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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on May 13, 2024 23:36:36 GMT -5
Being fair not like that's any different from CF0% and how Drew's theme is just an old Roderick Strong theme with stock shitty midi bagpipes over it. But at least Drew McIntyre wasn't using it at the same time as Roderick Strong, which is the real problem here. Now there was a time where Darren Young and Tyler Reks had the exact same theme song, but with Darren's having some additional instruments overlayed, but they also weren't getting air time anywhere but NXT Redemption for people to really notice.
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Post by LiamMcDuggle on May 13, 2024 23:47:33 GMT -5
Does Deaf Rebel think they are good at producing music? I just can't imagine any music professional producing so much generic crap leaving the studio and thinking they did a good job.
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Post by BRV on May 14, 2024 8:49:27 GMT -5
Dakota Kai and Jade Cargill each have banger entrance songs, so I'll have to give credit where credit is due. Sure, they're generic, but they're generic in the cool way like Dr. Death Steve Williams/Dan Severn's Attitude Era theme songs were generic but still rocked.
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Post by J is Justice on May 14, 2024 9:21:18 GMT -5
They've made some good themes, but the bad outweighs the good. To be fair, when they have to replace a beloved theme from CFO, it's gonna be tough to beat the original. And then you've got Tiffy, who they've made three themes for, and each one has been worse than the previous, lol.
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Post by tagteammatchplaya on May 14, 2024 9:48:55 GMT -5
Being fair not like that's any different from CF0$ and how Drew's theme is just an old Roderick Strong theme with stock shitty midi bagpipes over it. Correct me if i'm wrong here, but i don't think Strong used that theme that much or if he even used it at all
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Post by Savage Gambino on May 14, 2024 10:54:19 GMT -5
Being fair not like that's any different from CF0% and how Drew's theme is just an old Roderick Strong theme with stock shitty midi bagpipes over it. But at least Drew McIntyre wasn't using it at the same time as Roderick Strong, which is the real problem here. Now there was a time where Darren Young and Tyler Reks had the exact same theme song, but with Darren's having some additional instruments overlayed, but they also weren't getting air time anywhere but NXT Redemption for people to really notice. Plus recycling themes is nothing new. Kurt Angle's theme was the old Patriot theme. Luke Gallows' SES theme was the old St. Valentine's Day Massacre theme (and briefly Big Show's theme). Towards the end of her run, Alicia Fox was using Maria Kanellis' old theme. Recycling a theme is markedly different than copying and pasting the exact same guitar riffs, and maybe adjusting the tempo so someone not paying attention won't immediately notice. Setting aside how bad many of the themes are, the sheer laziness from Def Rebel should be a firing offense, contract or not.
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Post by Legion on May 14, 2024 16:06:48 GMT -5
And even the legendary Jim Johnston would recycle a theme
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Post by Mozenrath on May 14, 2024 16:21:12 GMT -5
And even the legendary Jim Johnston would recycle a theme Yep, probably most notably with Kurt Angle and the Patriot. It's not, in and of itself, a bad thing, especially if you do something creative with it like Ezekiel Jackson and the Brawl for All theme, or Cesaro's reuse of Dean Malenko's that he had for a while. This is just not a very flattering example because of how homogynous a lot of Def Rebel's stuff tends to be in general.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 14, 2024 17:20:26 GMT -5
Yeah they definitely need to get someone who actually knows how to make wrestling music
AEW struck absolute gold with Mikey Ruckus, I hope WWE can do the same, if not hire Jim Johnson back and see if he's still got it.
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Post by Legion on May 14, 2024 17:24:39 GMT -5
And even the legendary Jim Johnston would recycle a theme Yep, probably most notably with Kurt Angle and the Patriot. It's not, in and of itself, a bad thing, especially if you do something creative with it like Ezekiel Jackson and the Brawl for All theme, or Cesaro's reuse of Dean Malenko's that he had for a while. This is just not a very flattering example because of how homogynous a lot of Def Rebel's stuff tends to be in general. Yup, as well as simple edits like Val Venis and Rick Martel and APA and Demolition
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Post by Cyno on May 14, 2024 18:38:06 GMT -5
I like the Youtube meme of "Def Rebel Editions" of wrestlers' songs where they just take some random voice clip of a wrestler followed by a generic techno beat on top of their old music lol.
