The journey of a professional wrestler who becomes a small town pastor and moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. While facing crises at home and at the church, the Pastor must evade the police and somehow reconcile his violent secret identity with his calling as a pastor.
Buford Pusser ist ein Wrestler, der sich auf Wunsch seiner Frau aus dem Geschäft zurückzieht und sich zusammen mit ihr als Familienmensch in Tennessee niederläßt. Hier will er zusammen mit seinem Vater als Geschäftsmann seine Brötchen verdienen, muß dann aber mit Entsetzen erkennen, mit welcher Korruption hier gearbeitet wird. Als auch er ein Opfer des korrupten Sheriffs wird, beschließt er, diesem einen privaten, kleinen Krieg zu erklären.
Die Amerikanerin Jill zieht als Mädchen einen Gorilla groß, den sie Joe nennt. Jahre später ist der Affe riesig geworden und Jill wird überredet aus dem friedlichen Joe eine Zirkusattraktion zu machen, um Geld zu verdienen. Sie haben überall großen Erfolg, doch Jill sieht in Joe mehr als ein Ausstellungsstück. Als Joe eines Tages von Besuchern gereizt wird, bricht er aus und richtet ein Chaos an. Was wird nun geschehen?
Leibwächter Sean Armstrong ist mit dicken Muskeln beschenkt und eigentlich eine gute Seele. Mit diesen Eigenschaften bestückt macht er sich auf, die Bälger eines gewissen Alex Mason zu babysitten. Der Erfinder eines Friedensmacher-Chips instruiert ihn ja gut auf die lieben Kleinen aufzupassen, denn er fürchtet, Ganoven könnten die Kiddies entführen. Zu seinem Leidwesen muß Sean schnell erfahren, was kindliche Anarchie bedeutet bis ihm schließlich der Geduldsfaden reißt. Als jedoch tatsächlich Kidnapper zuschlagen, freuen sich auch die Kleinen über Seans Anwesenheit.
T.S. Garp, Sohn einer resoluten Krankenschwester und gezeugt mit einem im Koma liegenden Soldaten, träumt von Kindheit an, Schriftsteller und Ringer zu werden. Seine Mutter kommt ihm mit einem Buch über Frauen und Sex zuvor und wird Gallionsfigur der Frauenbewegung.
In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.
With never-before seen home video, this film recounts the paranoid downward spiral of John E. du Pont and the murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz.
Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid.
Finally...The Rock has come back to the Royal Rumble! In his first title match in over 10 years, The Great One goes one-on-one with the longest reigning WWE Champion of the last quarter century, CM Punk. Plus Big Show looks to regain the World Heavyweight Championship from Alberto Del Rio in a ruthless Last Man Standing Match. And it's every man for himself when 30 Superstars collide for the opportunity to headline WrestleMania XXIX in the iconic Royal Rumble match. The Road to WrestleMania begins here, from the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona....it's the 2013 WWE Royal Rumble!
The Road to WrestleMania begins at the 25th Anniversary of the Royal Rumble, and 30 men look to realize a dream by winning the Royal Rumble match and headline WWE WrestleMania. The current WWE Champion CM Punk faces long odds against retaining his championship when he deals with both #1 contender Dolph Ziggler and a special guest referee with a particular axe to grind, Interim Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis. Daniel Bryan looks to retain the World Heavyweight Championship, but he must overcome two colossal competitors, Mark Henry and Big Show in a steel cage. Plus John Cena and Kane square off in a bitter personal bout. The Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri is this year's host for WWE Royal Rumble.
In den nächtlichen Sümpfen von Louisiana bahnt sich ein in jeder Hinsicht weltbewegendes Ereignis an: Die Kreaturen der Nacht werden den Stärksten der Ihren im Freistil-Ringkampf ermitteln. Antreten werden in zwei Mannschaften die Monster und die Untoten, Spezialkräfte und miese Tricks sind ausdrücklich erlaubt. Gekämpft wird im K.O.-Verfahren, bis nur mehr das letzte Ungeheuer steht. Für den Sieger gibt es Ruhm, für den Verlierer den Tod (sogar für die Untoten), und für den Zuschauer zwei ironische Kommentatoren.
WWE SummerSlam was the first annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event. It was produced by the World Wrestling Federation and took place on August 29, 1988 in Madison Square Garden, located in New York, New York. The PPV was created to help the company compete against rival promotion World Championship Wrestling. It was one of the first four annual pay-per-view events produced by the WWF. The main match of the preliminary bouts was the WWF Intercontinental Championship match between The Ultimate Warrior and the reigning champion The Honky Tonk Man. The Ultimate Warrior won the match in approximately thirty seconds to end the longest Intercontinental Championship reign. The main event was a match pitting The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage) against their long-time rivals, The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and André the Giant). Hogan and Savage won the match after Miss Elizabeth distracted the special guest referee by removing her skirt to reveal a bikini bottom.
