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Beyond the Mat
Beyond the Mat (1999)
, 1h42
Directed by Barry W. Blaustein
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Professional wrestling documentary films
Actors Mick Foley, Jesse Ventura, Dwayne Johnson, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Barry W. Blaustein, Paul Heyman

The film begins with director Barry Blaustein discussing his love for professional wrestling and clips of him viewing employees of the World Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling. He then decides to travel the United States over a three-year period, endeavoring to understand the mindset of someone who would voluntarily choose to become a professional wrestler. Blaustein interviews a wide variety of wrestling personalities and ascertains their motivations.
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows (1998)
, 1h33
Directed by Paul Jay
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Professional wrestling documentary films, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mick Foley, Marc Mero, Randy Savage, Triple H, Shane McMahon

As his contract nears expiration in March 1996, professional wrestler Bret "Hitman" Hart was torn between two companies, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) during the Monday Night Wars. On one hand, the WWF was his home. The chairman of the company, Vince McMahon, is a father figure to Hart and takes credit for Hart's rise to international wrestling stardom. However, the company's new creative approach to marketing professional wrestling, the "WWF Attitude" marketing brand which relies on an emphasis on sex, extreme violence, and the replacing of heroic wrestling characters with disaffected anti-heroes in effort to compete against the already-popular WCW, has left Hart disillusioned.
Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling
Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2005)
, 1h15
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Professional wrestling documentary films, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Cyndi Lauper, Bill Cosby, Betty White

The documentary tells its story by focusing on the careers of six women—The Fabulous Moolah, Mae Young, Gladys "Kill 'Em" Gillem, Ida Mae Martinez, Ella Waldek and Penny Banner. It begins by describing the beginning of wrestling in the 1930s. By the 1940s, American men had to leave the country to fight in World War II, leaving females to take over the sport. At first, women's wrestling was seen as a side-show, and it was banned in several states. The film mostly focuses on these years—the 1940s—along with the 1950s and 1960s, better known as the "heyday of women's wrestling", when the sport became more accepted and popular. The six women are interviewed and tell their stories of why they entered wrestling. They also share tales of being exploited financially, unruly fans, and being physically abused. The film splices in archival footage of their matches, television clips, and footage from a 1951 movie entitled Racket Girls in between interviews. The film also covers their post-wrestling occupations: lion-tamer, detective, nurse, and yodeler. The film ends with footage from the Gulf Coast Wrestlers Reunion, where they meet to swap stories.
NWF Kids Pro Wrestling: The Untold Story
NWF Kids Pro Wrestling: The Untold Story (2005)
, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about children, Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Professional wrestling documentary films, Documentaire sur une personnalité

The documentary (84 min) covers the birth and development of a professional style wrestling league from the mid-1980s that was produced by young teens aging from 12 to 16 years of age. The film covers the rise and fall of a unique wrestling experience for both the fans and kids that were involved. The film includes footage from the original NWF productions as well as current interviews with past NWF participants.
Que viva la lucha
Que viva la lucha (2007)
, 54minutes
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Professional wrestling documentary films

The film opens at the Auditorio de Tijuana to scenes of wrestlers and cheering fans. Following these scenes, the film proceeds to break down the concept of lucha libre and its cultural significance by following the dual lives of professional luchadores: Extreme Tiger, Angel Negro Jr., and Pancho Cachondo, all working-class individuals from Tijuana who become local heroes in the community the moment they put on their masks. The film breaks down Tijuana’s lucha libre components respectively:
The Backyard
The Backyard (2002)
, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Professional wrestling documentary films

This documentary reveals the violent, bizarre depths of the world of backyard wrestling to the mainstream. Director Paul Hough was working on a syndicated wrestling program when an audition tape led him to discover the widespread phenomenon online. Males of different ages who cannot afford pro wrestling school tuition or choose to make their activities a lifestyle, turn to compete in the unsanctioned battleground of their backyard, with the use of deadly elements and weapons, such as barbed wire, light tubes, fire, glass and staple guns. The film showcases Hough's tour, as he tracks several underground wrestlers in Arizona, Nevada, California, New York and England.