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NeanderCarl
03-09-2007, 09:33 PM
WWE keeps using run-of-the-mill, bland rock songs for PPV themes that really add nothing to the event. This year's WrestleMania tune Ladies And Gentlemen isn't bad, I guess, but I preferred last year's Big Time. Maybe simply because it was a refreshing change from the usual rock fare.

Name some PPV themes that have really added something to the whole "feel" of the event.

Here are some of my faves:

Big Time - WrestleMania 22
Highway To Hell - SummerSlam '98
My Way - WrestleMania X-Seven
No Chance In Hell - Royal Rumble '99 (which, of course, went on to become Vince McMahon's entrance tune)
El Fangel
03-09-2007, 09:34 PM
I think it was WM 18 or 19, but LimpBizkit did the PPV song, I think it was called "Crack Addict" I liked that very much.
NeanderCarl
03-09-2007, 09:50 PM
Yeah, that was 19. That was a good one. Wasn't that exclusive to WWE too? Wasn't on The Unquestionable Truth, anyway. Was it a B-side or something?
El Fangel
03-09-2007, 09:54 PM
I really don't know about any of that, but I downloaded the song before so I think it was released or whatever outside the WWE.
jindrak
03-09-2007, 10:20 PM
Summerslam 2002- Truth Company
The One
03-09-2007, 10:24 PM
Mania X-Seven's Limp Bizkit "My Way" was probably my favorite, it just fit nicely...
Corndad
03-09-2007, 10:29 PM
I think it was WM 18 or 19, but LimpBizkit did the PPV song, I think it was called "Crack Addict" I liked that very much.

That was WM 19.

As for my choice. When it first came out last year I didn't like the Big Time theme at all but it grew on me. A year later. Pretty nice selection.
jindrak
03-09-2007, 10:31 PM
Drowing Pool- Tearing Away...WM18?
jindrak
03-09-2007, 10:31 PM
Drowing Pool- Bodies...ECW ONS
The One
03-09-2007, 10:33 PM
They also did Bodies for a SummerSlam a few years back...
El Fangel
03-09-2007, 10:34 PM
Drowing Pool- Bodies...ECW ONS

One
Nothing wrong with me
Two
Nothing wrong with me
Three
Nothing wrong with me
Four
Nothing wrong with me

One
Something's got to give
Two
Something's got to give
Three
Something's got to give
, now..

Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the... FLOOR!

I loved this song so much.
El Fangel
03-09-2007, 10:36 PM
That one that Shinedown did for Summerslam(?) That was good as well.
jindrak
03-09-2007, 10:40 PM
They also did Bodies for a SummerSlam a few years back...

Yea, it was also Stephanie's theme song during the 2001. She stopped using it after 9/11 for obvious reasons.
Mr. Nerfect
03-09-2007, 10:47 PM
I think it was used for the Alliance in general. Good times. Well, not really, but an adequate song.
NeanderCarl
03-09-2007, 11:53 PM
I'm not really thinking of songs that are good songs, more songs that fit/added to the aura of an event.

Whilst some of the theme songs for PPVs may be good songs, a lot of the time they really add nothing.

"Bodies" was the theme song for the InVasion PPV (I think)... that was another good song that fit the event, in my opinion.
James Steele
03-10-2007, 02:42 AM
Fight Song was the theme of the InVasion PPV. Bodies was the theme for SummerSlam 2001.

"Control" by Puddle Of Mudd for Survivor Series 2001 was a great fit.
NeanderCarl
03-10-2007, 03:00 AM
Okay. I'm sure the Alliance were using Bodies before SummerSlam though? Maybe I'm wrong.
James Steele
03-10-2007, 03:12 AM
I remember the Alliance using that as their entrance theme, but I am strictly talking PPV themes.
Jesus Shuttlesworth
03-10-2007, 03:53 AM
Royal Rumble '99
Xero
03-10-2007, 09:35 AM
"Deadly Game" was awesome.
Theo Dious
03-10-2007, 09:53 AM
My Way was actually such a successful theme song for X7 that I still associate it with the event more than anything else. I remember them playing it to close the last Smackdown before Wrestlemania, and getting chills and thinking "This is going to be one damn fine event." And then it was.
NeanderCarl
03-10-2007, 10:25 AM
I'd say My Way is probably my single favourite use of a PPV theme of all time.
NeanderCarl
03-10-2007, 10:26 AM
Also, I consider WrestleMania X-Seven the night that Attitude died, and it was an exceptional event. Attitude sure went out on a high note, and for some reason that song kind of added to the whole climax feel of the event.
RGWhat316
03-11-2007, 02:47 PM
That one that Shinedown did for Summerslam(?) That was good as well.
I know they have used Shinedown twice. "Save Me" was for No Mercy 2005, and "I Dare You" apart of WM last year.

For ppv themes, I've been a fan of Godsmack's "The Enemy" and thought that worked pretty well for Summerslam last year.
owenbrown
03-11-2007, 03:01 PM
"Control" by Puddle Of Mudd for Survivor Series 2001 was a great fit.

Except for this...

I love the way you look at me
I love the way you smack my ass
I love the dirty things you do
I have control of you
James Steele
03-11-2007, 11:24 PM
That fit the whole McMahon family saga though. Stephanie/Shane slapping Linda. Linda slapping Stephanie/Shane. Vince slapping Torrie's ass.