5 WWE 24 documentaries we'd love to see

#4 CFO$/Jim Johnston - Making The Music

Legendary WWE Music producer, Jim Johnston.

There are a lot of various aspects that can make or break a wrestler. Unique gimmick, good in ring work, devastating finisher, etc. One of the most important aspects, however, is the entrance music of a wrestler.

WWE’s music library has given us a collection of classic entrance themes over the years. Main event players like Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart, The Undertaker, Steve Austin, The Rock and more had their rise to stardom kick started by the aid of a Jim Johnston classic. Even midcarder themes from the likes of The Brood, Goldust and X-Pac are still bought on iTunes today.

Recently, longtime music producer (and long overdue WWE Hall Of Fame inductee) Jim Johnston has taken a back seat in WWE’s music department. WWE hired music producers CFO$ in 2012. The duo consists of songwriters John Paul Alicastro and Michael Conrad Lauri. They debuted their first WWE music track in 2012, Monday Night Raw theme “The Night”, which debuted on the 1000th Raw episode.

CFO$' run in WWE had a pretty rocky start, with entrance themes for superstars such as Brie Bella being met with criticism from fans for their lack of quality and generic sound. CFO$ eventually ended up taking a complete 180 with new and improved tracks like Bobby Roode’s “Glorious Domination” and Shinsuke Nakamura’s “The Rising Sun”.

Many consider CFO$' recent work to be some of the best entrance music ever produced since the early 2000s. Otherwise known as the final years of the Attitude Era and beginning of the Ruthless Aggression era.

So what would a WWE Music focused documentary present? Simple. The creation and production of a WWE Superstar theme. What inspires a superstar theme? How do they find the right sound for a theme? What kind of input do the Superstars themselves have on the music? These are all questions that could be answered in a behind the scenes look at the World Wrestling Entertainment recording studio.