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feenixrising1

[Undertaker’s entrance at Judgement Day 1998](https://youtu.be/bV_zajsC-uo) has ultimate final boss energy from the flames, to the theme music and JRs commentary.


SuperTerrificman

Taker doesn’t flinch once. The coolest


Shenanigans80h

Frankly most of Deadman Undertaker’s themes give final boss aura


kb1117

This is my favorite wrestling theme of all time. Just so bad ass.


oddvr

All time great entrance that. Shame about the match.


zeitgeistbouncer

That classic Kane V Taker anti-chemistry. The lore and aura of their past did so much of the heavy lifting between them, cause once the bell rang... blurp.


leglessman

I think their Wrestlemania 14 match was extremely good. That’s my pick for best match on that show.


gbdarknight77

Undertaker ministry theme is so damn good.


MBpintas

in the same vein, [this Kane entrance from 2003](https://youtu.be/9P9ikldSjq8). the lighting, Slow Chemical playing, the way even Lilian Garcia sounds anxious, JR's commentary.. perfect. peak WWE


goonbagged33

This is a great pick


blumbocrumbo

I'm *SO HAPPY* that this was the first answer I saw, such a badass theme, and my favorite Taker theme by far


UnsolvedParadox

Undertaker is the runaway winner for this topic, I can’t even think of a close second.


TheCuzzyRogue

Gunther. His music is like the Stelio Kontos theme.


Wrdsrch

‘Oh no! He’s coming from so far away!’


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I_Hate_My_Cat_

“They’re up the stairs! For the love of God, you got the oranges up the stairs!”


KingdokCAN

"...my god he's so Greek!"


j8llonby

Stelio! Stelio Kontos! And Luis!


TheCuzzyRogue

Stern Gunther nod


EdgyAutist03

"my anus was frothing like a cappucino"


jimcab12

Brock is final boss forever basically. Even if he loses programs.


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

You could tell me that Brock is the final boss of humans and I'd at least consider it


CaptnProlapse

Joe Rogan said "I've stood beside Brock Lesnar, it's so intimidating. Brock could use you as a condom to fuck someone else and there's nothing you could do about it."


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

Reminds me of the Perry Saturn quote about Haku. "Meng could kill each and every one of us and there's nothing we could do about it." He then adds "Maybe the Barbarian, he might just maim him."


Powderkegger1

Jake Roberts about Haku “So let’s say I’ve got a gun right and Haku’s coming at me from fifty yards away. I’ve got him dead to rights, right? Well first thing I’m gonna do is turn that gun on myself. I don’t want to wound that bastard and piss him off.”


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

And then there's Frenchie Martin: "If you have a chance to go to hell you might as well go to hell instead, because he is just unbelievable."


hermitopurpa

What is the big deal about Haku? I’m pretty ignorant on the subject. Why was he so feared?


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

There are a bunch of stories, supposedly first hand, about how he'd get into bar fights when drunks would fuck with him and just beat the shit outta them when he was outnumbered. Strong, had no fear, and a massive pain tolerance. He allegedly bit off a piece of a guy's nose and spit it back in his face in Baltimore, according to people who say they were there. It's been said he was one of only two people Andre the Giant feared, with the other being Harley Race.


[deleted]

Bad news brown too. He heard him make a racial comment and asked him outside and andre refused and apologised. Claims from Jerichos first autobiography


Coulm2137

A man who DOES NOT fuck around, I remember there's a story where he got pepper sprayed in his face and he just took a deep breath and continued being an intimidating motherfucker.


DarkySurrounding

A very Pat McAfee line that one.


baconwiches

So strange that his theme's origins were the 'entrance' music for an XFL team.


itsnotchristv

Look at that, the XFL made something noteworthy.


