With WrestleMania almost here, we decided to test your knowledge on the rock and wrestling connection. Let’s see just how awesome you wrestling and 80s fans are at finding the answers to some tough questions.
Back in the 1980s, Vince McMahon knew he couldn’t conquer the entertainment world just with his band of wrestlers. He needed a tag-team partner– namely, music. So Vince got his wrestlers on MTV. he brought in Cyndi Lauper. He had his wrestlers enter to the music from the era.
In short, 1980s music has always been associated with what Vince has branded “sports entertainment.” And so, to coincide with WrestleMania 34, here are 34 questions about professional wrestling’s link to songs from the 80s…
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Ronda Rousey’s entrance music for both the UFC and WWE is a Joan Jett song originally released in 1981. What is the song?
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Which wrestling manager appeared as Cyndi Lauper’s father in both the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and the “Goonies R Good Enough” videos?
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Cyndi Lauper accompanied which wrestler to the ring at WrestleMania I?
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Which wrestler does NOT appear in the “Goonies R Good Enough” video?
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Before he adopted “Grab Them Cakes” as his entrance music, the Junkyard Dog came out to the ring to which #1 hit from 1980?
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Hulk Hogan’s original WWE entrance theme was Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger,” due to Hogan’s appearance in Rocky III. What was the name of the character Hogan portrayed in that film?
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Fill in the blank to these lyrics, from “Real American,” Hulk Hogan’s best-known WWE theme: “I got something deep inside of me/ _____________ is the thing that keeps us free.”
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“Real American” was written and composed by rocker Rick Derringer, who also wrote the entrance music for which WWE tag team?
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Believe it or not, “Real American” was NOT originally intended for Hulk Hogan; in fact, the song was first assigned to the team of Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham, also known as…?
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What was the name of WWE’s first wrestling album, released in 1985?
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On that first album, Jimmy “Mouth of the South” Hart sings a song that name-drops a 1980s musical icon. That song is called “Eat Your Heart Out, _________________” (fill in the blank).
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Jim Steinman, who wrote the theme song for the Hulk Hogan’s Rock n Wrestling Connection cartoon, is a long-time Meat Loaf collaborator who also wrote/ co-wrote several hit songs in the 80s. Which of the following is NOT a Jim Steinman song from the 1980s?
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Which WWE superstar originally entered the ring to “Sirius,” that awesome instrumental intro to 1982’s “Eye in the Sky” by Alan Parsons Project?
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Which wrestler has the same stage name as a beloved singer/ songwriter from the 80s (and beyond)?
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What was the name of WWE’s second album, released in 1987?
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Singer Robbie Dupree, who had a #6 song in 1980 with the song “Steal Away,” also wrote the song “Girls in Cars,” the theme of the late 80s tag team known as Strike Force. One member of Strike Force was Tito Santana. Who was the other member?
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Which 1980s hip hop group performed the “Wrestlemania Rap” at WrestleMania V?
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Which hip hop group, which started in the 1980s, sang Lawrence Taylor to the ring at WrestleMania 11?
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Which song was the original theme song to the WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event program (before the theme was replaced with a homegrown song)?
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Which singer was in the corner of the British Bulldogs at WrestleMania 2?
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According to Shawn Michaels, what 1980s song inspired the name for the Midnight Rockers, Michaels’ tag team with Marty Jannetty?
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Which pro wrestler, known early in his career as the “Modern Day Warrior,” came to the ring to Rush’s “Tom Sawyer”?
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In the 80s, what did Michael “P.S.” Hayes and Michael Jackson have in common?
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In the mid-80s, before he migrated to the WWE and became “The Birdman,” Koko Ware teamed with Norville Austin to form a tandem inspired by Michael Jackson. What was the name of the team?
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What 1980s song served as Koko B. Ware’s entrance theme when he first arrived in the WWE?
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Which AC/DC song was the theme of the 1998 SummerSlam?
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What 80s-era Peter Gabriel song was the theme for WrestleMania 22?
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WWE used Motley Crue’s live performance in October 1998 as an opportunity to launch a new character, who debuted as a bodyguard for the band. Who is this wrestler?
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Before he became the WWE’s Daniel Bryan, Brian Danielson-- during his time in Ring of Honor-- came to the squared circle to which beloved 80s anthem?
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Which heavy metal icon from the 89s came Mick Foley singing lessons on an episode of the show “Holy Foley”?
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Which 80s song appeared in the 2008 film The Wrestler?
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Chris Jericho is a fan of many 80s metal bands, including Metallica. (In fact, he once called Metallica’s 1986 album Master of Puppets the “quintessential metal record.”) Jericho, of course, also moonlights as the lead singer of a heavy metal band. What is the name of that band?
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What song did C. M. Punk use as his entrance theme for the latter part of his WWE career?
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