Exclusive: Why CFO$ Isn’t Working With WWE
You may have noticed some changes to WWE’s musical production over the last several months. That’s because CFO$ is no longer working with WWE.
Fightful Select was informed that the music group had an issue with their publisher. According to one source, CFO$ was out a significant cut of money as it relates to their deal. The same aforementioned source indicated that CFO$ tried to get WWE to buy them out of their deal, which WWE seemed on board with, but the publisher rejected.
The plan that we’d heard was that WWE hoped to bring them in house, but the talks got to a stand-still, and eventually ran out. It’s thought that CFO$ have a non-compete with their publisher, which is why they haven’t returned.
The move was said to be a big one considering WWE’s willingness to outsource the work instead of keeping it to themselves as they’d done for decades working with Jim Johnston.
This situation has caused a slowdown on WWE’s lucrative WWE Music Group Youtube channel as well, with no new uploads in six months. We’re told WWE had plenty of exclusive tracks from CFO$ that they’ve used in the months since the split happened. This has led to WWE using library tracks and an in-house editor, as they’ve had other departures in that department as well. WWE is still actively seeking out new employees for that division, and have worked with other groups and producers.
Fightful has reached out to WWE and CFO$, but haven’t heard back from either.
