 What's good Josh Uboros back again with another video, so we're gonna check out the fall of WWE music What happened now? I've been looking forward to checking this video out It's been in my list of videos to check out for quite some time I know a few of you guys have sent this to me on Twitter and on Instagram So best believe I did see it is just you know, I had other videos I had to get to first but I've been looking forward to this one only because I remember a time WWE like music in a sense of their Intro music for their shows their promo music for like different paper views each paper You have a specific theme song like and the the wrestlers entrance music Music of well music songs or whatnot or whatever choice of song that they would choose man It's just it used to hit different. I mean it used to be one of those things was like, okay All right. Y'all already know what's my favorite wrestler theme song Y'all already know so I don't even have to say it if you know put it down in the comment section below But just those hearing those theme songs being played for a particular wrestler Just always would get me hype or watching a promo package and listening to some of the songs They would have for the promo packages. It's just we're so great And I wish they would get back to that, you know, not gonna lie to you I like the theme song They have For this year's elimination chamber. I'm rocking with it. It actually next to sounds pretty good And I actually was I didn't have a problem with the theme song for the Royal rumble as well I was rocking with it. I just didn't care for the live performance of it before the show We did so we're gonna check out some of these We'll go back down. I'm sure memory lane for some of these classic classic songs and See what went wrong with WWE I could easily tell you off top They just Vince wasn't trying to pay for royalties and shit. That's really what it was So there's like, you know, it will just create our own Different songs and stuff and a lot of that stuff sucks. So yeah, check this out. Appreciate all love and support Music makes you feel something doesn't matter what artists you listen to what genre you like or when it's from Music is everywhere and it plays a huge part in how we're feeling in our everyday life Of course in the WWE music can make or break a character It's a huge part of the atmosphere of the show the opening notes of a wrestler's theme could send chills down your spine as you wait in Anticipation they can add value to a story underneath a great promo package build anticipation for an upcoming match or final goodbye There's so many ways in which music is important to wrestling listen to these snippets. I'm about to play We know we know that type of response that one gets from Doug All those sounds I just played for you you associate a name to a face Immediately within about two seconds of the song starting when you hear a theme for the first time Especially for fans who may be you think you know me. I love it every time every time it gets me lit every single time You were within the first 10 to 15 seconds It has the ability to draw you into the character because of a distinct and memorable sound Cody Rose same song turn off all together is nice to about anything else come to today's music And it's just lacking an emotional purpose. There's no distinction between themes The individuality is gone wrestling themes used to have a purpose and now the purpose is just to have a track playing Well, someone enters back because that's the norm over the last little bit WWE's popularity in music as well as their in-house Production has greatly declined in recent years. Their music has really lost a lot of what made it special now There's random instrumentals Which sound like they've been pulled from the YouTube royalty free music library I love old Randy Orton's thing. Hey, nothing you can say but that she used to go hard, man And a general step back in production quality They've strayed completely away from collaborating with bands and wrestlers as well as licensing outside music the days of Jim Johnston seemingly giving the most random wrestlers a unique theme are gone CFO's music has also been phased out to add to that WWE music overall is just not what it used to be So we're gonna look at what happened the rise of theme music the men behind it and WWE's insane music library that some people may not have even heard of for 30 years WWE music was a machine of consistently crafting hit after hit with mainstream artists and so much more back and things began in the Perfectly named rock and wrestling era as crazy as it is the reason that WWF went mainstream was because of music and the musician Cindy Loper Loper had a song called girls Just want to have fun and she met WWF manager Lou Albano on a plane when the time came to put the music video together She knew that Albano had to be in there perfectly enough Loper hammer locked him in the video Well, there was also a Piper's pit segment where Loper appeared and began a storyline with him And this moment blew up because of entertainment tonight's coverage of it Loper's music was providing big-time hits for MTV and her record label saw a WWF and MTV collaboration as huge both music and pro wrestling had been in existence and popular for a long while But the partnership of MTV and WWF took things to a whole new level the network themselves