Growing up in the ’80s, our demented minds were irreparably damaged by two things: rap and pro wrestling. Dudes dressed up in outrageous outfits, talking shit to each other and staging fake fights—nothing could beat ‘em. We fell away from wrestling for a while, but rappers don’t actually fight each other any more and there’s a new crop of spandex-clad wrestlers on the scene, so we might just dust off our action figures and go in for a suplex or two (pause?).
This Sunday, TNA Wrestling’s annual Lockdown extravaganza goes down in Philadelphia. The pay-per-view event features all of TNA’s top stars, fighting inside a steel cage a.k.a. “The Six Sides of Steel.” Complex recently got with Samoa Joe and Jay Lethal to talk about some of their interests outside the ring.
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John Cena acts really, really big in his new movie, 12 Rounds.
At its muscular core, professional wrestling is an oiled-up, spandex-clad act. Though it’s a choreographed farce, wrestling does beat a body up, so it makes perfect sense that wrestlers want to change into clothes that don’t hug their nuts and put their steroidal guns and funk-faking abilities to use in Hollywood. Many wrestlers have appeared in movies, but a select few, like John Cena, have achieved leading man status.
This Friday, Cena can be seen making his second star turn as a New Orleans detective in the cat-and-mouse action thriller 12 Rounds. In honor of his power moves, Complex looks back at six other flicks starring wrestlers that will pin you for the full count, with or without the bedazzled briefs…
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Tights make it very difficult for old wrestlers to wear diapers discreetly.
In The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky’s awesome new film, beat-up, has-been actor Mickey Rourke plays Randy “The Ram” Robinson, a beat-up, has-been wrestler who was big shit in the ’80s but now fights in school gyms and can barely manage to pay rent on his trailer home. At one point, Ram describes himself as “an old broken down piece of meat.”
Sadly, too many real-life fake wrestlers stick around the ring past their prime, when their meat has gone wrinkly and rancid. In honor of this award-worthy flick, check out five real old-ass fake wrestlers who should go down for the count and throw themselves wholeheartedly into retirement.
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For those of us who grew up with Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the The Ultimate Warrior, wrestling was an innocent steroid spectacle'until it went apeshit in the late '90s as a means of getting its ratings up. Well, if the “Attitude Era” wasn’t dead already, it officially went belly-up today with the announcement that the WWE is seeking to make all its television broadcasts conform to a TV-PG rating.
Until now, shows like Raw were rated TV-14, carrying warnings for dialogue, violence and language. But after the new direction takes place, you can look forward to a sanitized version of homoerotic sweat wars. After the jump, watch some memorable examples of the “wrestling” content (R.I.P. bra and panties matches) that you’ll never see on basic cable again.
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In this crazy election year, most of us are fed up with talk of single-payer healthcare systems and congressional earmarks. Sue Myrick knows your pain'which is why the Republican congresswoman from North Carolina's 9th District, recently took the floor to lionize one of civilization's greatest heroes…NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR! WOOOO!
Check the video after the jump to see the otherwise dignified public servant rapturously describe the wrestling legend's “bleached-blond hair,” “designer suits,” and “devastating figure-four leglock.” She then, of course, hoots. As well she should. Here's to you, Nature Boy! We’re proud to have our tax dollars pay for such a monumental piece of oratory.
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