raw is Jericho, the new
era of WWE and of wrestling. The smaller guy
focusing on the technical style. I know that
these songs are supposed to separate from the
wrestlers, but you can't have... break the walls
down without the aura of Jerick and I know ironically
enough he's in a band and he makes his own theme
songs now and I'm picking the one obviously it
had to be from a previous Wrestlemania so I have
to pick the one from WWE and I love it with the
countdown and then you know I gotcha All of it.
All of it comes together. I know I'm acting out
a lot of these things. I love it. Given he was
one of my favorites, I can't separate. I can't
separate the art from the artist in this sense.
He was one of my faves growing up. His theme
music accentuated that. Yeah, I mean, I look
back at that era of wrestling really, really
fondly as most of us do here. And that kind of
mystique of what was going to happen when...
Jericho first debuted in the lead up to Y2J,
right? That's a huge moment. And the whole Raw
is Jericho, like introduction for him. And then
the build into us hearing this break the walls.
It was a huge time in wrestling. It was really
exciting. And that song is synonymous with that
era. So yeah, it's a great pick from Ryan. I
love it. Well done. Well done, man. This brings
me back to WrestleMania 19. How spoiled were
we? If you haven't seen it, or if you haven't
seen in a long time, WrestleMania 19 was stacked.
We had Shawn Michaels versus Chris Jericho in
arguably Chris Jericho's best match of all time.
And on that card, you also had things like, you
know, Triple H, Booker T, you had Hulk Hogan,
Vince McMahon, The Rock, Stone Cold, Brock Lesnar,
Kurt Angle. But this match stands out above all
of those. That's how darn good it was. And this
entrance with the long tube sort of shot that
comes in on his... titantron video into the song
appearing and he's just standing there arms out
damn canadian greatness man let's go yeah i agree
as well it's one of my favorite uh wrestling
themes of all time fits the man perfectly uh
i listen to it uh pretty often actually if we're
talking about like wrestling themes and uh yeah
i agree 100 it's got to be on that list Chris
is a hell of a singer. I think that's been established
over the years. I mean, I love what he's doing
with Fozzy. Obviously, I was a huge Stuck Mojo
fan in the 90s. So when I heard that members
of Stuck Mojo were getting together with Chris
Jericho, I'm going, this doesn't make sense on
paper. And then when I heard the first Fozzy
album, I'm going, okay, okay, you got my attention.
You got my attention. And obviously, he's spun
it into doing his own theme music. But to me,
this was his... most iconic period in wrestling.
And I feel like the Y2J character was, and I
don't want to say his peak because he's still
at it now. The fact that he's still going this
long speaks volumes for him as a wrestler, him
as a character, him as a athlete, just to be
able to still do it at the rate he's doing. But
this is definitely the song for him. And I love
the fact that you went with this one. And with
that, I just want to remind people that are listening
that you can hear all the songs we're discussing
in this mix through the playlist embedded on
the episode page over at myweeklymixtape .com.
So we're here at the halfway point. And believe
it or not, we're not going to use the exact same
order we had the first time around because what
fun would that be? So I randomized it yet again.
And starting the second half of this side is
bread. Let's go. All right, I get to bring up
a banger right here. I'm going to go with soon
-to -be Hall of Famer, the man at the helm of
the company, Trips, Triple H. How could I not
go with this one? It has to be on the list. Jordan's
boy. Jordan says this is his favorite wrestler
of all time, and it's very hard to argue. Motorhead,
the game, Triple H. This is one of the best songs
of all time, one of the best wrestlers of all
time. What an iconic career he's had, and he's
still, going and that song is so damn good so
let's go triple h the game yeah triple h uh his
music is always on point especially that song
uh the entrances that come along with it everything
like when you hear the music all that imagery
comes to your head it's like impossible not to
i'm not even like a huge metal or like you know
a rock music kind of guy but this entrance theme
really got me more into opening my mind to this
kind of music actually so yeah i agree with you
Triple H made this entrance theme work for him
more than many other wrestlers. When he came
out as kind of this like warrior, Viking, pirate,
king, water spitting. I don't know. There's just
a little bit of everything all in one with the
water spitting. Yeah. That insane guitar riff
at the beginning, the voice that only Lemmy could
do. Yeah. This is an excellent pick. He wasn't
on my short list just because, I knew someone
else would bring him up, but yeah, this is an
excellent addition to our mixtape here. WrestleMania
X7. Triple H comes out to this being played live
by Motorhead. One of my, I like, I remember sitting
watching this and just freaking out. It was so,
so good. Lemmy forgot the words. And he ended
up just singing the same thing over and over
again. Go watch it. He genuinely forgets it.
