Movie
Beyond the Mat
Overview
A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-10-22
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lionsgate, Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Imagine Documentaries
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mick Foley as Self - Mankind
- Terry Funk as Self
- Vince McMahon as Self
- Aurelian Smith Jr. as Self - Jake "The Snake" Roberts
- Jesse Ventura as Self
- Noelle Foley as Self (uncredited)
- Barry W. Blaustein as Narrator
- Michael Manna as Stevie Richards
- Scott Levy as Raven
- Mark Calaway as Self - The Undertaker
- Tony Jones as Self
- Michael Cariglio as Self
Crew
- Barry W. Blaustein - Director
- Barry W. Blaustein - Writer
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