WWF Forceable Entry

WWF Forceable Entry
Soundtrack album by World Wrestling Federation
Released	March 26, 2002 (2002-03-26)
Genre	Nu metal alternative metal industrial metal rap metal heavy metal post-grunge alternative rock hard rock
Length	71:25
Label	Columbia Smackdown! Records
Producer	Jim Johnston (also exec.) Jay Baumgardner Kid Rock John Kurzweg Eric Thorngren Limp Bizkit Terry Date Josh Abraham Scott Weiland Raine Maida Rob Zombie Scott Humphrey Justin Rimer Matt Martone Trent Reznor Dave Ogilvie Bryan Scott Ben Grosse Bob Marlette Dave Wyndorf Stereomud Doug Kaye Audio Hustlerz Edsel Dope Jim Wirt
World Wrestling Federation chronology
WWF The Music, Vol. 5 (2001) WWF Forceable Entry (2002) WWE Anthology (2002)

WWF Forceable Entry is a soundtrack album by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE). Released on March 26, 2002 by Columbia Records, it features entrance music of WWE wrestlers re-recorded by various hard rock and heavy metal artists and bands. The album was a commercial success, charting at number three on the US Billboard 200.

It is also the last album released under the "WWF" name, as the company changed its name to "WWE" in May 2002 after a British court ruled in favor of the World Wide Fund for Nature for ownership of the "WWF" initialism and branding (the World Wrestling Federation and the World Wide Fund for Nature had used the "WWF" name and branding since 1979 at the time).[1]

Composition

Johnny Loftus of music website AllMusic categorized WWF Forceable Entry as alternative metal, post-grunge and rap metal.[2] The album features a number of cover versions (including Kid Rock's cover of "Legs" by ZZ Top) and remixes (such as Limp Bizkit's "Rollin'" and Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People"), as well as new tracks.[2][3] Some tracks are also new recordings of wrestlers' entrance themes, including Drowning Pool's cover of Motörhead's "The Game" (Triple H) and Disturbed's recording "Glass Shatters" (Stone Cold Steve Austin).[2][3] Finger Eleven's song "Slow Chemical" (Kane) is a bonus track on some versions of the album as well. Also, on some versions of "Across The Nation", a "Test" chant is heard in the song's solo section before the final chorus, giving weight to the theory that the song was meant to be the theme song for the late WWE superstar Test (real name Andrew Martin) before it eventually became one of many theme songs for WWE Raw.[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Subject(s)	Length
1.	"The Game" (performed by Drowning Pool)	Jim Johnston Lemmy Kilmister	Triple H	3:28
2.	"Legs" (performed by Kid Rock)	Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard	Stacy Keibler	4:53
3.	"Young Grow Old" (performed by Creed)	Scott Stapp Mark Tremonti	Backlash 2002	4:43
4.	"Glass Shatters" (performed by Disturbed)	Johnston David Draiman Dan Donegan Steve Kmak Mike Wengren	Stone Cold Steve Austin	3:54
5.	"Rollin'" (Dead Man mix, performed by Limp Bizkit)	Fred Durst Wes Borland Sam Rivers John Otto	The Undertaker	3:33
6.	"Whatever" (performed by Our Lady Peace)	Johnston Raine Maida Mike Turner Duncan Coutts Jeremy Taggart	Chris Benoit	3:53
7.	"Never Gonna Stop" (the Black Cat Crossing mix, performed by Rob Zombie)	Zombie Scott Humphrey	Edge	3:40
8.	"One of a Kind" (performed by Breaking Point)	Brett Erickson Justin Rimer	Rob Van Dam	3:28
9.	"The Beautiful People" (the WWF remix, performed by Marilyn Manson)	Marilyn Manson Twiggy Ramirez	SmackDown!	4:16
10.	"Across the Nation" (performed by The Union Underground)	Johnston Bryan Scott Patrick Kennison	Raw	3:00
11.	"Break the Walls Down" (performed by Sevendust)	Johnston	Chris Jericho	3:16
12.	"Turn the Tables" (performed by Saliva)	Johnston	The Dudley Boyz	4:21
13.	"Live for the Moment" (performed by Monster Magnet)	Johnston Dave Wyndorf	Matt Hardy	4:59
14.	"End of Everything" (performed by Stereomud)	Johnston Erik Rogers Corey Lowery Joey Zampella John Fattoruso Dan Richardson	Raven	3:27
15.	"Ride of Your Life" (performed by Neurotica)	Kelly Schaefer Miguel Przybyl Doug Kaye	King of the Ring 2002	3:38
16.	"Just Another Victim" (performed by Cypress Hill)	Louis Freese Senen Reyes Eric Correa Rogelio Lozano	Tazz	4:14
17.	"No Chance" (performed by Dope)	Johnston Edsel Dope	Vince McMahon	4:01
18.	"Lovefurypassionenergy" (performed by Boy Hits Car)	Johnston Cregg Rondell Louis Lenard Scott Menville Michael Ferrari	Lita	4:41
19.	"Slow Chemical" (performed by Finger Eleven)	Johnston James Black Rick Jackett Scott Anderson Rich Beddoe Sean Anderson	Kane	3:12

