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Shawn Van Horn is a Senior Features Writer for Collider. He is also a Features Writer and Editor, and a News Writer for The Sportster. He's watched way too many slasher movies over the decades, which makes him an aficionado on all things Halloween and Friday the 13th. Don't ask him to choose between Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees because he can't do it. He grew up in the 90s, when Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, and TGIF were his life, and still watches them religiously to this day. Larry David is his spirit animal. His love for entertainment spreads to the written word as well. He has written two novels and is neck deep in the querying trenches. He is also a short story maker upper and poet with a dozen publishing credits to his name. He lives in small town Ohio, where he likes to watch professional wrestling and movies.
Horror and wrestling have long gone hand in hand, but when WWE formed WWE Studios - their own film studio - in 2002, they officially cemented their relationship with the movie industry. WWE views their studio as a natural extension of the entertainment they already release during their weekly Raw and Smackdown episodes and regular pay-per-view specials, and have been using WWE Studios to take full advantage of their talent, developing and releasing movies since 2005.
"You don't get to interact with an audience," he points out. "You don't have that rush of being in front of 15,000 people, millions of people watching you live on TV ... It amazes me that a guy like John Cena has so much charisma oozing out of him when he plays his wrestling character, but I think in the movies he's done so far, he comes across kind of wooden."
Most reviewers agreed. Film critics have not been kind to the handful of WWE movies that have come out since the studio's creation in 2002. But WWE Studios head Mike Pavone says the hope is that its movies will bring a new audience to WWE and expand the company's brand.
In the acclaimed and controversial 1999 wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat, Vince McMahon told the filmmakers "We make movies." While this wasn't exactly true when talking about the business during the Attitude Era, it did serve as a preview of what was to come two decades later. WWE does have its own movie studio now, but it's never made a movie as compelling as what it put on at WrestleMania 36.
Hardcore wrestling fans have always been annoyed by Vince McMahon's commitment to billing his business as more of an entertainment company than a straight up wrestling company. But the reason why they have been pushing this business model for so long is that professional wrestling has always been about entertainment as long as it's existed. At WrestleMania, the company showed why it's always been making "movies" -- and why it's actually good at it.
Known as Hunter Hearst Helmsley in his early WWE run, Triple H now plays a pivotal role in managing the day-to-day operations of WWE, while still managing to maintain a chiseled physique as he closes in on age 50. Though he spends most of his time in a suit and tie now, Hunter does make the occasional in-ring appearance at big events. A few years back, though, it looked like he was primed for a bigger Hollywood presence, landing roles in movies like The Chaperone and Blade: Trinity.
Prior to these being released, I had started working on my own list of movies I thought WWE should parody. In part, this was because I recently just finished a massive series of my top favorite movies of every year I could do (1960s, 1970s, 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s).
Seeing as this was virtually Best Picture (I still maintain it should have won over Moonlight) and is one of the few movies in recent years to win Oscars that people can actually recognize rather easily, I think not doing something parodying the dance number at night is a major mistake.
When WWE held WrestleMania in Los Angeles back in 2005, one of the most popular aspects in the build up to the show was the spoofed movies, back then featuring the likes of John Cena, Triple H, JBL, Booker T, Eddie Guerrero, Batista, Steve Austin, and many others.
Parents need to know that Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery is a 2014 animated feature that feels like little more than a giant infomercial for the WWE entertainment sports franchise. The Wrestlemania pay-per-view event, many of the WWE character "brands," and the action in the ring, feature prominently throughout the film, filtered through the prism of the typical Scooby-Doo mystery formula of bad guys dressed as monsters, meddling kids, and Shaggy and Scoob ever on the lookout for snacks. There is also, predictably enough, frequent wrestling-style violence, both in and out of the ring. Some of the demonic and nightmarish images make this film a bit much for younger viewers. While this movie might be enjoyable for wrestling fans for all ages, for everyone else -- especially those who are more fans of Scooby-Doo and the gang -- this isn't one of the better Scooby-Doo mysteries out there. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
Though both The Princess Bride and WrestleMania III have since gone down in history as cornerstones of 1980s pop culture, they represent vastly different elements of that culture in terms of audience, legacy, and even Andre's place in each of them. Yet together, they made him into a legend, transcending both wrestling and the movies. It wasn't the first time a well-known wrestler made a movie, and it obviously wasn't the last, but something about these two events unfolding just months apart still feels like a game changer.
For Bautista, it would prove to be a launching ground for his acting career. While he's appeared as Drax several more times in MCU sequels, he's also gone on to be a great character actor, appearing in such films as Blade Runner 2049, Dune, and Knock at the Cabin. With his professional wrestling career in the rearview mirror, things are looking as good as they ever have for Dave Bautista, though he has said he is done appearing in Marvel movies.
Piper was cast as the lead in the film after Carpenter met him at WrestleMania 3 in 1987. Featuring a drawn-out fight scene between Piper's unnamed drifter character and Keith David, They Live is fondly remembered for Roddy's often-quoted line, "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum," which he came up with himself. Piper would go on to have a long career in the movies before his death in 2015.
Panned by critics, The Marine is one of those action movies that is so bad it's good, as it tapped into the fears of America at the time when terrorism was running rampant in the media. It has since gone on to spawn several sequels, also starring a WWE superstar in Mike "The Miz" Mizanin. Cena has gone on to have a successful career in Hollywood, appearing in the Fast and Furious franchise, as well as being a part of the DCU as The Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad and an HBO series of the same name.
James Melzer is a freelance writer and author with an addiction to 80s horror movies. When he's not dissecting film, he can be found in his favorite chair, either crocheting or knitting. Most likely with a cat curled up beside him.
The success of The Last Of Us and the box office-busting numbers of The Super Mario Bros. Movie has got everyone talking about video game adaptations again. Those are bigger examples than usual, but video game shows and movies have been hitting more than they've been missing for a few years. That includes the most recent Mortal Kombat movie, and if there's going to be a sequel, WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes may well want in.
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Rousey hasn't fought since she suffered a 48-second loss to Amanda Nunes and made a $3 million purse at UFC 207 in December 2016. She stayed in the spotlight to some degree with small roles in movies and a stint as team coach in the reboot of "Battle of the Network Stars."
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