‘Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal’ a fitting tribute
On April 1, WWE debuted the much-anticipated documentary Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal. Bray...
Read MorePosted by Thomas Starr | Apr 2, 2024 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
On April 1, WWE debuted the much-anticipated documentary Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal. Bray...
Read MorePosted by Arin De Castro | Mar 18, 2024 | News
Earlier today, WWE announced the release of a documentary film on the late Windham Rotunda,...
Read MorePosted by Arin De Castro | Feb 23, 2024 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
Canadian filmmaker and journalist Omar Mouallem has worked with outlets as diverse as The Guardian...
Read MorePosted by Canadian Bulldog | Jan 19, 2024 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
About two decades ago, I had the privilege of reviewing Wrestling With The North for Slam...
Read MorePosted by Gio Alvarez | Dec 26, 2023 | Hollywood Headlock, Movie Reviews
The term gentle giant has been used for decades in and out of the ring, but if there was ever...
Read MorePosted by Colin Hunter | Nov 8, 2023 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews, Opinion
The professional wrestling referee is among the great unsung heroes of showbiz. The noble zebra...
Read MorePosted by Josh Olsen | Nov 7, 2023 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
Originally scheduled to premier in mid-2021, presumably after WrestleMania 37, WWE finally...
Read MorePosted by Alex Podgorski | Mar 27, 2023 | Documentary Reviews
If there was ever a cautionary tale about entering the world of professional wrestling, it’s the...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Dec 5, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock
Wrestling fans have a reason to “Woooooo!” this Christmas. Peacock has announced that...
Read MorePosted by Nathan Hatton | Nov 28, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Movie Reviews, The Sporting Connection
Over the last few decades, fans of professional wrestling have heard Jim Ross occasionally...
Read MorePosted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | Nov 24, 2022 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
In the sport of professional wrestling, there are tons of outrageous characters. In terms of...
Read MorePosted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Jul 5, 2022 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
In Pittsburgh, there had long been rumors and talk of a documentary about the life of “The Living...
Read MorePosted by Shelby-Liza Ndumbi | Feb 3, 2022 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
A new documentary, This Is Women’s Wrestling: A Ring of Honor Women’s Division...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 20, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
Going into the recently released documentary called The Flying Greek about wrestler Mike Pappas...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 3, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
A documentary called The Flying Greek, set to premiere next Friday, December 10th in Springfield,...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 10, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
As the previous entries in the new series of Biography on A&E featuring big-name WWE stars has...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 18, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
The question before watching the A&E Biography on “Stone Cold” Steve Austin that...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Apr 2, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
There’s a bold statement made near the beginning of Luchadoras, a documentary directed by...
Read MorePosted by Greg "Count Grog" Mosorjak | Mar 26, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock
Wrestling fans have long been acquainted with Diamond Dallas Page. He started at a late age as a...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 12, 2020 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Music for Cauliflower Ears, Obituaries, Opinion
Allen Abel, the great, retired columnist for the Globe and Mail newspaper, wrote a feature on...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Jun 6, 2019 | Story Archives
Vice TV’s Dark Side of the Ring aims to tackle the most notorious stories hiding in the dark...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 27, 2019 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
Being a part of the Being The Elite YouTube channel, Kenny Omega has had a lot of say about what...
Read MorePosted by Guest Column | Dec 9, 2018 | Hollywood Headlock, Opinion
By RY LEVEY – For SLAM! Wrestling I’ll always remember my first interaction with...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Nov 19, 2018 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
There’s a film currently being shot to honour the legacy of Owen Hart, done with the...
Read MorePosted by Dave Drason Burzynski | Jul 24, 2018 | Documentary Reviews
I am a huge fan of documentaries, more so than movies. They tell a story, raw and unscripted,...
Read MorePosted by Alexandra Robertson | Jul 2, 2018 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
What happens when the cheering ends? When the men and women of the squared circle are recovering...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 22, 2018 | Documentary Reviews
In a recent Tweet, Chris Jericho said that 350 Days is “the most revealing documentary on...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 30, 2018 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
The new documentary on Andre the Giant from HBO comes out on April 10, but it debuted on Thursday...
Read MorePosted by Jon Langmead | Aug 12, 2017 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
Working both independently and as part of the team at Highspots.com, filmmaker Michael Elliott has...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 10, 2017 | Hollywood Headlock, Opinion
TORONTO – There was plenty to take away from the first public screening of the new...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 17, 2016 | Documentary Reviews
The thing about documentary films is that where they start off is not always where they are...
Read MorePosted by Kari Williams | Mar 30, 2016 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
When Diamond Dallas Page began helping Jake “The Snake” Roberts on a path to sobriety,...
Read MorePosted by Matt Bishop | Apr 26, 2014 | Documentary Reviews
Whether you’re an old school wrestling fan from the 1980s, or someone who learned about The...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 22, 2014 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
It’s a fair question, but makes Peter Ferriero chuckle. The Million Dollar Man of the 1980s...
Read MorePosted by Yves Leroux | Apr 24, 2013 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
Award-winning producer Mark Nowotarski is trying to finalize his documentary on the history of...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 24, 2012 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
The Dynamite Kid is one of the most influential and controversial pro wrestlers of the 1980s, but...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Sep 28, 2012 | Documentary Reviews
It’s worth checking out the new PBS documentary, Tales of Masked Men, tonight on PBS....
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | May 17, 2012 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
The boom-period of pro wrestling’s “behind-the-scenes” outpouring, on high-tide...
Read MorePosted by Fred Johns | Jan 10, 2011 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
“Wrestling is made to weed out the weak and the people that don’t belong.”...
Read MorePosted by Darren Wood | Sep 27, 2010 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
The independent wrestling scene has always been a vital forerunner for up and coming wrestlers who...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 5, 2010 | Other Reviews
The promotional bump for the new WWE DVD, Hart and Soul: The Hart Family Anthology, is pretty...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dean Johnson | Dec 3, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
Besides pasty Canadians who make an annual pilgrimage to Puerto Vallarta or Cancun, Ian Hodgkinson...
Read MorePosted by Matt Mackinder | Aug 26, 2008 | Documentary Reviews
When WWE puts out a biographical DVD set, odds are it’s either outstanding or disappointing....
Read MorePosted by Matt Mackinder | Jan 3, 2008 | Documentary Reviews
To accurately portray the era of World Class Championship Wrestling, WWE goes all out with their...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Oct 4, 2007 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
The documentary genre is perhaps the best method for presenting the world of pro wrestling on...
Read MorePosted by Yves Leroux | Oct 3, 2006 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
There have been many pro wrestling documentaries in the past decade, whether about the business...
Read MorePosted by Corey David Lacroix | Dec 29, 2005 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
Believe it or not, there are still some secrets within the world of professional wrestling that...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Dec 5, 2005 | Documentary Reviews
Jake “The Snake” Roberts – Pick Your Poison is the drink of the choice for those...
Read MorePosted by Corey David Lacroix | Apr 21, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
When independent film producer Lalita Krishna decided to take on her latest production, the goal...
Read MorePosted by Corey David Lacroix | Feb 10, 2005 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
Michael Moody is not your average wrestling fan. Yes, he is disillusioned with the state of...
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