And wanted to go beyond just music because they didn't get too much money for playing these videos And it was oftentimes a repeat cycle. So they turned to broadcasting pro wrestling MTV agreed to air the first WWF special called the brawl to end it all and it was a massive success for them He's the highest rated broadcast for them ever up until that point following the war to settle the score Vince McMahon And entertainment and that is WrestleMania this show was filled with celebrity cameos And it launched WWF and Hulk Hogan into a different stratosphere Oh, and of course the first true North American mega star and face of the WWF January 23rd 1984 is widely credited as the day that Hulk a mania was born Wrestling started to take over and Hulk Hogan was everywhere. Yeah, this big man had this idea to change wrestling He wanted it to be this colorful spectacle after his appearance in rocky 3 Hogan was riding a wave of popularity and the music Collaboration only helped further it out of it. He got his own Saturday morning cartoon called Hulk Hogan's rock and wrestling Hogan even went to the 85 Grammy Awards as Lopper's bodyguard the partnership WWF become prominent, which is what Vince wanted as he saw the so crazy. I mean He was the spokesperson for WWF at the time, bro. He was the spokesperson He was the catalyst of really getting it mainstream whether you you love him. I hate him. You can't deny Hulk Hogan was the catalyst for what we even have today There wouldn't be no rock Wouldn't be no John Cena wouldn't be you know wrestlers You know getting into the mainstream light when it comes to Media movies music videos none of that would be a thing If you didn't have Hulk, I know he's you know said some wild things done some wild things pissing people off But I'm not gonna deny the impact he had on wrestling. I'm just not you know and just Just gotta give a person their props coming explosion of cable television The allure to see larger-than-life heroes crossover with a who's who in the music world Animated series interviews cameos became the norm, but music became bigger for the WWF in 1985 They released their first album called the wrestling album in here was a song called real American Which actually wasn't even intended for Hulk Hogan. Oh Track on the CD is literally named Hulk Hogan's theme That one was eventually used for his cartoon and Rick Derringer's theme became Hogan's With their connections to mainstream artists So well enough to get a sequel for the second album Vince wanted to build on the success But with more original music and less cover songs gorgeous George is generally credited as the first wrestler to use entrance music as early as the 1950s Oh, damn sergeant slaughter takes credit saying that he was the one who suggested it to Vince McMahon And pretty soon after that every act started to have music Originally they use music like I the tiger and another one bites the dust Because of how expensive licensing fees were Vince McMahon wanted to move the production to in-house In came two men who are responsible for some of the most iconic theme songs ever two men Who some may not even know because of the popularity of Jim Johnston who will get to in a bit And that's JJ McGuire and Jimmy Hart Jimmy Hart had success in the band the Gentries And when he got involved in wrestling his love of music came with it this time writing entrance themes along with them JJ McGuire was widely credited as the original master of the theme song these guys created sexy boy all about Dusty Rhodes is American dream the legion of dooms theme Bret Hart and the honky-tonk band among others these two Style and they had the ability to bring the character to life the dynamic was that JJ McGuire wrote the music played the instruments and Arranged the song Jimmy Hart did the that's the even their gift. We just saw that's that's the spot where Jake the snake robbers got bashed over the head with a guitar, but it was a real guitar and He was seriously here for life. The dynamic was that JJ McGuire wrote the music played the instruments Look at that. Oh, my god Jimmy Hart did the vocals and worked on the lyrics many saying that he had the golden ear and Understood how to correlate themes with characters on screen with music WWF became less sport and more entertainment the matches quickened and the music gave it that vibe Now everything was being produced in-house and a Vince McMahon was making money and B They didn't have to pay those huge licensing fees anymore Hart and McGuire alongside Hulk Hogan were part of the wrestling bootman in which Hulk Hogan released a full CD and Even had a rap song to his name This only helped grow his name I Want to explode from cringe. Oh my god the release of pile driver the wrestling album WWE created a third one which was called the WrestleMania the album and this one was co-produced by Simon Cowell Hmm the focus changed from having you know that sing music to just selling Compilations of theme songs as the company moved away from the new generation era They hit their peak popularity and would not only produce what's seen as their best programming But began an insane 15-year stretch of continued success in music this began in the attitude era Yeah, it was profitable and popular time frame for the WWF add to that to mainstream Megastars in the rock and stone cold and the possibilities were endless By the 