30. July 2008 by Matt.

This man, Freddie Prinze Jr, is the newest member of the WWE creative team.

– As reported earlier, actor and life-long WWE fan Freddie Prinze, Jr. of I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scooby-Doo and She’s All That fame is now a member of the WWE creative team. Vince and Stephanie McMahon are hoping that the addition of Prinze, Jr. to the company will open up more doors to Hollywood. Also, they’re interested in using wife Sarah Michelle Geller for an angle at some point. Prinze, Jr. was introduced to everyone backstage at last night’s show in Washington D.C. He impressed people with how excited he was and willingness to contribute to WWE. Some entertainment news outlets are working on brief pieces about the story.–

So, Prinze and Adamle…working to take down WWE from the inside? We entered WWE Bizzaro World back in 2006…and I don’t think we’ve left yet…

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29. July 2008 by Steven.

So this guy…this guy right here is the new Raw GM…really. I mean I know WWE is trying to become more unpredicatable and I think anyone would have had to been psychic to see this one coming.

Since joining WWE Adamle has been a bumbling idiot. Now whether or not that is a work or not, I’m not sure. I mean he’s a professional broadcaster. He has been on TV for thirty years and that kind of history shows that he can at least learn the names of the people within the organization. So, if I had to take a guess, Vinnie Mac told him to sound like an idiot. Sometimes it just comes off so cheesy. Take last night’s Raw for example. He called Jillian, Lillian and continually throughout the Mickie James match with Hall continually made blatant mistakes including calling moves wrong and just coming off dry and ridiculous.

The WWE could take this two different ways. They could continut to make him look like an idiot but at the same time make it a new creative direction. Give people like Jamie Noble a title…who would do that, other than Mike Adamle. Put someone like Lance Cade in the title picture…who would do that, other than Mike Adamle. It has a postive possibility but really, who believes that WWE has the forethought for that. That would mean that they would have had to plan this from the very beginning to build Adamle as a complete moron.

The other direction is all the sudden, is to make Adamle all the sudden a wrestling savant. He understands what is going on and what the fans want to see and starts making matches like Cena vs. Batista at Summerslam…for no reason. I mean a Number 1 Contender match is so passe at this point.

You have four men going for the title (Kane, JBL, Batista, Cena) and the champ (CM Punk). As far as I’m concerned you take all five of them and put them in a 25 minute match and the last person to score a pinfall gets the title. The dynamic of all five of them in the ring at the same time allows everyone to play off their strength, instead of their weaknesses. Kane and JBL can carry a match no problem. Batista has the crowd support and so does CM Punk. And Cena needs a good supporting cast to make a good match.

Either way, I guess they succeeded because I am interested in watching at least for another week to find out exactly where they are going to go. Congratulations WWE you’ve swayed me back for at least a week.

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13. July 2008 by Matt.

This past weekend can only be described as a “lost weekend” for me, for reasons I won’t go into here. One of the few things that sticks out is that I received a copy of 2002’s WWE Anthology CD set from England. I had a U.S. copy but one of the discs is missing and I decided to replace it. It is long out of print in the U.S., so the cheapest way to get it was to order from Europe.
Whilst importing this album into my computer, I decided to go find all my old WWF/E CDs and give them another listening to. Here’s what I thought…

The Wrestling Album (1985)

This was the very first WWF album. Instead of entrance themes, this album is mainly a jokey recording featuring various superstars singing. Yes, Roddy Piper and Nikolai Volkoff “sing”! The only saving grace to this album is the inclusion of Derringer’s “Real American”, which long time wrestling fans will recognize as Hulk Hogan’s theme song. I wouldn’t purchase this album again, but download it if you are curious.
My rating: D

WWF: Full Metal The Album (1995)

Ten years later WWF released the first entrance theme album, entitled “Full Metal”. Despite the title this CD is recognized as WWF The Music Volume 1, and it’s worthy of that distinction. The album opens with two tracks performed by members of Anthrax and Type-O Negative. These two songs actually became merged together later on and were the main theme song for WWF RAW is WAR from 1996 until 2002. It’s interesting to hear them as they were originally presented.
Entrance theme wise we have Diesel, Goldust, Razor Ramon, Bret Hart and The Undertaker among others. My favorite tracks include Bret Hart’s theme, Shawn Michaels theme and Hakushi’s theme. Anyone remember that guy? This CD is not something I’d recommend to non-wrestling fans, but anyone who was a fan back in the 90’s will enjoy this bit of nostalgia.
My rating: C

WWF: The Music, Volume 2 (1997)

WWF Volume 2 features WWF composer Jim Johnston experimenting with remixes for the first time. The album opens up with a slow, orchestral rendition of the Undertaker’s theme song. This is one of my favorite WWF tracks. We also get early versions of Stone Cold Steve Austin’s theme and Mankind’s original theme song. Also featured are one of The Rock’s very first themes, The Nation of Domination’s theme, Sunny’s theme and an odd remix of Shawn Michaels’ theme, “Sexy Boy”, that appears to have been sung by a drunk cowboy.
My rating: B-
WWF: The Music, Volume 3 (1998)

