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Jim Johnston says wrestling themes today sound generic, feels it’s been forgotten how powerful music is in creating stars:
“It's not something that, you know, ‘Oh, what a scoop. Jim is trashing the way things are now.’ I've been pretty vocal about it. It just sounds like noise to me, and all the themes just sound generic.
It used to be, whether it was my music or a Jimmy Hart theme, or an outside band, 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. And for some reason, the powers that be have forgotten their roots or something of how powerful music is in creating stars.
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. And it's because everyone's sort of in this layer of generic. I don't understand it.”
(The False Face)
