12 Best Songs About Professional Wrestling
There's more than just Randy Savage's rap album, you know.
Sports entertainment and musical entertainment have been coming together for years, but let’s be honest: the results haven’t always been great (or even listenable).
The fact that WrestleMania 17, one of WWE’s all-time greatest events, was soundtracked by Limp Bizkit says it all. More often than not, marriages between these two bold, colourful words end in disaster, absurdity, or ridiculousness (or all of the above, in some cases).
Believe it or not though, there is some decent wrestling-based music out there. Completely discounting songs written and performed by wrestlers themselves (especially you, Randy Savage), here are the 12 best...
12. Killer Mike - Ric Flair
Hip-hop loves professional wrestling. From Big Pun and Nas to Wiz Khalifa and J. Cole, rappers have been dropping pro-graps references for decades, and there are plenty of similarities between the two artforms.
Both reached mainstream attention in the ‘80s, peaked in the ‘90s, and place a huge emphasis on commanding, charismatic performers to capture the imagination and supplement the technical aspects of their respective professions.
This has rarely been more apparent than on this cut from Killer Mike’s 2011 Pl3dge album. The Atlanta MC frames his smooth, confident verses with a series of soundbites from The Nature Boy, equating Mike's own rap persona with Flair himself.