The Hardys Explain How Their Theme Song ‘Loaded’ Followed Them Across Promotions

Matt and Jeff Hardy have been a tag team for over three decades now and their most iconic theme song remains “Loaded.” The song has been used in various promotions all over the world and now the Hardys have explained how they were able to do that.

While speaking on Not Sam Wrestling, Sam Roberts asked the Hardys about their entrance theme, pointing out how unusual it is in wrestling that the same music followed them across WWE, AEW, and TNA, since it wasn’t a WWE creation. He wondered if that was just good timing and luck.

Jeff Hardy stated that he once heard their theme song on an episode of Ghost Hunters and was amazed, saying it’s popped up on many other shows over the years.

“Yeah, that music is like—every, I remember watching Ghost Hunters and I heard that music and I was like, ‘Oh my god, it’s our music.’ And it’s been on so many other shows I’ve heard over the years.”

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Matt Hardy explained that the reason it’s possible is because the song is actually copyright-free music that can be licensed by anyone. That’s how they were able to use it in AEW and TNA as well, which he thinks is really cool.

Matt went on to say that when they were first getting popular, that was the music tied to them. Before that, they actually had a different fast-paced song for about four or five weeks, though he couldn’t remember the name.

Eventually they switched to what became known as “Loaded,” and it quickly got linked to them, especially after they won the tag team titles and had their big ladder match at No Mercy 1999 against Edge and Christian, which really made their careers take off.

“It’s really cool because that’s like copyright free music that can just be licensed. Yeah. So that’s how that works. We were able to have it in AEW, we’re able to have it in TNA, and it’s really cool that it’s traveled to different promotions with us.

When we first got established and got over, that was our music. We actually started out with different music for probably, I don’t know, four or five weeks—it was some other fast music, I forget the name. But then they ended up going with that, which was ‘Loaded,’ and it really became associated with us once we started getting over and we won the tag team titles and had that tag team ladder match at No Mercy ‘99 against Edge and Christian, which was the match that put us on the map.”

Because of the special way their theme song was licensed, “Loaded” has been able to stay with the Hardys wherever they go. It always brings an extra dose of nostalgia every time they make their entrance, no matter what company they’re in and that’s never changing.

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