I wrote a review a very long time ago from what it seems. I was still working for Epinions back then. It was on the WWF CD entitled Aggression. The basis was to write on the CD and rate it on not necessarily the quality of the music, but how well it works as entrance or theme music for the wrestlers. I will rate this album the exact same way as I did Aggression.

You can see the original review at http://www.epinions.com/musc-review-22F5-AC23158-39466ED2-prod3.

I'm not into this alternative rock, heavy metal type of music. I'm more of an R&B/hip hop type guy, but I will do my best as to not offend those fans of the genre.

Why is it entitled The Good, The Bad, and The Celmatic? Check out http://www.epinions.com/user-celmatic. We like to rib each other if you know what I mean. I think he was one of the first people to review porn on the site as well.

Ok, now to the meat of the review. As I said, the intention is to rate the music on how it works for the particular wrestler. Does it define the wrestler's character? Does it improve on their original theme song. All this information will go into my ratings.

The Good

The main reason I wanted to buy this thing, other than writing a review on it, was because of Stone Cold Steve Austin's theme song, Glass Shatters by Disturbed. This song is one of the best theme songs for a wrestler. It hits hard, it hits fast, and the fans immediately recognize who is coming out when it hits. The starts with breaking glass and then it just lets loose. Although not as hard as hell as LL Cool J once was, it's tough. I just wish I could lower my voice like the lead guy who almost whispers about 5 seconds into the track. I have absolutely no idea what he is saying, but he's cool. When Austin turned heel (bad guy) last spring, they used this song as his theme music and they had to change it because he was receiving too many cheers for their top bad guy. They changed it to a much slower song, and it dropped the pop he was getting a little bit. A song that I didn't think I would enjoy is The Game which is Triple H's theme song, done by Drowning Pool. The reason I didn't think I would like it is because I really can't stand Triple H as a wrestler. His original song, which he still comes out to by the way, was done by Motorhead and it was great. This song just about surpasses the original, but he'll probably never walk out to this version. His original is actually too popular with the fans, and unless he turns heel soon, he might not ever come out to this song.

The one song that I love and is my second favorite song on the album is Never Gonna Stop (The Black Cat Crossing Mix) by Rob Zombie. This is Edge's theme music and it works great. It's perfect for his character, as he's trying to step up into the main even status, and has a little bit of bad a** in it. I dig Rob's voice. A song that I thought I'd never like, is The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson simply because I think the guy is a freak. However this WWF Remix version is actually the theme song to the UPN show, Smackdown. It is a great theme song to the show. I just get fired up when it comes on and I see the Rock flexing his big muscl..., wait, I mean watching Trish smack her lips and shake her hips. I almost took you in a way I didn't want to go. That's how good this theme is.

Yes, I'm sick of this next song too. But it is probably the best theme song as far as prepping the fans to who is coming out next. It's Rollin' by Limp Bizkit, but this time it's the Dead Man mix and that Dead Man is none other than the Undertaker. When in the summer of 2000, the Undertaker changed his gimmick from a Satan Worshiper to a bad a** biker, his theme music was soon this song. However, Fred Durst is really lying to himself in this song. He actually thinks he's a rapper. He says, "So you better get some better beats, and some better rhymes." Wait a second there Mr. Durst, Mickey Mouse can rap better than you.

Whatever by Our Lady Peace is Chris Benoit's new theme song. It's a little too slow for the Rabid Wolverine, but it's such a darn good song, it's going to work. It has a similar feel to his old theme music. Our Lady Peace does a very good job. When Rob Van Dam debuted in the WWF, he skyrocketed to the top because the fans simply love him. The WWF has slowed that push based on how they book him, but his theme song still rocks. Breaking Point's One of A Kind describes Rob to a T. It's another one of those songs that plays and the crowd immediately pops because they know who is coming to the ring.

The last song on the Good list is Tazz's theme done by Cypress Hill, Just Another Victim. The song is molded after Rock Superstar but instead they call Tazz a thug superstar. I don't really like Cypress Hill, but the song does it's job for Tazz, who even though now is treated like a jobber (preliminary wrestler).

The Bad

Now just because it's under the Bad listing, it doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad song. It's just that it's a bad entrance song for a particular wrestler.

