7 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (April 28)

6. Vince McMahon: The Movie!

Vince McMahon
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Vince McMahon is the subject of a recently announced biopic film - Pandemonium - scripted by Craig A. Williams (Underdog), directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (Crazy Stupid Love), and released by TriStar in association with - yes - WWE Studios.

As to who plays him, well...there is a hard right-leaning, controversial, racist, verifiably unhinged man lurking within Hollywood's dark corners, and that man is Mel Gibson. You need only listen to his ugly rant tapes for confirmation that he has McMahon's trademark nasty snarl down pat.

Given that this is an official licensed product of his own company, we can't expect a warts and all story. Williams is hardly going to verbatim script the McMahon character to state that he only offers rehabilitation to drug-addled former talents purely for PR purposes. He's hardly going to dramatise the scene in which McMahon wheeled out Brian Pillman's widow on an episode of RAW to absolve the company of any wrongdoing in his death. We're not going to see McMahon impersonate a Bells palsy stricken Jim Ross...

...all of which are things he has said and done in real life.

Pandemonium is therefore likely to be the least realistic film written by a man who once penned a tale about a super-heroic beagle doing battle with a mad scientist.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!