1990s gangster rap had spread across the world and even though rock was still a bigger genre The swearing and eccentric nature of the medium was what many thought was cool Well couple that with the attitude era, which was all antics and mayhem And you have a winning formula hip-hop and the WWE go as far back as 1989 when run DMC performed at WrestleMania 1990s Jim Johnston took over as the main guy creating entrance music for the WWE in a time where CDs were all the rage WWE fully leaned into this Collaborating and producing compilations that helped them grow their viewership in the mainstream as well as make the money behind it WWE understood how valuable their brand had been since the late 90s And we started to put more resources into music as the company became a pop culture phenomenon So SmackDown Records was founded in They distributed everything from compilations of wrestlers theme songs to unreleased cuts of music unheard music Collaborations with other artists and even some single projects most of their releases have been distributed by Columbia music and from 1999 to 2010 They released an album pretty much every year before they moved their focus to just releasing singles and in the late 90s and early 2000s they had a huge success and a discography that we need to take a look at Full metal was their first real success following that in 2000 the company teamed up with priority records to drop WWF aggression and this had some of the biggest names in the rap game collaborate with ww To be honest with you I didn't know none of this was a thing I was just into the shows and the characters in the theme songs. I didn't know they was dropping goddamn albums You know I'm saying like I nuns knew that granted my mom wouldn't want me to watch a wrestling like that to be honest with you So I have to watch it at my cousin's house most of the time So I definitely know I wasn't gonna be able to get some hey mom. Can I get the latest? WWF aggression CD. No, that's some of that wrestling. No Beauty superstars they created alternate themes some of which were extremely well done This was Jim Johnston's first big hit album It featured Snoop Dogg cool Keith method man and run DMC since WWE was so popular and they knew people who made music videos Company the custom tracks These These videos had their own premieres on MTV after Notably the rocks know your role and the Kings for DX method man And know your role was able to get all of rocks expressions into the song perfectly for its target audience It worked the perfect culmination of a very popular genre of music The cash was flowing in WWE's albums and collaborations made it into the Billboard top 200 quite a few times Whoa familiar that gives you an idea of the most streamed bought and downloaded albums in the US their first success was WWF the music volume 3 which peaked at number 10 in 1999 going what a platinum Certification indicates that the album sold a million units. Well gold is 500,000. This is done by the They went platinum. I Never knew that what What RIA which is the recording industry association of America the follow-up to that album volume 4 debuted at number 4 later In the same year and it went platinum as well with both of these selling over a million copies as of 2002 I already touched on WWF aggression that one debuted at number 8 and it went gold by the time 2001 came around It was another hit for WWE and this is saying producing WWF the music volume 5 It sold a hundred and seventy six thousand copies its first week also going gold At number 2 on the billboard top 100, but you know how I talked about WWF. This is a different time These are pure CD sales Like this before like MP3's and stuff like that and all the you know how they do the digital sales now That's pure CDs a honey K That's the question. Well, that was a collaboration between the WWF and hip-hop now They did the same thing, but they put a metal and rock spin on it This one titled WWF forcible entry this feature disturbed finger 11 our lady piece And it did really well a hundred and forty five thousand copies in week one and another gold certification This also became the fourth straight album to debut in the top 10 for the company and featured What would be the intros for Ron Smackdown with the cross the nation and the beautiful people aside from that the rollout of Fan love songs was underway Vince McMahon's no chance drowning pool did a version of triple H is the game slow chemical Break the walls were all featured on that I Showed these numbers because it's important to see just how prominent WWE's albums were they sold they collaborated with well-known Bands and musicians they were able to create individual themes for many on the roster and from here things kind of started to go downhill But not before a little bit more success Anthology did really well getting the 13 and going platinum just 10 days after release Damn Certification but reach 12 on the charts if you haven't checked this one out I'd recommend giving the Kurt Angle song a listen the thought of Kurt Angle in a studio belting out I don't suck will never fail to make Success from here tailed off theme attic peaked at number 38 and then reckless intent debuted at 8 This album had Nicki Minaj in it who was part of Victoria's song before she really blew up as far as Discography goes they have four gold certifications and three Platinum's which