101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler

Jun 1, 2005

3h 0m

★ 6.0

Overview

101 Reasons Not to be a Pro Wrestler is by far the most talked about pro wrestling movie since Beyond the Mat. Wrestling fans always want to know what pro wrestler really think about being fired, being held down, the creative process,ribs, mixed martial arts, setting up a match, backyard wrestling, forming a union, the monopoly of the pro wrestling industry, drugs and Vince McMahon. 101 Reasons Not to be a Pro Wrestler is a 3 hour long documentary filled with the biggest names in pro wrestling today such as New Jack, Vampiro, Diamond Dallas Page, Tylene Buck, Predator from Zero-One and MMA fame,Joanie Laurer (formerly known as Chyna), Psichosis, Nozawa, Babi Slymm,Sean O'Haire,Fatu (formerly known as Rikishi), Konnan and more... Much of what the wrestlers have to say is shocking and surprising, so get ready to hear the truth about the pro wrestling industry directly from some of the biggest names in the wrestling industry today.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Hollymood Entertainment

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Cast

Himself (New Jack)

Jerome Young

Himself (Vampiro)

Ian Hodgkinson

Himself (Dallas Page)

Page Falkinburg Jr.

Herself

Tylene Buck

Himself (Predator)

Sylvester Terkay

Himself (Psichosis)

Dionicio Castellanos

Himself

Kazushige Nosawa

Himself (Babi Slymm)

Tony Drake

Himself

Sean Haire

Himself (Fatu)

Solofa Fatu Jr.

Himself

Tobi Hero Wilson

Gypsy Joe

Gilberto Merendez

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