Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling
Directed by Kevin Kiernan, John Philapavage
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The film studies the history of, and people who made, Extreme Championship Wrestling a cult sensation in the 1990s. Its an intimate look at the subculture of a subculture, and the athletes who were willing to take massive amounts of punishment for little money based on the promise of something more within their industry. This is a film about culture and human beings - who just happen to use tables and chairs and violent acts as part of their performance art. This documentary is not owned or supported by the WWE.Read moreLess
The film studies the history of, and people who made, Extreme Championship Wrestling a cult sensation in the 1990s. Its an intimate look at the subculture of a subculture, and the athletes who were willing to take massive amounts of punishment for little money based on the promise of something more within their industry. This is a film about culture and human beings - who just happen to use tables and chairs and violent acts as part of their performance art. This documentary is not owned or supported by the WWE.
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The film studies the history of, and people who made, Extreme Championship Wrestling a cult sensation in the 1990s. Its an intimate look at the subculture of a subculture, and the athletes who were willing to take massive amounts of punishment for little money based on the promise of something more within their industry. This is a film about culture and human beings - who just happen to use tables and chairs and violent acts as part of their performance art. This documentary is not owned or supported by the WWE.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Paul HeymanHimself
Troy MartinHimself
Michael MannaHimself
Chris CanditoHimself
Dean SimonDean Malenko (archive footage)
Peter PolacoCast
Lance EversCast
Joseph Bonsignore
Rob SzatkowskiSelf (archive footage)Explore the crew
- Director
- Kevin Kiernan
- Director
- John Philapavage
- Writer
- John Philapavage
- Writer
- Kevin Kiernan