Story Of The Year Got $1000 To Record Christian’s WWE Theme
In 2009, Christian debuted a new version of his “Just Close Your Eyes” theme.
The theme was originally done by Waterproof Blonde in 2004, but was redone by Story of the Year in 2009.
Appearing on The Rizzuto Show, Phil Sneed, the guitarist and backing vocalist for the band, recalled recording the theme and how it came together.
“When we did the WWE thing, the office called us and said, ‘There is a song, can you record it for a WWE guy?’ ‘Yeah, which one?’ At the time, we were touring and I didn’t know anything about WWE. ‘It’s a guy named Christian.’ We had never heard of him. We recorded this thing, they gave us $1000. ‘We’ll just do it at our buddies studio.’ We did it, passed it on, and all of a sudden are numbers are jumping everywhere. We had no idea. Wrestling fans are like, ‘This is one of the coolest entrance music ever. Christian is about to take the belt.’ ‘Oh my God, this guy is good?!?!?!'”
Christian would use the theme until he retired in 2014.
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