Limp Bizkit Is The Most Important Band In Wrestling History
Jul 15, 2022 3:49:01 GMT
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The use of celebrities in wrestling will see some names making more sense than others. Recent years of success with Bad Bunny, Logan Paul, Shaquille O’Neal, and Johnny Knoxville has put an emphasis on the effort of new celebrities entering wrestling. Previous eras would see names from any field getting a chance with many horrible instances, like Jay Leno wrestling a match in WCW.
Limp Bizkit perfectly represented the better instance of celebrity involvement for the wrestling world, from ECW to WWE. Fred Durst and the other members of the band enjoyed wrestling enough to contribute in many positive ways. There were a few years in a row where the musicians contributed to help as a very popular act. Limp Bizkit deserves to be considered the most important rock band to enter the wrestling world.
Limp Bizkit Helps The Wrestling Product
Many celebrities enter the wrestling world believing they just need to show themselves and their fame will lead to success. Limp Bizkit had the opposite approach of wanting to have a hands-on scenario to help the product in any way they could. Everyone remembers their WWE tie in, but the rock band also worked with ECW in a fun manner.
Heel wrestler Steve Corino interrupted an actual Limp Bizkit concert, going face to face with lead singer Fred Durst. Limp Bizkit was one of the hottest music acts at the time and their fans were hardcore, so Corino got a lot of heat, as if it were a wrestling show. Durst helped face wrestlers Balls Mahoney, Axl Rotten and New Jack hit Corino with chair shots in a filmed segment ECW aired multiple times.
The biggest way Limp Bizkit helped a wrestling product has to be the epic WrestleMania 17 video package for The Rock vs Steve Austin. “My Way” was the song used for the all-time great montage of Rock and Austin selling their iconic match. An argument can be made that this was the biggest match WWE ever booked, and Limp Bizkit’s music added to the video package still loved decades later.
Limp Bizkit Is WWE’s Favorite Band
Fred Durst was a wrestling fan who was not shy about mentioning his love for that world during the wrestling boom of the Attitude Era. WWE worked with Limp Bizkit so often that they earned the nickname of “WWE’s favorite band” before their performances. The Undertaker getting the rights to the "Rollin’" song by Limp Bizkit for his entrance music added a lot to the new American Badass persona.
WWE may have had their peak of the Limp Bizkit relationship come at WrestleMania 19 when they performed twice. The term “WWE’s favorite band” was first used when Limp Bizkit performed “Rollin’” for The Undertaker’s entrance before he defeated Big Show and A-Train. A funny twist was that Undertaker had already changed his entrance theme by this point, but everyone felt it was still fitting.
Limp Bizkit performed again that night when giving a rendition of their newer song “Crack Addict” following the classic Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho match. Between this night and the WrestleMania 17 video package, Limp Bizkit left their impact on arguably the two greatest WM events. WWE was not lying about calling them a favorite band given their impact at the time.
Limp Bizkit's Fun And Overlooked Moments
The funny thing about Limp Bizkit’s history in wrestling is that there are even some fun things that the average fan doesn’t know about. Fred Durst became an unlockable character in a couple of WWE video games. Jerry Lynn, Rhyno, and Durst were the three names fans could unlock in the popular SmackDown! Just Bring It game on PS2. The WWE Raw game on XBOX also received Durst as a character making an entrance to “Rollin’” on his motorcycle.
Limp Bizkit’s last time being referenced in WWE actually came years later at SummerSlam 2012. WWE cameras showed Durst in the crowd, who flipped off the camera in a joking manner. Rumors indicated that WWE was unhappy as they took the cameras off him as soon as possible. Another more recent thing that WWE likely disliked featured AEW's involvement with Durst.
Sonny Kiss performed “Full Nelson” with Durst as Jon Silver did wrestling moves on Chuck Taylor in the background. The unexpected funny mixing of worlds saw wrestling fans happy to see Limp Bizkit involved with the scene again. Even with some things WWE may not like, Durst and the rest of the band deserves a Hall of Fame induction more than most other celebrities. Limp Bizkit were the most important band in wrestling history and should always be viewed as wrestling’s favorite band.
