Best (Fictional) Wrestler in a Movie or TV Show
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A good movie based on "professional" wrestling is "The Wrestler" with Mickey Rourke as the lead.
98% rotten tomato. He won a Golden Globe for best actor. Takes you into the inside world. Worth a watch if you've never seen it.
98% rotten tomato. He won a Golden Globe for best actor. Takes you into the inside world. Worth a watch if you've never seen it.
Never seen it @mcpat I'm going to check it out. "The Warrior" correct?
Yep. You learn his background is in wrestling; the movie is more MMA. But it’s quite good. Happened to notice the other day that it is on Netflix right now. It’s a good watch.
Seriously, you have a JV guy on there in Kuch and you can't find space for Kyle Timmons???
Just turned it on (again). Tommy won 6 straight junior olympic titles and a state championship as a 9th grader without giving up a single point at states.
The movie “Win Win”: Leo Poplar could have/should have won it all. Personal issues derailed him at Regionals.
Danny Zuko in GREASE.
I think it’s Captain Insano, but my daughter insists it’s Luscious Lou from “Even Stevens.”
“I’d be a regular ninja by now if my mom could have arranged a carpool”
Those guys look like they have the same fitness trainer as MSU 285 Josh Terrill.
Any time Tom Hardy plays the character in taking that choice all day long. Underrated movie and Tommy Riodan allllll the way.
Have any of you guys seen the movie Takedown. It was written by Eric Hendershot from Towanda Pa. He moved to Utah and wrote the script about Ed Branish (Towanda’s first coach) and long time principal and later wrestling radio announcer.
My buddy Paleryder referenced that movie earlier in this thread. That's a cool backstory. I never knew that. I had a college buddy that wrestled for Towanda back in the mid 70's. I'll have to see if the movie is on YouTube and check it out.
My hometown. Branish was teaching and coaching wrestling when I was in high school.
At the moment in the movie, we compare them to maybe characters in the other movies. It’s obviously Brian Shute. However, in modern times, Louden Swain would’ve been an under the radar recruit that Kale Sanderson would’ve got in on early, he would go to Penn State would go to Iowa.
Swain s goes on to a glorious ncaa career winning three national titles while Shute , often injured is a 4 x all American for Iowa. Never quite realizing his potential.
However, in an interesting plot twist after his NCAA career over, he joints at Nittany lion wrestling club and works out with the guys winning an Olympic silver medal four years later. He then retires from the sport as an active competitor, but takes over Cael Sanderson‘s role keeping Penn State Dynasty going on well into the 2040s.
😎😎😂😂
Swain s goes on to a glorious ncaa career winning three national titles while Shute , often injured is a 4 x all American for Iowa. Never quite realizing his potential.
However, in an interesting plot twist after his NCAA career over, he joints at Nittany lion wrestling club and works out with the guys winning an Olympic silver medal four years later. He then retires from the sport as an active competitor, but takes over Cael Sanderson‘s role keeping Penn State Dynasty going on well into the 2040s.
😎😎😂😂
The hell with Marcia Brady, Marissa Tomei was in The Wrestler.
I have pics to prove it.
Im not gonna post them,but I have them.
Need a bit more coffee in ur morning bourbon there fella.
Marissa would kill me, Marcia's is only 4 or 5 years younger than me. Her I could handle!!
Are you claiming that The Warrior was based on a true story?? Love that movie but wasn't aware!!
No. Lol. They say that in the movie though when the old man (Nick Nolte) is watching old tapes of Tommy wrestling.
