Yaz
02-22-2018, 07:31 AM
While on our way home from dinner last night, one of my favorite songs, Ric Flair by Killer Mike came on. Killer Mike is a known fan of wrestling and has made references to Flair and Dusty Rhodes in the past in his songs. While his song Ric Flair doesn't reference Flair in the lyrics, the song is cut with interludes from famous Flair promos. I started to think of some other hip hop songs that reference pro wrestlers, either in the title or lyrics. Cam'ron has his own song called Ric Flair, in which he drops a few WOOOS! Action Bronson has a song called The Rockers and he makes references to their white boots and Marty Jannetty's dropkick. He has another song named after Barry Horowitz, which actually pissed Horowitz off. Madvillain drops a reference to Kurt Angle in Great Day. Danny Brown shouts out Flair (a common reference point) on El-P's Oh Hail No. So yeah, the hip hop community has long had a fascination with pro wrestling, especially the braggadocios style of Flair, but I wouldn't call shout outs in music that overly weird.
In TV shows, pro wrestling references pop up from time to time. One episode of Workaholics revolves around the guys trying to find a new TV in time to watch Wrestlemania. Roddy Piper had a recurring role as pro wrestler The Maniac in It's Always Sunny. The opening theme to Malcolm in the Middle featured a short clip of Bret Hart putting the Sharpshooter on Benoit. Sting once stared in a Sprite commercial where he beat up a small child. Again, not common but not super weird.
The occasional pro wrestling reference makes its way into pro sports. The Dallas Cowboys at one time used Ultimate Warrior's theme song to pump up the crowd on third downs. On more than one occasion I have been watching when an announcer call a tackle or collision an RKO out of nowhere. I saw a college football game where an announcer called a literal powerbomb tackle a Batista Bomb. Most references are mainstream, so not totally out of place.
For me the weirdest though, is this commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Y31GFVdNc
How is John Cena's theme supposed to help sell cars?
So what about you? What is the strangest place or instance where you have seen something pro wrestling related pop up?
In TV shows, pro wrestling references pop up from time to time. One episode of Workaholics revolves around the guys trying to find a new TV in time to watch Wrestlemania. Roddy Piper had a recurring role as pro wrestler The Maniac in It's Always Sunny. The opening theme to Malcolm in the Middle featured a short clip of Bret Hart putting the Sharpshooter on Benoit. Sting once stared in a Sprite commercial where he beat up a small child. Again, not common but not super weird.
The occasional pro wrestling reference makes its way into pro sports. The Dallas Cowboys at one time used Ultimate Warrior's theme song to pump up the crowd on third downs. On more than one occasion I have been watching when an announcer call a tackle or collision an RKO out of nowhere. I saw a college football game where an announcer called a literal powerbomb tackle a Batista Bomb. Most references are mainstream, so not totally out of place.
For me the weirdest though, is this commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Y31GFVdNc
How is John Cena's theme supposed to help sell cars?
So what about you? What is the strangest place or instance where you have seen something pro wrestling related pop up?