The use of celebrities in wrestling will see some names making more sense than others. Recent years of success with Bad Bunny, Logan Paul, Shaquille O’Neal, and Johnny Knoxville has put an emphasis on the effort of new celebrities entering wrestling. Previous eras would see names from any field getting a chance with many horrible instances, like Jay Leno wrestling a match in WCW.
Limp Bizkit perfectly represented the better instance of celebrity involvement for the wrestling world, from ECW to WWE. Fred Durst and the other members of the band enjoyed wrestling enough to contribute in many positive ways. There were a few years in a row where the musicians contributed to help as a very popular act. Limp Bizkit deserves to be considered the most important rock band to enter the wrestling world.
Limp Bizkit Helps The Wrestling Product
Many celebrities enter the wrestling world believing they just need to show themselves and their fame will lead to success. Limp Bizkit had the opposite approach of wanting to have a hands-on scenario to help the product in any way they could. Everyone remembers their WWE tie in, but the rock band also worked with ECW in a fun manner.
Heel wrestler Steve Corino interrupted an actual Limp Bizkit concert, going face to face with lead singer Fred Durst. Limp Bizkit was one of the hottest music acts at the time and their fans were hardcore, so Corino got a lot of heat, as if it were a wrestling show. Durst helped face wrestlers Balls Mahoney, Axl Rotten and New Jack hit Corino with chair shots in a filmed segment ECW aired multiple times.
The biggest way Limp Bizkit helped a wrestling product has to be the epic WrestleMania 17 video package for The Rock vs Steve Austin. “My Way” was the song used for the all-time great montage of Rock and Austin selling their iconic match. An argument can be made that this was the biggest match WWE ever booked, and Limp Bizkit’s music added to the video package still loved decades later.
Limp Bizkit Is WWE’s Favorite Band
Fred Durst was a wrestling fan who was not shy about mentioning his love for that world during the wrestling boom of the Attitude Era. WWE worked with Limp Bizkit so often that they earned the nickname of “WWE’s favorite band” before their performances. The Undertaker getting the rights to the "Rollin’" song by Limp Bizkit for his entrance music added a lot to the new American Badass persona.
WWE may have had their peak of the Limp Bizkit relationship come at WrestleMania 19 when they performed twice. The term “WWE’s favorite band” was first used when Limp Bizkit performed “Rollin’” for The Undertaker’s entrance before he defeated Big Show and A-Train. A funny twist was that Undertaker had already changed his entrance theme by this point, but everyone felt it was still fitting.
Limp Bizkit performed again that night when giving a rendition of their newer song “Crack Addict” following the classic Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho match. Between this night and the WrestleMania 17 video package, Limp Bizkit left their impact on arguably the two greatest WM events. WWE was not lying about calling them a favorite band given their impact at the time.
Limp Bizkit's Fun And Overlooked Moments
The funny thing about Limp Bizkit’s history in wrestling is that there are even some fun things that the average fan doesn’t know about. Fred Durst became an unlockable character in a couple of WWE video games. Jerry Lynn, Rhyno, and Durst were the three names fans could unlock in the popular SmackDown! Just Bring It game on PS2. The WWE Raw game on XBOX also received Durst as a character making an entrance to “Rollin’” on his motorcycle.
Limp Bizkit’s last time being referenced in WWE actually came years later at SummerSlam 2012. WWE cameras showed Durst in the crowd, who flipped off the camera in a joking manner. Rumors indicated that WWE was unhappy as they took the cameras off him as soon as possible. Another more recent thing that WWE likely disliked featured AEW's involvement with Durst.
Sonny Kiss performed “Full Nelson” with Durst as Jon Silver did wrestling moves on Chuck Taylor in the background. The unexpected funny mixing of worlds saw wrestling fans happy to see Limp Bizkit involved with the scene again. Even with some things WWE may not like, Durst and the rest of the band deserves a Hall of Fame induction more than most other celebrities. Limp Bizkit were the most important band in wrestling history and should always be viewed as wrestling’s favorite band.