It's great. But it doesn't matter because the
song is so, so good. You can't help but get hyped
when you hear that. I'm going to use a waxism
here and just try and make some noises. When
you hear that initial, you're just like, yes,
I'm ready. Let's go. Bring them out. Bring them
out. I love it. WrestleMania 21, when Triple
H lost to Batista, didn't Motorhead play that
one too, or am I mistaken? Yes, I think so. I
think they did. Okay, good. I thought my mind
was playing tricks on me at that point because
I remember saying to my friends, well, he lost
the title to Batista, but at least Motorhead
was there. So, I mean, that's got to account
for something. But with that, Jordan, you are
up with the next pick. So we spoke about Jim
Johnson being a hero of the Attitude Era and
before, actually, for some of the themes that
he came up with. But I'm going to go to, what,
late 2010s -ish. There was another artist that
was bringing up some wrestling themes for us.
CFO, dollar sign, I guess is what they're known
as to producers. And they came up with a theme
song for a gentleman. And I had to look this
up because we spoke about it being somebody that
was in WrestleMania. And I really had to make
sure that they've been on WrestleMania. And they
have. WrestleMania 34, US title, Fatal 4 -Way.
The lights go off. There's a little bit of a
piano. And then you just hear glorious domination.
Bobby Roode comes out. Again, the wrestler maybe
doesn't quite match up to how great this song
was. But my days from NXT onto the main roster,
glorious Bobby Roode. Everybody was out of their
seats singing this one. So, yeah, it had to be
in there for me. It's such a good song. If you
can't tell, Jordan's from Scotland, right? I
mean, it should be pretty obvious from the Scotland
top. And if not, then that beautiful voice that
keeps coming in. And if you didn't know, he's
an incredible singer. Put a couple of pints into
him and he can start belting out some beautiful
music. But that being said. When I started living
in Edinburgh and I was working at a store over
there, you never know how to bring up wrestling,
right? You don't want to be that guy who's just
like, I'm a super big wrestling fan until you
lay the groundwork a little bit and see. But
this is one of those songs that was playing in
the store because one of our colleagues had put
it on. And that was kind of the opening to being
like, wow, they like wrestling. They know wrestling.
I can bring it up. I can talk about it now. And
this is a song that we used to play all the time
because it's so damn good. Yeah, like you said,
Bobby Roode doesn't really hit much for me as
a wrestling fan. I don't know much of his stuff,
but this song really surpassed him in every way.
It could surpass a lot of wrestlers. It just
feels like a warm blanket coming over you musically
when it hits. And as far as the newer, more modern
type wrestling themes, this one really stands
out. No problem with putting it on. It might
not have the same historical feeling and everything,
but the song itself, it hits. Yeah, I love this
poll, Jordan. As the kids say, you were in your
bag for this one. And I thought about it myself.
Again, it's one of those where the theme song
kind of predates what the wrestler himself did
in WWE. But my prevailing memory of this song
is actually not WrestleMania. It's an NXT takeover
in Toronto where a live choir. came out and accompanied
Bobby Roode. And it's just, this is one of the
more epic sounding and grand sounding theme songs
in WWE history. I wish they did more with Bobby
just so I could hear that theme song over and
over again. I have to agree kind of with what
Jason said and maybe the whole panel as well,
because I feel like this is one of those instances
where the song almost eclipsed the height of
the original wrestler at some point. And I feel
like CFO, dollar sign, I think they're called
chief financial officer, if I'm not mistaken.
