Fox Developing Fictional Wrestling TV Drama

Will it live up to Darren Aronofsky's movie The Wrestler?

The Fox television network is reportedly working on creating a TV drama series based on the professional wrestling business. The project is in the developmental stage undergoing script revisions, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Just because it's being developed doesn't mean it will be picked up or given the green light, but it's certainly an interesting idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yeqBYt5aEA There was actually a television show in 1988-89 called "Learning The Ropes" that starred former NFL player Lyle Alzado and was a comedy about wrestling. It wasn't that good and didn't last that long, but they did get a lot of wrestlers to appear on it. Probably the most successful narrative production based on wrestling would be Darren Aronofsky's 2008 drama The Wrestler, a movie which also included an Oscar nominated performance from Micky Rourke as the fading wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson.
The pro wrestling business is one of the most unique forms of entertainment that is completely untapped in narrative form. Think about all the behind the scenes things we read about every day or the various crazy things happening just this week with a 32 year old murder case and a crazed fan getting shot for stalking. These are things that happened legitimately, yet sound like they are part of a scripted television show. For now, it's only in development and there aren't that many details. It's definitely something to keep an eye on to see if anything happens.
 
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