11 Wrestling Movies You’ve Never Heard Of

By Jack Morrell /

6. Card Subject To Change (2010)

On a similar level to the superior Beyond The Mat, Tim Disbrow€™s documentary follows several subjects around their careers on the independent wrestling scene in America. It€™s an unsanitised look at the underbelly of the supposedly glamorous world of pro wrestling: World Wrestling Entertainment, this ain€™t. Featuring interview footage with Jim Cornette, Kevin Sullivan, €˜Sensational€™ Sherri Martel, Dylan €˜Necro Butcher€™ Summers, James €˜Kamala€™ Harris and William €˜Paul Bearer€™ Moody amongst many others, this is fairly grim and harrowing stuff if you actually like professional wrestling as an entertainment product and as an industry.At least two of the people interviewed for the programme, Sherri Martel and Michael €˜Trent Acid€™ Verdi, overdosed and died shortly after filming. The film€™s title, of course, comes from the caveat at the bottom of almost all wrestling bills, indicating that should unforeseen circumstances mean that someone€™s unable to compete, the promoter will replace them without notice. Now, that€™s barely even a metaphor for the life €“ and sometimes death €“ of a professional wrestler€