They only used it once, but it’s another personal favorite of mine, and damn if that specific guitar tone doesn’t scratch my itch.Īnyway, Hall, Nash, and Hogan quickly moved on to the proper nWo theme, “Rockhouse” by Frank Shelley. It’s a rock instrumental take on Seal’s “Crazy” (the title kinda gives that away). Hall and Nash used the PPV theme as their own, a song called “Crazed” by Derek Todd Sorensen. I’m referring to the theme they used at Bash at the Beach 1996 for the infamous six-man tag where it was revealed that Hulk Hogan was the third man. They ripped off other songs too.įor example, do you remember The Outsiders’ first entrance theme in WCW? Not the nWo theme, we’ll get to that momentarily. Not all of Hall’s themes were rip-offs of an Eagles song. It’s a big colorful song for a big colorful personality, and lord knows Hall had that in spades. I love the cocky Don Henley-esque vocals and the soaring chorus. The song, while not the first Scott Hall theme that comes to mind for many (unless your name is Garrett Kidney), is a personal favorite of mine. It’s one of the better Eagles grooves that the band produced, and it’s leaned into even more heavily with Hall’s TNA theme “Marvelous Me.”Įschewing the latin tinges for a straight-up rock anthem (a smart choice given Hall was no longer portraying a Cuban), “Marvelous Me” lays it on thick with heavy guitars, pounding percussion, and plenty of boastful lyrics that paint Scott Hall as the main character of wrestling.Įverywhere you turn you’ll see marvelous me Keen ears recognize the rhythm as being eerily similar to the Eagles’ song “Those Shoes” off the album The Long Run. For a character that is meant to be a Tony Montana knock-off, it’s a great choice of sound.
Look around and you’ll see a plethora of bright colors, many of which are also on Razor Ramon’s gear. The screeching tires and the 80s synth in the refrain conjure up an image of a convertible cruising down the street with the warm Miami sunset as its backdrop. The screeching tires at the start (years before Mick Foley made that sound effect popular at the start of his own theme) give way to a percussion-heavy, pseudo-Latin beat that perfectly matches Razor’s strut.
Therefore it’s hard to imagine Razor Ramon without his theme “Bad Boy.” But a cool guy deserves cool music it’s not just the cherry on top of the sundae, it’s the warm chocolate sauce that brings the whole dish together. Sure, Hall probably could’ve just walked out to no music, a toothpick between his lips, and still come across like a superstar (which he actually did for a time as “The Lone Wolf” in late ’98 WCW). And looking at Scott Hall’s career, there’s no mistaking that the man had some absolutely killer entrance music. Naturally as the host of Music of the Mat, a wrestling music podcast, I’ve got an inclination towards entrance themes. Razor ramon was so cool that when all the latinos found out he was actually a white guy we were all still like “so what we don’t care” and just kept right on doing the razor’s edge on each other into pools and onto mattressesĪnd then there’s the music. He was so cool that as Razor Ramon he was a white guy playing a Latino and got a pass for it. He looked cool, he sounded cool, he acted cool, he had cool pyro, he had a cool finisher. But there is no debating that Scott Hall was one of the coolest guys to ever step into a wrestling ring. People love to dissect such things in the wake of a wrestler’s passing. You can debate the quality of his in-ring work, whether or not he deserved to be a world champion, his attitude backstage. That was the common descriptor in the titanic amount of tributes that came pouring in when the news of Hall’s death broke on Monday evening: Cool. And yet, during that entrance in that giant arena in Yokohama, there was no doubt that Scott Hall was still the coolest man in wrestling. He also had another decade of addiction issues in front of him. He was a ways away from his heyday in the 90s, first as Razor in the WWF and then as a member of the business-changing nWo in WCW.
As Nash raised his fist, Hall pumped his thumbs towards his chest and outstretched his arms in his classic pose. Hall entered the ring and smoothed his graying hair as he grooved to Lauryn Hill’s sultry vocals. They sauntered down the long entrance ramp-Hall incorporating his trademark Razor Ramon strut-with a pair of lovely ladies, all while Fugees’ “Ready or Not” pumped out over the sound system. On May 8, 2004, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash made their entrance in the Yokohama Arena for the main event of HUSTLE’s HUSTLE-3 show.
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