is really good There's one man that I gotta quickly talk all right John Cena with that Astros fit all right with it I love it. That's the brief but memorable hip-hop career of John Cena Yeah, as far as a WWE wrestler goes anyways We started this video in the 1980s now we're in 2005 We're like get a genuine love of hip-hop music and his character on TV reflected that by 2005 He released his debut studio album You can't see me under Columbia Records this debuted at 15 on the Billboard top 200 went platinum and sold a hundred and 43,000 copies in its first week Wait what it went number 15 and sold a hundred and forty three K It's first week and it went platinum. I didn't know John Cena as a platinum album. I Didn't I know that What the fuck? I want you to understand Your favorite rapper well Today's a lot of people's favorite rappers. It's not even getting close to that Not even getting close to a hundred forty three K the first week not even sniffing it Wow Got put respect on John Cena's name Got to put respect first week for Cena He'd gotten some mainstream recognition even wrapped on some commercials But his popularity as far as the mainstream goes didn't really take off like WWE would have hoped by the time the album dropped He shifted away from the character and that's not a knock on him being a platinum selling wrestler rapper is an insane feat But if you go back and look at the calculated approach that WWE were taking with Cena It didn't work out the releases continued, but slowly fizzled out following WWE the music volume 7 WWE music group had also put out uncaged albums Which consisted of classic Jim Johnston songs that had never been officially released to the public the last one of these releases came in February of 2021 at this point we're in the mid 2000s and there was so much music so much Collaboration you had albums dropping unreleased cuts. They were licensing themes like metalingus and no more words Each song had different artists and a unique tone and feel the ruthless aggression era was where Jim Johnston got to shine Jim Johnston is the composition guru behind some of the greatest soundtracks in the company's history that rundown on music I talked about he produced and wrote a majority of them sitting down and carefully crafting music That's representative of the character and beats which have landed in everyday playlist even today Jim Johnston's ability to think deeper than the character is something truly magical and it doesn't take much to see that He said that he looked at theme music as a dance You can have a great theme But if the guy can't dance to it, you're dead in the water Johnston was able to curate a sound that made its way into the mainstream and transcended the business in his time with the WWE he created over 10,000 pieces of music Multiple platinum selling albums, but most importantly created the soundtrack to many's childhood He was the guy who was responsible for the peak of wrestling entrance music Some of his biggest successes are Vince McMahon's No Chance in Hell Stone Colds I won't do what you tell me with the iconic glass shatter Of course Randy Orton's Voices, which was written and composed by Johnson, but sang by rev3 before that burn in my light with mercy I personally love it the Rocks electrifying Brock Lesnar's next big thing Undertaker's rest in peace Kurt Angle's metal the broods theme, which is fantastic Ultimate Warriors theme. There's so so many hits he created during the late 90s Well into the 2010s that we could make a 25 minute video on it No problem that is awesome Emotion and perfectly tailored the music to the character adding storytelling into the fold and not forgetting about the stylistic elements either Brock Lesnar's gave you a hard metal beat and the riff at the beginning That something was about to go Blooded killer who was a loner walking alone today. I love that one that I walk alone with the pyro at the beginning Love that I walk for miles inside this Love it dog take me back Randy Orton had burn in my light and that makes complete sense. You have this young kid. He's cocky He's a maniac. He's better than every one of that thing Represented that like I'm not here to play you're gonna watch me kick ass and pass you by There's a clip of how Randy Orton's theme came together and he talks about Orton being a quieter character He says Orton's a character that's just mad at the world and he wants to get back at everyone Hence you get the lines you got your rules and your religion all designed to keep you safe He said that he tries to start off every song with something unique to the character Think about all those riffs that I played at the top of the video What set the music apart was the instant Recognizability rocks catchphrase Austin's glass shatter takers gong fully scar crash with him You saw involvement from the wrestlers in the music I'm pretty sure a lot of you guys when you were younger thought that the wrestlers actually sang their song Which is crazy to think of right? Turn heel they'd get a more slowed-down version of their music more dark and cryptic and it wouldn't be a complete 180 They'd eventually go back or they'd get a new theme altogether that would still fit with that a very important factor I mentioned at the top of the video was collaboration with Johnston's music He would bring in the right band to form a different and distinctive sound