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Post by toodarkmark on Mar 15, 2019 23:44:17 GMT -5
I really enjoyed the Funk Documentary and Mid Atlantic Memories. I know Beyond the Mat, Hardcore Homecoming and Wrestling With Shadows.
Are there other wrestling documentaries, not WWE produced, that people would recommend?
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Post by AwamoriRock on Mar 16, 2019 0:20:17 GMT -5
Gaea Girls for women’s wrestling in Japan.
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Mar 16, 2019 0:55:33 GMT -5
Heroes of World Class.
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Post by theironyuppie on Mar 16, 2019 1:49:54 GMT -5
ESPN’s Nature Boy is good.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Mar 16, 2019 14:30:11 GMT -5
Heroes of world class.
6 levels of hate, the Cabana-Pearce feud, it showed how petty and political indy wrestling is.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Mar 16, 2019 14:30:56 GMT -5
Oh and how can I forget of Wrestling Road Diaries 1, it showed that Bryan could be very very charismatic.
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Post by LexExpress on Mar 16, 2019 15:25:21 GMT -5
Forever Hardcore (unless you meant that when you said Hardcore Homecoming)
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Mar 16, 2019 16:05:50 GMT -5
Card Subject to Change Barbed Wire City
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Mar 16, 2019 16:07:57 GMT -5
On a side note, I bemoan the lack of captioning or subtitles in certain non-WWE wrestling films and PPVs. That has kept me from getting deeper into ROH, NJPW, etc.
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Mar 16, 2019 16:16:32 GMT -5
The Link is a pretty good, if long winded documentary about backyard wrestling.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 16, 2019 16:20:11 GMT -5
Wrestle Donst Wrestle and Vice’s doc about the TOD were both excellent, and available for free on YouTube.
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Post by jason1980s on Mar 16, 2019 16:38:09 GMT -5
Wrestling with Shadows was amazing, also I would consider Mickey Rourke's Wrestler a documentary just as much as any. Darren Aronofsky could have literally followed any combination of 1980s wrestlers and filmed almost the same scenes.
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Post by cassonova on Mar 16, 2019 16:53:33 GMT -5
In addition to several of the ones listed, I enjoyed The Sheik.
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Post by nickcave on Mar 16, 2019 16:57:04 GMT -5
Card Subject to Change is a good overview of how hard it is to be an independent wrestler at various stages of your career, from hot rising star to the downward slope of legends like Kevin Sullivan.
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Post by jason1980s on Mar 16, 2019 18:33:31 GMT -5
Card Subject to Change is a good overview of how hard it is to be an independent wrestler at various stages of your career, from hot rising star to the downward slope of legends like Kevin Sullivan. I was backstage at an independent show a few years back and Kevin was one of the talents doing a hardcore match. Of all the experiences I've had being at shows, I would say being around Kevin for about an hour was one of the most enjoyable. He talked to every wrestler he could as he if were just another one of the trainees hoping for a start in wrestling. From the other legends to the new kids he shook hands and spoke to each person with a reverence. He is a wrestler I enjoyed watching but is someone now I will remember for the person I saw him to be.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 19:46:12 GMT -5
In addition to several of the ones listed, I enjoyed The Sheik. Really good documentary. I liked seeing how happy and proud Sheiky looked when remembering his days as a champion wrestler in Iran.
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Post by Starshine on Mar 16, 2019 19:53:26 GMT -5
Wrestling with Shadows of course.
I also really enjoyed the first Wrestling Road Diaries, and The Last of McGUinness. The latter one is especially touching and also heart wrenching, McGuinness really opens up his soul in it.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Mar 16, 2019 20:01:03 GMT -5
The BBC did a solid doc on the golden age of British wrestling a few years back. It was called 'When Wrestling was Golden: Grapples, Grunts & Grannies.' It's a cliff-notes version and the title sounds like grade 5 fishy, but I found it a solid primer for understanding why a certain generation gets misty-eyed for OG World of Sport. It's on Youtube, if anyone cares: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILQmWal2DusBe warned, however, it does feature an awful Kendo Nagasaki segment where the man himself tries to kayfabe the doc. It's a pretty bullshit-free deal otherwise. Also, BBC get bonus points for getting the ever-brilliant Christopher Eccleston doing the VO.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Mar 16, 2019 23:20:07 GMT -5
On a side note, I bemoan the lack of captioning or subtitles in certain non-WWE wrestling films and PPVs. That has kept me from getting deeper into ROH, NJPW, etc. I got hearing damage,50% deaf in my left ear and 30% deaf in my right,so I keep closed captions/subs turned on. Noticed that when I watch ROH on the FITE app it has CC.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Mar 16, 2019 23:26:42 GMT -5
Here's one.
Pro Wrestling EGO runs the Jackson MS area. Best known now cause Jim Sterling works in EGO as Sterdust.
Well few years ago the main cameraman for EGO,Logan Creed,made a documentary about EGO.
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