Rank It: Top 20 WWE Themes of All Time

You can’t be a superstar without making an entrance – here are my top 20 WWE themes of all time, ranked.

20. Special Op (The Shield)

The Shield consists of three of the best wrestlers in the world, so it’s only appropriate that they have a collective top-20 theme in my book.

Plus, this is why I know the NATO Phonetic Alphabet.

19. Main Event Ish (Jey Uso)

You’ll listen to this and start feeling ucey for sure.

Uso is so over right now, and his solo gets the crowd going, especially when Pat McAfee starts dancing on the commentary table – Yeet!

18. Slow Chemical (Kane)

That’s gotta be Kane!

This song is just an instant classic – the iconic riffs go great with the monstrous figure and aura of Kane.

17. Rollin’ (“American Bada** Undertaker) (by Limp Bizkit)

Changing gimmicks in the middle of the Attitude Era was a risky move, but of course, The Undertaker could pull it off.

“Rollin’” is just a great song, and it kicked off another level of depth to the character.

16. Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels)

A theme that got the crowd singing no matter what (well, maybe not in Canada during his Bret Hart feud), “Sexy Boy” has stood the test of time for the current NXT creative Shawn Michaels.

Michaels' own vocals on the song add an “in-your-faceness” to the theme that was so crucial to his character.

15. The Second Coming (“The Architect” Seth Rollins)

Arguably the best version of Rollins, whenever the drums hit, you knew you were in trouble.

Rollins was so arrogant and architectural when he used this theme, and I hope it’ll be brought back one day.

14. Viva La Raza (Eddie Guerrero)

Paying homage to the Latino Heat, the crowd loved “Viva La Raza.”

Guerrero was one of the most beloved wrestlers of the early 2000s, and his theme matches his lying, cheating and stealing persona perfectly.

13. Rest In Peace (Undertaker)

This one has to be self-explanatory – even if you’ve never watched wrestling, you know this theme.

There’s no entrance better than The Undertaker’s, and with the smoke, ash bearers and procession, this theme ties it all together.

12. Cult of Personality (CM Punk) (by Living Colour)

“Cult of Personality” is all about rejecting authority and looking at them as human and not celebrity, and there’s nobody better at that than Punk.

Take a look at his return to WWE here:

11. Voices (Randy Orton)

If you hear this, you better be shaking in your boots – the Viper’s out to get you.

“Voices” is just a great song, and when Orton hits his iconic pose, the crowd really gets into it.

10. Live In Fear (“The Wyatt Family” Bray Wyatt)

This theme has a perfect low bass guitar with other riffs that make it sound so eerie, and it sent chills down everybody’s back when the Wyatt Family came out.

9. The Other Side (The Judgment Day) (by Alter Bridge)

Even though I don’t like The Judgment Day, I’m not going to lie and say their theme isn’t awesome.

When all four of them held gold and kicked off RAW with this, the place would go crazy (with boos, but crazy nonetheless).

The first 45 seconds are the best 45 seconds I’ve ever heard of a song.

8. The Game (Triple H)

Triple H has always had fire themes, and “The Game” stands among them.

Lemmy Kilmister’s raspy vocals almost match Triple H’s, and it’s true: Paul Levesque is the game, and he makes the rules.

7. This Fire Burns (CM Punk) (originally by Killswitch Engage)

This is my favorite era of CM Punk – especially when he got to “what are they going to do, fire me?” mode.

Punk is so polarizing, and that’s what makes him such a great character. Check out his hometown entrance from his Money In The Bank Match before he walked out of the company:

6. Head Of The Table (Roman Reigns)

Was I supposed to write this and not acknowledge my Tribal Chief?

There is nobody with more aura than Reigns, and whether he gets booed or cheered, the ones still go up.

The vocals give him Final Boss energy, and you know whenever you hear this, it’s going to be the longest entrance of your life.

5. King of Kings (Triple H)

Sometimes, I just listen to this song and vibe.

Triple H is on my Mount Rushmore of wrestlers, and so is this theme – it’s so catchy and captures his character perfectly.

4. Demon In Your Dreams (Rhea Ripley)

It’s only fitting the most dominant woman in sports entertainment gets a theme to match – “Demons In Your Dreams” suits Ripley so well.

For a booked heel, Ripley sure gets a lot of ovations whenever this song plays…

3. Broken Dreams (“Face” Drew McIntyre)

What makes these themes so good is when they read out like an actual song, and that’s exactly what “Broken Dreams” is.

There isn’t really anyone who’s had to overcome what McIntyre has in the past few years, which is why I wish they would bring “Broken Dreams.”

“Broken Dreams” is all about being the underdog, but somehow pulling through and fulfilling those broken dreams.

2. Kingdom (“The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes) (by Downstait)

Apart from being an awesome theme, “Kingdom” is a great song.

“Kingdom” is about reclaiming your name from a place that buried it in the ground, which is what WWE did to Rhodes for a while.

The best part of this song is the “woah,” where the crowd screams it back to the American Nightmare.

1. Visionary (Seth “Freakin’” Rollins)

This is my favorite theme because it’s so engaging.

When you watch wrestling on television, you sometimes think the crowd isn’t into it or maybe it’s not as engaging as you thought – but was I wrong.

I went to the Live Holiday Tour at the Bryce Jordan Center, and I was super excited to see Rollins. It was the last match of the night, and I was just waiting to sing his song to see what the vibe was. When the “burn it down” rang out on the speakers, everybody started singing, and it was an amazing feeling to be a part of the WWE Universe.

Adrianna Gallucci is a second-year majoring in broadcast journalism. To contact her, please email amg7989@psu.edu.