Lightbulbs, fire, barbed wire, mousetraps, staple guns, thumbtacks and glass are weapons of choice in The Backyard. This undercover documentary takes you deep into the controversial arena of backyard wrestling where the limits are constantly being tested...and broken. The Backyard follows several backyard wrestlers in different countries as they pursue their dream to become professional wrestlers.
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
In 2014, YouTuber DenkOps (Chris Denker) created a fictional version of himself inside of a pro wrestling video game. 8 years and 1.5 million fans later, it's time to turn fiction into reality. This documentary follows Chris's odyssey into the very real world of professional wrestling, with every bump, botch, & breakdown that occurs along the way. Can he make it through training and prove he has what it takes to do this for real? Or will he find himself... in danger? It’s definitely not a game anymore.
A wrestling match shown on television, shot on film-- A tv 'concrete'.
Final Battle 2013 is a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH), which is scheduled to occur on December 14, 2013 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan, New York.
ROH Manhattan Mayhem V was a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on August 17, 2013 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York.
ROH All Star Extravaganza V was a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on August 3, 2013 at the Mattamy Athletic Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Final Battle 2018 takes place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. In the main event, Jay Lethal will defend his ROH World Championship against Cody. SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) will defend their Tag Team titles against The Young Bucks and The Briscoes in Ladder War VII, and Page is challenging for Jeff Cobb's Television title. The Women of Honor World Championship will also be on the line as Sumie Sakai defends against Madison Rayne, Karen Q, and Kelly Klein in a four corner survival match. Also on the card: Marty Scurll faces Christopher Daniels (with Scurll's future ROH World Championship shot on the line), Matt Taven takes on Dalton Castle, Zack Sabre Jr. makes his ROH debut against Jonathan Gresham, Bully Ray and Flip Gordon's feud continues with an I Quit match, and Kenny King vs. Eli Isom opens the four-hour broadcast.
The 2023 Revolution is the upcoming fourth annual Revolution professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It will take place on March 5, 2023, at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California.
Kick off AEW Full Gear 2021 with the Buy In! The Buy In PreShow features Tag team match where Nyla Rose and Jamie Hayter takes on Hikaru Shida and Thunder Rosa. This is only the begging of the big night ahead!
Hercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional wrestling before getting mixed up with a gang of mobsters.
Noah The New Year 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on Janaury 1, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Nippon Budokan. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. The show's main event portraited the final Noah appearance of The Great Muta as he faced WWE's Shinsuke Nakamura.
Singles Match: "The Party Peacock" Dalton Castle vs. Adam Cole / Singles Match: Michael Elgin vs. Kamaitachi / Singles Match: Mark Andrews vs. "The Villain" Marty Scurll / Singles Match: Andrew Everett vs. Trevor Lee / Singles Match: "Mr. Athletic" Jeff Cobb vs. Chris Hero / Singles Match: Michael Elgin vs. Drew Galloway / Singles Match: "Callihan Death Machine" Sami Callihan vs. Roderick Strong
The story of one hot night in Alabama as an Independent Pro Wrestling Show rolls into town with its cast of high flying characters in faded tights. This film features former WWF World Champion Iron Sheik, Grits and Gravy crowd favorite Bullet Bob Armstrong, female wrestlers Bambi and Peggy Lee, The Masked Flame and other rising or falling stars. The LA WEEKLY made this riveting documentary their "Pick of the Week" calling it "Fascinating...Unforgettable."
From the late 1800s to 1988, Kansas City was considered a hotbed of professional wrestling. The lineage of champions in multiple wrestling organizations can be traced to the City of Fountains, and the fan base was considered to be one of the most rampant. The wave of professional wrestling success in the city continued throughout the Twentieth Century until 1988, when Vince McMahon's global World Wrestling Federation ultimately put an end to the independent wrestling territories that once filled up America. K.C. ON THE MAT focuses specifically on Kansas City pro-wrestling from 1930 to the demise in 1988. It begins with the back story of the first National Wrestling Alliance Champion, Orville Brown, and his rise as a top promoter in Kansas City. Brown eventually sold his assets out, and the trio of "Texas" Bob Geigel, Harley Race and Pat O'Connor controlled the area until its fall in the late 1980s.
NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol. 2 features championships and tournament matches, and final matches. It is a collection of 12 best bouts from 2016 to 2019!
Wrestling with Manhood is the first educational program to pay attention to the enormous popularity of professional wrestling among male youth, addressing its relationship to real-life violence and probing the social values that sustain it as a powerful cultural force. Richly illustrating their analysis with numerous examples, Sut Jhally and Jackson Katz - the award-winning creators of the videos Dreamworlds and Tough Guise, respectively - offer a new way to think about the enduring problems of men's violence against women and bullying in our schools.
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.
Biopic feature documentary on the inspirational and flamboyant life of a pioneer in the professional wrestling world, the career of pro Wrestler Adrian Street.
The definitive documentary about wrestling legend Dynamite Kid and his impact in the world of professtional wrestling. What resulted was a very emotional journey into a career cut short by the abuses of steroids, alcohol, drugs, and a complete disregard for his own physical limitations. Dynamite Kid started as a young Englishmen trained in the infamous Snake Pit by Ted Betely and turned an opportunity given to him by the Hart Family in Calgary into a phenomenal worldwide wrestling career. Dynamite Kid was on the front lines of changing professional wrestling from a big man carnival act into an exciting action based entertainment industry where lightweight and physically gifted performers were the focal point of the show. He dazzled an international audience with matches against Tiger Mask that are still a bench mark today.