Former WWE composer Jim Johnston weighs in on current wrestling themes.
Former WWE composer Jim Johnston was the mastermind behind the company’s iconic themes for over three decades until his release in 2017. He created legendary themes for stars like Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, and The Undertaker. Baron Corbin’s “End of Days” is widely recognized as the last WWE entrance theme he composed before his exit.
Johnston recently appeared on The False Face Show, where he shared his thoughts on the current wrestling themes. He noted that they’re generic and just sound like noise to him.
“It’s not cathartic, and it’s not something that, you know, ‘Oh, what a scoop! Jim is trashing the way things are now.’ But I’ve been pretty vocal about it. It just sounds like noise to me, and all the themes just sound generic,” the former WWE composer said.
“It used to be, you know, whether it was my music or a Jimmy Hart theme, or an outside band thing, you used to be able to be making dinner in the kitchen with the TV in the other room, and you’d know who was coming out. You could almost follow the program from the other room. Now, I just don’t think it’s like that at all,” the former WWE personality said.
Johnston says generic themes are why WWE and AEW are failing to create new stars
Speaking further, Jim Johnston noted that people have forgotten how powerful music is in creating stars. He believes such generic themes are the reason why WWE and AEW are failing to create stars like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock.
“And for some reason, the powers that be have forgotten their roots, or something, how powerful music is in creating stars. And I further believe that’s why they’re not creating, either WWE or AEW, they’re not creating big stars anymore. There are no new Steve Austins. There are no Rocks around now. It’s because everyone’s sort of in this layer of generic. I don’t understand it,” Johnston said.
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