WHY do they call that kick to the chin that Shawn Michaels does "sweet chin MUSIC?"?

Question

Why MUSIC? And why does he stand there and stomp like a horse before he does it and the person he's going to kick never moves out of the way?

Answer 1

Do you hear the sound that it makes when his foot hits the chin. That's the music part of it. But he does all that dancing around to make the crowd get excited. Haven't you noticed that every wrestler has a dance followed by a move.

Answer 2

Sweet Chin Music Superkick

Answer 3

A Superkick is the name used when referring to a high side thrust kick attack in professional wrestling, which sees the wrestler use the sole of the foot to strike an opponent's head or chin, usually preceded by a sidestep, often referred to as a Crescent Kick, or just a Side kick. The wrestler will often slap their thigh to generate an appropriate sound effect.

"Gentleman" Chris Adams was among the first wrestlers to use the superkick and was for years credited as its originator. To set up his finisher, Adams would use a back body drop, then as his opponent gets on his feet, Chris superkicks him in the jaw. Adams first used the enzuigiri as his "superkick", before touring Japan in the early-1980s and bringing the real maneuver to the United States. He was also the first wrestler to utilize the superkick from the top turnbuckle (around 1989). A martial arts expert and a black belt in Judo, Adams often used thrust kicks and his enzuigiri during his earlier matches while still in England.

Many wrestlers have used the Superkick as a signature move since then, most notably Shawn Michaels who uses this as his finisher, referring to it as the Sweet Chin Music. Michaels often precedes the move with a series of foot stomps, called by announcers as "tuning up the band".

In 2006, Michaels in an interview said that he learned the superkick from Adams himself while wrestling in Texas during the mid-1980s.

Shawn Michaels' cousin, Matt Bentley (as Michael Shane) also uses the move, calling it the Sweet Shane Music. But due to copyright infringement he now has to go by his real name Matt Bentley and refers to his signature move as the Head On Collision. While wrestling as "Dude Love", parodying Michaels, Mick Foley performed a superkick to the shin, calling it Sweet Shin Music

Answer 4

itz scripted that way. the stomping of the foot is "tuning up the band" and the kick to the chin is the "music". itz been that way for HBK since the start of his career 20 sum odd years ago

Answer 5

it is scripted that way. he stomps his foot to "tune up the band" and the superkick to his opponent is the final note to the music calling it "sweet chin music."

Answer 6

he sets the band up (stomp of his foot)... his kick to the chin is the final note... when the execution is perfect, it's sweet, ergo sweet chin music.

Answer 7

if you hear that when hbk does those stomps JR calls it "tunin up the band" and then hits the opponent and it sounds like the music. hence the the name "sweet chin music"

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Answer 8

i agree with you. hes pretty boring like cena because they both are so predictable and its why wwe is so predictable because they got 2 lamea** talent and 2 boring a** talent. they shouldnt be tag team champions. why dont they just go home and stay there and never come back to wrestling. the world of wrestling is definetly better off without hbgay and punkass cena.

Answer 9

That's the way it is written in the script!

Answer 10

It's scripted that way.