WWE: The Movie

GSW

I've been looking for wrestling theme movies lately: Nacho Libre delivered alot less in this respects than I thought it would. I'm sure there are others. I'm already aware of wrestling clips in the likes of Spiderman but I'm looking for an all out wrestling film.

Has anyone seen the 1985 film "Grunt! The wrestling movie" The plot entails a documentary filmmaker out to do a project on a wrestler who supposedly killed himself after decapitating his opponent in the ring. I tried finding clips or trailers for it but came up empty handed. Is it any good?

I was also positive that WWE produced "Wrestlemania: The Movie" at some point but this might only have been an exageration for bonus extra's on a Wrestlemania box set.

I also think that WWE should bring out a film featuring popular stars and angles. Not only would it be cool to see wrestlers be part of storylines that are portrayed in a kayfabe and cinematic light but it would also bring wrestling into mainstream media a little. Don't get me wrong, I'm a wrestling purist and I don't accept the viewpoint that storylines and gimmicks are everything but my mouth waters at the possibility of seeing Triple H perform a pedigree close up in slow motion with digital effects. It would be a big hit in my opinion.

deman

GSW wrote: »

I also think that WWE should bring out a film.

The Condemned is a WWE film.

GSW

deman wrote: »

The Condemned is a WWE film.

I meant a "wrestling" themed film.

Dancor

There was a god awful movie in 2000 called ready to rumble, It was based on wcw.

GhostInTheRuins

dancor wrote: »

There was a god awful movie in 2000 called ready to rumble, It was based on wcw.

Is that the one with David Arquette? Terrible, terrible film.

Dancor

D.T. Jesus wrote: »

Is that the one with David Arquette? Terrible terrible film

Thats the one, Then booked him to win the belt.

rossie1977

no holds barred with hulk hogan
Nacho Libre with jack black


grunt The wrestling movie only gets four out of 10 on imdb so i guess it ain't another lord of the rings

Fozzy

GSW wrote: »

I was also positive that WWE produced "Wrestlemania: The Movie" at some point but this might only have been an exageration for bonus extra's on a Wrestlemania box set.

That was intended to be released as a film but they ended up just showing it on tv. It was called The Mania of Wrestlemania. Basically just a behind the scenes look at the last WM that had Austin vs Rock, can't remember the number or the other matches

I've never seen any wrestling movies, as far as I can remember anyway. "The Wrestler" is meant to be a good film, it has a lot of big name guys in it. There's a movie being made soon called The Wrestler as well, it's different to the old one. Nicholas Cage was meant to play the lead role and he went backstage to a recent ROH show, but he pulled out of the production a couple of weeks ago

Oh, I saw one of the many films that El Santo appeared in once, it was like El Santo vs the Zombies from Mars. Not really wrestling-themed, but it had some wrestling moves!

I'd never really thought about it, but a film based on a WWE angle featuring WWE wrestlers could be really good, but I wouldn't trust them to do it right at all. The movies WWE have made so far have been awful in terms of character development and plots

vasch_ro

try beyond the mat

GhostInTheRuins

dancor wrote: »

Thats the one, Then booked him to win the belt.

Oh yeah that's right. That was a total disgrace.

vasch_ro wrote: »

try beyond the mat

Great film, actually, it's the very first film I bought on DVD .

Double C

I just checked The Wrestler on IMDB and Darren Aronozaky is down to direct it. He makes ****ed up movies, but is a great director. It also stars Mickey Rourke, who is awesome so I'll be looking forward to this one. Unfortunately it's not out til 2009. Shame Nicolas Cage pulled out too.

GSW

Double C wrote: »

I just checked The Wrestler on IMDB and Darren Aronozaky is down to direct it. He makes ****ed up movies, but is a great director. It also stars Mickey Rourke, who is awesome so I'll be looking forward to this one. Unfortunately it's not out til 2009. Shame Nicolas Cage pulled out too.

Mickey Rourke? You serious? That'll be savage! The cast of the original included Vince McMahon, Verne Gagne, Dusty Rhodes, Flair and Pedro Morales just to name a few. I gotta get my hands on a copy, said to be much better that "Grunt! : The Wrestling Movie".

Getting back to the concept of "WWE: The Movie". It could be really useful for creating an aura around todays rising stars like Randy, Kennedy, Edge, Cena, etc. aswell strenghtening their characters. I personally think it would be appealing to wrestling and non-wrestling fans alike if it was well done. I'd pay good money...

