MARCH 16 2000 — STAMFORD CT — WWE Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ – WWE) and Priority Records have joined forces to issue the first in a series of hip-hop recordings. WWE AGGRESSION will be released on March 21 and will feature an array of hip-hop’s biggest names remixing original WWE Superstar themes.

The track list includes: 

• D Generation X theme "The Kings" by Run DMC
• Mankind theme "Wreck" by Kool Keith & Ol’ Dirty Bastard
• The Rock theme "Know Your Role" by Method Man
• Stone Cold Steve Austin theme "Oh Hell Yeah" by Snoop Dogg & W.C.
• Vince McMahon theme "No Chance" by Redman & Rock of Heltah Skeltah featuring Peanut Butter Wolf
• Gangrel theme "I Won’t Stop" by C-Murder featuring Magic
• Kane theme "Big Red Machine" by Eastsidaz
• Chris Jericho theme "Break Down the Wall" by RA The Rugged Man
• New Age Outlaws theme "You Ain’t Hard" by Bad Azz & Techniec
• The Godfather theme "Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy" by Ice-T
• Triple H theme "Game" by Mystikal & Red Kass
• The Big Show theme "Big" by Mack 10 K Mac & Boo Kapone featuring MC Eiht
• The Undertaker theme "Ministry" by Dame Grease Presents Meeno

"We’re always looking for creative ways to reinvent our brand. We believe that WWE AGGRESSION will not only appeal to a significant and important part of our fan base but will also serve as a strong outlet for us to extend the WWE brand into the hip-hop culture " said John Sohigian WWE’s Vice President of Retail Marketing. "We’ve had platinum success with our previous music releases and we anticipate that this agreement with Priority and the artists that they’ve brought into this project will lead to continued success."

Priority Records founder Bryan Turner explains "Needless to say I’m thrilled to combine forces with such a powerful entertainment company. The explosion in the popularity of the WWE is an incredible phenomenon in pop culture and its ascent to world domination reminds me of rap music’s arrival to the mainstream pop charts. It was only a matter of time before we found each other."