They do my daughter's favorite wrestler's theme
song, which is Bianca Belair's Watch Me Shine.
They had a knack for coming up with songs that
kind of, God, I feel bad for shitting on Def
Rebel all the time. But I mean, really, you think
about some of the stuff that chief financial
officers did. And then you think about the 2025
Royal Rumble, and I think the argument's just
made. But with that, Ryan, you're up next. Yes,
gentlemen, I'm noticing a theme in our mixtape
thus far, and we are missing something. We are
missing a little female representation, not just
for the wrestler, but the artist. And so I have
to pick, even though I wasn't the biggest fan
of this person in WWE, I do have to pick it because
the music was so excellent. And it also was the
theme song of Freaks and Geeks, one of my favorite
shows that was on for all too short of a time.
It's Bad Reputation by Joan Jett, also the theme
song of one rowdy Ronda Rousey. And I don't,
I was never a UFC guy, so I don't know if she
also used this theme in her UFC career. I want
to say she... But don't quote me on that. But
it kind of encompassed everything that I've always
loved about wrestling. It's the counterculture,
the punk rock aspect, the edge of it. And Ronda
did represent that. She kind of brought or helped
bring the women's division. in wwe into this
out of the divas era and into the women's wrestling
era first evolution pay -per -view and then what
the women's wrestling division has become not
only in wwe but also in adw and it's it's ronda's
debut in wwe that really was a flagship moment
for it and that theme is just so cool that it
has to be on the mixtape quite honestly it's
whether you you enjoyed ronda or not I'm kind
of surprised by that pick from you, Ryan. I won't
lie, but I like it. I'm kind of here for it.
I'm trying to like mull it over because it's
fresh to my ears, you saying this. So I'm like,
does it make sense to be on this playlist? Yeah,
it does actually. You're right. Because actually
if I separate Ronda from the track, the actual
track itself is an absolute banger. And again,
pretty instantly recognizable. So yeah, it's
a good pick. Great choice. I was a huge Roddy
Piper fan and she was a huge fan of him. And
so that got me right on board right away. And
it was her UFC theme as well. I remember seeing
her come out to that for sure. And the start
of her career was so good in WWE. And this song
added a lot to it. And maybe towards the end,
when you heard that music hit, you weren't as
excited or at least some people weren't. I've
always been a big fan. I still welcome her back
with open arms in WWE as long as they do it right.
And so great choice, Ryan. Great show. Yeah,
I would say great pick for the first run Ronda
had. Bad pick for the second run that Ronda had
because by the second run, we're all just telling
her to run away and go away. But as far as the
song, it matches her perfectly. I didn't know
she used it for UFC, so that makes it even better.
It's a badass song, and she was a badass when
she came in for her first run. I just watched
the tag match actually recently where it was
her Kurt Angle versus Stephanie and Triple H,
a match that we had no expectations for, but
really surpassed anything we could have imagined.
It was a great match. So, yeah, good pick. I
have to agree with the whole panel. Like Brad,
I am a huge Roddy Piper fan. Roddy Piper is actually
my favorite wrestler of all time. Let's go. So,
I mean, I grew up. watching the early WrestleManias,
there was something I loved about his character,
the eye pokes, the little bit of humor mixed
with a little bit of like, I don't know, there's
a badass side to him, but there was also this
humorous Three Stooges side to him, and he knew
how to balance it so perfectly. And then obviously
you throw They Live In There, and it's incredible.
Theme music -wise, his music's great. I love
hearing it. But does it make a playlist like
this? I don't know. I like that you went with
Ronda Rousey because of that connection to Rowdy
Piper. I loved the fact that she was channeling
that character moving forward. I loved that in
the beginning, Roddy was involved a little bit.
To me, that was like passing the torch. So if
she was Roddy approved, she was Brian approved.
