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Hulk Hogan's Debut Vehicle, 1989's No Holds Barred Established the Grappler as a Uniquely Hopeless Actor
Hulk Hogan's Debut Vehicle, 1989's No Holds Barred Established the Grappler as a Uniquely Hopeless Actor

Wrestling month continues with a patron-funded look at Hulk Hogan’s debut vehicle, 1989’s No Holds Barred. It’s a gleefully terrible guilty pleasure where the superstar wrestler’s jock ass is upstaged at every turn by wonderfully hammy villains played by Kurt Fuller and Tommy “Tiny” Lister in a career-making role.

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Wrestling Month, Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinTommy "Tiny" Lister, Hulk Hogan, Kurt Fuller, WWF, wrestling month, World Wrestling Federation, b-movie, Wrestling Month
Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #173 Chokeslam (2017)
Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #173 Chokeslam (2017)

Wrestling month continues with a look at 2017’s Chokeslam, a wrestling movie starring Silicon Valley’s Amanda Crew, Christopher Marquette and Mick Foley that is decidedly different because it

  1. focuses on a female wrestler

  2. is Canadian

  3. is a romantic comedy of small town life rather an action movie

  4. is intentionally funny, and overall pretty good

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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, Wrestling MonthNathan RabinAmanda Crew, Chris Marquette, Mick Foley, WWE, wrestling month, Canada, Canadian film