5 things we learned from former WWE composer Jim Johnston's Sportskeeda interview 

#1 Jim Johnston's opinion on previous WWE entrance theme composers CFO$

The CFO$ replaced Jim Johnston as the main composers of WWE entrance themes in 2014

Despite being with the WWE since 1985, in 2014 music duo CFO$ took the responsibility from Jim Johnston for creating entrance themes for WWE.

When @WWEUsos and @CFOSofficial join forces to create a new entrance theme, things are BOUND to get #UsoCrazy! #DayOneIsh pic.twitter.com/Ir78rBaRQS

— WWE (@WWE) September 8, 2017

3 years later, it was announced that Jim Johnston had been released from his WWE contract after 32 years with the promotion.

When asked for his opinions on the CFO$, Jim Johnston revealed that he felt they were nice people, but disagreed about the themes that they had written for WWE. Johnston admitted it was his own personal taste, but he felt that all the themes sounded generic and too similar to each other:

"Well, nice guys. I'm not wild about the themes they write. Because to me they all sound the same. They all sound, theres a generic quality to them that you and I Chris were speaking about before the show. They don't tell anything about the character or the story or the character. It's just like big loud, exciting music. But, I completely confess its personal opinion. But, I absolutely think that entrance themes have to be completely about the story and the character. If it's not, it's no longer a theme, it's just music that coincidently plays when someone happens to be walking out to the ring. But for people to become stars and really be emotionally embraced by the audience, which is crucial in pro wrestling because if the audience doesn't care when you win or lose then you're lost, you have nothing to sell really. So when everyone is generic and you don't know who's coming out, it just kills the whole illusion."

It was reported that CFO$ were released from their WWE contract in August 2020 and have since disbanded as a musical partnership.