Pro wrestling star CM Punk has been using Living Colour’s ‘Cult of Personality’ as his entrance theme since 2011. The hard rock tune is a staple on the radio, it’s one most everybody knows.
When Punk was in All Elite Wrestling last year, the song was used.
Now that Punk is back in WWE, it’s still being used.
But what do the royalty payments look like for the band? Singer Corey Glover recently opened up about this during an interview on the Drinks With Johnny podcast.
Watch Punk’s entrance with ‘Cult of Personality’ blaring from the speakers:
Corey Glover Opens Up
Glover said he is a fan of wrestling but it all has to do with CM Punk.
Glover said, “And then to find out that this guy, who went from backyard to the WWE, WWF to back to (AEW) and then back to WWE and the whole time, he never let go of Cult of Personality as his entrance music, and the way he tells it was like, when he was in Little League in the suburbs of Chicago, the team’s entrance music was Cult of Personality. Evidently, they had a very progressive coach and he really dug the song. So he kept it his whole career.”
But what does that money exchange look like? How do they get paid?
Glover explained, and also said that money kept his children happy. Apparently WWE licenses the money for specific periods.
“That kind of stuff keeps my children very happy. How about that? (Glover responded when asked about the business side of Cult of Personality being used by the company CM Punk is with) … Whatever pair of sneakers they want,” he said.
‘There’s a Fat Check for It’
Glover continued, “With the WWE, they license it for a particular point for a particular time… We’re licensing it for WrestleMania, we’re licensing it for Raw for a season. Because Punk is gonna be like the middle card on every place they play for this season and you know, there’s a fat check for it. “
Must be nice.
Glover also said that WWE was once going to create in-house music similar to the song, but Punk insisted on using the real thing.
He said that wherever Punk goes these days, the song goes.
It’s in his contract!
