Wrestling With Idiots

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Despite the fact that pro wrestling is in no way as popular as it once was, you can’t throw a digital rock without hitting a wrestling related article or video online. Whether it’s What Culture and their snazzy Britishness, Cultaholic with more of the same, WrestleTalk with…well, you get the idea, Jim Cornette’s love child on Wrestling With Wregret, or even the encyclopedic knowledge of Dave Knows Wrestling, YouTube is a varied landscape of wrestling content. Not content with only doing video, many of the same channels also have websites that cover the same material. Hell, this is the Exploder blog, a companion piece to the Exploder podcast. We’re part of something, yay! All of this content comes from fans explaining to others the intricacies and colorful history of pro wrestling.

And then there’s these assholes.

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Bottom 5 Show Themes

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From its introduction in the 1950s with Gorgeous George to its rise in prominence in the 1980s with the Freebirds and the America the rock band song for Hulk Hogan, music is an integral part of professional wrestling.

But music isn’t just for wrestlers, it’s also for shows about wrestling. Wrestling show themes used to be available in many different styles…as long as that style was “Channel 6 News Now”. Seriously, every show from the 1980s, from the WWF to whatever show the NWA was promoting, had the same kind of theme that reminded you of a news program or a sporting event special presentation. And that’s not to say this was bad, it did what it was designed to do. The songs were either produced in house or licensed from a non-descript company who made themes like this.

This sound of wrestling show music would change over the years, but the methods wouldn’t. They may have went from 80s News Desk to Mediocre Rock Instrumental, but the production methods, especially in the WWF, didn’t change one bit. One could look at the theme for WWF Mania, Superstars, or even Monday Night Raw to see what I’m talking about.

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MultiMania I

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In the storied history of professional wrestling, WrestleMania has proved to be the event all wrestlers hope to perform at one day. While a select few will make multiple appearances at WrestleMania year after year, an even smaller number have appeared at different WrestleMania’s with different gimmicks. And that’s why we’re here, to celebrate those unique performers who reached “the showcase of the immortals” under different names.

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TLDW WrestleMania 36 Part 1

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Because they insist on doing this show anyway, it’s Too Long Didn’t Watch WrestleMania (part 1).

  • The difference between the Kickoff Show and the actual show is…pass

Seriously, no idea

  • The formerly crazy Scottswoman and the former mean girl beat the Kabuki girls
  • Elias actually has a match at WrestleMania and beats Baron Corbin.

Pictured with all the fans in attendance

  • No one cared.
  • Becky Lynch beats the vampire.
  • The Sami Zayn-Daniel Bryan match almost had enough run ins to legally shut down the show
  • The tag titles were defended in a three way singles match because reasons

Kofi Kingston’s hair brought to you by Silly String

  • Mojo Rawley wins a belt because we haven’t suffered enough.
  • Kevin Owens about kills himself in front of no audience. Just like everyone on Impact.

Walking away not guaranteed

  • 4 spears, 4 powerslams, Braun Strowman beat up an old man.
  • The Undertaker and AJ Styles star in a short movie about magic and burying people alive.

This for 15 minutes