Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling

Kevin Kiernan
2013-04-20


8
117 min

The film studies the history of, and people who made, Extreme Championship Wrestling a cult sensation in the 1990s. Its an intimate look at the subculture of a subculture, and the athletes who were willing to take massive amounts of punishment for little money based on the promise of something more within their industry. This is a film about culture and human beings - who just happen to use tables and chairs and violent acts as part of their performance art. This documentary is not owned or supported by the WWE.

Cast

Name Character Team
Paul Heyman Himself Unowned
Troy Martin Himself Unowned
Brian Heffron Himself Unowned
Michael Manna Himself Unowned
William Sierra Himself Unowned
Chris Candito Himself Unowned
Dave Meltzer Unowned
Dean Simon Dean Malenko (archive footage) Unowned
Peter Polaco Unowned
Lance Evers Unowned
Joseph Bonsignore Unowned
Rob Szatkowski Self (archive footage) Unowned
Masato Tanaka Unowned
Yoshihiro Tajiri Unowned
Tammy Lynn Sytch Unowned