7 bands the WWE Universe love because of WWE

#2 Shinedown

Everything but an entrance theme

Another band that found many international fans through WWE, Shinedown was doing pretty well in the U.S before WWE came along. In 2005, WWE would use the band's big hit 'Save Me' as the theme for WWE No Mercy in 2005. They quickly rebounded just five months later when WWE used their follow-up single 'I Dare You' as one of the themes for WrestleMania 22.

WWE would then use several songs from Shinedown's next album, 'The Sound of Madness'. They started first with the album's first single, 'Devour' as the theme for Night of Champions 2008.

They followed up with Shinedown's biggest song, 'Second Chance' being used as the theme for the 2008 Tribute To The Troops special and the third consecutive single from the album, also called 'The Sound of Madness', being used as a highlight video for WrestleMania 25 in 2009. A popular b-side to the album, 'Diamond Eyes', was used as the secondary theme for WrestleMania XXVII, and as WWE Main Event's opening theme from 2012 to 2014.

WWE would also use singles from the band's next album, Amaryllis (Jerry Lawler would struggle saying this). The song 'Adrenaline' would be used for Extreme Rules 2012, and the lead single, 'Cut The Cord', from the following album 'Threat To Survival', would also be used for Hell in A Cell 2015.

Most recently WWE used the song 'Enemies' as the intro theme for RAW from 2016 - 2018.