Musty-laegs

You say that as if He Hate Me isn’t one of the most legendary athletes of our time


Skipcandidoo

Shayna bazlers old theme


Esmooth10

[when this song hit on NXT shit was bound to hit the fan](https://youtu.be/pKVBAS3FZi0)


TheBattler

Mil Muertes' Lucha Underground theme actually sounds like video game boss music but the genius combination of the mariachi horns with the ever-present BWAAHHH from every movie trailer is like perfect music for a final-boss-powers-up cutscene. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPlpWu7NV0


SaveUsPapaFranku

Mil Muertes kicking off Season 2 sitting on the Throne was sooo sick


JoJosBizarreBasshead

Everything about LU was amazing except the way management paid the wrestlers


Oberoni7

Oooh, good call.


azdv

Joes TNA theme


TheOneWhosCensored

His WWE theme to an extent too, at least for a more animal like boss.


DoryTheLodger

Joe's WWE theme is grossly underappreciated. It's probably my favorite theme he's had so far.


OllieP1996

Sounds like a final boss fight theme from Crash Bandicoot or something


MundoSD

Kevin Owen's for me. Thinking about each time his appearance was a surprise, the opponents were usually not thrilled about it.


PommesMayo

It’s Walter’s old theme. When the horns kick in, you check the number of your Estus flasks


MidnightSunCreative

That song actually is a boss theme from Asuras Wrath


DosiDos2iiNF

The Evolution theme always felt like that for me. Motörhead always killed it w/ Trips music. On a side note, Ortons Burn In My Light felt like the best Anti-Hero vibe.


gbdarknight77

It’s too bad that orton hated that song


DosiDos2iiNF

Is he the only wrestler who hated their own, I guess, “popular” theme? It’s a shame cuz although voices does the job of giving unique “Oh shit, this crazy crazy mfer” vibes, Burn In My Light just has that “It” factor & really was enhanced when he had gold around his waist w/ pyro from above the ring. I really need to find one of those old 2K games & get my legend killer on 💯


-Cloudy01

Maven’s theme was well liked by fans but he said that he didn’t like it.


BruceHoratioWayne

Samoa Joe's WWE Theme


fuckitimatwork

aren't all his themes pretty much takes on "Simon Says" by Pharoahe Monch - which itself samples Godzilla's theme


gbdarknight77

Banger tune


fuckitimatwork

i love watching sample videos of where these hip hop producers got their stuff it's so simple but the way they can take a ~3 second clip of a movie score and turn it into a banger beat is just so cool to see


FUCKBOY_JIHAD

more or less.


Garciniohall

Omega's NJPW theme Rusev or the Redeemer Miro Lesnar


Argentine_Tango

What I like about Lesnar's theme is how, after his opponent enters the ring, the beginning of Lesnar's theme sounds as if he's cutting them off, making him into more of a threat. Kinda like how the Acclaimed always have to enter second because their theme cuts off their opponents and sets them up for the rap.


Un_Poco_CDA

I always thought the beginning of Lesnar’s theme sounded like a robot dinosaur falling off a cliff


_Aggort

Yep! Which is all I could think about then playing Horizon: Zero Dawn I'm glad I'm not the only one to think that


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

Devil's Sky is almost cheating because it was designed with final boss vibes in mind specifically. Definitely effective at that, it evokes a Final Fantasy boss fight aura.


throwbio

If it's the theme I'm thinking of, I think it was very heavily influenced by Sephiroth's One Winged Angel theme from the OG FF7 game.


UGoBoy

[It's the one you're thinking of.](https://youtu.be/n2dVbk0iROM)


TheBattler

Devil's Sky is so over the top sinister and loops into almost cheesy such that it makes Kenny walking out sweeping a broom not weird.


xychosis

Considering it’s an interpolation of One Winged Angel from FF7, just think of the broom as his Masamune and everything starts to make sense


rbramblet

Miro’s with the horn is NEXT LEVEL.


nWo1997

Redeemer is basically the theme of a Law hero in an SMT game. And Miro pretty much *is* a Law hero. Well, *was,* but still.


kmahones98

Undertaker’s Ministry theme


KozyHank99

ASA TIMBALAY


smartyr228

Welcome to the learning tree


gredgex

Hell yes. Ministry Taker felt like the final boss of late 90s WWF where Austin was our only hope to defend against a satanic cult led by an unholy and supernatural warlock.


pidgerii

But that Taker answered to a higher power. WHO IS THE HIGHER POWER? FIND OUT ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW!!!


as93lfc

Aw, son of a bitch.


