Wednesday 20 December 2017

"Africa" (originally by Toto)



Theme music used by the tag team of YO-HEY and HAYATA.

While Noah does not (and never has had) an in-house music department, wrestlers are allowed to use theme music that they like of which there either aren't too many copyright issues with, or find a cover of if there are. Due to the copyright issues, YO-HEY and HAYATA use a cover version of "Africa" by Toto.
A seemingly strange choice to use at first as it has no links to boasting about being great, being good at fighting, do not mess with me etc, it comes from their group name "RATELS", which is the Latin name for badger. In their case it is the Honey Badger, a small creature with a ferocious defence when in a fight. This type of badger is not native to Japan, but rather to Africa, which is a subtle tribute to their stable "RATELS".


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