''WWE Wreckless Intent'' is a compilation album released by

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on May 23, 2006. The album is the sequel to the previously released ''

WWF Forceable Entry ''WWF Forceable Entry'' is a soundtrack album by WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF). Released on March 26, 2002 by Columbia Records, it features entrance music of WWE wrestlers re-recorded by various hard rock and heavy m ...

'', and like its predecessor it featured rock and metal artists performing versions of the wrestlers' entrance themes. A noted change with this album compared to the ''Forceable Entry'' album is the incorporation of rap and hip-hop artists (similar to the format used on the ''

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'' album) doing versions of entrance themes as well as providing additional original tracks. This also marks as one of the last WWE albums being released by Columbia Records.

Track listing

^† The subject as seen in the official track listing. Some tracks were not assigned a subject. The subject of the song may differ from what is/was being used in WWE. For more details, see Notes.

Wal-Mart and iTunes bonus tracks

Production

Two working titles for the album were ''Forceable Entry 2'' and ''Wreckless''.

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, and ''Chunk'' were at one point mentioned to be artists featured on the album, but did not make it onto the final track listing.

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was originally approached for making a new theme for Triple H, but

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made the final cut.

recorded a cover of Pantera's "

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" for the album, but it was cut and later released on the

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compilation. The song "Rise Up 2006!" performed by former Drowning Pool lead singer

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is a remake of "Rise Up!", performed by

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and featured on the '' WWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6'' album.

Release

The album was originally slated for a January release, but due to heavy time constraints, the release date was pushed back to May. The first few hundred people who pre-ordered the album on sonymusicstore.com got a free booklet autographed, as well as a WWE ball keychain. At WWEShop.com, a free signed

trading card was given for each copy of the album.

Reception

The album debuted in the ''Billboard'' 200 at #8.

Notes

* Although "I'm Comin'" by

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and "This Fire Burns" by

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are not attributed to a superstar on the album, they have since been used by

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and CM Punk, respectively. Randy Orton also briefly used a modified version of "This Fire" as his theme, along with it being the theme for Pay-Per-View event Judgment Day in 2006. * "Holla" by Desiree Jackson was originally attributed to

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, and then later used by

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, and was featured on '' Voices: WWE The Music, Vol. 9'' as her theme. "With Legs Like That" by Zebrahead was originally intended for

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, however the track was never given to her due to her departure from the WWE. It was then relocated to

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. Since

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's retirement, Tiffany used "A Girl Like That" as her theme song. * "Deadly Game" by

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was a cover version of the original song for the event

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in 1998. The original version can be found on '' WWE Anthology'' on its "Attitude Era" disc. * "Quien Soy Yo (Who I Am)" was never used on a WWE broadcast. * "Booyaka 619" samples Bad Boys by Inner Circle. * "Fury of the Storm" was used in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 as Rob Van Dam's in-game entrance theme.

References

External links

Official Wreckless Intent website

Columbia Records - Wreckless Intent samples
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