13 WWE Theme Songs That Are Blatant Ripoffs
"Inspired" by the best.
There's an undeniable art to crafting an indelible wrestling entrance theme which gets the crowd on their feet the second it blares out, but with the sheer size of WWE's roster these days, it's little surprise that composers CFO$ are forced to frequently cut corners.
Though "borrowing" from pre-existing music isn't a new trick by any means - just look at WCW's infamous pilfering from the likes of Nirvana and Pearl Jam back in the day - some recent WWE entrance music does draw eyebrow-raising attention to just how unoriginal it is.
That's not to say that most of these themes are bad - in fact, quite the opposite - but if you thought they were the mere genius of CFO$ and not heavily inspired by other music, you're sadly mistaken.
Some are more obvious than others, for sure, but in the case of these 13 tracks, they've all pretty blatantly cribbed key beats, styles and tones from prior songs. But of course, feel free to make up your own mind by comparing each to their "inspiration"...