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101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler

101 Reasons Not To Be A Pro Wrestler

2005•3h 0m•6.3/10
Documentary

Ratings

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6.3/10(3)

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.

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Production

Hollymood Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jerome Young

Jerome Young

Himself (New Jack)

Ian Hodgkinson

Ian Hodgkinson

Himself (Vampiro)

Page Falkinburg Jr.

Page Falkinburg Jr.

Himself (Dallas Page)

Tylene Buck

Tylene Buck

Herself

Sylvester Terkay

Sylvester Terkay

Himself (Predator)

Dionicio Castellanos

Dionicio Castellanos

Himself (Psichosis)

Kazushige Nosawa

Kazushige Nosawa

Himself

Tony Drake

Himself (Babi Slymm)

Sean Haire

Sean Haire

Himself

Solofa Fatu Jr.

Solofa Fatu Jr.

Himself (Fatu)

Tobi Hero Wilson

Himself

Gilberto Merendez

Gypsy Joe

Charles Ashenoff

Charles Ashenoff

Himself (Konnan)

Tabitha Stevens

Tabitha Stevens

Herself

Joan Marie Laurer

Joan Marie Laurer

Herself

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