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Post by saneiac on May 14, 2024 23:21:27 GMT -5
And even the legendary Jim Johnston would recycle a theme Yep, probably most notably with Kurt Angle and the Patriot. It's not, in and of itself, a bad thing, especially if you do something creative with it like Ezekiel Jackson and the Brawl for All theme, or Cesaro's reuse of Dean Malenko's that he had for a while. This is just not a very flattering example because of how homogynous a lot of Def Rebel's stuff tends to be in general. Kurt Angle’s theme is an all time great. If anything, WWE deserves credit for recognizing how good it is and not just letting it be forgotten and associated with a guy who barely made a blip in the company’s hostory.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on May 15, 2024 7:23:12 GMT -5
But at least Drew McIntyre wasn't using it at the same time as Roderick Strong, which is the real problem here. Now there was a time where Darren Young and Tyler Reks had the exact same theme song, but with Darren's having some additional instruments overlayed, but they also weren't getting air time anywhere but NXT Redemption for people to really notice. Plus recycling themes is nothing new. Kurt Angle's theme was the old Patriot theme. Luke Gallows' SES theme was the old St. Valentine's Day Massacre theme (and briefly Big Show's theme). Towards the end of her run, Alicia Fox was using Maria Kanellis' old theme. Recycling a theme is markedly different than copying and pasting the exact same guitar riffs, and maybe adjusting the tempo so someone not paying attention won't immediately notice. Setting aside how bad many of the themes are, the sheer laziness from Def Rebel should be a firing offense, contract or not. I remember some themes, especially during the Divas search era when a lot of women got a cup of coffee on the main roster, got recycled a lot.
Michelle McCool's first theme must have gone through about 5 different girls.
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Post by Hypnosis on May 15, 2024 11:04:31 GMT -5
Plus recycling themes is nothing new. Kurt Angle's theme was the old Patriot theme. Luke Gallows' SES theme was the old St. Valentine's Day Massacre theme (and briefly Big Show's theme). Towards the end of her run, Alicia Fox was using Maria Kanellis' old theme. Recycling a theme is markedly different than copying and pasting the exact same guitar riffs, and maybe adjusting the tempo so someone not paying attention won't immediately notice. Setting aside how bad many of the themes are, the sheer laziness from Def Rebel should be a firing offense, contract or not. I remember some themes, especially during the Divas search era when a lot of women got a cup of coffee on the main roster, got recycled a lot. Michelle McCool's first theme must have gone through about 5 different girls.
Which is funny because McCool's theme was originally Torrie Wilson's theme when she was in a heel trio with Victoria and Candice Michelle, and Torrie had her dog with her during that time. Also, WWE being self-aware about their recycled themes? www.wwe.com/videos/torrie-wilson-and-laycool-use-the-same-entrance-theme
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Post by Cyno on May 15, 2024 11:07:41 GMT -5
But at least Drew McIntyre wasn't using it at the same time as Roderick Strong, which is the real problem here. Now there was a time where Darren Young and Tyler Reks had the exact same theme song, but with Darren's having some additional instruments overlayed, but they also weren't getting air time anywhere but NXT Redemption for people to really notice. Plus recycling themes is nothing new. Kurt Angle's theme was the old Patriot theme. Luke Gallows' SES theme was the old St. Valentine's Day Massacre theme (and briefly Big Show's theme). Towards the end of her run, Alicia Fox was using Maria Kanellis' old theme. Recycling a theme is markedly different than copying and pasting the exact same guitar riffs, and maybe adjusting the tempo so someone not paying attention won't immediately notice. Setting aside how bad many of the themes are, the sheer laziness from Def Rebel should be a firing offense, contract or not. Also CM Punk's first theme was originally used by Randy Orton for a couple of weeks.
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Post by eJm on May 15, 2024 11:10:02 GMT -5
Plus recycling themes is nothing new. Kurt Angle's theme was the old Patriot theme. Luke Gallows' SES theme was the old St. Valentine's Day Massacre theme (and briefly Big Show's theme). Towards the end of her run, Alicia Fox was using Maria Kanellis' old theme. Recycling a theme is markedly different than copying and pasting the exact same guitar riffs, and maybe adjusting the tempo so someone not paying attention won't immediately notice. Setting aside how bad many of the themes are, the sheer laziness from Def Rebel should be a firing offense, contract or not. Also CM Punk's first theme was originally used by Randy Orton for a couple of weeks. It then was used to hype the King of the Ring final between Lashley and Booker T around the same time they dropped it as an Orton theme.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 15, 2024 12:21:00 GMT -5
Another example that lasted for a bizarrely long time was how American Alpha and Apollo Crews basically had the same theme.
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