WWE may be gearing up for the April 6 kickoff of WrestleMania (its biggest annual spectacle), but they probably couldn’t have predicted they’d be engaged in a social media smackdown ahead of the highly anticipated showing.
Details inside.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)With #WrestleMania season right around the corner, @TheWeeknd becomes the only artist in WWE history to have 5 Official Theme Songs 5 years in a row. “Gasoline” from the album Dawn FM is an Official Theme Song of #WrestleMania XL! pic.twitter.com/pgdulRmvZX
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With the clock ticking toward one of WM’s biggest precursor events (the January 27-airing ‘Royal Rumble’), WWE seized the momentum surrounding the latter to announce the theme song of the former.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Drawing from The Weeknd‘s critically acclaimed fifth studio album, ‘DAWN FM,’ yet again, the sports entertainment organization unveiled ‘Gasoline‘ as the pick for WM’s 40th anniversary (as seen above).
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)The selection follows his hits ‘Blinding Lights,’ ‘Save Your Tears,’ ‘Sacrifice,’ and ‘Less Than Zero’ which were attached to the respective WMs leading up to 2024.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)While some diehard fans of the GRAMMY winner rejoiced at the appointment, others didn’t hesitate to take to Twitter to voice their disappointment.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)See highlights below.
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At the time of this report The Weeknd has not responded to the mixed reaction of the WWE announcement.
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they are definitely getting paid to push this song…