Yeah, that was his favorite part, he was like, ‘I love that they mention Larry Steve.’ And I was like, really, that’s what you took from it? But it’s just so funny and really cool. And immediately, because they used the name ‘Alexa Bliss,’ I had to contact Vince and legal and be like, ‘Hey, is this OK?’ And Vince was all for it, he thought it was super cute.
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“These jerseys in his house that he has hung up say ‘Von Erich’ on the back,” Bliss told us of Reddick’s collection.įor the uninitiated, the crossover and love affair between rock music and professional wrestling has existed way before and extends way beyond this (continuing below) story, but the Bowling-Bliss collaboration is one of a kind.Īlso Read: WWE Tag Team Champion Montez Ford Tells Us if We'd 'Want the Smoke'īack to it: “I was like, how many people in their lifetime grow up idolizing a band then eventually, 1) meeting them, 2) getting a song written about them, and 3) being in a music video?” Bliss told us. (Side sidebar: Von Erich was not the actual surname of the Von Erichs - their real last name is Adkisson.) Sidebar: How big of an old-school pro-wrestling fan is Bowling for Soup frontman Jaret Reddick? His original musical stage name was actually Jaret Von Erich, an homage to the famous wrestling family The Von Erichs. And I remember, it was on my birthday, he texted me saying, ‘Hey, this is a project we’ve been working on for a while, but since it’s your birthday, I’m going to let you know.’ And he sent me the demo of the song. And Jaret - the lead singer - caught wind of that and was like, ‘Oh, that’s so cool.’ And he’s a big wrestling fan, he loves the Von Erichs, the Freebirds, he loves WWE. And then I did an interview with ‘WWE2K’ at their release party at SummerSlam a few years ago and I mentioned that Bowling for Soup was my favorite band.
I don’t know why, I’ve just always loved them. They were my end-all, be-all favorite band. I used to listen to them every morning before getting ready for middle school, for high school.
“I remember I saw them at the Ohio State Fair for the first time and ever since then, I’ve loved Bowling for Soup.
“They’ve been my favorite band since I was maybe, like, 10 or 11,” Bliss began. Also Read: NXT Champion Adam Cole Has the Best Story About His First WWE Gig (Video)