You may never have heard of her, but she is an icon in the underground world of wrestling in Sydney, Australia. Fierce, alive, electric: her shows are part acrobatics and part insult comedy. She's never met a battle she can't face. But now, after 8 years of wrestling, things have shifted. As she prepares for the match she reflects on wrestling, sexism, gender and her future in the industry. What does it mean to be a Heel in a world that already villainises your identity?
Nikki van Blair
You may never have heard of her, but she is an icon in the underground world of wrestling in Sydney, Australia. Fierce, alive, electric: her shows are part acrobatics and part insult comedy. She's never met a battle she can't face. But now, after 8 years of wrestling, things have shifted. As she prepares for the match she reflects on wrestling, sexism, gender and her future in the industry. What does it mean to be a Heel in a world that already villainises your identity?
In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million dollar female athlete in history.
Following his infamous championship as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, David Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he "won" the initial title, through ups and downs in his career, with his family, and with his struggles with addiction, David Arquette seeks redemption by returning to the ring...for real this time.
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
A bright and determined teen who has mild cerebral palsy strives to be a wrestler on his high school's team and to win over the heart of a classmate, the girl of his dreams.
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.
Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her loved ones behind and face this new cutthroat world alone. Paige's journey pushes her to dig deep and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.
The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.