And I really loved that first run. And I'll admit
the second run left a lot to be desired. And
I hope she gets a chance and an opportunity.
to make it up with a third run, because there's
a lot of matches that I think with this current
crop of female wrestlers in the WWE, I could
see some fantastic matches. If she gives it,
she wanted to be there during the first run and
you felt it. The second run, I felt like she
was there to get paid and she was checking out
a lot of it. And I think that's where a lot of
the bad blood comes from because wrestling fans.
are very quick to sniff out when somebody's there
to cash a paycheck versus if they're there to
actually do the sport. I think that's why a lot
of people are so mixed about Logan Paul, because
a lot of people don't like him as a person, but
it's so hard to deny that he's putting it out
there in the ring and he's putting on matches
that even though I don't like him. You're sitting
there going, oh, but that was like such a great
spot. I can't hate the dude. Like he is laying
it out there and he's not phoning it in like
some of the other celebrity appearances throughout
the years. So I got to give credit where credit's
due there. But holy shit, we got two songs left
and I don't even know where to begin here. Thankfully.
the oddities never appeared at WrestleMania.
So I could skip my insane clown posse pig. But
I am, I'm struggling because we mentioned an
artist earlier and I didn't talk about this.
So I do want to bring it up. Sexy boy was written
by JJ McGuire and Jimmy Hart. So mouth of the
South was part of that. I wanted to bring up
and mention mouth of the South at some point,
because he was also responsible for a lot of
the early. wrestling stuff. So I was thinking
about going with the honky -tonk man's cool,
cocky, and bad. Excellent. But I loved the honky
-tonk man for the fact that he was a heel that
you just loved to hate. His squash match against
the Ultimate Warrior in SummerSlam was one of
my proudest moments as a kid. I loved that moment.
So I was never more happy for a squash match
ever in my life. However, we're talking music
here. Cool and cocky and bad is a fun song. However,
I know we talked about Shawn Michaels and I know
we talked about Triple H, but Chris Warren and
Jim Johnson, are you ready? Yeah. D -Generation
X is a song that I could rock out to whether
I'm watching wrestling or it just comes on my
playlist. I have it on my playlist. And then
you take the fact that Run DMC. Did the Kings
on the WWE aggression CD. The Kings of rock are
tipping their hat to your theme song. You have
nailed it. So I know we talked about them as
separate entities, but D generation X. And I
think about when Chris Warren performed it live
at WrestleMania 14, when it was Shawn Michaels
versus stone cold with Mike Tyson is the guest
referee. Yeah. I mean, it has to be included.
Yeah. Like I, it was definitely on my list as
a contender and I thought about it for so long
and I actually do listen to that song every now
and again. Like I just put it on. It's so good.
I remember that when I heard that for the first
time, it was again, for me that my introduction
into punk metal, I guess you would call it. And
it's what led me to be such a big fan of somebody
like Limp Bizkit. because that was kind of that
similar type of genre, but it was maybe more
TV friendly than what Limp Bizkit were putting
out at the time. But again, another great symbol
of the Attitude era. Like before that, we had
exactly what you mentioned, the Honky Tonk Man.
You could not get a further departure from theme
music from Honky Tonk Man to break it down. That's
ridiculous. But yet we had it in two or three
years. That's insane. But it's a great addition
to the mixtape for sure. This was 100 % on my
list. So this is a great call. And there's so
many incredible memories. And this is such a
big part of my childhood. I was at that right
age when it was just the coolest thing in the
world to do the DX chops and say suck it to everybody
that would cross your path. And anyone that was
playing video games definitely got the chops.
But it also made me think back to recently. We
have a local indie show here called IWS. And
this is somewhere where we'd seen Kevin Owens
and other guys come up here in Montreal. We had
a live band at the last show called the WrestleManiacs,
and they played this live. And holy crap, does
this get you hyped before an indie wrestling
show? Man. So watching this live, and you can
listen to it, obviously, anytime you want. Great,
great choice. Yeah, I agree. And a good shout
out for WWF Aggression. I remember that. I think
that was the first CD I had that had swearing
on it. I brought it over to Brad's house, and
I felt really proud about that. And the Run DMC
version is incredible, and that CD is underrated
for sure. This D -Generation X theme, perfect
time, like Brad said, for it to come out. I felt
like I could conquer the world and screw everybody,
chops for everybody. I do what I want. You listen
to me. And yeah, it just perfectly encapsulates
everything DX stands for. So yeah, it has to
be there. Yeah, D -Generation X hit at a time
when wrestling... I think for the first time
in a little bit, merged it out of the counterculture
and was part of the popular culture. Wrestling
was cool. New metal was cool. Limp Bizkit was
cool. Saying screw you to authority was cool.
