10 WWE Stars Who Gambled On A New Entrance Theme

4. Chris Jericho Gets Ruined, Let's Face It

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'Break The Walls Down' is an immortal theme.

The mutated effect on the countdown sounded very much like the disturbance that was his shock presence in 1999, and the stuttering drums allowed that presence to register before the discordant guitar blasts, much like Chris Jericho's multi-faceted charisma, overwhelmed the senses. It was great.

And then, weirdly, a sh*tty tie-in experiment put a short-lived end to it, as the generic stylings of Saliva welcomed him to the ring for a few weeks in 2002.

It begins with every 2000s rock riff you have ever heard before transitioning into a turgid, brooding verse emphatically inappropriate to rousing a live audience into any sort of impassioned reaction. The arrangement is then meant to soar in the chorus - "I'm the king of my woooorlld" - but Jesus Christ is it flat. It never erupts into anything. It doesn't come off as epic, nor is it so over-the-top as to feel as arrogant as the title suggests.

You're the King of the World, mate. This suggests a formidable power, which Josey Scott wields to just drone like a butt-rock Morrissey.

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