This was the first time that a theme music CD went mainstream. I remember picking this up at Target for crying out loud! This one is a straight theme music CD, no remixes or wrestlers singing. This one is essential for anyone who was a fan of wrestling during the Attitude era. In this album Jim Johnston begins to compose actual 3 mintue songs instead of 1 minute loops only meant for use on TV.
As with Volume 2, this one opens with a theme song for The Undertaker, but immediatly you’ll realize that is is a different Undertaker than was represented on Volume 2. This is how theme music is supposed to be, representative of the personality of the character. Taker’s theme is a rousing guitar driven affair with gothic bells and synths. We also get Edge’s first theme, Kane’s theme and perenial favorite The Brood’s theme, which to this day if one of my favorites. Rounding out the album are D-Generation X’s full theme song and Stone Cold’s 2nd theme, which is the faster one that he still uses to this day.
My rating: A
WWF: The Music Vol, 4 (1999)

Volume 4 brought us newer rendtions of songs from Edge, The Undertaker and The Rock, as well as themes for newer wrestlers Chris Jericho and the Big Show. The main reason for owning this album is the inclusion of Triple H’s solo theme, “My Time”. This was the song he used during his initial main event push and is well worth the price of admission. All around more polished than Volume 3, this is a worthy followup, and essential for any Attitude era fan.
My rating: A

WWF: The Music Vol, 5 (2001)

Volume 5 was a long time coming in it’s day. Unfortuatly it was a bit of a let down. While the album did include Triple H’s new (and still current) theme song “The Game”, the rest of the tracks were ultimatly a let down. It’s as if Jim Johnston took a vacation on this one. The final track on this one is The Rock singing about Pie. WTF? No. Just no.
My rating: C

WWF Forceable Entry (2002)

A return to form for Jim Johnston, this album features popular rock bands performing superstars theme songs, a trend which continues today. While some of the songs aren’t as memorable as their original counterparts, others shine. Drowning Pool’s “The Game” is great, as is Our Lady Peace’s “Whatever”. For me, the stand out track is Disturbed’s take on Stone Cold’s theme. I didn’t think anyone could put words to “Glass Shatters” but by the grace of God they did, and did it well. I wish Austin would have used this theme for longer than he did. We also have RVD’s long running theme song, Union Underground’s RAW theme song that was used from 2002 until 2006, and Boy Hits Car’s rendition of Lita’s theme, which she used until she retired in 2007. Some songs on this album are still used today including Matt Hardy’s “Live For The Moment” and Kane’s “Slow Chemical”. I highly recommend this album to wrestling fans and to fans of hard rock. Probably my favorite WWF album!
My rating: A

WWE Anthology (2002)

The first WWE named album is a three disc deluxe set featuring songs from the 80’s, 90’s and today. Disc one is the Federation era and contains many classic WWE themes including themes for Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Ultimate Warrior, Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase, Shawn Michaels, Owen Hart, Mankind and more. They crammed 33 songs on this disc, since most of them are only 2 minutes long. Again, the early theme songs were really only meant to play in arenas for 1 minute or so, so this is ok. Disc two is amazing. This is the Attitude era disc and features all of the big theme songs from 1997 to 2001. While many of these songs also appeared on previous WWF CDs, some presented here are remixes or alternate versions which makes them different enough. Disc 3 is the “Now” era, which features then current theme songs for The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, Christian and others. My favorite on this disc is “Game” which is actually a tranistional theme Triple H used between “My Time” and “The Game” by Motorhead. Elements are both songs are apparent. The main reason to own this 3 disc set is the inclusion of the Corporate Ministry’s first theme song. Holy shit this song rocks. Sadly, the more popular second version did not make it on the CD, although a CD quality rip was included on early promo copies. One thing I should note, DO NOT BUY THE AMERICAN VERSION. Disc 2 was misprinted and each track starts 2 seconds into the songs, cutting off the intros. The U.S. version also came in a very thin cardboard sleeve thing, but the European version comes in a full size triple digipak and has no issues on disc 2.
My rating: A+

Themeaddict: WWE The Music Vol.6 (2004)

Volume 6 brought back Motorhead for the highly anticipated “Evolution” theme song. Many newer superstars were featured on this album including JBL, Christian, Carlito and Chavo Guererro. Volume 6 was also a first for two things. This was the first WWE CD released through the Columbia Records label, and the first to include a DVD, with videos for each song.
My rating: B+

WWE Wreckless Intent (2006)

WI is one of my favorite WWE CDs. This album features Randy Orton’s “Burn In My Light” theme song, along with new tunes for Batista and Triple H. Other stand outs are CM Punk’s theme song, “This Fire Burns” by Killswitch Engage and Sikk The Shocker’s “I’m Comin’” MVP’s theme. A majority of the songs on this CD are still used every week on WWE programming.
My rating: A+

WWE The Music Vol. 7 (2007)

