Post by The Curmudgeon on Apr 12, 2013 0:52:24 GMT 2
I try and keep the wrestling related posts to a minimum here, but God damn if this hasn't spilled out from the squared circle and into internet lore in the last four days. You may well have heard of this already, because it's made it into newspapers (in the UK, absolutely unheard of in the past), crossed over into other sports and now looks set to hit the music charts as well. And it's all because of this man..
That would be Fandango, a guy who's hung around WWE for years as lower-card wrestler Johnny Curtis. Now repackaged as a dancing sensation, he turned what should have been a silly, gone in a month gimmick into an overnight word of mouth phenomenon. And he's only been in one match.
Before we go further, take a listen to Fandango's theme music, because that's pretty much what the entire craze is all about.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHIacNK7oGw
Story is this; Fandango, a conceited, weird, soft spoken dancer would NOT debut if the ring announcer pronounced his name wrong ("It's... FAAAN..DAAAN..GOOO") and would then flounce off backstage refusing to fight. This went on for a few weeks. Popular good guy Chris Jericho makes fun of Fandango and ridicules his name. Fandango snaps, attacking and destroying Jericho in the middle of the ring. Cue a Wrestlemania debut match, which Fandango surprisingly wins.
Anyway, on the next nights Monday Night Raw, it's the audience that are quickly becoming the stars of the show. During a match with two other guys, the crowd start doing all kinds of crazy stuff; Mexican waves, chanting for the announce team, the ring announcer, Macho Man Randy Savage and the guy selling ice cream. It's nuts, but hilarious. Fandango comes out next, and during his second ever match the crowd start singing his theme music, like, almost the whole crowd singing his music DURING the match.
Match ends, and during the next match featuring entirely different people the crowd are STILL singing it.
The show ends, the camera's switch off.. and they are STILL singing it. There are videos online of crowds leaving the arena singing it.. on the train home singing it. And that's when shit gets viral, with online videos not even related to wrestling featuring this fucking theme song. It hits the UK newspapers, and an online campaign is made to make history as the only theme song from a wrestler to hit the UK charts. He's currently at number 11, outselling Taylor Swift.
Insanity. Mrs C heard the crowd at a British football game on TV singing the Fandango music, and there were reports that the music was heard at baseball and basketball games as well.
So if this continues to spread and you no doubt come across that oh-so catchy music and wonder what the hell it is, just remember the name.. Fandango. Make sure you pronounce it correctly, though.
That would be Fandango, a guy who's hung around WWE for years as lower-card wrestler Johnny Curtis. Now repackaged as a dancing sensation, he turned what should have been a silly, gone in a month gimmick into an overnight word of mouth phenomenon. And he's only been in one match.
Before we go further, take a listen to Fandango's theme music, because that's pretty much what the entire craze is all about.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHIacNK7oGw
Story is this; Fandango, a conceited, weird, soft spoken dancer would NOT debut if the ring announcer pronounced his name wrong ("It's... FAAAN..DAAAN..GOOO") and would then flounce off backstage refusing to fight. This went on for a few weeks. Popular good guy Chris Jericho makes fun of Fandango and ridicules his name. Fandango snaps, attacking and destroying Jericho in the middle of the ring. Cue a Wrestlemania debut match, which Fandango surprisingly wins.
Anyway, on the next nights Monday Night Raw, it's the audience that are quickly becoming the stars of the show. During a match with two other guys, the crowd start doing all kinds of crazy stuff; Mexican waves, chanting for the announce team, the ring announcer, Macho Man Randy Savage and the guy selling ice cream. It's nuts, but hilarious. Fandango comes out next, and during his second ever match the crowd start singing his theme music, like, almost the whole crowd singing his music DURING the match.
Match ends, and during the next match featuring entirely different people the crowd are STILL singing it.
The show ends, the camera's switch off.. and they are STILL singing it. There are videos online of crowds leaving the arena singing it.. on the train home singing it. And that's when shit gets viral, with online videos not even related to wrestling featuring this fucking theme song. It hits the UK newspapers, and an online campaign is made to make history as the only theme song from a wrestler to hit the UK charts. He's currently at number 11, outselling Taylor Swift.
Insanity. Mrs C heard the crowd at a British football game on TV singing the Fandango music, and there were reports that the music was heard at baseball and basketball games as well.
So if this continues to spread and you no doubt come across that oh-so catchy music and wonder what the hell it is, just remember the name.. Fandango. Make sure you pronounce it correctly, though.
