Backstage News On Jim Johnston's WWE Release
Longtime WWE composer, Jim Johnston, was quietly released from the company this past week after his contract expired. As noted, the news was first reported by the @ThemeTitan_ Twitter account, as seen below. Johnston had worked for the company for over 32 years, and had composed legendary themes for The Undertaker, D-X, The Rock and many others.
While the release has yet to be officially announced by WWE, Dave Meltzer reported on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that people in the company saw it coming and weren't surprised by it. Johnston apparently wanted to stay with the company but had a very high contract, and WWE has been relying more on CFO$ to produce their themes since 2012.
Johnston's release was expected once his contract expired, which happened last week. Meltzer noted that "it's the end of an era, but the era kinda ended years ago."
Jim Johnston has been released by WWE
? ThemeTitan (@ThemeTitan_) November 30, 2017
Dan Mozdziak contributed to this article.