10 WWE Angles Ripped Straight From The Movies

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Raw Underground (Fight Club)

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1999's Fight Club is now regarded as a cult classic and a gritty reminder that Hollywood can, when it's not obsessed with remakes, throw up some original, enduring ideas. A full 21 years after the film's release, WWE are re-referencing it on Monday Night Raw.

This week's episode of Raw introduced Shane McMahon's 'Underground'. It's a place where wrestlers can fight without the pesky rules of traditional wrestling matches, and appears to be the promotion's next cinematic attempt to maintain interest during this empty arena era.

It's intriguing, if nothing else, but it's already being compared to late-90s flop 'Brawl For All'.

There's more of a Fight Club influence than 'Brawl For All' though. The characters are rough caricatures of the kind of dirtbags one would see in David Fincher's film, and everything on the set has a distinctly late-90s movie feel to it. Don't be shocked if someone debuts called Tyler Burden, or something.

What other WWE angles were ripped straight from film? For more like this, check out 10 WORST Matches From WWE’s Biggest Gimmick Bouts and 10 Stupidest Reasons Wrestlers Turned Heel!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.