8 Backstage Stories Fans Should Know About WWE Music

For as long as fans can remember, music has been an integral part of wrestling. Some fans remember wrestlers not with their name but their entrance theme. Most WWE Superstars get their custom theme song made by music producers that work with the company. But it has never been that easy to create an iconic theme song that fits a wrestler's character.

If a theme song doesn't match with a Superstar's persona, fans are not going to remember them most likely. Over the years, many stories have come out regarding WWE music that fans would like to know. The following are a few popular musical tales involving WWE.

8 Jim Johnston Never Liked Wrestling

The legendary composer Jim Johnston created many iconic theme songs for some of the biggest wrestlers of all time. From The Undertaker's "Rest In Peace" to Shawn Michaels' "Sexy Boy", Johnston was perhaps the best music composer fans have ever seen.

But even after creating theme songs for many decades, Jim never liked wrestling. He was into music, he understood wrestlers' characters but he never became a WWE fan.

7 Sour Relationship With Vince McMahon Led To His Release

Vince McMahon met Jim Johnston after Brian Penry, who worked as an art director at that time, told him that McMahon was looking for someone to compose music for cable television. It was 1985 and for the next 32 years, Jim worked for Vince.

But during the final few years of his tenure, his relationship with Vince got worse. Johnston was unhappy with how things were going on in the company's music department and it led to his departure eventually.

6 How The Undertaker's Theme Song Was Created

The Undertaker had the most iconic theme song in WWE history. It matched with his gimmick and every wrestling fan feels nostalgia when the bell rings.

Johnston once told the story about The Undertaker's theme song and how he composed it. He revealed his initial struggle when WWE just asked to compose a song for a dead guy. The original composition was just a piano. But when it didn't work out, he added other elements to it as well.

5 Stone Cold Steve Austin Personally Came To Thank Jim Johnston

Stone Cold Steve Austin was the most popular star in the Attitude Era. Everyone knew what came after the glass shattering sound and that too was a creation of Johnston. It took only 20 minutes for Jim to figure out what Austin's theme song really needed.

The Texas Rattlesnake was very pleased by Johnston's work and, according to the music composer, Steve was one of the only few people who personally thanked him for creating such a wonderful theme song.

4 WWE Fired The CFO$ To Hire Them Full-Time

After Jim Johnston, the musical duo of John Alicastro and Michael Lauri took over WWE music, also known as CFO$. These two created many great theme songs and mixed some old ones as well.

In 2019, CFO$ was dropped by WWE, but the company wanted to hire them as in-house composers. John and Michael had issues with their publisher who reportedly denied them a major portion of their money. When CFO$ and WWE tried to sign an agreement, their publisher denied and since then these two haven't worked for WWE. Last year, CFO$ officially broke up as well.

3 CFO$ Deal Led To Keith Lee's Theme Song Getting Changed

A lot of fans were upset when Keith Lee debuted on Raw with a different theme song. In NXT, Lee's theme song was "Limitless," but on the main roster, he debuted with different entrance music.

Reportedly, this change happened because CFO$ had signed a terrible deal with their former publishing company. This forced WWE to change the theme songs of many wrestlers. Last year, many Superstars rejected the suggestion to change their theme song, but Lee was one of those that apparently agreed.

2 Remixed Kurt Angle's Theme Song To Get Rid Of "You Suck" Chants

Kurt Angle had one of the most iconic theme songs in wrestling. Everyone would start chanting "you suck!" whenever Angle came to the ring. This trend became popular in 2002 when the former Raw General Manager feuded with Edge.

It was good until Kurt was a heel. But when WWE turned him into a babyface, fans still did the "you suck!" chants. Vince McMahon got tired of it and Angle's theme was remixed so that wrestling fans stop saying those two words. But their plan didn't work out.

1 Added Lyrics To Shinsuke Nakamura's Music To Stop The Fans From Singing Along

"The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura had a really great theme song that fans loved to sing along. After Nakamura turned heel, however, WWE decided to remix his entrance music to stop the fans from mimicking the tune.

A lot of fans didn't like that, but the new theme song that Nakamura got was also really cool. Nakamura finally got his old theme song back earlier this year.

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