John Cena Sued Over WWE Entrance Music

John Cena Sued Over WWE Entrance Music

Update: 2025-12-05
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John Cena and WWE face a lawsuit over the iconic horn riff in Cenas entrance music, The Time Is Now. Kim Schofield, daughter of late jazz musician Pete Schofield, claims the songs brass hook was illegally sampled from her fathers 1974 arrangement of The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia. The lawsuit alleges willful copyright infringement and other charges, with Schofield seeking damages and recognition of her father as the rightful author of the horn sections.

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John Cena Sued Over WWE Entrance Music

John Cena Sued Over WWE Entrance Music