3. "WrestleMania" By The WWE Superstars (WrestleMania X-XIV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSbyk0VReyo "The WrestleMania Album," released in 1993, was hilariously bad. It was Vince McMahon's attempt to expand his product into the music world, just as he had with "The Wrestling Album" and "The Piledriver Album" in the 1980s, despite the product being nowhere near as hot as it was then. With future American Idol star Simon Cowell one of its producers, it was responsible for gems like "Never Been A Right Time To Say Goodbye" by Bret Hart and "Tatanka Native American". As easy as it is to look back at it and make fun of its attempt to be honest-to-goodness music, the album was responsible for one of the most iconic songs in WrestleMania history, simply titled "WrestleMania". The song would go one to become the theme of 10 straight events before being retired in 1998. Of course, the above is the version with lyrics while the company typically used the instrumental, but the tune is undeniable. Every fan from that era of WWE recognises it as the enduring theme of the biggest show of the year. Today, it may not hold up as well as it did, but for that time it was an essential element to the 'Mania build and broadcast.
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