Nachdem John Cena in jedem Main Match war, ob Champion oder nicht, reicht es seinen Kontrahenten endgültig. Daniel Bryan will ihm die Championship entreißen und eine Cena-freie Ära einleiten: mehr Tricks und Grips, weniger Muckis. Doch ob der Verfechter von 'hustle, loyalty and respect' überhaupt besiegt werden kann, ist zu bezweifeln. Die andere große Paarung an diesem Abend ist fast noch brisanter: der von seinem Manager und Freund Paul Heyman hintergangene CM Punk will zurückschlagen indem er Heymans neuen Schützling Brock Lesnar per GTS Schlafen schickt ... 1. Match: Ring of Fire Match Bray Wyatt vs. Kane 2. Match: Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow 3. Match: WWE World Heavyweight Championship Alberto del Rio vs. Christian 4. Match: Natalya vs. Brie Bella 5. Match: No Disqualification Match Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk 6. Match: Mixed Tag Team Match Dolph Ziggler & Kaitlyn vs. AJ Lee & Big E Langston 7. Match: WWE Championship Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena
At the Show of Shows, John Cena has a chance to rewrite history when he challenges The Rock for the WWE Championship. A brash, remorseless CM Punk seeks the ultimate claim to immortality by attempting to do what no one has done before him - defeat the Undertaker at WrestleMania, ending his double decade-long Streak. Brock Lesnar and Triple H collide in a No Holds Barred showdown where The Game’s illustrious career is on the line. This is the place where legends are made. This is WrestleMania.
Over the Limit (2010) was a PPV presented by Axe Hair, which took place on May 23, 2010 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. It was the first event promoted under the Over the Limit name. In the main event from the Raw brand, John Cena faced Batista for the WWE Championship, while The Big Show versus World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger was the main event from the SmackDown brand. Matches on the undercard included Randy Orton against Edge, CM Punk facing Rey Mysterio, and Drew McIntyre defending the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Kofi Kingston. Other championships defended at the event were the WWE Divas Championship and the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. The event drew 197,000 pay-per-view buys, and was attended live by 11,000 people. Five wrestlers sustained legitimate injuries during the course of the show.
For rivals John Cena and Ryback, payback will come in the form of hell – 3 Stages of Hell! Will the ravenous challenger send the Champ for an ambulance ride, or will John Cena escape hell with his WWE Championship? Plus, Dolph Ziggler is back to defend his World Heavyweight Championship against the man he won it from, Alberto Del Rio. And for the first time since WrestleMania, CM Punk is in action, but Chris Jericho wants to spoil the self-proclaimed Best in the World’s Chicago homecoming. Superstars collide and seek retribution as WWE presents, for the first time ever, WWE Payback.
Singles Match: Chris Jericho gegen Dolph Ziggler // Singles Match: Daniel Bryan gegen Kane // WWE Intercontinental Titel Match: The Miz gegen Rey Mysterio // World Heavyweight Titel Match: Sheamus gegen Alberto Del Rio // WWE Tag Team Titel Match: Kofi Kingston & R-Truth gegen The Prime Time Players (Darren Young & Titus O'Neil) // WWE Heavyweight Titel Triple Threat Match: CM Punk gegen John Cena gegen The Big Show
Survivor Series was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It took place on November 24, 2013 at the TD Garden in Boston, and is the twenty-seventh annual Survivor Series show. The main event was a singles match for the WWE Championship with Randy Orton defending against Big Show. A secondary main event was John Cena defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio. Other matches included The Wyatt Family vs CM Punk and Daniel Bryan, Mark Henry vs Ryback, Big E Langston defending the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Curtis Axel, and two traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team matches. The first was The Shield and The Real Americans versus The Usos, Rey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes, and Goldust while the second was Team Total Divas versus Team "True" Divas.
For the first time in over a decade The Rock is WWE Champion. But a fuming CM Punk is determined to make The Great One's reign a footnote in his enduring stretch of dominance. Plus, six former World Heavyweight Champions enter the grueling Elimination Chamber for a chance to regain championship glory at WrestleMania. The bold new alliance of John Cena, Ryback and Sheamus has emerged to inflict their own brand of justice on The Shield. And the vicious pursuit of vengeance reaches its limit when World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio takes on Big Show. It’s the most punishing stop on the Road to WrestleMania, Elimination Chamber 2013!