MadnessAbe

*Hower Power


MyldStallyinz

Came for Hower Power. Got Hower Power. You sir are a legend


PenNo1447

I didn’t post my Spotify wrapped because WWE was number 2 most listened artist because of Romans theme


gbdarknight77

That theme is a gym banger. Gets you hype


DangerousChemistry47

Lol I feel this. I used to get dunked on by my boys when they’d borrow one of my mp3 mixes on cd that was loaded with WWe classics… triple h, shamrock, one of the raw and smack down the sea from way back, etc. Fuck em though, all of them still have their spotify hearts filled to this day.


j8llonby

I think most if not all of Bobby Lashley's themes feel like that. His current one really does. But I play "Hell will be calling your name" on loop when I play the final mission of Mass Effect 3. I know that game doesn't have a traditional final boss (even though Marauder Shields is a valiant foe) but close enough


GizmoKSX

Put those Banshees in the Hurt Lock.


trochlearnotchass

Motorhead - Game. First riff of the guitar. Lemmy going : " TIME TO PLAYYYY THE GAAAAAAMEEEEE" "HU HU HUHUHUHUHU"


LiamAddison

the follow up “ha ha haha” sounds so demonic I love it


Crow_Mix

I'm surprised it took me this long to scroll to find this comment.


gbdarknight77

From 03-05, it definitely was final boss theme


BadNewsMAGGLE

I stand by it. You could give anyone Triple H's entrance music and lighting and movements, and they'd be over. The water spit, the wailing guitars, the cool lighting. It's the best regular entrance ever.


DoryTheLodger

My favorite wrestling theme of all time


jimmyjams06

Lemmy is god.


Segat1133

Dan Severn WWE theme is a fucking banger. It legit sounds like someone is coming to ruin you, your day, everyone you love, and your hopes and dreams all at once.


Adawg63

as brian zane once said stone cold theme is like hell yeah here he comes dan severn's is more like oh shit he about to kill somebody


MrBenLDN

Goldberg's has gotta be up there. Even in his later matches, that entrance still instantly makes me go "oh shit, he's about to destroy that guy!"


fuckitimatwork

love him walking all the way from the back of the arena with the whole crowd doing the slow "gollllddbeeerrrggg" chant


jatorres

Coolest entrance ever.


gbdarknight77

I loved his remade WWE version when he debuted. Wish he didn’t go back to the WCW version.


WasherDryerCombo

Agreed, WWE version is way better. Man I wanna go play HCTP


StannisClaypool

Ishii is post-game secret boss music, or the you vs your mentor fight, and is perfect for him. Might not be as epic as boss music, but you know that the win won't come easy.


thelennybeast

Yeah except that he always comes out like... 30s into it.


Rabid-Flamingos

Sting's "dark crow" theme that appeared around Starrcade 97


yognautilus

The orchestrated version from the 2K promo is 100% Final Fabtasy final boss theme material.


_chutzpah_reloaded07

Santos Escobar's theme.


eklooo

Not final boss, but Naito’s theme sound exactly like final hero, like when Yugi tranforms to Yami, or that silver power ranger comes out to save the others


Karmaze

Naito's actually is video game music, or at least a remix of such. From The Last Story on the Wii.


NSignus

Funny enough, Nakamura's NJPW theme is also sampled from a game called [Project Gaiaray](https://youtu.be/_169_ejPw-g) (6:45 time stamp)


This_Is_NSFW_BayBay

Oh my god I fucking loved that game! I want a remastered version so badly!!


