10 Iconic Wrestling Themes You Never Knew Were Recycled

10. Maria's Phantom "Legs"

Maria Kanellis wound up being something of a success story in  WWE, starting out as a Diva Search castoff and eventually becoming one of the company's bigger female stars. She never won a championship, but she received the coveted 2000-2008 Playboy covergirl push and got her share of big moments, including a memorable WrestleMania pairing with Snoop Dogg. Part of her appeal was her extremely catchy theme tune. Unlike most of her contemporaries, it wasn't a generic R & B jam, but rather an energetic pop punk number called "Legs Like That". Curious, considering that while Ms. Kanellis was undoubtedly a lovely young lady, she did not sport particularly notable legs.

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In fact, the song was originally intended for the notoriously statuesque Stacy Keibler, who made her name on her 42" gams. Stacy had used a Kid Rock cover of the ZZ Top song "Legs" during her time in WWE, and this new song was intended to replace it. Before that could happen, however, Stacy found mainstream success on Dancing With the Stars and beat a hasty retreat from the wrestling world. So it was that Maria got her theme song, and Stacy Keibler became a supermarket tabloid fixture.

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