There was also a wrestling related sitcom: "Learning the Ropes" (1988). Does anyone recall it? It even starred Steve 'Dr. Death' Williams.

Heres a link to a short segment of the original "The Wrestler": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpDfNZFAfes

Fozzy

GSW wrote: »

Mickey Rourke? You serious? That'll be savage! The cast of the original included Vince McMahon, Verne Gagne, Dusty Rhodes, Flair and Pedro Morales just to name a few. I gotta get my hands on a copy, said to be much better that "Grunt! : The Wrestling Movie".

The new film isn't a remake, it just has the same name. Mickey Rourke replaced Nicholas Cage. Wonder if he's any relation to Christian?

pingu_girl

Anybody seen backyard dogs?
Saw it a few months back its about 2 backyard wrestlers going through the circuits nobody famous in it and an awful awful ending made in 2000 I think

GSW

pingu_girl wrote: »

Anybody seen backyard dogs?
Saw it a few months back its about 2 backyard wrestlers going through the circuits nobody famous in it and an awful awful ending made in 2000 I think

Your right, it was 2000. I googled it, it got 1.7 outta 10 on IMDb. The plot entails two teenage boys aspire to win a backyard wrestling championship and a chance to appear on a national TV show.

I also know of another backyard wrestling related film called 'Backyardigans' or 'The Backyarders' or something. Searched on my torrents for a download but came up empty handed.

SuperWoody101

GSW wrote: »

Your right, it was 2000. I googled it, it got 1.7 outta 10 on IMDb. The plot entails two teenage boys aspire to win a backyard wrestling championship and a chance to appear on a national TV show.

I also know of another backyard wrestling related film called 'Backyardigans' or 'The Backyarders' or something. Searched on my torrents for a download but came up empty handed.

The Backyard

Bounty Hunter

i asked this in the rumble thread but its more appropriate here, anyone know when HHH will dissapear for a while to film Journada del Muerto? (Journey of death). For those who dont know its a Western and WWE films next movie.

EdK

Ready to rumble is a quality movie hehe

pingu_girl

I enjoyed ready to rumble it wasnt THAT bad!

101 Reasons not to be a Pro Wrestler is good too except chyan comes across as a very very annoying person in it.

Oh and If you getting in the festive mood I suggest hulk hogans film santa with muscles!

Vince135792003

Man on the Moon about Andy Kaufman has a slice of wrestling in it too.

Double C

Mickey Rourke in a wrestling movie is going to be incredible. With that and Sin City 2 in 2009, it's gonna be a good year for Rourke, and us!!

Man on the Moon is a great movie, Carrey is brilliant in it.

This Journada del Muerto could be alright. It's directed by the creator of Rome, the tv show, which I hear is quite good . He was also involved in Apoclapse Now! which is good enough for me.

And, for the record, the Condemned is great! 90 minutes of brainless entertainment!

pingu_girl wrote: »

I enjoyed ready to rumble it wasnt THAT bad!

I enjoyed Ready To Rumble because it WAS that bad!

Edit: Dont know what this is all about, but 9.8 in IMDB is unheard of. Even beats the Wire :eek:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127849/

Fozzy

Double C wrote: »

And, for the record, the Condemned is great! 90 minutes of brainless entertainment!

That film annoyed me. I can't remember the specifics of it but the lack of logic at times got very annoying. See No Evil was worse. It starts off with a bus full of convicts, so of course I'm thinking that these are bad people, and everything at the beginning suggests that they are. But no! They're meant to be the good guys! That was directed by a porn director though, so I'm guessing that sort of stuff wasn't really his specialty

Sting made a biographical movie that contained a good bit of wrestling stuff, naturally. A bit odd though. Abyss appearing in front of 20,000 people and some other fictional stuff

I found a list of movies about wrestling here: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Movies/index.html Just looking through the list, I remember hearing about "I Like To Hurt People" before, Terry Funk is meant to be very good in it. I've seen Breakfast With Blassie before, it's all just Andy Kaufman and Freddy Blassie having breakfast in a cafe. They talked about wrestling though and it was interesting and a bit wacky too. Only other name off that list I'll mention is "Wrestling With the North", I've got it on a DVD somewhere but haven't watched it. I think it's a documentary about Canadian wrestlers, must dig it out

Clareman

there was an episode of Quantum Leap about wrestling with Funk in it

HorseRadish

Surprised Body Slam hasnt been mentioned yet!!

Cactus Col

Haven't seen it myself ... but isn't there a movie with Rey Mysterio Snr in it, called The Wrestlemaniac or something .. a horror movie.