for the music saliva finger 11 kill switch engage Disturbed kid rock motor head to name a few he made the Randomest wrestlers have such good theme songs and he was the one who populated the catalog of WWE's music He would play instruments and the ones he didn't know he learned to play just enough so that he could get the theme done diverse characters different shapes sizes occupations rock metal pop country rap punk R&B reggae The guy made up in jobby song really well done and that's damn I'm one. I'm guessing he probably did Kofi song y'all remember a Kofi when he was a Jamaican From a brown guy the point is chances are your favorite WWE theme song was done by Jim Johnston But now things aren't the same. Here's what he said about the current landscape of WWE music I don't know what's happened to the music is so bad these days. It's just like Just sound effects and noises and stuff It doesn't have anything to do with the characters and the storylines anymore and and that's That's the essence of this business are these characters and storylines and and That's currently lost. I don't I don't get it Johnston was released in 2017 after 32 years with the company and it was a random release that really didn't have any rhyme or reason to it He himself said that his and Vince McMahon's Relationship had drifted apart and as the company was changing away from the rugged sounding music to a more 2010s hip-hop pop And polished sound the creators of that sound were the band CFOs in 2014 They joined the WWE the hiring mark the first time that WWE had hired music producers from the outside Because normally they choose to do everything themselves if you guys remember in 2012 The Roth theme song was tonight is the night that was the group's musical debut for the company Their biggest hits were AJ Styles as phenomenal Sasha Banks Shinsuke Nakamura Bobby rude Kevin Owens Sami Zayn Becky Lynch among others that whole NXT generation was carried by them But when they came in there were complaints of their music and then I mean tonight's night I ain't really careful. I ain't gonna lie to you. But some of AJ Styles theme song. I like it. Sasha Banks theme song I'm rocking with it. The people he listed their theme songs fit them it works But that tonight is tonight knew that did not I just I didn't care for you guys All right, it's like lacking originality as well But you do have to give them credit the group will obviously lasting much less time than Johnston Did a good job and have some music Really sneaks under the maybe they did Kevin Oh Kevin Owens theme music because I like his as well I love Kevin Owens theme music Johnston did have some tough music as well Well, Johnston usually intended on making a full song something that would basically land in a playlist and you could play every day CFOs were extremely reliant on looping They'd usually make one verse one chorus and then loop it for the entire song People sometimes act like they didn't create good music They were paid to create a crowd popping loop and they did that at least they had individuality and Recognizability Johnston looped as well But he looped two parts instead of one if that makes more sense during their time with the WWE They had two number one singles on the iTunes Soundtracks category Shinsuke Nakamura's Rising Sun and Bobby Roode's Glorious They exited WWE in 2020 due to issues with their publisher and what WWE has now done since CFOs is no longer There is change a lot of those songs with whatever they can basically fill them with cuz obviously they don't want to pay for them Income Def Rebel who have had some good music But it's fair to say in the entire musical library and out of the music producers that the company has had have the most Unoriginal sounding music a lot of the time. It's the same synth with every song music doesn't have identity It's a fast-paced instrumental very reliant on heavy guitar chords or the off hip hop beat No vocals and when there are vocals they're random soundbites that don't resonate with the wrestler Yeah, fair to say that they haven't done a good job But they've missed a lot more than they've hit for every head of the table There's a watch me and ten other uninspiring songs and fans have vocalized this a ton The other problem is when a Roman Reigns fits his even though he's not saying anything it fits his persona When I remember when the first debut people were rocking with it because he came off like the final boss And he is proven to still be the final boss with all his powers all his special abilities It's like it makes sense. It fits his character, but now that he mentioned that it You you rarely hear any theme songs except like the older ones with people saying anything. They're just instrumentals Some of them people are saying stuff like Bunker Bellers you have somebody rapping or what not, you know, some people are saying stuff like Austin theories his a-town down one, but it's not too many of them does start to stick It becomes synonymous with someone it gets changed out of nowhere to the point where no theme song is safe anymore The complaint in the current era is everything sounds too similar and a lot of the instruments are the same and Jim Johnston had generic songs too. Let's not act like he didn't but the skill they've come to now is tough It's also hard that they have such tough acts to follow up There are some themes that do