Stacy Kiebler is a gorgeous woman. She's about 6'1 and is all legs. So one would think her song would be ZZ TOP's Legs. However, as it is nowadays, there is always a notion that songs can be improved upon. And Kid Rock tries to do so here with his version of Legs. It's not all that bad, but I just can't stand Kid Rock and it just doesn't rock at all. Stacy deserves much better. She deserves much better than Kid Rock. Unlike Marilyn Manson's version of Beautiful People for the Smackdown Show, The Union Underground's RAW (the WWF's number one television show) theme called Across The Nation does nothing for the show. How this has anything to do with Raw mystifies me. Where as Manson's People is catchy and works with the background of the wrestlers, this song is just plain odd. It also brings up one thing that I don't like about this CD. Wrestling does cater to kids. I don't like anyone's argument that it doesn't. I understand that as a parent, it is our job to simply turn of the TV so that our underage kids don't watch. But this CD has bad language (although with some songs they bleep the curses, but on others they don't) and the music is very violent. I have a problem with that because there is no advisory on the front of the CD. Even if the curses were fully deleted, the music is downright violent and I'd be disturbed if my kid was listening to it.

Ok, now that my conscience is clear, I will finish.

Chris Jericho's original theme music was awesome. It signified that the Y2J show was here. It signified that there was a new star in town. Well now that they deflated his push to stardom, I guess they should give him some crappy entrance music. Sevendust's Break The Walls Down is horrid. The lyrics are very laughable and the lead guy just screams "Jericho". Now Chris Jericho is probably one of my favorite wrestlers so much when my son was creating a bear at Build-a-Bear and couldn't think of a name for his bear, I whispered Jericho, and suddenly the new bear's full name was Jericho Bear, but if he starts coming out to this music, I'm getting my son to change the bear's name to Stone Cold Bear.

Turn The Tables by Saliva is actually a pretty damn good song. And the lyrics actually work when they scream, "get the tables". Who's theme is this? None other than those damn Dudley's, Bubba Ray and D-Von, my twin brothers. Here's why it doesn't work. Their WWF theme song was so great that it totally overshadows this one. I popped everytime I heard the Dudley's music. But I wouldn't necessarily pop for this. Like I said, the song is good, but not as good as their former song. Raven's theme song is called End Of Everything by Stereomud and it even starts with a raven squawking. Ten more seconds into the song and it's still great. But then the lead guy starts screaming, "this is the end of everything". What does that have to do with Raven, the wrestler? If they pushed him as a bad a**, then maybe this would work. And another thing is that it sounds way too much like the old Raw theme, which however was tons better than this new one. Maybe next time Stereomud.

The Celmatic

Now this is where it gets ugly. These songs just reek. We'll start with Lita's theme. She is a lady that is just full of energy. She's very athletic, but needs to really learn how to wrestle. But she gets over large with the fans. And for her theme music? Boy Hits Car's Lovefurypassionenergy. And as my friend used to say, it sucks the big sloppy dunky one. Lita is one of those wrestlers that many of the younger kids look up to, and this song has the F-word in it every other line. Although it is bleeped out, this is entirely the wrong song for her. And what's up with the band's name? Similar to domain names, I guess all the good original ones were taken. Vince McMahon is the owner of the WWF. He's really pushed his character of Mr. McMahon into the forefront in the last 4 years. His character is very over the top in a devious manner. His original theme music was perfect for him. He was sly. He was the devil, and the music was awesome. Now, Dope does No Chance and the guy who is singing actually sounds like the devil, or at least is holding his nose for some reason. It's perfect for someone like Triple H, who is projected as a bad a**, but not for the devious owner of the WWF. I can just see Mr. McMahon coming down the aisle to this song and totally doing the goofy walk that he does. No, just play the evil music and let him smile in his devious mannerisms.

I have save the most celmatic for last. The Hardy Boyz are an electric duo. Their theme music should be electric as well. It should be fast. And Monster Magnet's Live For The Moment is none of that. The lead singer sings the first verse like Hillbilly Jim did in Don't Go Messin' With A Country Boy. Where did they get this folky rock band? This is the most celmatic song of them all.

There are two other songs that weren't performed for entrance music. First is Creed's Young Grow Old which is totally what the WWF has become. The young has grown old. Especially that walking crutch they call the Undertaker. And finally Neurotica does Ride Of Your Life which would actually be much better suited for a WWF package on their TV show, than entrance music.

So there you have it. WWF's Forced Entry in all it's glory. I will give it 3.5 stars and that's because they didn't include a Boy George version of Billy Gunn's A** Man.

Recommended: Yes

Great Music to Play While: Exercising