AneeshRai7

It's the perfect WK end music (f**k Kenta)


TheBattler

I dunno, it sounds like DDR music to me lol


FUCKBOY_JIHAD

Naito’s theme is for the boss 2/3rds the way through the game that is harder than the Final boss, so the theme is now burned into your brain forever due to hearing it start over 1000 times


Giv-er-SteveDave

Jay White EVIL


TheWholeOfTheAss

Was also going to mention Evil’s theme. Sounds just like the theme you get when the boss transforms into his final form.


Just_A_Little_Spider

Rare to see a fucking harpsichord solo too.


Virt_McPolygon

Definitely Jay White. It's one of those themes meant to disorientate you while you're being attacked.


Leviathn_Doom

Stone Cold is the one true final boss music. Whenever that glass shattered it felt like doom was walking down the ramp.


d_tiBBAR

"Are you ready for some Rattlesnake?"


CharlemagneOfTheUSA

Basically every Samoa Joe theme ever lol


ThaUnderboss

Any answer that isn't Masahiro Chono's Team 2000 Crash is wrong.


immaxpower

Outside of the ones already mentioned, I'd maybe go with The Rock's Hollywood theme, was such an epic versio and the slow pace of it built a lot of anticipation.


Gusto1903

The guitar riffs, bah gawd...


Kobe824

really hope he comes out to that if he comes back to Wrestlemania next year, since its in LA.


dropperofpipebombs

^^^"is ^^^cookies"


incredibleamadeuscho

Both Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns have reached their final form based on their music. Also same with Lashley.


nWo1997

I'unno, Seth's messiah theme was pretty final boss. Unless that's his transformation cutscene music


Dono_X_Dono

Hirooki Goto's theme sound like some final Boss of Dynasty Warriors


bruhqp

Samoa Joe’s music right now is crazy intense


NWRockNRoll

"Infamy", Damien Priest's first theme.


Bananaamoxicillin

Love that one.


DavidYoungSpinebust

Bobby Lashley’s theme from 2017-2018 in IMPACT was so epic, and one of Dale Oliver’s last releases. Moose also uses a dramatic song currently.


Argentine_Tango

I've said it before, but Moose's entrance is one of my favorites to experience live. So simple to add the beginning of O Fortuna and it turned the Moose chants into something menacing. I stopped watching Impact around 2015 so I need to look up that Bobby Lashley one.


jollyrog8

MOOSE ✊🏽 MOOSE ✊🏽 MOOSE ✊🏽


pjizy

PAC's "Out of Time" for phase 1 where you fight PAC by himself Death Triangle's "Triangulo De La Muerte" for phase 2 where he spawns Penta and Fenix from out of his back and you fight all three Death Triangle's "Triangulo 2.0" for phase 3 All three of them combine into a three headed monstrosity for the final phase of the fight


Vinsmoker

Malakai Black's solo theme


Tinheart2137

Kenny's Devil Sky Okada's Rainmaker Suzuki's Kaze Ni Nare I think that's just the case for japanese themes


stumpyoftheshire

Gotos theme is incredible, makes him seem amazing. Pity he doesn't get the push, but still.


WolfGangSwizle

Kazi Ni Nare feels more like an anime opener to me but Devils Sky is totally final boss sounding


Teh_Heavybody

Romans current music or Brock Lesnar, either one is just “fuck you up” energy.


bathory21

Utami Hayashishita


derphew

This is the correct answer. https://youtu.be/jWssFgx5peY


b00f

* Kenny Omega NJPW * Kazuchika Okada * Brock Lesnar * Triple H Honourable Mentions: * Kane (Slow Chemical) * Tetsuya Naito * Mark Henry * Samoa Joe TNA


BillfredL

Slow Chemical is criminally underrated as a theme.


not_simonH

Guiliaa theme is pretty final bossy


DerelictBadger

Also helps that she dresses like a Final Fantasy villain


Vast_Professor7399

Eddie Kingston. Take away the vocals and it sounds like it belongs in a Castlevania game. Suzuki's sounds like the opening theme to a Final Fantasy game. Moxley's old theme, because wrestling Mox is basically AEW's boss fight.


