12:00 – The Wrestler 1974
The Wrestler is a 1974 independent film directed by Jim Westman, produced by professional wrestler Verne Gagne and W.R. Frank, starring Ed Asner as Frank Bass, a wrestling promoter. Verne Gagne also stars in the film as Mike Bullard, the current wrestling champion of his “league”. After a long reign as champion, Bullard is getting older and feeling pressure from all sides, including his wife and wrestling promoters, to pass the championship to Billy Taylor and retire. Bullard’s resistance to their requests that he step aside is the central conflict in the film. The film presents professional wrestling as a truly competitive sport, always maintaining the illusion that matches are a result of athletic combat and not pre-determined outcomes decided before the matches.

At one point during the film, a number of wrestlers who had either died during a match or as a result of in-ring injuries are mentioned. That list of names was not fictional, but taken from the history of professional wrestling.

13:40 – Hot Properties With Richard Belzer, Hulk Hogan And Mr. T
The full programme that “the clip” came from. Hogan is challenged by a coked up talk show host to “demonstrate a wrestling hold” Hilarity insues

14:15 – GRUNT： The Wrestling Movie
Campy, weird, silly, but bloody terrifying. of course Adrian Street had his fingerprints all over this. no spoilers, but the premis is one of the daftest i’ve seen.

15:45 – Christmas Creature vs Trey Keller
From a USWA show, we get a glimpse of something called “The Christmas Creature”. that apparently had some beef with Santa Claus. the person under the mask would probably be better known as the current govenor of Knoxville, the devil’s favourite demon, the fake diesel, or a mental dentist. here, he’s basically an evil christmas tree.

15:50 close for handover