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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 5

                  ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
        Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
             or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or form 5
    obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[_] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[_] Form 4 Transactions Reported

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

     Solomon                    Michael                 B.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

     600 The Times Building
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                                    (Street)

     Ardmore                         PA                  19003
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. ("WWF")
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)


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4.   Statement for Month/Year

     8/01
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [_]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)


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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

     [_]  Form filed by One Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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           TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF,
                             OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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                                                                                                 5.             6.
                                                                 4.                              Amount of      Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Securities     ship
                                      2.            3.           Disposed of (D)                 Beneficially   Form:     7.
                                      Transaction   Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Owned at End   Direct    Nature of
                                      Date          Code         ------------------------------- of Issuer's    (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    (Month/       (Instr. 8)               (A)                 Fiscal Year    Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Day/          ------------  Amount     or     Price        (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            Year)         Code                     (D)                 and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock,
$.01 per share                                                                                       32,500     (D)
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Class A. Common Stock,
$.01 per share                                                                                      695,980     (I)        (1)
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Class A Common Stock,
$.01 per share                        8/30/01         P           1,886,793  (A)     13.25 per    1,886,793     (I)        (1)
                                                                                     share
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*    If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
     Instruction 4(b)(v).

           PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF
         INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND
         UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.

                                                                          (Over)
                                                                 SEC 2270 (3/99)


FORM 5 (continued)

TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
         (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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                                                                                                                    10.
                                                                                                          9.        Owner-
                                                                                                          Number    ship
                                                                                                          of        Form
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-                      Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.                Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   4.       or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Trans-   of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     action   (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  Code     4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Year      (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     (Instr.  ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    8)       (A)    (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Explanation of Responses:

(1) The Reporting Person is the managing member of Gladwyne Catalyst GenPar,
LLC, one of the managing members of Invemed Catalyst GenPar, LLC, a general
partner of Invemed Catalyst Fund, L.P., the direct holder of the shares of Class
A Common Stock reported on this row. As such, Mr. Solomon may be deemed to own
the securities held by Invemed Catalyst Fund, L.P. The Reporting Person
disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities in excess of his pecuniary
interest therein and this report shall not be an admission that the Reporting
Person is the beneficial owner of these securities in excess of such amount.

The Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a Section 13(d) group that
owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Class A Common Stock. However,
the Reporting Person disclaims such group membership, and this report shall not
be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is a member of a Section 13(d)
group that own more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Class A Common Stock
for Section 16 or for any other purpose.


          /s/ Michael B. Solomon                              June 3, 2002
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date
              Michael B. Solomon

**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations.
       SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB control number.

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