And all of that was D -Generation X. They were
really, you know, you could talk about Austin.
You could talk about The Rock, who hasn't come
up at this point in time. You also have to talk
about Degeneration X at the height of the Monday
Night Wars. They were cause and mayhem. They
were disregarding authority for lack of a nicer
way to put it. And the theme song was part of
what made them what they were. Well, Jason, with
this, you are drawing the 30 spot in the Royal
Rumble, maybe 31. This could be the 31st entry
because you have a tough decision to make here.
Because at the end of the day, there's one song
left, and I can guarantee you that people are
screaming at their stereos or their headphones
if they're walking down the street for what they
think that this last song should be. So you get
to take us home. What are we closing with tonight?
Well, I think I can guarantee that this song
will probably make a lot of people mad. And that's
not because it's a bad song, but because this
particular wrestler has maybe done everything
he could possibly do as of late to make his legacy
worse and worse and worse. But he's still a real
American. And he has real American beer, apparently.
So I got to go with Hulk Hogan's theme, real
American. And I know it sounds cheesy and corny
and whatever, but... it passed the shower test
for me and you know what like i i had like a
surf i had a surface level feeling for this song
like you hear it when he comes out yeah whatever
hulk hogan but when you really listen to this
song with the right amount of inspiration or
drugs or whatever in the shower and you listen
to the background vocals and everything is going
on the way it builds And Cyndi Lauper actually
has the background vocals on this track, which
I only realized after listening to it for a couple
of years. I'm like, oh, wait, that's that's I
thought it was like an instrument, but it's her
voice. Incredible voice on this. And also, this
song was actually first used by Mike Rotundo
and Barry Windham. Wow. Who were what was their
name? Sure. The U .S. Express. They were a tag
team. They had this because I think Hulk Hogan
was coming out to something else. And then it's.
they left and they're like, all right, let's
give it to Hulk. And then it just went crazy
from there. Like whatever you feel about Hulk
Hogan, you cannot deny that he is wrestling without
him. Maybe wrestling isn't what it is today.
And this song is absolutely positively iconic.
And how could you not have it on a WrestleMania
playlist? I remember jumping up and down on my
couch during WrestleMania three. It was one of
the greatest childhood moments of my life. And
in 1987, I was on a plane from New Jersey to
California with my parents because my parents
had tickets to the Super Bowl that year where
the New York Giants played the Denver Broncos.
Whoa. And we're on the plane and we're sitting
in the first row of Coach. And there's a curtain
that they close right in front of me. I am 10
years old. I hear Hulk Hogan's voice right on
the other side of the curtain. No. I go to peek
my head through the, cause I'm 10. I go to peek
my head through the curtain and like this stewardess
comes right back and sits me down in the chair
and says, you can't come up there. This is first
class. And I'm like, that's Hulk Hogan. I was
10. She kept saying, you're not allowed up in
first class. You're not allowed up in first.
So I spent the entire flight from New Jersey
all the way to California. Trying to sneak up
front. Finally, she comes back with a napkin
and she goes, here, I got this signed for you.
Now, please sit down for the rest of the flight.
Hulk Hogan doesn't want to talk to anybody right
now. He's tired. So I spent 36 years angry at
Hulk Hogan. Fast forward to two years ago. I'm
at a conference. And I'm wandering around the
conference and this is a big conference that
has a lot of celebrities at it and they do appearances.
