The best ‘regular’ ring entrance

[Scratch]

I loved Bobby Roode’s WWE entrance. What a tune.

 

[DCW]

Christian's opera entrance after he split from Edge in 2001 was lovely & made him look a proper star. Way better than Edge's 'Never Gonna Stop' Rob Zombie one.

Edge's entrance back then still irrationally annoys me cos it was never shown in full on the Sky One Saturday morning SD cos of the strobe lights when he's on the ramp. They'd do the crowd shot instead, same as when someone was hit with a chair. 

 

 

Edited September 14 by DCW

[RedTwoster]

1 hour ago, DCW said:

Christian's opera entrance after he split from Edge in 2001 was lovely & made him look a proper star. Way better than Edge's 'Never Gonna Stop' Rob Zombie one.

 

Talking of Christian, I thought his Waterproof Blonde-era entrance, back when he was accompanied by Tomko was absolutely sensational. It made him feel like a megastar: 

And since @Scratch rightly brought up Bobby Roode, I'll bring up the person who was apparently originally offered that theme (warning - there are flashing lights in this entrance - so be very careful if that kind of thing affects you): 

Nakamura's original entrance made him feel like an enormous deal from the off. That shine, sadly, eventually faded - but he was utterly captivating during his early days with WWE. 

Edited September 14 by RedTwoster

[tiger_rick]

If you bunch of dorks haven't learnt by now that the answer is always Bret Hart, then I can't help ya.

 

[Lorne Malvo]

Those early Nakamura / Roode entrances were sensational but I do think those two entrances, along with Balor's, were the start of WWE wanting to micro-manage and choreograph every wrestlers entrance to within an inch of its life which is one of the (many) reasons WWE is unwatchable now. 

Edited September 14 by Lorne Malvo

[SoloJones]

Absolutely wild to think that Bobby Roode of all people used to get reactions like that. 

[LaGoosh]

1 hour ago, SoloJones said:

Absolutely wild to think that Bobby Roode of all people used to get reactions like that. 

Well his theme song did. I don't think he himself was actually over that much. People just enjoyed his entrance. 

[Statto]

The entrance/music definitely did plenty of heavy lifting for him - which makes it a good shout for here.

He also benefited from existing in that pre-AEW/peak "black and gold" window of having been a name in TNA (or Japan or RoH) who turned up in the crowd on a NXT Takeover then had a solid run there. That was basically a magic formula for getting a thunderous reception on main roster debut.

[Carbomb]

Don't forget that he had a lot of good will from his Beer Money run as well. At one point, they were possibly the most over guys outside WWE.

[BomberPat]

1 hour ago, Carbomb said:

Don't forget that he had a lot of good will from his Beer Money run as well. At one point, they were possibly the most over guys outside WWE.

when I went to a TNA house show in 2011, people were doing the "BEER!" "MONEY!" chants all the way from Wembley Arena back to the train station, and across train carriages. When Roode debuted in WWE, I can't remember what show I was at that people were constantly singing "GLORIOUS" at each other. Mad that Bobby Roode somehow reached that level of call and response fan interaction twice.

[Lorne Malvo]

I think you're all underselling him a bit here to be fair. He was absolute class in Beer Money and during his heel title run. I loved that title reign too, a proper old school 'barely escaping with the title by the skin of his teeth' reign. Never set the world on fire in the ring but he was solid enough and wrestled a style that didn't require him to.

He probably went to WWE a bit too late to really do that much there, but I think it's unfair to say he was only over because of theme songs and catchphrases. 

[kamicazze]

Got to mention Goldberg too. Security from his dressing room, standing in the pro, blowing out smoke after. Pretty bad ass

[RIDDUM_N_STYLE]

11 hours ago, tiger_rick said:

If you bunch of dorks haven't learnt by now that the answer is always Bret Hart, then I can't help ya.

 

Which is why Bret will always be a hero in this household, especially with his 94-97 theme, that electric guitar screech always got crowd popping before the theme even kicked it

 

[air_raid]

The first that came to my mind was Demolition, but then I realised it was mostly to do with the music and that wasn’t the only criteria. OK, and look. Aura. Pop when babyfaces. OK fuck it, Demolition are my first shout.

Secondly, I have a real soft spot for The Sandman entrances circa 96-97 before he started getting fat. Take away what you thought of him when the bell rings or even if you like him, and there was nothing quite like the pop you would hear in a hardcore ECW building at the opening bars of Enter Sandman then he’d come sauntering through the crowd, synching popping his tinny to the music, crowd getting increasingly rabid in their support, opponent(s) a total afterthought, a hero in their midst. Even though I wasn’t a gigantic fan of his, when I think about live shows I went to where the start of an entrance sent a nostalgic/excited buzz through me, in terms of western wrestling I think only Hogan coming out to Eye of the Tiger would eclipse how psyched I was experiencing ol Jim do an Enter Sandman entrance live for the first time. Pal and sometime keffer tsve was even recipient of one of his beers as I gawped with envy.

Thirdly, finally, and obviously not a Pointless answer… Ric fuckin Flair as heel World Champ circa late 80s/early 90s before he fell out with Herd and went Up North. For me there is NOTHING like that music kicking up, Slick Ric swanning down, valet and/or fireworks optional. Styling and profiling, looking like only he can look. Crowd buzzing with that unique sound of “We should boo this heel but damn, isn’t he good?” A little pirouette in his robe on the ramp, and GMC giving it to you ;

”From Charlotte, North Carolina,

Weighing two hundred and forty-three pounds,

And for the SIXTH time he is THE! WORLD! HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!…. Nnnnnnmature Boy, Riiiiiiic Fllllair!!!”

Time stopped. Nothing else mattered. You can easily forget who he was wrestling. Fuck John Cena, the champ WAS here. Nobody carried an aura of “this is the yardstick” like Flair. To be the man, you’ve gotta beat the man. Diamonds are forever… and so is Ric Flair.

WHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

* Ric Flair is a horrific sexpest and as a human being I detest him.

 

 

[Chris B]

On the pretty much opposite side of the spectrum to Ric Flair, I'm going to throw in a shout for Orange Cassidy.

It's not all about showmanship - sometimes, it's about character, and everything about Orange Cassidy is perfect in the entrance. The varying hand-drawn 'insert graphic here' or, recently 'media not found' error, is always funny. The addition of the single rubbish firework. 

From the second he walks out, you get him. And he's had two separate absolute bangers of theme tunes as well.

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