WrestleMania: The Album

{{Infobox album

| name = WrestleMania: The Album

| type = soundtrack

| artist = World Wrestling Federation

| cover = WrestleMania The Album.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1993

| recorded = 1992

| venue =

| studio = PWL Studios, London, England

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|rock|new jack swing|spoken word}}

| length =

| label = {{hlist|Arista|RCA}}

| producer = {{hlist|Simon Cowell|Mike Stock|Pete Waterman|Dave Ford|Gary Miller}}

| prev_title = Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = WWF Full Metal: The Album

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/wrestlemania-the-album-1993-mw0000101096 |title=Wrestlemania: The Album [1993] - Various Artists |work=AllMusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |first=Steve |last=Huey |accessdate=17 June 2014}}

}}

WrestleMania: The Album[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/classic-induction-wrestlemania-the-album-the-origin-of-tatanka-buffalo/ WrestleMania: The Album: Musical mess that features Bret Hart singing a love song while Randy Savage begins his rapping career by reciting the order of the solar system.] is the third studio album by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was released in 1993 by Arista Records and RCA Records.

Mike Stock and Pete Waterman (of Britain's famed Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team) oversaw the project as producers and co-composers for RCA Records, with British A&R executive Simon Cowell serving as the executive producer.{{cite web |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/wrestlemania-the-album-1999 |title=Wrestlemania The Album (1999) Album Review|accessdate=2007-05-19 |publisher=answers.com}}

Cowell conceived the project after learning that the WWF wrestlers had sold out Wembley Stadium in 27 minutes.{{Cite web |title=Ep 76: Did I Say Ti Amo, Last Thing On My Mind, Celebration and Slam Jam |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-76-did-i-say-ti-amo-last-thing-on-my-mind-celebration/id1565879477?i=1000668115968 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU}} Senior executives and A&R staff at Arista begged Cowell not to proceed with the project, fearing it would bring the label into disrepute.

The album failed to chart on the US Billboard 200 but reached #10 in the UK.{{cite web |url=http://www.pwl-empire.com/discog.html |title=Pete Waterman Entertainment Ltd - Official Top 40 Hits Discography |website=www.pwl-empire.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122201208/http://pwl-empire.com/discog.html |archive-date=2009-01-22}} The single "Slam Jam" was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry in the United Kingdom and reached number four in the UK charts in December 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/bpi-awards/ |title=Certified Awards |publisher=British Phonographic Industry |accessdate=October 6, 2015}} Note: User must manually search for album title in order to see results.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = UK release

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| all_writing = Mike Stock and Pete Waterman, except where noted

| title1 = WrestleMania ¹

| extra1 = World Wrestling Federation Superstars

| length1 =

| title2 = Slam Jam

| extra2 = World Wrestling Federation Superstars

| length2 =

| title3 = USA

| writer3 = {{hlist|Dave Ford|Stock|Waterman}}

| extra3 = "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan

| length3 =

| title4 = Nasty Boy Stomp ²

| writer4 =

| extra4 = The Nasty Boys

| length4 =

| title5 = Never Been a Right Time to Say Goodbye

| extra5 = Bret "Hitman" Hart

| length5 =

| title6 = The Man In Black

| writer6 = {{hlist|Gary Miller|Stock|Waterman}}

| extra6 = The Undertaker

| length6 =

| title7 = Speaking from the Heart ³

| writer7 = {{hlist|Asha Elfenbein|Tony King|Stock|Waterman}}

| extra7 = "Macho Man" Randy Savage

| length7 =

| title8 = Tatanka Native American

| writer8 = {{hlist|Ford|Stock|Waterman}}

| extra8 = Tatanka

| length8 =

| title9 = I'm Perfect

| writer9 = Ford

| extra9 = Mr. Perfect

| length9 =

| title10 = Cold Crush

| writer10 = Waterman

| extra10 = Crush

| length10 =

| title11 = Hard Times

| extra11 = The Big Boss Man

| length11 =

| title12 = Slam Jam

| note12 = 12" Full Nelson Mix

| extra12 = World Wrestling Federation Superstars

| length12 =

| total_length =

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = U.S. release