documentary

Bison Smith documentary hits as hard as the wrestler himself

Posted by Alex Podgorski | Mar 27, 2023 | Documentary Reviews, Featured Home Page

If there was ever a cautionary tale about entering the world of professional wrestling, it’s the...

Ric Flair documentary to air Boxing Day

Posted by John Powell | Dec 5, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock

Wrestling fans have a reason to “Woooooo!” this Christmas. Peacock has announced that...

New documentary ‘For the Love of Catch’ should catch all combat sport fans’ interest

Posted 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...

Teddy Hart doc ‘Dangerous Breed’ leaves plenty of questions

Posted 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...

Uneven ‘Bruno Sammartino’ is long on Emilia, short on The Living Legend

Posted 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...

ROH’s documentary showcases ‘wonderful, strong women’

Posted 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...

‘The Flying Greek’ documentary celebrates unsung hero

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 20, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

Going into the recently released documentary called The Flying Greek about wrestler Mike Pappas...

Documentarian’s chance meeting with Mike Pappas leads to film

Posted 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,...

Take what you can get from the A&E/WWE Biography on Booker T

Posted 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...

A&E Stone Cold Biography same old, same old

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 18, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

The question before watching the A&E Biography on “Stone Cold” Steve Austin that...

Documentary review: ‘Luchadoras’ transcends the wrestling ring

Posted 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...

Documentary shows Page’s Relentless pursuit of DDP Yoga success story

Posted 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...

Mat Matters: When Sweet Daddy met Charley Pride

Posted 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...

‘Dark Side of the Ring’ Story & Review Archive

Posted 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...

Documentary will further love of Kenny Omega

Posted 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...

Guest column: My film ‘Out In The Ring’ focuses on wrestling’s LGBTQ ties

Posted by Guest Column | Dec 9, 2018 | Hollywood Headlock, Opinion

By RY LEVEY – For SLAM! Wrestling I’ll always remember my first interaction with...

Owen Hart documentary underway

Posted 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...

‘350 Days’ a top-notch, moving documentary

Posted 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,...

‘350 Days’ takes a look at life outside the ring

Posted 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...

‘350 Days’ could have used a tighter focus

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 22, 2018 | Documentary Reviews

In a recent Tweet, Chris Jericho said that 350 Days is “the most revealing documentary on...

Triple H praises Andre the Giant documentary

Posted 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...

Bruiser Brody latest topic for Highspots’ documentarian

Posted 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...

Mat Matters: Sweet Daddy Siki documentary was a personal journey

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 10, 2017 | Hollywood Headlock, Opinion

TORONTO – There was plenty to take away from the first public screening of the new...

Great Sasuke documentary flies off in interesting directions

Posted 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...

DDP unveils ‘The Resurrection of Jake The Snake’

Posted 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,...

Documentary reveals the Iron Sheik’s good and bad

Posted 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...

Last-minute push for DiBiase documentary

Posted 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...

Producer attempting to document Detroit’s wrestling history

Posted by Yves Leroux | Apr 24, 2013 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews

Award-winning producer Mark Nowotarski is trying to finalize his documentary on the history of...

Funds sought for Dynamite Kid documentary

Posted 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...

PBS lucha libre documentary hits a hurricarana

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 28, 2012 | Documentary Reviews

It’s worth checking out the new PBS documentary, Tales of Masked Men, tonight on PBS....

Documentary proves indies exist — and matter

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | May 17, 2012 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews

The boom-period of pro wrestling’s “behind-the-scenes” outpouring, on high-tide...

This Wrestling Life documentary collects misfits

Posted by Fred Johns | Jan 10, 2011 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews

“Wrestling is made to weed out the weak and the people that don’t belong.”...

Card Subject To Change about people, not just wrestlers

Posted 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...

Third generation a big part of Hart and Soul DVD

Posted 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...

Documentary to bring Vampiro to a wider audience

Posted 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...

Cena DVD set lacking on matches, still decent

Posted by Matt Mackinder | Aug 26, 2008 | Documentary Reviews

When WWE puts out a biographical DVD set, odds are it’s either outstanding or disappointing....

WWE’s World Class DVD decent, not spectacular

Posted by Matt Mackinder | Jan 3, 2008 | Documentary Reviews

To accurately portray the era of World Class Championship Wrestling, WWE goes all out with their...

Live for Sunday a Valiant effort

Posted 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...

Historia hits bullseye with documentary

Posted by Yves Leroux | Oct 3, 2006 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews

There have been many pro wrestling documentaries in the past decade, whether about the business...

Documentary goes behind the mask

Posted 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...

Jake ‘The Snake’ DVD doesn’t disappoint

Posted by Ryan Nation | Dec 5, 2005 | Documentary Reviews

Jake “The Snake” Roberts – Pick Your Poison is the drink of the choice for those...

The two sides of Tiger Jeet Singh shown in Tiger!

Posted 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...

Filmmaker explores the state of wrestling with ‘101 Reasons’

Posted 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...

‘Wrestling With The Past’ returns

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 1, 2001 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Other Reviews

The press release for Wrestling With The Past, the upcoming six-part series on The Comedy Network,...

Johnny Rougeau bio worth catching

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 10, 2000 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

On April 10, the French station Canal D in Québec is airing a biography of Jean (Johnny) Rougeau...

Owen documentary Hart-breaking

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 3, 1999 | Hollywood Headlock

The Life and Death of Owen Hart will move you. Guaranteed. From the home video of Owen with his...

Owen’s life celebrated in documentary

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 1, 1999 | Hollywood Headlock, Interviews

The decision to make The Life And Death of Owen Hart was an easy one. The directors had interviews...

Mat Matters: Tagging in for The Hitman

Posted by John Powell | Sep 30, 1998 | Opinion

I know that by publishing this column those who mistakenly regard Slam Wrestling as a mark site...

Hitman Hart director explains choices

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 25, 1998 | Hollywood Headlock

You’d figure that to spend a year of your life following Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart...

Hart documentary slams McMahon

Posted by John Powell | Sep 24, 1998 | Hollywood Headlock

“It’s too bad that a fourteen-year relationship was destroyed because one member of...

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