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Red Hot Chili Peppers were nearly X-Pac’s WWE theme song, but he rejected them

Red Hot Chili Peppers do his wrestling theme song.Alternative music within the pro-wrestling was very common within the height of the sport in the early 00s. For example, Disturbed recorded a version of ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin’s entrance theme and bands such as Limp Bizkit, Saliva, Motörhead and Drowning Pool performed at WWE’s biggest event, Wrestlemania.Speaking to Chris Van Vliet in a new interview, X-Pac – real name Sean Waltman – opened up about how he turned down having the rock aristocrats create a theme song for X-Factor, his professional wrestling stable he founded in early 2001 with fellow WWE wrestlers Justin Credible and Albert.“Shane McMahon comes up to me and goes, ‘Hey, we’re thinking about having Red Hot Chili Peppers do your new theme music,'” he told Van Vliet, “and I go, ‘No, I want Uncle Kracker!'”After being asked if the Red Hot Chili Peppers were really “in line” to record the track, X-Pac replied: “When they say something like that, and especially at that point that where WWE was, we were pretty hot.”He continued: “I was the one that picked Uncle Kracker, because I knew him, and that’s kinda how I was at the time.”X-Factor would go on to be a short lived group within WWE.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers were nearly X-Pac’s WWE theme song, but he rejected them
Red Hot Chili Peppers do his wrestling theme song.Alternative music within the pro-wrestling was very common within the height of the sport in the early 00s. For example, Disturbed recorded a version of ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin’s entrance theme and bands such as Limp Bizkit, Saliva, Motörhead and Drowning Pool performed at WWE’s biggest event, Wrestlemania.Speaking to Chris Van Vliet in a new interview, X-Pac – real name Sean Waltman – opened up about how he turned down having the rock aristocrats create a theme song for X-Factor, his professional wrestling stable he founded in early 2001 with fellow WWE wrestlers Justin Credible and Albert.“Shane McMahon comes up to me and goes, ‘Hey, we’re thinking about having Red Hot Chili Peppers do your new theme music,'” he told Van Vliet, “and I go, ‘No, I want Uncle Kracker!'”After being asked if the Red Hot Chili Peppers were really “in line” to record the track, X-Pac replied: “When they say something like that, and especially at that point that where WWE was, we were pretty hot.”He continued: “I was the one that picked Uncle Kracker, because I knew him, and that’s kinda how I was at the time.”X-Factor would go on to be a short lived group within WWE.
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WWE pin down top star AJ Styles to 'new contract worth £2.2million a year'
WWE have been handed a boost after locking top star AJ Styles to a new multi-year contract, according to reports.Former WWE Champ Styles is widely regarded as one of the finest in-ring performers of his generation and has been with Vince McMahon’s company since 2016.In that time, he’s racked up the titles and accolades, becoming one of the most popular and consistent Superstars on the roster.The 44-year-old had been edging towards the end of his WWE contract, according to a new report from Fightful that claims he’d have been a free agent as soon as the spring.With talent so freely opting to move between the top wrestling companies in the world these days, it seems certain McMahon will have been desperate to keep the veteran in his campIt comes after the likes of Daniel Bryan, Adam Cole and CM Punk all linked up with rival organisation AEW over the last six months or so.It now appears McMahon has his wish, with Styles said to have penned a new ‘multi-year’ deal that could be worth over $3 million dollars a year.The US site said: “His original contract was set to expire in the Spring/Summer and would have had him hit free agency for the first time since leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling.“WWE expected Styles to have plenty of suitors… [and] wanted to get Styles' deal extended before he could even hit free agency to talk to anyone else.“Styles is said to be very happy in the company, and has mentioned numerous times that he'd like to work for WWE after his wrestling career.”Styles has certainly enjoyed many memorable moments whilst with WWE, including a standout WrestleMania 33 match with Shane McMahon.The former Impact Wrestling star was also the opposition for The Undertaker in the icon’s last ever WWE outing, their
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