10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (March 30)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. There's A Secret Tribute To The Beatles In The Brood's Theme

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Back during the height of WWE's Attitude Era, The Brood were awesome. Blood-spitting vampires who made the gimmick cool before Twilight, Gangrel and company also had a rocking entrance tune to signal their arrival in the arenas. That very song had a bizarre hidden message.

During the same interview with Chris Van Vliet mentioned earlier, Gangrel said Jim Johnston (then WWE's music man) purposely sneaked in a little tribute to one of his favourite bands. Play the track backwards and those whispering voices at the start say, "I buried Paul, walk with me".

To anyone not in the know, that's a line from a conspiracy theory surrounding the supposed death of Beatles member Paul McCartney; it's said that John Lennon mumbles those words towards the end of 1967's Strawberry Fields Forever.

How quirky of Johnston to creatively incorporate that conspiracy into one of his wrestling themes. Somehow, this makes The Brood part of The Beatles lore. That should put a smile on any rock-loving wrestling fan's face.

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.