WWE: 15 Greatest Wrestling Documentaries Of All Time

By Izzy Scrimshire /

7. Louie€™s Weird Weekends: Wrestling

British documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux gained fame in the 1990s for his analysis of American subcultures in the BBC 2 series €œWeird Weekends€. After interviewing survivalists, porn stars and swingers, Theroux eventually set his sights on professional wrestling.The episode focuses on Ted Turner€™s World Championship Wrestling and an independent hardcore promotion called AIWF. There are also interviews with various wrestlers, including Raven, Roddy Piper, Goldberg and €œMacho Man€ Randy Savage. The most striking feature of Theroux€™s documentary is just how unresponsive some of the wrestlers and trainers are when asked about the scripted elements of professional wrestling. In one memorable sequence, 5ft 7€ WCW head trainer €œSarge€ gets angry at Theroux and forces him to exercise until he is physically sick. Napoleon Complex much?