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: m6 Z0 x: M6 [: v; xAlice Cooper accompanied Jake "The Snake" Roberts to the ring for his match at WrestleMania III.
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The "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin famously performed "America the Beautiful" in front of more than 90,000 fans at WrestleMania III inside the Pontiac Silverdome.( |) z5 D- _' I! N0 b
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" o& S0 j4 ^! U; z" W1 b xAshanti welcomed the Safeco Field crowd of more than 50,000 people by opening WrestleMania XIX with "America the Beautiful."
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2 j5 w0 u2 k' R1 u* c, V WPhiladelphia's own Boyz II Men harmonized on "America the Beautiful" to start WrestleMania XV.
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Cyndi Lauper, one of the cornerstones of the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection, embraces the stars of the first WrestleMania.# y4 J2 {* N! [' M
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# U& y- G0 E) {: K3 \& kLauper celebrates with Wendi Richter.
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3 G; E" d% B6 qRichter and Lauper returned to WWE appearing on Raw in 2012.3 j z8 H# _1 \
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New Kids on the Block's Donnie Wahlberg ring announced the WWE Championship Match between Lex Luger and Yokozuna at Madison Square Garden's WrestleMania X. Mr. Perfect wore a unique referee uniform.
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Drowning Pool performed two songs at WrestleMania X8 in Toronto, including the theme song "Tear Away."
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) T: n: ?' [, N5 cDrowning Pool also played Triple H's theme song, "The Game," as he approached the ring for his main event match against Chris Jericho.
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American Idol and Grammy winner Fantasia Barrino sang "America the Beautiful" to start WrestleMania XXVI in Arizona.
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Flavor Flav memorably guest hosted Raw in May 2010.7 E. e- _" g9 W9 |
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2 O( O! L4 U; GIce-T accompanied The Godfather and D'Lo Brown to the ring for their opening tag team contest at WrestleMania 2000 against The Big Boss Man and Bull Buchanan.
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0 n9 k0 n/ O+ i0 M$ ` GJohn Legend officially began WrestleMania XXIV in Orlando, Fla.'s Citrus Bowl.
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2 g2 A6 R, C; t( w5 OR&B vocalist Keri Hilson opened WrestleMania XXVII in the Georgia Dome by performing "America the Beautiful" in front of more than 70,000 fans.
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At The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania, Kid Rock performed a medley of his most popular songs, including "So Hott," which played the Divas to the ring for the Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal.# B% ?+ Y2 @3 g
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6 c5 ^. Y8 D5 lFred Durst and his band Limp Bizkit performed two songs at WrestleMania XIX, including "Rollin' " for The Undertaker's entrance.# i- v+ l1 t0 }: E- C4 K
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Legendary crooner Little Richard opened WrestleMania X at Madison Square Garden with "America the Beautiful."/ `( f5 o: z8 r, t% A& Q
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' ~$ F# Q; `9 n ^Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams opened WrestleMania 22 in the Chicago area with "America the Beautiful." u; H5 R" P; E# s; Y4 u' n) ~
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# p1 z8 y8 y& K) c7 X- i- QMötley Crüe made appearances on both Raw and Sunday Night Heat in 1998.- P: D# o5 }4 c
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' T' O1 F* e9 Q+ p: y( @. BMötley Crüe poses with WWE Superstars including Scotty 2 Hotty, X-Pac and Hardcore Holly.5 M! N- L( e, r5 P! f
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The legendary Lemmy and his band Motörhead played Triple H to the ring with his theme song at two WrestleManias.9 `" h& L; e! _5 n- c
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! A1 P2 ?! z4 L9 v) tMya appeared on Raw in 2011 to sing "Happy Birthday" to The Rock.
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' j1 z% m( \% F1 K/ V; g {) oNicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls sang "America the Beautiful" in Houston at The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania.
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2 v& V- T9 f0 `9 [9 Y4 y8 n0 H5 TThe legendary Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath accompanied The British Bulldogs to the ring at WrestleMania 2, and returned to WWE by hosting Raw with his wife Sharon in November 2009.
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( S5 f1 w' ~, K0 g/ I4 t- kPitbull rocked out with the Miami Heat's dancers at The Rock's birthday party on Raw in 2011.
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Iconic crooner Ray Charles sang "America the Beautiful" at the Long Island, N.Y., portion of WrestleMania 2.
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, H+ |+ I0 R0 q9 ~2 URobert Goulet sang "O Canada" to begin WrestleMania VI at Toronto's Skydome. Goulet.
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/ _/ p: x- C& W, [" v4 ?- }Run-DMC traveled from Hollis, Queens, N.Y., down to Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, N.J., to peform a "WrestleMania Rap" at WrestleMania V.% `+ \3 ~" X5 i$ \" ^0 e! ^
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The rock band Saliva performed two songs at WrestleMania X8 in Toronto, including the event's theme song, "Superstar."
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0 @6 ~3 A3 @1 R' I) r5 x$ iSaliva also played The Dudley Boyz's theme song "Turn the Tables" at WrestleMania X8.
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Salt-N-Pepa sang their hit "Whatta Man" in honor of main event competitor and New York Giant Lawrence Taylor at WrestleMania XI.
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Snoop Dogg has appeared on WWE programming on several occasions, including nailing Santino Marella with a big clothesline.7 m. S$ w% x. y# Y* H3 Y% d- R8 x
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Timbaland guest hosted a December edition of Raw to close out 2009.
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- C2 Q7 ~0 _" m. P2 eJimmy Garvin, Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes of The Fabulous Freebirds pioneered the use of rock music as wrestling theme songs.% P7 V5 s. t4 q: q
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Big Daddy Dink and Diamond Dallas Page joined Hayes and Garvin as members of the Freebirds.
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