Volume 7 was released to iTunes only, and is still only available for download. This album contains 21 tracks, all of which are Jim Johnston creations…no big name bands here. The first handful of tracks are great, but the quality slips during the middle portion. The last few tracks are decent as well. Standouts include Cryme Tyme’s theme, Elijah Burke’s theme and Gregory Helms theme. While I’d have prefered for this to be released on a CD, I don’t mind this method of distributing WWE themes, if it means getting some lesser popular wrestler’s themes who normally would not have made it to CD.
My rating: C+

WWE RAW: The Greatest Hits (2008)

Taken as a GH compilation, WWE RAW, is a fantastic addition to the WWE library. The only trouble is, each and every song, save for two, have already been released elsewhere. Still, if you just want to pick up one CD to fullfill your WWE music needs, this one will do it. Covering everyone from John Cena and Triple H to the Rock, Stone Cold and Undertaker, this CD has all of the big names of the last 15 years. You’ll be hard pressed to find a song you won’t like on here.
My rating: (As a Greatest Hits) A
WWE The Music, Vol 8 (2008)
*reprinted from an earlier blog post*

WWE The Music Volume 8 represents the WWE trying to reclaim lossess after the Christmas release of RAW: The Music, which contained only two new songs, the rest were previously released. Taken as a “best of” it wasn’t a bad CD, but the type of people who would buy this sort of CD already owned all the original releases.
Despite how shitty the WWE product is at the moment, Jim Johnston, the WWE composer still makes the most of what he’s given and produces pretty decent music. I’ve always been a fan of WWE music so it should come as no surprise that I have been awaiting this one.
The CD definetley feels rushed, especially compared to some of the previous, and much better, albumsincluding Forceable Entry and Wreckless Intent. That said, there are still a few tracks that I enjoy, including “No More Words” by EndeverafteR, which is Jeff Hardy’s new theme song. It sounds crappy as an arena entrance tune, but it’s a good song on the CD. Theory of a Deadman have re-recorded Vince McMahon’s well known theme, “No Chance In Hell”. It’s pretty good. Not as good as the original, but Theory always puts out solid material for WWE and this song continues that. Saliva also puts out another track for the WWE, “Don’t Question My Heart” the new ECW theme. It’s ok. I like Saliva, but this one is a let down. Saliva generally puts out catchy, melodic hard rock, but this one’s just not catchy….or melodic. It’s very generic sounding.
John Morrison’s new theme song isn’t bad. I like how it’s a throw back to 60’s/70’s rock, much like his gimmick, so the song works for him. It could use some stronger vocals though. Shelton Benjamin’s theme is re-recorded, but I’m not sure why. This new one isn’t that good…it’s just a slower, plodding affair. Mr. Kennedy’s theme has been redone again, despite being one of the two new songs on the last release. It’s awful. Airborne does it, and it just sucks. The original is much, much better. Chris Jericho gets yet another remix…and it’s decent. A bit slow, but it’s a welcome departure from his early 2000’s themes. Aiden performs Ashley’s new theme song for the Wal-Mart version, although the song isn’t near the standards of thier own albums. Santino Marella’s theme is also a bonus track, and it’s surprisngly good.
So, if you’re a WWE fan, it’s worth checking out, but anyone else will do best to avoid this one.
My rating: B

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4. July 2008 by Matt.

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7. May 2008 by Matt.

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6. May 2008 by Matt.

Prepare to Relive, Rewrite or Redefine History with WWE(R) Legends of WrestleMania(R)

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - (Business Wire) THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) today announced that WWE® Legends of WrestleMania® is currently in development for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Joining the distinguished WWE® SmackDown®/SmackDown vs. Raw® franchise, which has shipped more than 37 million units worldwide since 2000, WWE Legends of WrestleMania is scheduled for release in March 2009 to coincide with the annual pinnacle of sports entertainment, WrestleMania® 25, in Houston, Texas.

“We have generated significant year-over-year growth in key global territories with WWE-licensed videogames, including tremendous success with the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw franchise,” said Peter Matiss, vice president, global brand management, THQ. “The development capabilities afforded by next generation hardware, combined with our established history and deep understanding of fighting videogames, allow us to leverage the strength of the WWE brand to further extend our leadership in the fighting videogame genre and bring this new property to market.”

“JAKKS Pacific is pleased to introduce a new WWE videogame property to the fighting genre,” said Nelo Lucich, senior vice president of interactive, JAKKS Pacific. “The WWE SmackDown vs. Raw franchise has captured a collective audience of WWE fans, game enthusiasts and casual players, and we are confident that WWE Legends of WrestleMania will be poised for great success.”

http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2008/articles/1210107632.php

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31. March 2008 by Matt.

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28. March 2008 by Matt.

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8. February 2008 by Eric.

Look who it is on TV News at an XCW EVENT:  Thats right The future of Podcasting, WOOJEW RADIO HOSTS STEVEN MATT AND ERIC

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24. January 2008 by Eric.

Hopefully very very soon we from woojew will have the video of me doing my new move that is funny and a rip off of Scott McKenzie’s move during his entrance at XCW.  I love this move and I hope everybody will too.  And if you dont like it, I will sick Steven on you cause 2/3’s Majority Rules.   

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