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8. Musical Tributes
Its no secret that music plays a big role in the world of professional wrestling, and that is not just referencing a performers entrance music. The Rock n Wrestling Connection is part of what helped catapult wrestling into the mainstream in the 80s. Since then, music has remained connected to wrestling. So when two legendary musicians passed away during the past week, WWE made sure to pay tribute to both. Last week, WWE aired a small, short tribute to Lemmy Kilmister, frontman of Motorhead, which performed several Triple H (and Evolution) themes. Then on Sunday, David Bowie lost his battle with cancer, prompting another outpouring from WWE. Chris Jericho, who is a musician when he isnt in a wrestling ring, paid homage to both men in a promo, name-dropping Motorheads second album, Overkill, and then giving a nod to Bowie with a Wham, bam, thank you maam! And of course, Stardust paid tribute by wearing facepaint resembling that of Bowies alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. That kind of tribute made absolute, perfect sense. Its just a shame that he once again was looking up at the lights at the end of the match.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
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