WWE apparently kicked around the idea of giving The 946 something you don’t hear very often on WWE television — a real mainstream song for their entrance. The idea never got far enough for WWE’s lawyers to start working on it, but it might not be completely dead either.
Speaking on WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select, Joey Votes revealed that WWE discussed giving The 946 its own commercially licensed entrance song. The idea was to find something that immediately matched the faction’s street-culture presentation and gave their entrance a bigger impact.
“We’re told there was an idea floated that would have seen the 946 receive its own entrance theme, specifically a licensed mainstream song, with the goal of creating an immediate impact for the group resonating around, quote, street culture.”
However, WWE apparently never got particularly far with the idea. According to Joey Votes, the concept didn’t even reach the company’s legal department before it was put aside.
“However, we’re told that idea never made it as far as the legal department and has been tabled for the time being. There have been some indications that this idea WWE could revisit down the line if they so choose, but nothing as of now.”
The conversation naturally turned into figuring out what kind of music could actually work for The 946. TC threw out names such as Tupac and Snoop Dogg, but those were simply his own suggestions and not artists WWE was reported to have approached.
There was also another interesting problem raised during the discussion. A recognizable mainstream song could give The 946 exactly the kind of huge entrance WWE was apparently looking for, but it could also make the group even cooler to fans at a time when they’re supposed to be heels.
For now, The 946 won’t be walking out to some huge licensed track, but the idea getting discussed at all shows WWE has been thinking about ways to make the faction’s presentation feel different. Since the concept has only been shelved rather than completely killed, that entrance could still get a major upgrade somewhere down the road.
What mainstream song do you think would actually fit The 946 without making them impossible to boo? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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