Ain't nobody realer than Guerrilla.
The Guerrillas of Destiny theme is one of the top themes in all of wrestling, sending a message to opponents and also getting the crowd hype.
Speaking on Tama's Island, producer No Name Tim explained how the theme came together.
Tim began by explaining that he was connected with Tama to do a theme for Tama as a solo act and send him four or five ideas.
"You [Tama] hit me a year, year and a half later and were like, 'What's going on with these other tracks you sent.' 'They are off to a folder on the side if we want to revisit.' If I remember correctly, the title of it was Loyalty. You were like, 'This Loyalty joint, I think it'll be great for me and my brother. I want to debut it at Wrestle Kingdom.' It was the beginning of December when you hit me with that. We had a couple of moving parts and I had to get some other stuff done. Then it was boom, done, and out. The final version that you hear now, instrumentally, is exactly what is was other than me adding the air raid siren. I added that because it needed something to put it over the top. The only thing he asked me for was an intro and hook," recalled Tim.
Tim said he had grand ideas for the track and wanted to call in favors, but the timeframe didn't work out. He did praise Kashis Keyz for his work on the hook.
Tama said, "When we first linked up, I was going solo and my brother came in a year later. The wrestling business is always turning. At the beginning, I gave him my vibe, what I listen to and what I imagined walking out to. The rest of him putting it together. Right before the Wrestle Kingdom entrance, it was the last tour and I was stressing out. Not only did we have to figure it out, but then we have to get it cleared by New Japan and their lawyers. People have to sign stuff and we have to go back and forth. The video that went with the track, we still had to make that. Everything has to be done. There is no laying back and chilling. With New Japan, they want everything in-house and it's hard to bring someone from the outside, especially a foreigner. Getting that, then having things translated. It came to down, we'll give it to New Japan and they can have all rights to it in Japan, but let us have all rights to it in America and everywhere else. It was a bitch to get through. Luckily, we got it through."
Tim said he wanted to put together a theme that immediately connected the audience to the performer and something that stuck and resonated.
Tama Tonga most recently competed at NJPW Resurgence, teaming with Tonga Loa to defeat Jon Moxley & Yuji Nagata. You can find full results from NJPW Resurgence by clicking here.
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