Battle of the Themes #53 - SummerSlam

[Xero]

"Eye of the Hurricane" wins out for Shane Helms.

Since it's this week, up next is the Grandaddy of summer wrestling events, SummerSlam!

#1 - 1988-1989
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#2 - 1990-1994
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#3 - 1995-1997
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#4 - 1998 - "Highway to Hell"
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#5 - 1999 - "Burnt Out"
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#6 - 2000 - "Race Against Time"
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#7 - 2001 - "Bodies"
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#8 - 2002 - "Fight"
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#9 - 2003 - "St. Anger"
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#10 - 2004 - "Summertime Blues"
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#11 - 2005 - "Remedy"
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#12 - 2006 - "Enemy"
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#13 - 2007 - "Whine Up"
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#14 - 2008 - "Ready to Roll"
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#15 - 2009 - "You Gotta Move"
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#16 - 2010 - "Rip it Up"
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<select>
<option selected="selected">Battle of the Themes History</option>
<option>-------------</option>
<option>#1. Triple H - "My Time"</option>
<option>#2. Christian - "Just Close Your Eyes (Original)"</option>
<option>#3. Edge - "Metalingus"</option>
<option>#4. Mick Foley - "Wreck"</option>
<option>#5. William Regal - "Villain #2"</option
<option>#6. Eddie Guerrero - "Latino Heat"/"Mamacita"</option>
<option>#7. Rob Van Dam - "Walk"</option>
<option>#8. Dudley Boyz - "Ollie Stalefish"</option>
<option>#9. Trish Stratus - "Time To Rock and Roll"</option>
<option>#10. Steve Austin - "Glass Shatters"</option>
<option>#11. STEVE BLACKMAN - "Drums in the Night Part 3"</option>
<option>#12. D-Generation-X - "Break It Down"
<option>#13. Tazz - "Survive If I Let You"</option>
<option>#14. Randy Orton - "Voices"</option>
<option>#15. WWE RAW - "Thorn In Your Eye #2"/"All Together Now"</option>
<option>#16. Kurt Angle - "Medal"</option>
<option>#17. Chris Jericho - "One Crazed Anarchist"
<option>#18. Batista - "Monster"</option>
<option>#19. Evolution - "Line in the Sand"</option>
<option>#20. Chris Benoit - "Whatever"</option>
<option>#21. Syxx Pac - "X Pac"</option>
<option>#22. Billy Gunn - "Assman"</option>
<option>#23. The Rock - "It's Conquered"</option>
<option>#24. Kane - "Slow Chemical"</option>
<option>#25. The Undertaker - "Ministry"/"Darkside"</option>
<option>#26. John Cena - "Basic Thuganomics"</option>
<option>#27. SmackDown! - "Everybody On The Ground"</option>
<option>#28. Hulk Hogan - "Real American"</option>
<option>#29. nWo - "Rockhouse"</option>
<option>#30. Rey Mysterio, Jr - "March of Death"</option>
<option>#31. Too Cool - "You Look Fly 2 Day"</option>
<option>#32. Shawn Michaels - "Sexy Boy" (HBK Vocals)</option>
<option>#33. Victoria/Tara - "All The Things She Said"</option>
<option>#34. The Big Show - "Crank It Up"</option>
<option>#35. Mashups - "Crank the Walls Down" (Jerishow)</option>
<option>#36. Battle of the McMahons - "No Chance in Hell"</option>
<option>#37. WrestleMania - "My Way"</option>
<option>#38. AJ Styles - "Get Ready to Fly"</option>
<option>#39. Bret "The Hitman" Hart - "Hitman"</option>
<option>#40. Goldberg - "Invasion"</option>
<option>#41. The Four Horsemen - "Eighth Theme"</option>
<option>#42. WCW Monday Nitro - "Adrenaline"</option>
<option>#43. Diamond Dallas Page - "Self High Five"</option>
<option>#44. Shelton Benjamin - "Ain't No Stoppin' Me"</option>
<option>#45. The Hardy Boyz - "Loaded"</option>
<option>#46. Raven - "Raven Theme" (WCW)</option>
<option>#47. The Miz - "I Came to Play"</option>
<option>#48. JBL - "Bar Room Brawl"</option>
<option>#49. The Road Warriors - "What A Rush"</option>
<option>#50. A. Money Inc. - "It's All About The Money"</option>
<option>#50. B. The Brood - "Blood"</option>
<option>#50. C. Sheamus - "Written In My Face"</option>
<option>#50. D. The Sandman - "Enter Sandman"</option>
<option>#51. Jeff Jarrett - "Debra/Jarrett"</option>
<option>#52. Shane Helms - "Eye of the Hurricane"</option>
</select>

[thedamndest]

A match made in heaven and a match made in HELLLLLLLLLL

[VSG]

Ah, I am going classic here. Unfair maybe that it lasted 5 years compared to the rest, but way too many memories from it.

[The Gold Standard]

It was hard to not vote for Whine Up because I was at that SummerSlam. However, I went with Ready to Roll. I thought that was a perfect song for SummerSlam.

[bigslimjj]

"No stop signs,or speed limits,no body's gonna slow us down!" lol. Highway to hell all the way.

[Nicky Fives]

Bodies..... followed very closely by Highway to Hell

[weather vane]

1988-1989... big time

[Lock Jaw]

Highway to Hell and Summertime Blues are the only "stand out" themes to me. Highway to Hell wins.

[XCaliber]

Let the boobies... I mean bodies hit the floor!

[The Jayman]

Highway to Hell with Remedy as a close 2nd

[Poit]

You Gotta Move barely beat Highway to Hell. Highway to Hell is a great song, but You Gotta Move is just so... summery.

[Jordan]

Highway to Hell was fantastic for that show.

[RiX1024]

being biased i had to vote St Anger....the only time WWE used a 'Tallica song for a ppv til No Mercy 08

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I can't remember getting more amped up for a PPV than I was for the Highway to Hell SummerSlam. And I'm sure the song had a lot to do with it. So that's my vote.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Highway to Hell is probably my favorite all-time AC/DC song ever, not to mention it made a great theme for SS '98, so I went with it.

I must say, however, that I was very tempted to vote for St. Anger since it's just as epic.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The first Summerslam theme is what i consider the official theme or The Royal Rumble. So, I vote for 1990-1994, feel the heat?!

Fuck voting for Little Spike Dudley's theme. That's not a theme, that's a song.

[Schlomey]

Wow. Unlike Wrestlemania, SummerSlams older themes just do not compare! The SummerSlam PPV needs summery music. Either they have cheasy midi files or heavy metal music ...Only a couple choices are actually summery type songs.


I chose 2005's Remedy because it is the SS I have seen the most and like how they used the song. But personally I liked Summertime Blues, Bodies & Highway to Hell too.

[Xero]

Really stuck between Highway to Hell and Fight. While Highway to Hell was easily my favorite SummerSlam and set the tone for one of my favorite hype videos, Fight worked so well for SummeSlam 2002, especially when it was used for Michaels/Hunter.