I don't know the first thing about professional wrestling. Of course it's faked, the movie tells us. That's not the point.
Wrestling is more like the lowest, most violent form of theater.
And in 90 minutes, Blaustein explores as many aspects of wrestling as he can. Blaustein takes us into the amateur ring, a wrestling school based in Hayward. Two of these amateurs may have the right stuff for the big time. We also visit the offices of Vince McMahon, who runs the entire World Wrestling Federation empire. We touch a little upon the extra-violent ECW league.