5 of the best and worst music-related wrestling gimmicks

#3 “Best”: Jeff Jarrett/Jesse James - singer - WWE

This whole gimmick and story from the mid-90s were so goofy and dumb that, in a weird way, it actually worked. The story was that Jeff Jarrett (you know, J-E-Double F…) was an aspiring country singer that was going to use the then-WWF to find success in the music business. Now, he never actually explained how that was going to work, but that was his plan. Apparently, it sort of worked because before you knew it, Jarrett not only had a music video but got himself a roadie as well.

‘However, Jarrett left the WWF, and it turned out that it was actually his roadie - Jesse James (get it? He’s also Double J!) - who was singing “With My Baby Tonight” the entire time! Neither men got any traction with their own musician gimmicks, but they did go on to individual success on their own. In fact, they both each held the Intercontinental title at least once. As for the gimmick itself, it was fun and sort of worked but just played itself out.