Wrestling King is a competitive sports film that chronicles the popularity of Randy Robinson, stage named "Ram" in the 1980s, who led professional wrestling competitions across the United States and even featured action heroes based on him in Nintendo games.
But those glorious days passed like a dream, and soon his sports career entered a trough...
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="34" > leave the wrestling stage</h1>
Nearly two decades later, Randy Robinson no longer had the prestige and domineering spirit of the time, his body deteriorated, and Randy had to rely on a steady dose of painkillers and steroids to maintain his posture, not to mention the use of hearing aids in advance. Struggling to make ends meet, he was still able to inspire enthusiastic shouts in the audience, so he remained on the wrestling field. It was his best and dearest line, and it was an important part of his life.
Unexpectedly, after a brutal and bloody wrestling match, Randy suddenly fell on the floor of the dressing room with a heart attack. The doctor told him that although he had escaped this time, he would not be able to wrestle again in the future. Because that would put too much pressure on his heart and would most likely lead to death.
Reluctantly, Randy quit the wrestling ring and took a job at the mall's deli. At the same time, he struggles to develop a close relationship with Cassidy, a local dancer, and tries to reconcile with his daughter, who has been estranged for years. However, for Randy, the experience of life outside the wrestling field becomes a very difficult transition, and he finds that he has become out of touch with this society.
As the 20th anniversary of One of Randy's best-known wrestling games in his early years approached, it was proposed that Randy perform again with his old rival. This pushes Randy to a crossroads: he must make the final decision between life and death, dignity and humility.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="35" > difficult survival</h1>
There's no doubt that the whole story of the film revolves around wrestler Randy Robinson, and the first time we saw Randy was in the locker room after a game.
I saw him hunched over a chair, blood running down his cheeks. We don't have to look at wrestling, and we know how brutal that kind of fight can be. However, Randy was paid only a few bills. When he left, we saw that the wrestling field seemed to be set up in a high school gym. When he returned home with fatigue and blood stains, he found that the trailer he was staying in had been locked by its owner for defaulting on rent.
Yes, his survival is now faltering.
Randy spent the night in his own van and the next day went to a warehouse to pull boxes for extra money. In the face of the fat manager's ridicule, he only responded with a helpless laugh. It makes us understand why Randy should continue to struggle on the wrestling field, despite the fact that profession has caused serious damage to his body.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" > is an athlete and an actor</h1>
American movies have a variety of protagonists, but some are the kind of characters that can't be changed. "The Wrestling King" belongs to this kind of character portrayal, but the protagonist Randy represents the entire working class of the performers here.
Yes, this kind of wrestling is designed in advance and determines in advance who is the winner. The punches and kicks of the performers are not without contrived and exaggerated elements, but the athletes falling to the ground, their scars and sweat are very real, and there is no doubt that the details are the success of this film.
The King of Wrestling presents a compelling portrait of a character in part because it presents the main story lines while also depicting the entire world of professional wrestling. Wrestlers rehearse backstage and discuss how the two sides should work together in each match.
They carry hidden pouches on the stage, and when they perform wrestling, they will take advantage of the audience's inattention to take out the blood from it and apply it to their heads and faces. They usually lift weights to build muscles and carefully groom their hair to create the best image for themselves. Through countless such scenes, we understand why Randy found his purpose in life in such a profession (both as an athlete and an actor).
Another wonderful scene takes place in front of the deli counter in the mall. After a heart attack, Randy got a job from there. It was really uncomfortable to watch him learn the skill of selling cooked food from scratch without knowing anything. But that is the reality, and any worker who is forced to switch careers from scratch or accept a lower status than himself will have to face this fact.
In Randy's view, the problem is not to lower his identity, but to fall into an intolerable state of naming. But the moment we follow him from the store to the counter (the same style of photography as he walked from the dressing room to the corner), and the way he flirted with different customers and took out food such as potato salad, we realized that Randy was still an entertainer.
Leaving the wrestling stage, "The King of Wrestling" struggled to survive, from an athlete to an actor.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" > life outside the wrestling field</h1>
Aside from the wrestling ring, randy's only light in life comes from his daughter Stephanie and dancer Cassidy.
Stephanie wants her father to get back into her life. But when she discovered that her father couldn't do that, the wall she had built between father and daughter over the years became even more insurmountable. As for Cassidy, the last bit of beauty on her body began to wither, while she still spun around in the ballroom, and the customers were getting more and more bored with her performance.
The guests began to lose their attention to her, but it would become even more frightening later: they would turn around and pity her. Cassidy was leaving the ballroom before that happened. She is going through the same crisis as Randy in her own way, and he can't help Cassidy.
Despite the fatal consequences of returning to the wrestling field after a heart attack, Randy accepts his fate and forces himself to do the one thing he cares about most, which is to play the good guy gladiator "Ram", who is cheered by the audience. Those enthusiastic spectators are his only relatives and have the closest identification with him.