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Original Title : Kayfabe Year : 2007 Director : Michael Raven , Michael Scully Writer : Michael Raven , Michael Scully IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104079/ Genre : Mockumentary, Wrestling Synopsis: The TCICWF is shutting down forever, and these colorful, eccentric, clueless, indie wrestlers have one last chance to show the world that they belong in the big leagues. After the shit storm that was Grunt!, I was certainly hesitant to dive right into another wrestling mockumentary. But 2007's Kayfabe was a breath of fresh wrestling trunks in comparison. This is done right. A Canadian production, Kayfabe follows a small local wrestling organization, humorously named Tri-Cities International Championship Wrestling Federation or TCICWF, in its last days. This is a much lighter portrayal of the lower rung wrestlers than something like The Wrestler . Each character seems to be a near-caricature of the different personalities of professional wrestlers. You have the talented leader, Roc...

Original Title : Grunt! The Wrestling Movie Year : 1985 Director : Allan Holzman Writer : Allan Holzman (story), Roger D. Manning (screenplay), Tony Randel (story), Jeff Scheftel (Narration), Lisa Tomei (story), Barry Zetlin (story) IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089233/ Genre : Mockumentary, Wrestling Synopsis: A documentary filmmaker tries to track down former wrestling star Mad Dog Joe DeCurso after the wrestler disappears following the events of a match where his opponents is inadvertently decapitated. A current masked star has come onto the scenes, and Mad Dog's fans believe it could be Mad Dog himself coming out of hiding. Yeah..............not so much........... Well, of all the things This Is Spinal Tap is great for, this is certainly not one of them. While I'm not saying that the two films are linked at all, Spinal Tap certainly put the mock documentary genre in the public eye. So what we get with Grunt is not only boring and not well written, but 1 year removed ...