10 Most Epic Wrestling Entrance Themes You May Not Have Heard

5. Minoru Suzuki - Kaze Ni Nare

While CFO$ have continued Jim Johnston's wonderful lineage of crafting awesome entrance themes, the best modern composition must be Ayumi Nakamura's Kaze ni Nare, used by the psychotic Minoru Suzuki. It's both epic in and of itself and perfectly suited to one of the most idiosyncratic performers on the planet today.

Suzuki is a freelancer, a status echoed by the introduction. The gust of wind is almost an anti-"sting", heralding Suzuki's arrival from the wilderness to reclaim his throne as the most vile sh*t-kicker in any given promotion. Once he materialises, the building is shaken by pounding drums and loud duelling guitars - one heavy and distorted, reflecting his relentlessly stiff offence, the other a picked western acoustic chord progression conveying his status as puro outlaw.

It's a really a masterpiece; every arrangement is reminiscent of his multi-faceted character. The guitar gives way to delicate piano and beautiful, haunting female vocals. Suzuki has a sick sense of humour, kicking his ring boys off the apron with a sadistic leer - which might explain his theme's sudden departure into the realm of the beautiful.

It's blackly comedic irony; a masterful psychological touch lulling opponents and fans alike into false security.

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