10 Cheesiest Music Videos In Wrestling History
Near-criminal levels of cheese.
Wrestling has been using music to great effect for decades. Vince McMahon himself got his start promoting rock concerts, and MTV was a huge part of WWE's first modern period of cultural relevancy. Over the years, there have been many wonderful promotional video packages set to music, especially around WrestleMania; Miz' "Hate Me Now", Daniel Bryan's "Monster", and the Austin/Rock classic "My Way" all spring to mind. Given all of these related competencies, one might assume that at least one wrestling promotion, at some point in history, was able to produce a decent music video. One would be wrong.
Any attempt by a wrestling promotion to create a traditional music video has resulted in near-criminal levels of cheese. For whatever reason, wrestling promoters long ago figured out how to choose music to complement their existing footage, but when asked to supply non-wrestling footage for pre-chosen songs they fumble, and hard.
Some of these videos are terrible on purpose and some of them were really intended to be great, genuinely exciting music videos, but it's important to note that each and every one of these was an attempt to get someone, somewhere, to spend money on a ticket to a wrestling show. Keep that in mind as you watch the following.
10. Tyler Breeze, "#mmmmmgorgeous" (NXT, 2014)
Tyler Breeze is one of NXT's most dynamic talents, and comparisons to Shawn Michaels in his early heel period would not be unwarranted. Just like the young Heartbreak Kid, Prince Pretty recorded his own, self-aggrandizing spoken-word theme song, but he did Shawn one better by recording an official video.
Naturally, the video consists entirely of Tyler Breeze. There are closeups of Tyler Breeze tapping his giant fuzzy boots to the beat. There are shots of Tyler Breeze pumping a fist in triumph near a mixing board. The video ends with a slideshow of glossy 8x10's of Tyler Breeze. The whole thing looks like it was edited in five minutes on Windows Movie Maker 2003. It is glorious.
Plus, if Tyler himself is to be believed, it won three MTV Euro Awards before it even premiered.