Beyond the Mat Rating: Release Date: 22 August, 2000 Retail Price: $29.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Mick Foley Jake Roberts (II) Terry Funk Terry Jones Complete Cast (9 total)

Beyond the Mat Reviews

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This movie tells the truth of wrestling
This movie is the Ferinheight 9/11 of wrestling. It wails on the then WWF but at the same time tells the process of going to a training camp, working out, finding a trainer, going to Vince and letting him check you out, and then finally getting a match. Then it tells the back stories and life stories of some of the greatest wrestlers ever, Jake the Snake, Terry Funk, Mick Foley, and the Rock. It also shows a look at a day in the life of a wrestler. It also shows what happened before and after The I Quit Match at the Royal Rumble 1999. It also shows the match from Mick's family's point of view. The movie itself is unrated and is an hour and 48 minutes. The commentary and visual commentary is amazing because they tell secrets about the movie like Vince is never that kind to new blood. You learn things that you would have never expected like everything is coreographed before the match and they are told what to say. But believe it or not all the punching, kicking, bleeding, and slamming is real. Overall I really enjoy this film and would definetly recomend this film to anybody who likes wrestling and wants to know the whole truth. This is a no holds barred, breakthrough film that Vince McMahon doesn't want you to see.

Wrestling is Fake!
Yes you can get hurt as a wrestler but it's out come is planned (Fake). It's not a sport as in Baseball or Football. It's fake. Mix Soap Opera with Martial Arts and you get Wrestling. In a Wrestlemania VHS tape you can see Hogan hit the floor on the outside of the ring. Not bleeding he crawls around and a hand reaches under the ring. He wipes his forehead and returns his hand under the ring. Seconds later he stands to unveil a fountain of blood running from his forehead.

I had to show the tape to my Godfather's brother (a former Caribbean Wrestling Champion). He told me exactly what Hogan used to cause the blood flow.

AKA it's fake.

WAIT. Get this video. Excellent look at the underbelly of wrestling. I am a bit sad about Jake the Snake (one of my favorite wrestlers when I was a child)

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