And I hear Hulk Hogan's there. I'm like, I need
to fix this. So I went on my lunch break and
I got online, you know, I waited however long
it was probably a half hour wait. And I'm like,
crap, I'm giving up my whole lunch break here,
but I don't care. I finally get up to him and
I said, Hulk, in 1987, I was 10 years old and
I told him the whole story. And I'm like holding
up the line. And I said, so I've waited 37 years
to tell you this. It is so awesome how you slammed
Andre the Giant. Everybody online started cracking
up. He gave me like the big bro hug. And he's
like, dude, he goes, I will tell you this right
now. I would have never, ever, ever turned down
a child that wanted to see me at the height of
Hulkamania. That was everything I would have
gotten in trouble with Vince had I done something
like that. I apologize on behalf of those stewardesses.
They gave me a Polaroid picture with them, and
I got one on my phone. It was a really awesome
moment. So as much as I try to leave all the
politics out of the show, whatever people think,
everyone can have their own thoughts. As a kid
who didn't have Hulk Hogan as a hero for even...
that much of a time. So I can't argue the pick.
Yeah. I mean, great story, first of all. And
I will also leave my personal and political opinions
about the Hulkster aside because you cannot deny
the impact he's had on the wrestling landscape.
He was loved in Montreal and in Quebec. He was
sheared every time. Like, you know, Montreal
is known for its. Many minutes standing ovations
most recently for Sami Zayn at Elimination Chamber
2023 when he fought Roman Reigns. And Hulk got
that same treatment. You can't say that the wrestling
industry would be where it is without somebody
like him. And that theme song was the superhero
theme. It was the eat your vegetables and stay
in school and don't do drugs. It was the squeaky
clean baby face. theme and it wouldn't have been
my pick uh if i were in jason's shoes but i understand
why and i understand why you would think hey
you still have to pay homage to his contribution
even regardless of how you feel about the man
as somebody who plays guitar i'm sitting thinking
about this song and i can picture hulk hogan
standing in front of the american flag pretending
to play guitar and it's actually hilarious just
looking at that video of him doing it but the
the song is The song's a banger. It's absolute
class. Again, as Brad mentioned, I'm Scottish.
Funny that. I'm sitting here drinking lovely
whiskey. Of course I am. But I still pop for
that song because it's so good. I can't even
really relate to it, but I pop to it. It's great.
The guitar, everything about it and the backing
vocals make it as well. So yeah, it's a great
pick and it perfectly rounds off a mixtape. And
I never understood why, because Hulk Hogan actually
plays bass guitar in real life, why he didn't.
like actually try to play the song in that video.
And he kind of did the background dancers from
the simply irresistible video by Robert Palmer,
where they're just kind of flailing their hands
or anyway, Brad. Great shot. I could, one of
my earliest wrestling memories of all time is,
is WrestleMania. I think it was nine WrestleMania
nine. It was giant Gonzalez versus the undertaker.
And luckily I was too young to understand because
Brett Hart is my favorite wrestler of all time.
And this WrestleMania wasn't very good for him
because he loses to Yokozuna, who goes on to
fight Hulk Hogan in the main event. And I got
redemption because Hulk Hogan beats Yokozuna,
wins the WWF Championship. And so one of my earliest
wrestling memories ever is Hulk Hogan saving
the day and bringing the championship back. Even
if I wasn't American, I was fully on board and
I felt American. I wanted to be American because
of Hulk Hogan. So huge shout out. What a great
choice. Rick. Derringer who also did the demolition
theme. He did a lot of stuff with the WWF at
the time that I had the pile driver cassette
growing up with Hulk Hogan with the construction
hat on, you know, like, but I, every one of those
songs I could have included in this mix, but
we only had 10 choices. We only scratched the
surface tonight, but there you have it. The first.
Ten songs in this WrestleMania playlist. Kicking
off with J .J. Maguire and Jimmy Hart. Sexy Boy
for Shawn Michaels. Johnny Cash's Ain't No Grave
for The Undertaker. Living Color's Cult of Personality
for CM Punk. Disturbed Glass Shatters for Stone
Cold Steve Austin. Jim Johnson's Break Down the
Walls for Chris Jericho. Motorhead's The Game
for Triple H, CFO Dollar Sign's Glorious Domination
for Bobby Roode, Joan Jett's Bad Reputation for
Ronda Rousey, Chris Warren and Jim Johnson's
Are You Ready for D -Generation X, and Rick Derringer's
Real American for Hulk Hogan. Head over to myweeklymixtape
.com to hear all the songs we've discussed in
this mix through the playlist embedded on the
episode page. Now, before we wrap things up,
Since I have the four jobbers here on the show,
I'd be remiss if I didn't ask you each this question.
