The women’s football team are bickering before the camera, giving each other digs with the elbows before the amused eye of their team leader. Further away, strapping men are rolling out the machines, while the referees are officiating in three piece suits. The classic sporting events (high jump, wrestling, sack race) rub shoulders with an unlikely form of boxing: two men confront one another sitting astride a beam. The last one to fall wins.
The women’s football team are bickering before the camera, giving each other digs with the elbows before the amused eye of their team leader. Further away, strapping men are rolling out the machines, while the referees are officiating in three piece suits. The classic sporting events (high jump, wrestling, sack race) rub shoulders with an unlikely form of boxing: two men confront one another sitting astride a beam. The last one to fall wins.
A boxer suffers a serious head injury during a fight, and must deal with the consequences.
A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.
WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania PPV and was presented by Snickers Cruncher. It took place on April 1, 2001 at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The event was the first WrestleMania held in the state of Texas. A record-breaking attendance for the Reliant Astrodome of 67,925 grossed US$3.5 million. The main event was a No Disqualification match between Steve Austin and The Rock for the WWF Championship. The main matches on the undercard featured Triple H versus The Undertaker, the second Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWF Tag Team Championship, and Vince McMahon versus Shane McMahon in a Street Fight. With WWE's acquisition of long-time competitor WCW and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin joining forces with storied rival Mr. McMahon.
As boxing's popularity wanes, three fighters at different stages of their career make sacrifices to pursue their dreams of becoming champions.
A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.