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RAW theme song? Mar 1, 2008 23:59:28 GMT -5

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Post by Iron Man on Mar 1, 2008 23:59:28 GMT -5

Ok, well on WWE 24/7 they show the Monday Night Wars, right now in 1997. Anyway when I watch RAW on 24/7 I see this opener,

which I always thought was correct, but I just bought RAW 1997 season set and the opener has a different song and it is that The beautiful people" by marilyn manson that WWF used in 2001 for Smackdown.

So was wondering why they changed in on WWE 24/7 and how long did they keep the Beautiful People theme for RAW?

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RAW theme song? Mar 2, 2008 1:33:42 GMT -5

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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Mar 2, 2008 1:33:42 GMT -5

"The Beautiful People" was the original theme of "Raw Is War" beginning in 1997, but it was only used for maybe a month (or thereabouts) before they switched to the "Thorn In Your Eye" theme.

If they dubbed over Marilyn Manson on WWE 24/7 for episodes that should have had that theme, it's probably a rights issue. Their rights to use that song may have either expired, or didn't include on-demand programming, or else they might continue on a pay-per-use basis and WWE just wanted to cut costs by dubbing it over. There could be many reasons they did it.