13 WWE Theme Songs That Are Blatant Ripoffs

5. Rusev (TNGHT - R U Ready)

At first listen, Rusev's "Roar of the Lion" sounds like a generic brassy theme that just screams "Evil foreigner!", but it might surprise you to learn that the basic tune is borrowed from TNGHT's "R U Ready" (the similarities kick in at 0:23 in the below video).

Though some have mistakenly attributed Rusev's theme to Kanye West's 2013 song "Blood on the Leaves", this in fact sampled TNGHT's tune, and TNGHT even collaborated with West to produce the song.

But the horn originates from TNGHT's own song the year prior, and CFO$ made curiously few changes to it before integrating it into their theme for Rusev. Beyond stripping away the trap backing of the original, Rusev's theme is very similar.