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Ropes N Riffs - Wrestling Entrance Themes, Wrestling and Music Stories

About The Host:
John Kiernan is a wrestling entrance theme song composer with over 150 themes written for wrestlers in various promotions such as NJPW, WWE, ROH, MLW, and many more. As a professional musician, a veteran in the podcasting space, an avid pro wrestling fan and wrestling personality by ...

Recent Episodes

Duke Hanson on His Entrance Themes Over The Years, His Downstait Theme Brand New Duke, Chase U
Feb. 27, 2026

Duke Hanson on His Entrance Themes Over The Years, His Downstait Them…

Brendan Vink to Duke Hudson in Chase U in NXT to Duke Hanson, Australia's own has had some awesome entrance themes over the years. The man once known as Elliot Sexton talks to me about how music has impacted his life, working...

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Joe Altier on Being The Voice of The Big Show Entrance Theme in WWE and AEW, Brand New Sin, Triple H Watching Him Perform
Jan. 29, 2026

Joe Altier on Being The Voice of The Big Show Entrance Theme in WWE a…

You just heard him on My Shadow Knows Tommaso Ciampa AEW Entrance Theme , you've heard him for years on The Big Show entrance theme Crank It Up and Paul Wight's AEW theme, and you've probably even heard his amazing covers of ...

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Shaman's Harvest Nathan Hunt on Drew McIntyre Broken Dreams, Jim Johnston, The Music Industry
Jan. 10, 2026

Shaman's Harvest Nathan Hunt on Drew McIntyre Broken Dreams, Jim John…

Drew McIntyre Broken Dreams. You hear those words and you immediately think of one of WWE's most iconic themes of all time. Now you get to hear the full story behind the theme with the band behind the music. Shaman's Harvest ...

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Ken Anderson on His WWE Entrance Themes, Working with Dale Oliver in TNA, Aces and Eights Theme
Jan. 1, 2026

Ken Anderson on His WWE Entrance Themes, Working with Dale Oliver in …

Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Anderson, Ken Anderson. You know him by many names. Whatever you know him by, he's a great dude with some awesome stories about wrestling, his awesome entrance themes in his time in WWE and TNA, and his favor...

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The Ex-Bombers on Writing Jim Cornette's Podcast Theme, Jeremiah Plunkett's Theme, Creativity
Dec. 23, 2025

The Ex-Bombers on Writing Jim Cornette's Podcast Theme, Jeremiah Plun…

Hi everyone! My guests on today's episode are the unbelievably creative and spiffing chaps in The Ex-Bombers! You may know some of their work from their work on The Jim Cornette Experience's theme, as well as Jeremiah Plunket...

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Shinsuke Nakamura Theme Violinist Earl Maneein on Recording the The Rising Sun, Working with CFO$
Dec. 8, 2025

Shinsuke Nakamura Theme Violinist Earl Maneein on Recording the The R…

Shinsuke Nakamura's theme, The Rising Sun. One of wrestling's most iconic modern themes in WWE. In 2016, I recorded a cover of The Rising Sun on guitar (before I ever got into writing entrance themes) and it connected me with...

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