documentary Archives - Slam Wrestling

Wrestlers’ Court: McMahon doc says more about fans than its subject

Posted by Jonathan Schwartz | Oct 17, 2024 | Opinion

I recently had the misfortune of watching Netflix’s Mr. McMahon documentary series. Truth be...

Mat Matters: Early screening of referee documentary really about community

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 7, 2024 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock, Opinion

KITCHENER – There’s the opening of the movie Saturday Night next weekend, and...

Netflix’s ‘Mr. McMahon’ doesn’t live up to the hype

Posted by Alex Podgorski | Sep 25, 2024 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

A few days before the Mr. McMahon docu-series premiered on Netflix, the man himself put out a...

Report: McMahon tried to buy documentary

Posted by John Powell | Sep 24, 2024 | News

With only hours until its release on Netflix there is another curious report about the Vince...

Vince McMahon comments on upcoming Netflix documentary

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 23, 2024 | News

Vince McMahon has come out of X/Twitter hiding, offering up his take on the about-to-be-released...

Mr. McMahon trailer and more info released

Posted by John Powell | Sep 5, 2024 | Hollywood Headlock, News

Netflix has released the trailer for their Vince McMahon docu-series and it seems like they will...

Netflix McMahon photo gallery

Posted by John Powell | Sep 5, 2024 | News, Photo Galleries

The Mr. McMahon docu-series will be released on September 25th at 3:00 AM. The series is described...

‘WrestleMania XL: Behind the Curtain’ needed more Cody

Posted by Steve Swift | Jul 8, 2024 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock, WrestleMania

Ooh, it’s finally here! WrestleMania XL: Behind the Curtain! The WWE shows us the mechanics...

‘Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal’ a fitting tribute

Posted by Thomas Starr | Apr 2, 2024 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

On April 1, WWE debuted the much-anticipated documentary Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal. Bray...

Bray Wyatt documentary is coming to Peacock

Posted by Arin De Castro | Mar 18, 2024 | News

Earlier today, WWE announced the release of a documentary film on the late Windham Rotunda,...

‘Making Kayfabe’ turns journalist into wrestler

Posted 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...

Take a cold, magical, beautiful trip on ‘The Death Tour’

Posted 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...

‘Waukesha Strong’ proves Braun Strowman is more than a monster

Posted 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...

Guest column: My documentary opens the eyes to referees

Posted 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...

‘Superfan: The Story of Vladimir’ packs an emotional wallop

Posted by Josh Olsen | Nov 7, 2023 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

Originally scheduled to premier in mid-2021, presumably after WrestleMania 37, WWE finally...

Bison Smith documentary hits as hard as the wrestler himself

Posted 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...

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...

Vice ‘Dark Side of the Ring’ Story & Review Archive

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jun 6, 2019 | Story Archives

Vice TV has recognized that there is value in pro wrestling programming, especially its Dark Side...

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...

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