WWE Announces Launching of New Music Division

Less than a week after I wrote about how the WWE is branching out too much and trying too hard to regain some of their lost popularity and revenue, I find myself reading a press release announcing something that I think has the potential to have disaster written all over it. Now that the WWE is trying their hand at movies, television, and books there is only one place left to go. The WWE is getting into the smoked meats business; selling beef jerky, bacon, and smokehouse hams. Just kidding! The WWE is trying to get into the music business. Believe it or not I have no problem with this move...assuming they don't go overboard. As it stands now this new 'WWE Music Group' will do things such as securing existing and upcoming songs for PPVs, develop wrestlers' entrance themes, and WWE superstars' albums. That last one is what I have some concerns over. If you remember the 'WWE Originals' album you will see why I am concerned. That album was awful. Songs like Stacy's 'Why Can't We Just Dance', John Cena's 'Basic Thuganomics', and my personal favorite Rikishi's 'Put a Little Ass On It'. The only song on the album that was actually done by a real singer was Lillian Garcia's song. Yeah, I know that Jericho had a song on the album too, but his singing often leaves a lot to be desired. The only success that his band has hand was because of his wrestling, not his singing. He wrestles a lot better than he sings. I just hope that they don't use the new music division as a license to release albums from the superstars. ESPECIALLY JOHN CENA! All of Cena's songs sound the same. My advice to the WWE is to just stick with getting the rights to songs for PPVs, the entrance themes, and music from actual musicians and not wrestlers. There is a reason that groups like Motorhead, and P.O.D.are not in the ring doing suplexes and Triple H and The Boogeyman aren't cutting records.

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