I used to be a huge wrestling fan when I was a kid. I watched during the erea where you had Andre the giant, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, King Kong Bundy, etc. That’s as far as my wrestling experience goes.
Wrestler is a docuseries that highlights an organization called the OVW, which is short for Ohio Valley Wrestling. I’ve never really heard of this organization before and I wasn’t sure that I’d be interested in watching this show. But as a fan of wrestling, I gave it a go.
Their main guy is called Al Snow, and he is a former WWF wrestler. I don’t recognize him or his head gimmick from the period that I watched wrestling. However, it looks like he was pretty popular, so I may have just missed him. I wasn’t around for the attitude era or anything since then. I became discouraged once I found out that it was ‘fake.’ Of course, we all know there is nothing fake about a 300-pound man flying through the air and landing on another human being. The word “fake” in this context means scripted or predetermined. However, those are still people doing this very hard work.
Through this series, I became exposed to a whole bunch of new wrestlers and what goes on behind the scenes when putting together a wrestling show. There were periods where I was sitting here, actually crying because of how heavy and emotional the content was. For instance, the storyline with Haley J and her mother, Maria, was heavy, and I could feel the emotion between them.
If you’re a fan of wrestling, whether or not you’re familiar with these characters, I think that you will enjoy this show. It will give you a unique behind-the-scenes look into an arena where most of us have never been able to go before. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I highly recommend watching this. I’ve never been to Ohio, and I don’t know that I’ll ever go to Ohio, but if this show is still around, then I’d love to go check it out. Maybe they’ll be the ones to get me out there.
Just a life long New Yorker sharing the journey through my lens. Please take note of a post’s date. The views I express here are subject to change and evolving as I grow and learn.
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