Jim Johnston is responsible for making some of the most iconic music in WWE history. His departure from the company was certainly an unexpected one.
WWE started using their house band CFO$ regularly and Jim wasn’t being used much at all. So he decided to ask Vince McMahon to fire him to take the pressure off of them of firing such a long-time employee. as he explained to Total Engagement.
“I don’t want a job where I don’t have to work. There wasn’t ever a millisecond where I thought, ‘Wow, isn’t this great? I’m really not doing that much music, but they’re continuing to pay me! Oh my God, what a great deal!’ It was awful. I hate that. I hated that feeling. I’ve got handcuffs on, I can’t contribute and I eventually told Vince that as well. I said, ‘this is not right.’ I also told him at the time is like, ‘hey, if you’re unhappy with me, fire me. Fire me right now. You can fire me right now. I’m taking the pressure off. Go ahead. Fire me.’ Because that’s not the way I roll. I don’t like that.”
Perhaps we will see Jim Johnston at AEW.
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