Still, McMahon made sure that adverts for the film were pulled from any of his shows. Being that his shows all involve the wrestling, and that quite a few folks were likely to see them, he probably thought that'd be the last we'd ever hear about this here flick about going Beyond The Mat. What a motherfucking embarrassment it must've been when everyone went and saw it anyway.
Sorry Vince McMahon.
Blaustein admits straight off that he's a fan of the old spandex n' teeth ensemble. What made him wanna make this movie, was not to do a glossy promo video, but to find out who these guys were, these blokes what have the skulls dented and the lips bust and so on.
Turns out to be a sorry escapade, though.
When I was a youngster, one of the biggies was a guy by the name of Jake The Snake Roberts. This guy had a moustache, and a mullet, but even better than that, he had a sack full of snakes that he would just fling onto his opponents now and again, and he had this stare like he was gonna crawl out of the telly like that lass from Ringu and throttle you right there on the sofa.
Turns out that wasn't all an act. Or if it was, then it was so convincing its convinced the hell out of him too, cause now he lives it 24-7, if his appearances here are anything to go by. This was truly shocking. Jake relates to us the fact that his mother was the 13 year old daughter of a woman his dad was seeing at the time. You can imagine what might have happened in their home one night, which led to the 13 year old being impregnated. Immediately after this, though, we see Jake trying his damndest to spend some quality time with his father, cutting logs or something in the woods. They barely speak to each other.
Not that Jake's relationship with his own daughter is any better. He hasn't saw her in four years, and when he finally meets up with her in a restaurant, he stays for a couple minutes before heading off to his room. Then we see him out of his mind on crack, talking about the demons and so on.
Article comments
1 - Ricky Vandal
Let's make one thing clear, Buster, there is only one Duke. OK. I thought this segment was about John Wayne. It isn't. You should be ashamed of yourself.
2 - Stately Wayne Manor
RV, You must've forgot about The Duke Of Earl...
3 - Eric Olsen
And Duke Kahanamoku
4 - Stately Wayne Manor
Kahanamoku was the surfing champ,right?
5 - Eric Olsen
right, haole
6 - HW Saxton Jr.
Haole??? OUCH!
7 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
What about the grand ol duke of york, man, he marched ten thousand motherfuckers up a hill and then marched them straight back down again. Doesn't that count for somethin? Certainly more than John Wayne ever done, apart from, y'know, be all right-wing and call folks "hippy faggots" and so on.
8 - Jim Carruthers
Well, there's also Raoul Duke and Duke Nukem, but je digress.
How could you not mention "Barton Fink", all he had to do was write a wrasslin' movie, but no, wound up with a John Goodman on a rampage and possibly a head in a box.
And of course, there is also "Ready to Rumble" which improbably stars Oliver Platt as a wrestler.
9 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
Jim, obviously if The Duke were to do an article with regards the wrestle films, then Baton Finks About Wrestling would be in there. And Man On The Moon, where Jim Carrey starred as Charlie Kaufman or something. Good for you Jim.
Wrestling films don't get no better than No Holds Barred though, according to the decree of wrestelised pictures of 1897. Hulk Hogan didn't have no truck with the "acting" or the "humanity", brother, hell no. Hulk gon' beat up a big bald fella for a couple hours, is what, brother!