stand out in the WWE, but they're few and far between I've really emphasized it in this video WWE lacks an original sound and that's just not a consensus by the fans Former composers are saying that as well They lack collaboration as far as they're reaching the mainstream which was once ridiculously high today There's a lot of artists who mentioned wrestling and wrestling stars in their music There's been a few wrestlers to be prominently featured in music videos and even get their own songs Some themes have transcended wrestling and by many non wrestling fans can be identified in an instant But there's a huge difference in what theme music and their general connection used to be and what it is now For over three decades WWE had an incredible track record when it came to their in-house music But in recent years the decline in care and quality has really been lost as of the recording of this video It feels like we've seen the peak of WWE music and collaboration Superstar is an overall hype. It's all died down The resources put into the music by the company are almost non-existent and they can do that But they choose not to the music produced for a majority fails to leave a lasting impression and feels soulless Flat and lifeless it sometimes feels like when they need a new theme They don't look who the theme is for they just take out drum track 11.Wave Seems just lack a lot of what made it special and the fall of WWE music is simple They don't allocate enough resources to the music There's a failure to understand who these theme songs are being produced for it And it seems like it's all assigned at a random order for fans of the WWE Music was very influential in their original taste of music as crazy as that sounds Listening to it introduce them to a different genre of music different artists from pay-per-view themes to bumper themes and promo packages Fans would listen to WWE music Unironically when you look at the 90s It shows you just how much music resonated that fans were eager to buy albums and yeah for themselves WWE music has fallen down a whole of parody music producers like CFOs and Jim Johnston are Dearly missed for the company and for a company that used to prioritize music It seems like that's the least of their worries right now. The company just lacks a signature sound WWE and the music They produced had incredible heights that literally launched the promotion and as time wore on they reached such a high quality of music Only to come spiraling down. There's so many different versions of themes so many pieces of music out there by the company Now failing to find that same magic Maybe it's just a microcosm of what music has become and maybe it's just a rise and fall with the sport of wrestling on its own As they say when words fail music speaks and right now WWE's music is dead silent Hey, I'm in the grants with them, bro The music is not the same shout out to superkick studios once again for awesome video It's not the same. I didn't even know they were selling platinum records Didn't even know this Topping charts damn near never knew but you can tell the difference. You can tell that Vince is he kind of just put the music on the back burner. He didn't really put emphasis into it It was just you know a let's put something out there that's not that cost effective gets the point across and boom The fans won't know and we do know a lot of times A good theme song can help a wrestler get even more over Especially if it's catchy especially if it's something that people remember people want to interact with and it works it does Like for the longest time when they changed self Burn burn it down music at first it was you know They had to burn it down and then you had the the drums going crazy and it kind of worked But then they changed it and people weren't feeling it and then they I think they changed it again And now you have that It caught on He was a heel for a while and people were still chanting His theme and it worked It worked set funds is all obviously still over heel or face doesn't matter fantastic in the ring great promos You know it's he's already uh, you know, uh made uh, you know made player in wwe But it also just works it gets people invested and I'm always gonna say this you if you have a good theme You you already you already have the people there All you got to do is make sure what your character does in the ring. It's important. You got the theme. You're good, you know, so I definitely agree with agree with him The music in wwe is not the same even when it comes to Their the promo build sometimes they they pick some good songs and Sometimes they really don't be picking songs that you would think match like the pay-per-view theme You know it it that all plays into part of everything, you know, so comment down below Let me know how do you guys feel about the current state of wwe music? Do you feel like it is gotten stale and do you know, you feel like maybe They should get back to more original songs for a lot of these wrestlers Or do you like the way wwe music in their theme songs or for wrestlers are being played now? Let me know down below. I want to get your thoughts and opinions on this But I appreciate all of the support you guys are showing on the channel row to 150k and I am still You know this beauty youtube wrestling champion of the world. Appreciate y'all kicking me. See y'all next one. Peace