WWE "Very Aware" Of Criticism Of Def Rebel Music

WWE is "very aware" of the criticism directed towards Def Rebel's music.

by Andrew Pollard
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With many fans poking fun at the dull, formulaic Def Rebel-produced music seen across so much of WWE programming these days, the market leader is said to be "very aware" of this criticism.

Speaking on the latest SRS Q&A over at Fightful Select, Sean Ross Sapp was asked if WWE was aware of the fan shots taken against Def Rebel, to which he responded:

"They're very aware of them. There was today, the thing with Douglas J. Davis and the Uber driver. I reached out to WWE about him because he was originally part of Def Rebel, and they were quick to say, 'No, he's not anymore and hasn't been for years.' But the memes, there were so many people talking about the memes making fun of Def Rebel. The work is uninspired, it is what it is, and they need to move on to, not just somebody, but they need to move on to a series of people."

When later asked why the Def Rebel complaints have particularly picked up recently, Sapp added:

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"It's because a lot of the decent songs from previous regimes have been replaced with very generic Def Rebel songs. They're just not good, not good."

As alluded to there, some fans have taken to social media to mock how, under Def Rebel, Wrestler A's entrance theme is that talent saying a catchphrase or their name before some generic music kicks in. This has largely been the case since Def Rebel took over as WWE's internal music production group back in 2019, with them replacing the more popular CFO$. Of course, before CFO$, the legendary Jim Johnston ruled the WWE roost for decades when it came to the company's musical output.

Just in the past couple of months, Def Rebel has delivered poorly-received new themes for the likes of AJ Styles, Tiffany Stratton, Naomi, and Bron Breakker, and the group is also responsible for the music of pretty much a who's who of WWE right now, from Roman Reigns, to Seth Rollins, to Damage CTRL, to Judgment Day, to each of the Usos, to the themes for both Raw and SmackDown, and plenty, plenty more.

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