I’m writing this as AEW’s use of Spiritbox’s song, Perfect Soul, is making it very hard for me to resist the temptation to order All Out, stay up all night, and completely derail my Sunday. For those that haven’t seen the All Out cold open:
Perfect Soul is one of those songs that perfectly captures pro-wrestling’s blend of drama and athletic action. I could try and break this down, analyse the blend of moving images and music, the quick cuts. But I don’t want to put this into words. I want to feel it. Sometimes, the written word can’t do justice to the emotions other mediums can provoke.
Speaking of songs that perfectly captures pro-wrestling’s blend of drama and athletic action, a few days ago Drowning Pool’s Bodies came up on my Spotify, bringing back glorious memories of Summerslam 2001. I’m sure at the time there was a longer promo video, but this is the best I could find – you’ll still feel the hype it generates (credit YouTube user Enrique Turcke):
Then, of course, everybody’s favourite, there’s the use of Limp Bizkit’s My Way for WrestleMania X-Seven:
Credit: Beyond The Ring
This promo is just perfection. It still makes the hairs on my arm stand up. The slow build to the drop. How the lyrics marry up to the images. Whoever produced this, I bow to your greatest.
And my final reference, it’s got to be the use of The Who’s Baba O’Riley at All In London. I can’t tell you how many I’ve watched this back. I still plan to write a piece narrating the video’s content in the style of a novelistic episode. For now, just watch and admire in its original form. This is art.
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