elizium Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Morganti said: Who was the first to do entrance music live and then on tape? Not sure if he was the first, but Gorgeous George would come out to music in the 50s. If I'm not mistaken, he usually entered to Pomp and Circumstance, like Randy Savage would years later. E: You can hear it during his entrance here: Edited August 23, 2020 by elizium
The Green Meanie Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Morganti said: Who was the first to do entrance music live and then on tape? Sgt. Slaughter has frequently claimed he was the first to have an entrance theme.
odessasteps Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 There were guys in the 70s using music before Bob Remus became Sarge. But yeah, George is likely the answer.
OSJ Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, The Green Meanie said: Sgt. Slaughter has frequently claimed he was the first to have an entrance theme. Sgt. Slaughter has claimed many things, doesn't mean that any of them are true. The correct answer is Gorgeous George
The Green Meanie Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 Don't kill the messenger, just knew that he's said it a lot. I'd go with George also.
odessasteps Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 Just now, The Green Meanie said: Don't kill the messenger, just knew that he's said it a lot. I'd go with George also. Hayes claims it a lot too. Also wrong and full of it.
sydneybrown Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 I think the proper question is who popularized it and made it common. Hogan's "Eye of the Tiger" changed everything. It was perfect for him and others followed. Except a lot of them used that same song and it didn't fit at all.
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 As far as I can tell, it was thee Gorgeous One. Was he able to do it on house shows frequently? However, I will give it to Hayes for coming out to a pop/popular/rock tune as a heel (before Hogan & "Eye of the Tiger" (which is a great entrance song (one of the biggest pops I ever heard))) AND most importantly , it resulted in one of my favorite stories ever ever when the Freebirds tried to talk Nick Gulas into letting them use LSkynyrd. Question: was Hayes the first wrestler to come out to his own (performed) song? Or was it Adrian Street or Beautiful Beauregard? - dirty and hot, RAF
odessasteps Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 I’d think it might have been Lawler or Valiant in Memphis. 1
Death From Above Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 When did Baba start using the future AJPW TV theme full time? Had to be in the early 70's at least. I'm not sure about the JWA years.
elizium Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) Thinking about the flip of this, who was the last guy in the WWF to enter without music (not counting storyline things like when Ziggler was having his music cut off a few years ago)? One thing that surprises me about watching older footage is how late into the 80s you still see guys enter without anything. Ted Dibiase has one of the most famous themes of the era, but he didn't actually get it until a few years into his run as the Million Dollar Man. Wrestlemania 5 against Beefcake he's still entering to silence, but has the theme by Wrestlemania 6 against Jake the Snake. I don't think Andre ever had entrance music. Nor Bad News Brown. Edited August 23, 2020 by elizium
Vgmastr Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 Furnas and Lafon had music when they debuted as babyfaces, but dropped the music in '97 when they turned heel. Not sure if you want to count that as storyline as it was part of their "we're serious wrestlers" gimmick. Backlund might be the last guy to not have music. He didn't get music until very late in his run, Hail to the Chief, after the Mr. Backlund for President storyline. First time I remember him having music is Royal Rumble 1996. 1
The Green Meanie Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) Guesses include The Genius and I.R.S. (theme used for the 15th Anniversary of Raw doesn't count) for me. Edited August 23, 2020 by The Green Meanie 1
elizium Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 30 minutes ago, Vgmastr said: Furnas and Lafon had music when they debuted as babyfaces, but dropped the music in '97 when they turned heel. Not sure if you want to count that as storyline as it was part of their "we're serious wrestlers" gimmick. Backlund might be the last guy to not have music. He didn't get music until very late in his run, Hail to the Chief, after the Mr. Backlund for President storyline. First time I remember him having music is Royal Rumble 1996. 21 minutes ago, The Green Meanie said: Guesses include The Genius and I.R.S. (theme used for the 15th Anniversary of Raw doesn't count) for me. All of these are great shouts. While I do think both Backlund and Furnas/Lafon were story related (Backlund to show how old school he was, F/L serious wrestlers as mentioned). I think they count anyway because I don't know if anyone ever came out and made mention of the fact that they don't have any music, I think we were just supposed to infer it. I completely forgot about IRS, but yeah I don't think he had any music until hooking up with Dibiase. I can't believe they never gave The Genius some light classical as an entrance.
The Green Meanie Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, elizium said: I completely forgot about IRS, but yeah I don't think he had any music until hooking up with Dibiase. I'm not convinced he had any. A search comes up with the theme they used for him in video games (the typewritter) but I don't think that was ever used on any TV show or PPV. He only came out to Ted's theme either as a part of Money Inc. or the Million Dollar Corporation. Edited August 23, 2020 by The Green Meanie
elizium Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, The Green Meanie said: I'm not convinced he had any. A search comes up with the theme they used for him in video games (the typewritter) but I don't think that was ever used on any TV show or PPV. He only came out to Ted's theme either as a part of Money Inc. or the Million Dollar Corporation. Yes, sorry wasn't clear, that's what I meant.... he would enter to Ted's theme after that point for the rest of his time there. I'm pretty sure he entered with no music during the time period between Ted's retirement and return as a manager.
BobbyWhioux Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 depends on if the Brooklyn Brawler counts, I suppose
ReiseReise Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 Vladimir Kozlow entered without music before he got Russian Rammstein
AxB Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 Al Snow had no music when he initially returned to the WWE with the Head gimmick. Like when he had that handicap match with Taylor & Christopher, where he jobbed to shampoo.
DangerMark Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 There was also a period where Ciampa was coming out without music in NXT within the last few years, or is that not an acceptable answer for an "Old School" thread? 1
For Great Justice Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 In terms of not having music consistently for a long run, Giant is my pick as well. He also had the custom green chyron, which was a nice touch.
cwoy2j Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, For Great Justice said: In terms of not having music consistently for a long run, Giant is my pick as well. He also had the custom green chyron, which was a nice touch. Didn't he use the Dungeon of Doom's "Halloween" theme ripoff that the SST used for a while? IIRC, he didn't have music when he turned face after getting thrown out of the nWo.
cwoy2j Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 8 hours ago, elizium said: All of these are great shouts. While I do think both Backlund and Furnas/Lafon were story related (Backlund to show how old school he was, F/L serious wrestlers as mentioned). I think they count anyway because I don't know if anyone ever came out and made mention of the fact that they don't have any music, I think we were just supposed to infer it. I completely forgot about IRS, but yeah I don't think he had any music until hooking up with Dibiase. I can't believe they never gave The Genius some light classical as an entrance. IRS had "music". It was just someone typing and hitting the keys on an adding machine. 1
cwoy2j Posted August 23, 2020 Posted August 23, 2020 10 hours ago, sydneybrown said: I think the proper question is who popularized it and made it common. Hogan's "Eye of the Tiger" changed everything. It was perfect for him and others followed. Except a lot of them used that same song and it didn't fit at all. I always liked the rip-off of Ravishing by Bonnie Tyler that Hogan used. 3
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