Note: Track 19 only appears on the Canadian release of the album.[5]

Personnel

• Jim Johnston – executive production, remix (track 9), mixing (track 15)
• Jay Baumgardner – production (track 1), mixing (tracks 1 and 10)
• James Murray – engineering (track 1)
• Kid Rock – production and mixing (track 2)
• Al Sutton – engineering (track 2)
• John Kurzweg – production, engineering and mixing (track 3)
• Eric Thorngren – production, recording and mixing (track 4)
• Terry Date – production and recording (track 5)
• Limp Bizkit – production (track 5)
• Josh Abraham – additional production (track 5)
• Scott Weiland – additional production (track 5)
• Andy Wallace – mixing (track 5)
• Raine Maida – production (track 6)
• Adam Kasper – mixing (track 6)
• Rob Zombie – production (track 7)
• Scott Humphrey – production and programming (track 7)
• Frank Gryner – engineering (track 7)
• The Old Dark Horse – mixing (track 7)
• Matt Martone – production and engineering (track 8)
• Justin Rimer – production (track 8)
• Jack Joseph Puig – mixing (tracks 8 and 18)
• Trent Reznor – production (track 9)
• Dave Ogilvie – production (track 9)
• Bryan Scott – production (track 10)
• Jeremy Parker – engineering (track 10)
• Ben Grosse – production and mixing (track 11)
• Adam Barber – engineering (track 11)
• Blumpy – engineering (track 11)
• Bob Marlette – production, engineering, mixing and programming (track 12)
• Sid Riggs – programming (track 12)
• Dave Wyndorf – production (track 13)
• John Shyloski – engineering (track 13)
• John Travis – mixing (track 13)
• Cyrille Taillandier – programming (track 13)
• Stereomud – production (track 14)
• Big Red – engineering and mixing (track 14)
• Doug Kaye – production and engineering (track 15)
• Rick Duncan – engineering (track 15)
• Audio Hustlerz – production and arrangements (track 16)
• Troy Staton – mixing (track 16)
• Edsel Dope – production and engineering (track 17)
• Warren Dyker – mixing (track 17)
• Jim Wirt – production and engineering (track 18)
• Matt Pinfield – liner notes

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for WWF Forceable Entry Chart (2002) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[6] 3 US Billboard 200[7] 3

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for WWF Forceable Entry Chart (2002) Position Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[8] 144 Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[9] 47 Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[10] 24 US Billboard 200[11] 189

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[12]	Gold	500,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release

WWF Forceable Entry was released on March 26, 2002 by Columbia Records in association with SmackDown! Records, a division of WWE.[13]

Reception

Commercial

WWF Forceable Entry was a commercial success. In the US, the album reached number three on the US Billboard 200; in Canada, it reached number three on the Canadian Albums Chart.[14] It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, indicating sales of over 500,000 units.[12] The album sold over 145,000 copies in the US in its first week on sale.[15]

Critical

Music website AllMusic awarded the album two out of five stars. Writer Johnny Loftus noted that Forceable Entry "will be most relevant to wrestling fans," but joked that "fans of heavy music...might seek this set out in the local sale bin."[2]

See also

• Music in professional wrestling

References

1. "Wildlife charity wins battle of the WWF brands | Society | The Guardian". The Guardian. February 27, 2002. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
2. Loftus, Johnny. "WWF Forceable Entry - Various Artists: Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
3. Wiederhorn, Jon (February 7, 2002). "Creed, Limp Bizkit Meet In Ring On WWF Forceable Entry". MTV. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
4. "r/deadlockow". Reddit. 8 February 2021. Fun Fact: Across The Nation was possibly going to be Test's theme before it became RAW's Intro. This is backed up by the fact certain recordings of the song has a crowd going "TEST TEST TEST" (as in the linked music video)
5. Slow Chemical Credits (liner notes). Columbia. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
6. "Various Artists Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
7. "Various Artists Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
8. "Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
9. "Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
10. "Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
11. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
12. "RIAA Gold & Platinum Search "WWF"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
13. "Rock's Hottest Stars Get Down & Dirty on WWF Forceable Entry CD Featuring Creed, Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, Drowning Pool, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Sevendust, Saliva, & Others". Sony Corporation of America. March 4, 2002. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
14. "WWF Forceable Entry - Various Artists: Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
15. Basham, David (April 5, 2002). "Got Charts? Wrestling With WWF LPs; Breaking Records With Celine". MTV. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2015.