AEW Acquires Rights To Classic Song For Orange Cassidy's Entrance Theme

Orange Cassidy is about to get his own licensed AEW entrance theme, Tony Khan confirms.

by Andy H Murray
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Orange Cassidy's ring entrance will soon be soundtracked by the classic Pixies song Where Is My Mind?.

AEW President Tony Khan confirmed Cassidy would be getting a new theme earlier this week, doing so in a tweet hyping up next week's episode of Dark: Elevation:-

Khan then revealed that while he had been trying to secure the rights to Jefferson Starship's Jane, the song Cassidy used to use on the independent circuit, he was unsuccessful. Instead, he shot for the moon:-

Jacob Cohen, who was in the building when Cassidy and Chuck Taylor's bout with JD Drake and Ryan Nemeth was taped, then outed Where Is My Mind? as the new song:-

Khan has since told Pitchfork that he has signed an agreement to use the Pixies song in perpetuity as part of the AEW content library:-

“A few weeks ago, I played it for him, he said he loved it. I asked if he wanted to me to try to license it, he gave me his ‘thumbs up. I signed a multiyear agreement to use the song, and every use of the song in AEW will live in our content library forever in perpetuity.”

This all comes following Khan securing the rights for Balitmora's Tarzan Boy as Jungle Boy's entrance theme earlier this year. In addition, Khan has acquired the rights to Ol' 55 by Tom Waits in tribute to Mr. Brodie Lee, who passed away in December.

It'll be interesting to see if licensed entrance thems become commonplace in AEW. The use of such tracks was a huge part of ECW's appeal and presentation back in the day, and Khan has gone on the record to express his fondness for Paul Heyman's old promotion in the past.

In-house producer Mikey Rukus typically composes the bulk of AEW's entrance themes - and does a tremendous job.

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