WWE: WRECKLESS INTENT - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Sometimes in life you make the biggest impact just by showing up, and World Wrestling Entertainment knows how to milk an entrance. Curiously, the franchise’s latest collection of original themes for its superstars, “WWE: Wreckless Intent,” fizzles instead of stoking anybody’s excitement. Its hip-hop, rock and metal offerings sound canned nearly across the board. Some productions border on laziness: See Brand New Sin’s one-chord blues number (”Crank It Up”) and Desiree Jackson’s flimsy “Holla.” Killswitch Engage’s “This Fire Burns” arrives 13 tracks too late to save the day — Darth Vader’s “Imperial March” would have kicked this record’s butt in 10 notes or less.–Billboard
