10 Best WWE Theme Songs From CFO$
Put on your headphones and kick back for a while.
WWE fans have always had a soft spot for Jim Johnston. After all, he composed pretty much any theme song that you've loved in the past 30 years, including The Miz's, The Rock's, The Undertaker's, and John Cena's. These are the kinds of tunes that are instantly recognizable, that you hear for just a fraction of a second and immediately know who's about to come out from gorilla position.
When these themes played over the loudspeaker, it was like Pavlov's dog. The crowd would instantly be on their feet screaming their heads off.
That kind of raw power was something that Johnston has enjoyed since the 1980s when wrestling entrance themes became the norm. However, he couldn't write songs forever, at least not exclusively. While Johnston still works with WWE, he has passed the figurative torch over to a team of composers called CFO$.
The two men, Mike Lauri and John Alicastro, have created a lot of the modern tunes that your favorite Superstars and Divas use today.
That's not to say that a handful of them weren't duds. Brie Bella's theme is pretty baffling, and no one can deny that CFO$ has a penchant for alarms and other loud, whirring noises (think Dean Ambrose's and Cesaro's themes among others). However, the surprising majority of themes today weren't written by Johnston. Lauri and Alicastro are responsible.
If you've ever bobbed your head or sang along to these tunes, then you know what we mean.
10. Paige - "Stars In The Night"
The beautiful, raven-haired Diva Paige has always been different.
She's pale, she's British, and she came into WWE having had wrestled since she was in her teens. Although Paige has played the game a little by joining the cast of Total Divas, she has retained her tough tomboy look and attitude.
A pop song sung by a woman about how sexy she is or about how she breaks a lot of hearts just wouldn't work for The Diva of Tomorrow.
Over in NXT, she had had an aptly-named metal theme called "Smashed in the Face." When she debuted in WWE in 2014, she needed a song that conveyed her ability to kick butt, and "Stars in the Night" does the trick. From that familiar opening screech that lets fans know to stand up to that cool guitar riff to the "whooooooooa" vocals; there's a lot to love with this song.
The only bummer is that with Paige's somewhat short entrance, you barely get to hear the actual rest of this one, which is a shame since it's pretty great.