Who is your favorite wrestling jobber of all
time and why? Brad, we'll start with you. So
I'll give a shout out to a video that I made
not too long ago at the four jobbers on social
media, on Instagram. Maybe he's not a jobber,
but for us, he is. He's one of my boys. It's
going to be Steve Blackman. This guy had the
karate chops, the jujitsu chops, whatever, like
the martial arts chops. He couldn't do a promo
very well until he was with Al Snow. And then
it was just all comedy. He just stayed serious.
He smacked an alien with a kendo stick, all kinds
of crazy stuff. So I'm going to go with Steve
Blackman. He was always a true jobber. He's one
of those guys that's never rose to the top. So
I'll go with him. Jason. I'm going to go with,
like, an obscure pick here. Hakushi. I don't
know if you remember him from back in, like,
95, 96. He had, like, the writing all over him.
Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's how people, like, when
I was a kid, I'm like, this guy is really cool.
Like, what is that writing all over him? Is that
real? Like, was it? He was also ahead of his
time. He had, like, a high -flying, like, move
set. He had two really good matches with Bret
Hart. That's pretty much the highlight of his
run in WWF. But he always stuck out to me. as
a kid. And I've, I've done more research as I
grew up and did a couple of videos on him. So
he's one that I remember for sure. And he wasn't
a jobber coming in obviously, but they turned
him into a jobber pretty quickly. And then he
actually tagged with maybe the best jobber of
all time, Barry Horowitz, which was definitely
the nail in the coffin for him. Ryan, I'm picking
someone a little more modern. One thing I always
appreciate about a jobber is someone who accepts.
That this is this is their path and makes the
most of it. And so my fellow four jobbers colleagues
know who I'm going with here. It's the one man
southern rock band. It's Heath Slater, who. It
was easy to root for him to lose. He had a nice
run where he would always come out and call out
a legend. The legend would come and beat him
soundly, but he was getting on television. And
also a theme song I thought about briefly, including,
but I'd have to go back and look if it ever made
it to a WrestleMania. It probably didn't, but
I'm just one man. That opening riff was iconic
for him. He knew his role, he knew his lane,
and he was excellent, and he's still active,
I think, in TNA, if I'm not mistaken. So a shout
-out to him. All right, Jordan? Well, you guys
better stand back, because I've got a pretty
good pick coming here. It is the Hurricane Shane
Helms. I'm a big superhero guy and comic book
guy, so the idea of having a superhero and wrestling
at the same time, that was everything for me.
It's a shame he didn't do... awful lot with that
gimmick but he was also this like comedy kind
of piece between other wrestlers and I loved
that about him even if he wasn't the main event
guy he was always there as the reporter Shane
Helms in the background and I loved that he was
just in amongst everybody else's business he
did win some tag team gold at some point I think
he might have won it with Kane actually I think
that's right But yeah, he was a guy who had so
much charisma and is still around in WWE today
as a producer. So yeah, Shane Helms, the Hurricane,
what a guy. And he beat The Rock. True. Yeah.
Well, for me, because there's only one of me
and there's four of you, I have to go with three.
But I grew up watching WWF superstars of wrestling
on Saturday mornings. So I grew up with the likes
of Iron Mike Sharp. Steve Lombardi, otherwise
known as the Brooklyn Brawler. And then my favorite,
who probably would take the top prize for me,
Leaping Lenny Poffo, who went on to become the
genius. But he would always come out and read
a poem about the person before they pummeled
him into submission. And then when he became
the genius, he actually had a little bit of like
a mid -card run there. So you got to give him
props. It wasn't like a big jump, but it was
a... Better than getting pummeled every week,
Jump. Some great choices, good shows. So with
that, I'm not sure which one of you guys would
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