# Good music for a wrestling ring announcer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943 "2018-02-01T09:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/21 "2018-02-01T23:00:51Z")
You should pick Sepultura’s remake of Motörhead’s _Orgasmatron_ because, while not particularly pertinent, every wrestler who comes into the ring that night will be psyched out by the realization that their own entrance song, comparatively, sucks. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/22 "2018-02-01T23:10:42Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Some good suggestions so far. I’m making my way through them as time (and work) permits, but so far, I rather like both “Fanfare for the Common Man,” and “Karn Evil 9.” The [Peter Gunn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q19qQ0T3uRw) theme is another great ELP walk-on track. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/23 "2018-02-02T00:01:37Z")
AC/DC’s _[Highway to Hell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0RyXf2Xb60)_ or Guns ‘n’ Roses _[Welcome to the Jungle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy2zB8bLSpk)_. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/24 "2018-02-02T00:27:22Z")
Given the ELP recommendations, I gather that pro wrestling and stabbing a live keyboard to death have a lot in common. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/25 "2018-02-02T00:29:57Z")
You may want to consider [“Sirius” by the Alan Parsons Project](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJGRymBtrL0)but it’s probably too strongly associated with the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/26 "2018-02-02T01:05:53Z")
Metallica “Enter Sandman.” The chorus seems well suited to your role leading the crowd through the event. “Exit light Enter night Take my hand We’re Off to Never Never-land” ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/27 "2018-02-02T03:02:30Z")
[The Untouchables Theme](https://youtu.be/Hu2FekMaTQc?t=35) by Ennio Morricone from the 1987 film. I find it very majestic and inspirational. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/28 "2018-02-02T03:08:27Z")
I’d go with _[Hair of the Dog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyXz6eMCj2k)_ by Nazareth or _[Cum On Feel the Noize](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ5mygB97nM)_ by Quiet Riot. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/29 "2018-02-02T03:30:05Z")
My first thought was “Fanfare for the Common Man,” (Copland’s version), but how about the painfully obvious: “[Fanfare for Rocky.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKQioyQDowU)” ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/30 "2018-02-02T05:22:38Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” Loved that Simpsons episode. 🙂 > [@Spoons](#): > > I’m making my way through them as time (and work) permits, but so far, I rather like both “Fanfare for the Common Man,” and “Karn Evil 9.” If you decide those ELP songs are too cliche, I would recommend [“The Score” by Emerson, Lake & Powell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXM_grSk0E) - particularly the part starting @1:20. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/31 "2018-02-02T17:56:01Z")
I’m going to go out on a limb. Now I’m an old fart like many here, and also a wrestling fan for decades. I’m also an old-school prog rock fan with a great admiration for ELP. Having said all that… Pick something done in _ **this** _ century. I can’t tell you what because I listen to stuff from the 90s and think its fairly new, so I know nothing. But if you are trying to appeal to fans in their late 20s to early 30s, ELP isn’t the stuff. I did like the idea of using a popular local bands music, if possible - as long as the band isn’t a bunch of 50-year-old plus men trying to recapture their youth. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/32 "2018-02-02T18:26:36Z")
I say something from the Dropkick Murphys, because nothing says badass quite like bagpipes. “Last Letter Home” has a good intro, or “Shipping Up to Boston.” Or you could do “The Gauntlet,” which seems pretty appropriate for a wrestling announcer since the first line is “Well I just got back from a break in the fight / I was weighing in heavy but still feeling alright.” ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/33 "2018-02-05T14:23:18Z")
How about the heartbeat theme “human” from the soundtrack to The Thing (1982) ? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/34 "2018-02-05T14:52:48Z")
If you use a widely recognizable song it will not “hook” to you. If you want it to become known as the “Spoons Theme Song” you’re going to have to dig a little deeper. Here’s a catchy instrumental that may not be known to most which might give you a bit of an identity. You can cue it to the seven second mark and let it ride from there as long as you like. [Eric Johnson - Good to me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcK1jl4yHrE) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/35 "2018-02-05T17:38:23Z")
Billy Thorpe [Children of the Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VZC5vFVJJY). ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/36 "2018-02-06T12:13:11Z")
Rite of Spring? Ritual Saber Dance? Flight of the Bumblebee? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/38 "2018-02-06T14:37:41Z")
The Hamster Dance song. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/39 "2018-02-12T00:02:59Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Call me traditional, but I vote for “no music.” Jimmy Lennon and Howard Finkel never needed any. Howard Finkel used the Ulitimate Warrior’s theme for a while it the attitude era in some angle. That said, unless you’re trying to get over, and you probably shouldn’t unless you’re transitioning into something as a worker, I agree. but if you must either Final Countdown or Sirius ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/40 "2018-02-12T00:05:51Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > You may want to consider [“Sirius” by the Alan Parsons Project](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJGRymBtrL0)but it’s probably too strongly associated with the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls. And wm3 era Ricky Steamboat (sadly excised on versions on DVD or the Network), I still like it enough to mention in my own suggestions tho. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943/41 "2018-02-12T00:55:42Z")
[Human Music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1jWdeRKvvk) 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943.md?page=3)