1. Entrance Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSmZONW3sIY Theme music is very important to any given wrestler. It should set the mood for everyone involved as to what you are about and should make everyone aware as to who you are. Let's not forget that if youre heading into a match or making a surprise trip to the ring, it should generate a nice big pop immediately after the first note has been played. For some wrestlers this still applies. You hear Cenas intro the crowd reacts, CM Punks guitar rift blows and the crowd pops. The problem comes from talent whose theme music is an actual produced song with lyrics and subject matter. Granted, they are all produced by Jim Johnston who, funnily enough, created all the best themes from the Attitude era (But did not produce the aforementioned themes of Cena and Punk). But we dont want a song, we want a Theme Song! The two are very different, one makes you wanna listen and maybe even have a boogy, the other makes you think Yay I love this guy, Kick his ass! or DAM I hate this guy, I hope the other guy kicks his ass!. Even now during a Royal Rumble I can hear music and not know who the person is until they walk through the curtain. This was very different 10 years ago when each wrestlers theme was crafted to really extend there given persona through music. Strangely enough my better half played a bunch of Attitude Era themes from iTunes to me and asked if I could guess whom they were for. I honestly say I got 90% right. But iTunes is the problem. Mr Johnston and WWE want to sell as much of their music as possible. So they must be under the impression that an actual song, with themes and lyrics will sell. Again I claim shenanigans. Purely for the fact there are actually good songs out there that people want to buy. Id much rather listen to some Zepplin or Muse and hell, even the glass smashing of Stone Cold or the high pitch guitar whine of Bret Hart than some forgettable teeny pop/rock. Maybe this is more a problem with the music culture of todays R+B/Pop/Dance Artists but even so, a wrestlers theme song is the audiences first insight into what this character is all about. In conclusion, most all of the highlighted problems I have with WWE TV are money spinners which, in the long run may take money away by leaving characters seem a little more empty. If they took a step back and analysed these problems they could make some minor yet important strides in creating must see Superstars that the whole audience could invest in.
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WhatCulture WWE Editor: An Ex Wrestler, Computer Game Retail Employee, Batman fanatic and all round nerdy man who's views on Wrestling and all that come with it border on the obsessive.
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