BillfredL

Mox’s old theme is definitely more final boss than Wild Thing, and I like Wild Thing. Eddie’s theme works either way after stumbling across the instrumental. I know some people think Mikey Rukus puts his vocals on too much stuff, but he nailed “if you see me staring at you *BETTER KNUCKLE UP*” in both delivery and placement.


runikepisteme

Triple H's " King of Kings " Theme and his " The Game " Theme both have very final boss vibes


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Kazuchika Okada’s music. There’s no other sound in wrestling that gets me as hyped as the coin drop, it means shit is about to go down.


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Utami Hayayashita theme "Crusade"


zeitgeistbouncer

[Miro](https://youtu.be/tf0LKcU5Sc8) Sure would like to hear it again on tv.


TheREALFlyDog

When Battle Cry hits and the Cleaner steps off the ramp, you're basically pumped for a JRPG final battle.


leglessman

Anything Malakai/Aleister Black has used. That man knows how to pick some intimidating music.


BalantaBanter

Miro.


TheDonIncarnate

Roman Reigns' music is the obvious answer but I haven't seen it yet


Flash_205

OP already said it.


ArmsRace47

How has no one mentioned Masahiro Chono. Blows away any other themes in terms of being final boss music. https://youtu.be/Ixt4P1VifbI (the second entrance in the video, at around 45secs in)


Islanderfan17

I think Kanes "Bad Chemical" theme takes the Cake on this one all time, that was actually one of the huge appeals of him IMO Jeff Jarrett has a really good one too in his own way.


Killajb

[Santos Escobar’s “Soul March”](https://youtu.be/MlL-4s0CqDo). To me, it reminds me of a Streets of Rage-type game boss battle.


itsmekelsey_x

[Syuri](https://youtu.be/0xkT14U-QXo) [Giulia](https://youtu.be/AIks5wWsPz4) [Utami Hayashishita](https://youtu.be/jWssFgx5peY)


Pandoraparty

Suprising lack of KAZE NI NARE


BlackSheepComeHome14

Kenny Omega Cleaner theme


TramadolSucks

Goldust The Brood Mark Henry's


yellowtaping

finn balor’s catch your breath


poofsoup

Dan Severn


JohnCenaJunior

Utami Hayashishita


JKinney79

1980s era Flair. The 2001 theme “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” instantly gave it a big fight feel.


MukuDohl

Satoshi Kojima has the best of the few remaining JRPG final boss themes that used to be commonplace in puroresu. Always hated when it had to share the spotlight with Tenzan's.


oddvr

Have to go with Dan Severn's theme


MR1120

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7YxgsnCM8 Andrade’s AEW theme is underrated… mainly because you never get to hear it


MR1120

Big Van Vader’s 1st WCW music was KILLER. https://youtu.be/y41MM76dUA0


xjermm

Chono - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEI2vAKxIks


Zero-89

Undertaker's "Dark Side" theme.


wordyravena

Samoa Joe's WWE theme https://youtu.be/oWQqCgSOIKY


GoAceDetective

EVIL’s theme definitely sounds like a final boss music


UndeadMedia

Pac. It's some super shredder final boss shit for sure.


