: Due to licensing issues with Kid Rock and/or Metallica, WWE has historically scrubbed this song from historical footage on the WWE Network/Peacock , typically replacing it with Jim Johnston’s "You're Gonna Pay" . Performance & Impact
The Undertaker ’s theme song (officially titled "American Bad Ass" ) was performed by Kid Rock and served as the entrance music for his biker persona between May 2000 and December 2000. Theme Highlights
: The track was released on Kid Rock's The History of Rock album and heavily samples the instrumental structure of Metallica's "Sad but True" .
: The song debuted at Judgment Day 2000 during the Iron Man match between The Rock and Triple H, marking the end of the "Deadman" era and the start of the biker gimmick.
: The "uncensored" versions often found on platforms like YouTube or fan-made SoundCloud remakes include Kid Rock's original lyrics, which were frequently cleaned up or shortened for WWE television broadcasts.