Fight Song: John Cena and 11 More WWE Stars Who Sing

By JC Villamere. 4 Jun 2020 9:10 AM

We don’t have to tell you that this is the fifteenth anniversary of WWE star John Cena’s debut record, ‘You Can’t See Me’. Like ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ and ‘OK Computer’, some records are so epic that we celebrate their birthdays. Word on the street would be rife with nostalgic discussion of the impact of Cena’s music on art and culture, except the pandemic means that there is little to no discussion because there is little to no public. So here we are, ready to safely celebrate Cena’s singing with a big up to all the wrestlers over the years who have left the ring to sing.

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John Cena
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The face of the WWE was once the voice of an album and that album was a full-length hip-hop outing. Believe it or not, ‘You Can't See Me’ actually put the stranglehold on the charts. The album debuted at No. 15, selling 40,000 copies in its first week. In all, the album would go on to sell more than 1.3 million copies worldwide, according to Film Bug. That's Cena pictured on the left, in the oily headlock of Hulk Hogan.
Hulk Hogan
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Born Terry Gene Bollea, the Hulkinator was the most famous wrestler of the ‘80s. He’s still immensely popular today. You’ve probably seen footage and photos of him in the ring. That’s why we thought we'd show you this picture from 1987 instead. That’s the Hulk on the left, that dude in the middle is Trump, and then there’s Andre the Giant. Man, we wish that guy had dropped a disc. Instead, we have 1995’s ‘Hulk Rules’, which was a massive, massive hit but only among a very small group of absolutely diehard Hulkamaniacs.
Lita
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The Luchagors were an Atlanta, Georgia, punk band in the mid-‘00s fronted by Amy Dumas. They made their live performance debut at a local rock n' wrestling event, Rock -N- Shock, in the fall of ’06 and released their self-titled debut the following year and Amy Dumas is actually Lita. Did you catch that? Lita. We said Amy Dumas, lead singer of the Luchagors, is Lita of WWE fame and also of the WWE Hall of Fame.
Roddy Piper
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The late, great Canadian released the single “I’m Your Man” in 1992. Note: although the titles are the same, lyrically and thematically, Piper’s track differs greatly from fellow late, great Canadian Leonard Cohen’s classic, “I’m Your Man”. Piper also collab'd with Toronto’s Queen Street Band in 2014 on “Off the Top Rope”. Here's a pic of Piper (left) with Jesse Ventura.
Jesse Ventura
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He’s a singer, he’s an actor, he’s a wrestler. A triple threat! And how very threatening he is! The Minneapolis-born performer appeared alongside fellow strongman Arnold Schwarzenegger in movies like “Predator” and “The Running Man”. In 1984, Ventura released “The Body Rules” song, which had everyone grooving to feel-good lyrics like, “I will split your head, Jack/I am the baddest mother walking the streets”. This was, of course, prior to Ventura achieving the vaunted quadruple threat status when he added ‘politician’ to his rap sheet. In 1999, he stunned us with a win in the Minnesota gubernatorial race. As far as we know, he is the only former Rolling Stones bodyguard to hold office.
Randy Savage
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First off, Randy Savage is a great wrestler name as-is. But when you layer on the ‘Macho Man’ nickname, you’re left with Macho Man Randy Savage. Now you have a moniker that can take you from the wrestling ring to the disco. We tip our hat to you for that but we keep our hat firmly head-bound in response to ‘Be a Man’, your critically derided 2003 hip-hop record. But we tip our hat to your hat in this 1994 photo.
Michael “P.S.” Hayes
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He, too, tips his hat, good sir. He’s a would-be glam rocker and you can tell because the “P.S.” stands for "Purely Sexy”. This is the man behind 1987’s “Off the Streets.” Vibe-wise, it features a cover of Thin Lizzy’s “Boys Are Back in Town” so we’re looking at a pretty straight-ahead rock record here.
Mickie James
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Well, she’s pictured here at the CMT Music Awards so there’s a sign of success! The Virginia native took up the violin as a child. Then she claimed five WWE Women’s titles, a WWE Divas championship, and three TNA Knockouts championships before releasing her debut album, Strangers and Angels, in 2010. She followed it up with 2013’s Somebody’s Gonna Pay.
Chris Jericho
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He calls himself the ‘Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla’ and we’re, like, “But are you, though? Weren’t you the first contestant eliminated on “Celebrity Duets”, which was eventually won by Alfonso Ribeiro?” He looks the rock star part here performing with his band Fozzy at the Golden God Awards in 2011. He uses the stage name Mongoose McQueen when he’s with the band but for the WWE, where nicknames are almost a requirement, he has none. Anyway, ol’ Mongoose over here is just crankin’ out the records. There are six in total, from Fozzy’s self-titled 2000 debut to 2017’s Judas.
Terry Funk
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This guy is legendary for his (retirement-sprinkled) 50-year career. He is less legendary for his 1984 album, Great Texan. With that hat and that title, you’d think it would maybe be a country album. But no. It’s a dance-pop situation. It’s an acquired taste. It’s not for everyone. Or as Funk himself says in his 2013 autobiography, “All the songs on that album had one thing in common—they all sucked.”
Zack Ryder
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Ryder's signature move was the Rough Ryder and his signature song, um, is 2012’s “Hoeski”. You know the one. It goes, “You ever meet a girl and think to yourself / She's the one / But as time goes on you realize / She ain’t nothing but a hoeski”. There are hidden meanings here that we may never comprehend, friends. Just relax and enjoy the Ryder.
The Rock
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Nobody does it better. Former CFL player Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made his WWE debut back in 1996. He was a record-breaking world champion within five years. He was featured in Wyclef Jean's 2000 single "It Doesn't Matter" and appeared in the video, which is so random. But have you heard him sing “You’re Welcome” from the 2016 Disney musical “Moana”? He voices the lead character, demigod Maui, and he kills the singing role gently with the People’s Elbow.

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