Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 41. Chapters: Kinnikuman films, Professional wrestling direct-to-video films, WWE Home Video, The Wrestler, The Rise and Fall of ECW, List of Kinnikuman films, The Big Event, Nacho Libre, Ready to Rumble, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Beyond the Mat, WWE Video Library, Body Slam, No Holds Barred, Bloodstained Memoirs, Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows, WWE Tagged Classics, Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be, Great Riot! Seigi Choujin, Pushed to the Limit, Seigi Choujin vs. Ancient Choujin, The One and Only, Paradise Alley, Jushin Thunder Liger: Fist of Thunder, NWF Kids Pro Wrestling: The Untold Story, Exposed! Pro Wrestling's Greatest Secrets, The Backyard, The Foul King, I'm from Hollywood, Backyard Dogs, Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero, The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling, Wrestling with Faith. Excerpt: The Wrestler is a 2008 film directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Robert D. Siegel, and starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, and Ernest Miller. Production began in January 2008 and Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired rights to distribute the film in the U.S.; it was released in a limited capacity on December 17, 2008 and was released nationwide on January 23, 2009. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on April 21, 2009 in the United States. It was released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2009. Aronofsky considers The Wrestler to be a companion piece to his 2010 film, Black Swan, as both films feature a character with a demanding art. Rourke plays an aging professional wrestler who continues to wrestle matches in an attempt to cling on to his 1980s heyday despite his failing health, while also trying to mend his relationship with his estranged daughter and find romance with a stripper. The film received wide critical...