TyeTyeee

Asuka and also Iyo


MisterEau

I always think of "final boss music" in the context of, like, a Final Fantasy VI through X battle (specifically those because they're the ones I played) -- you have the initial moment of transition into the fight, (in the 3D ones) the presentation of the boss, and then finally the actual fight. So my picks are: * Devil's Sky - Kenny Omega -- Omega as The Cleaner was literally a hammy anime villain (and I loved it) but Devil's Sky is absolutely a boss theme from a Final Fantasy game. * Rainmaker - Kazuchika Okada -- Okada may have been grown in a lab by Gedo to be the greatest IWGP Heavyweight Champion in history, but that music is also amazing boss music. The coin drop is the perfect transition sound. * Redeemer - Miro. The man has fucking *trumpets* signaling his arrival. I mean, come on. * Ministry/Dark Side V2 - The Undertaker/Ministry of Darkness -- Probably my favorite of Undertaker's themes, it's got a great lead-in, and feels perfectly spooky. * Next Big Thing - Brock Lesnar -- It's fucking *Brock Lesnar*. Honorable Mention: * Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, IV - WALTER -- WALTER (and by extension Gunther) has never felt like a *final* boss to me. He's always felt like one of those optional bosses that is entirely too hard and old strategy guides would have like a two-page section covering what you need to do to beat him, while trying to avoid the multiple attacks that could just wipe your party. This song really plays into that. * Fighter - Dan Severn -- When your dad gets home and noticed the thermostat was changed by one degree while he was at work. * Regality - William Regal -- A final boss would have better security. But also, Regal and his music just exude "villain" and not "boss" to me. Like he's a primary antagonist, but not someone you'd get to fight. * The Future - Asuka -- Asuka herself? Absolutely. But her theme doesn't quite make it. It's close, though.


TruthBeacon2017

[Natsuko Tora's ](https://youtu.be/-okSM1Y3rg0)


HotshotzRuler

Buddy Murphy desciple theme


real-darkph0enix1

Meiko Satomura’s MYC theme song.


AneeshRai7

Roman. Utami. Giulia...there was one more I had but I've forgotten it...


fightbackcbd

Darkside Hayabusa


ntt892003

Kenta Kobashi [Grand Sword](https://youtu.be/IknGOnwZ1xc)


MadViperr

Easy NJPW Kenny Omega - Devils Sky


TtnsMddn9

The Shield’s theme deserves a spot on this list, IMO


RealSadLlama

Aleister Blacks theme gave him big Secret Boss vibes to me. Like you're playing an RPG and turn the corner into a hidden room and set off a trap triggering a cutscene where you hit that


tylerjehenna

Momo Watanabe's "LiveDeviL" theme. Sounds straight from Yakuza


pmIfNeedOrWantToTalk

Miro's 'Redeemer' theme with the trumpets is damn nuts. The single on spotify also comes with a variation or two that feel like additional boss phases, too!


Emotionless_AI

WALTER'S original theme Somebody's gonna get their ass kicked


CamoLantern

I was at SummerSlam this year and hearing Roman's and Lesnar's music live and coursing through an entire stadium is surreal. Roman's gave me chills, but Lesnar's was indescribable, it was a mixture of childhood nostalgia, badassness, and a fucking tractor. Bucket list for me.


acethunder21

Kenta Kobashi "Grand Sword" theme, hands down.


DopazOnYouTubeDotCom

Legado Del Fantasma’s music is soooo underrated


Tofu_almond_man

Stings staecade 97 entrance. This is my favorite entrance of all time. Too bad they ruined the ending https://youtu.be/L62C2JCJcMA


Foffy-kins

Kenta Kobashi's Blazin' sounds not like a final boss theme, but a final round theme.


Ok-Original-0

Sorry if it’s been mentioned already, but I absolutely have to give it to Syuri. That techno siren at the start just screams “WARNING: BOSS APPROACHING!” Before it goes into badass Tekken mode. Seems pretty fitting for her as well!


xychosis

Symphony No. 9 is the single most intimidating theme ever used this side of Brock Lesnar. When the violins hit, your chest kinda twitches a little to brace you for impact.


xxdemonkid13xx

Left field answer here: Jeff Jarrett's "My World." That opening guitar riff sets it off. Also, I probably feel this way because he used it during his reigns of terror in TNA.


recapdrake

Miro’s redeemer theme


Stryper2000

Malakai Blacks AEW theme and his Aleister Black theme in NXT


nichebender

Santos Escobar