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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Entertainment
Matt Mills

“I had a Spice Girls stage…but then I grew up and it became Deftones!” WWE superstars reveal the artists that changed their lives

Johnny Gargano, Piper Niven and Chelsea Green, Carmelo Hayes and Tiffany Strattopn performing for WWE in 2024.

The connection between music and pro-wrestling is long-running and vital. What would a superstar grappler be without a badass tune soundtracking their walk to the ring, or underlining their triumph as they lift a title belt?

Since the 1980s, WWE has wielded its theme songs to powerful effect, with the entrance music of Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena and others having crossed over into the mainstream. So, when Metal Hammer attended a recent show at London’s O2 Arena, we knew we had to ask a handful of wrestlers what their first favourite artists and albums were. This is what they told us…

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