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Post by Vegas on Mar 9, 2008 15:12:42 GMT -5
I was going through the menu on my digital cable system and I saw that from 4-6 today Las vegas time there is a documentary called "The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling."
The program description says:
"Wrestlers from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to Gorgeous George and the Brain Buster."
Does anyone know abnythiong aboput this documentary? Is it worth seeing?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2008 16:08:59 GMT -5
definetly worth watching...great documentary on the history of Pro Wrestling..its a bit dated now, it originally aired in the late 90s.
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Post by Cory Olson on Mar 9, 2008 16:32:58 GMT -5
Some of the info's a bit off, especially as it pertains to Hogan vs. Andre at WM III. But it's a fun show to watch.
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Post by jmello on Mar 9, 2008 16:38:56 GMT -5
I have it on tape somewhere, it also includes a little on Frank Gotch, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, George Hackenschmidt, then goes into the TV era, featuring Rocca, Gorgeous George, then into the 90's, where it shows HBK and Undertaker alot. Worth watching for sure and as previously stated, a bit dated, especially now.
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Post by Tournament Master on Mar 9, 2008 22:21:16 GMT -5
I caught the middle part of it today and it was pretty cool from what I saw. I watched from Strangler Lewis to Hulk Hogan. I hope to get to see the whole thing at one point.
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Post by executioner on Mar 10, 2008 8:03:36 GMT -5
I picked it up on DVD at a used bookstore awhile back. Well worth watching. Great to see the classic era guys.
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Post by canadianpittbull on Mar 10, 2008 8:59:51 GMT -5
I mentioned this series back on the Deuce (RIP). Very cool series.
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Post by Scott Fire 54 on Mar 10, 2008 16:17:01 GMT -5
It is indeed worth watching.
I think they should make un updated version though. Maybe even a multipart series. I think that would be awesome.
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Post by j on Mar 19, 2008 17:00:10 GMT -5
Some of the info's a bit off, especially as it pertains to Hogan vs. Andre at WM III. But it's a fun show to watch. do you mean like Hogan winning the title from Andre at WM3?  I only caught the last hour but I've added it to my netflix list so I should be seeing it soon |
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Post by Cory Olson on Mar 20, 2008 16:05:36 GMT -5
do you mean like Hogan winning the title from Andre at WM3? That's one of them.  I haven't watched the documentary for a while, but I seem to recall that either Hogan or Vince in the piece implied that they were afraid Andre wouldn't "cooperate" with Hogan and wouldn't job for him. In other words, they made it sound like Andre was going to "shoot" on Hogan during the bout. Also, if you had known nothing about wrestling before watching this piece, you'd think that Andre died shortly after the WM III bout. In fact, he died about 6 years later. |
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I haven't watched the documentary for a while, but I seem to recall that either Hogan or Vince in the piece implied that they were afraid Andre wouldn't "cooperate" with Hogan and wouldn't job for him. In other words, they made it sound like Andre was going to "shoot" on Hogan during the bout.