EC3 is a real American and a real-ly gifted singer.
The NWA World Heavyweight Champion was on hand for Karaoke Night at Hogan’s Hangout on Monday. EC3 sang “Real American” to Hulk Hogan, who co-hosts karaoke at his bar.
Check it out for yourself:
US Express
“Real American” was written by Rick Derringer and Bernard Kenny. The song first appeared on the 1985 WWF compilation album The Wrestling Album. Interestingly enough, Hulk Hogan wasn’t even the first wrestler to use it as his theme song.
“Real American” was first used by Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham, aka the ‘US Express’. The song would have stuck if they hadn’t left the company and gone to the NWA. Hogan was using Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” at the time, but Rotunda and Windham’s exit allowed him to pick up their theme and effectively change wrestling history in the process.
WrestleZone spoke with Mike Rotunda and he said the story comes up from time to time, and maybe in hindsight, they should have stayed in the company.
“It comes up every once in a while. I don’t know if everybody was aware of that but Barry and I were young and dumb and we left, and then Hulk ended up getting the song,” Rotunda said. “So it’s just the way stuff works out and sometimes you’re right in making a move and sometimes you’re not. We really should have stayed there and kept going, at least for longer than we did but it was like I said we were young and dumb.
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