10 Best Wrestling-Based Music Videos
Headlocks and beats!
Professional wrestling and music videos have a long history, to say the least. Most timelines start in 1983, when Cyndi Lauper and Captain Lou Albano teamed up for the 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun' video, which catapulted both media forms into the the stratosphere. Lauper would reprise her wrestling links many more times, even going so far as to appear at multiple WrestleManias.
Ever since, a number of bands have tried their hand at incorporating pro graps into their clips, with varying degrees of success. Whether it is by including professional wrestlers in the story of the video, acting as wrestlers themselves or having tertiary performers play the roles, the similar nature of the two has proven a hit many times, if you'll pardon the pun.
Because at the end of the day, professional wrestling and music videos are very similar. Both are in the business of storytelling, and have a limited amount of time to do it. The symmetry is unavoidable.
In tribute of this, here are 10 of the finest music videos to focus on professional wrestling.
10. Tyler, The Creator - Domo 23
I'm not entirely sure who Tyler, the Creator is, but he starts our list with this number from 2013. The video for the song 'Domo 23' features Tyler masquerading as a wrestler called 'Fookie Bookie' (he'll never get over with that name), who struggles to get into the ring and seemingly has trouble running the ropes.
After a brief scuffle with an unnamed opponent, a large dude gets involved and lays waste to all before him, putting Bookie through a table in the process. Bookie eventually vanquishes this foe using the old spit-hand.
Strangely, the mat has a large donut picture in the middle of it.