Heidenreich Credits Paul Heyman With Changing His Entrance Music, Talks March To the Ring

Heidenreich says that the change to his entrance theme came from Paul Heyman and that he owes Heyman “big” for it. Heidenreich’s theme song was “Dangerous Politics” and featured Heyman and Heidenreich’s voice saying his name. But the original version was much more generic and didn’t include any lyrics (such that saying “HEI-DEN-REICH” counts as lyrics). The WWE alumnus would march his way down to the ring for his matches, which became a signature for him.

Heidenreich was asked about his entrance during his appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet. He credited Heyman for changing up the entrance music and said that the march was just a case of him “goofing around” that stuck. You can see highlights below

On His Entrance Theme:

“That was tremendous. I’m pretty sure Paul Heyman went and changed my original music. I think he said we’re getting rid of this, we’re gonna do something. So I owe him a big thank you, because he went and made that happen.”

On Heyman’s Voice Being On It:

“Yeah, it’s mine and his. Vince said I love your name, so maybe with that he could go in there and do that, and say we got to get some better music. I think any repetition that’s just going to get in people’s head. Because my name is a long name, and a lot of people never could pronounce it, but when it’s going “Hei-Den-Reich”, it makes it real simple.”

On the Idea Behind The March:

“That was just goofing around? I think I was thinking like the dwarfs. ‘Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to work…’ Because I would always do goofy stuff. That’s why I got nicknamed Looney Tunes by The Undertaker and JBL, which I thought was cool. I like Looney Tunes. I say crazy stuff. Michael Cole, and Taz would be like he’s doing his own color commentary in the match, he’s calling his own moves or stuff, he’d be talking to himself. I forget what they do, but I’d be saying something, they’d play with it.”