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Black Machismo doing a hilarious Flair Just so you know, the video is 10 mins long, but once Flair himself comes out, the impersonation is pretty much over For the uninitiated, here's his Black Machismo character

Here it is finally... a month late but fake dated to fit with everything else! I rule. For me the summation of wrestling movies of my youth and marked exactly what the genre and professional wrestling itself at the time had become.... Original Title : No Holds Barred Year : 1989 Director :  Thomas J. Wright Writer :  Dennis Hackin IMDb :  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097987/ Genre : Wrestling Synopsis: Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for. Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, wants Rip to wrestle for his network. Rip refuses and goes back to his normal life. Still looking for a way to raise ratings, Brell initiates a show called "The Battle of the Tough Guys", a violent brawling competition. A mysterious man, Zeus, wins the competition. This gets Brell to use him as an angle to get at Rip. Oh my fuggin Jesus it's NO HOLDS fuggin BARRED. Yes, I realize that this is not a great movie. But ...

A big shiny one that keeps me from standing in front of the class. Featuring beautifully detailed full color photographs of every aspect of the NWA championship belt. Includes rare photographs provided by former NWA World Champion Harley Race of the night in 1973 the belt was first presented in Houston.  Some of these photographs have never been published before. Includes a detailed history of the belt, how it was made, when it first appeared, the different versions of the belt, and where it is today. Features profiles of the eight legendary NWA world champions who wore this version of the belt.   Um... yes plz! You can pick up this book at  http://www.tenpoundsofgold.com/ Someday if I ever find a goddamn job again, I'll certainly add it to my own to buy pile. 

Original Title : Bad Guys Year : 1986 Director : Joel Silberg Writer : Joe Gillis (writer), Brady Westwater (writer) IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090688/ Genre : Comedy, Wrestling Synopsis: Two hotshot LAPD cops get in hot water after breaking up a fight at a local bar. They get suspended from the force and have to find a way to pay the rent. First they try construction work, then stripping, but newspaper reporter Janice Edwards has a really good idea...professional wrestling. A contemporary of Body Slam, Bad Guys features a much, much lower budget cast but still manages to be a superior wrestling film. It's silly and not very good, but at least the story stays on the wrestlers themselves for the most part. Adam Baldwin and Mike Jolly play Skip and Dave, our two rowdy heroes. And they loooove wrasslin! I suppose we can call them the stand out roles in the film, but honestly that is just not saying a lot. The acting here is just universally bad. Not only are the character...

I felt it only fitting that I wrap up my overlong wrestling theme with films that reflect what professional wrestling eventually would become and still is - the sports entertainment style that they are today. Nothing shows this transformation better than the wrestling movies of the late 1980s! And really the beginning of this change in professional wrestling... Original Title : Body Slam Year : 1986 Director : Hal Needham Writer : Steve Burkow (writer), Shel Lytton (screenplay) IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092684/ Genre : Comedy, Wrestling Synopsis: M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. B...

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...