Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story of Extreme Championship Wrestling (2013)

04/20/2013 (US) • 1h 57m

Action, Documentary

Overview

The film studies the history of, and people who made, Extreme Championship Wrestling a cult sensation in the 1990s. Its an intimate look at the subculture of a subculture, and the athletes who were willing to take massive amounts of punishment for little money based on the promise of something more within their industry. This is a film about culture and human beings - who just happen to use tables and chairs and violent acts as part of their performance art. This documentary is not owned or supported by the WWE.

Top Billed Cast


Recommendations

How Green Was My Valley

73%

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

62%

WWE WrestleMania 32

71%

Cine Gibi 8: ...Tá Brincando?

76%

Rio Lobo

64%

PorNO

45%

Re-Elected

70%

Good

72%

The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. Santa

66%

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

73%

Re-Animated

64%

Ashes and Diamonds

74%

What Time Is It?

74%

The Princess and the Warrior

70%

(re)kindle

74%

The Inner Scar

67%

The Magician

73%

L'Atalante

75%

The Stolen Children

76%

Not Safe for Work

54%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$31,140.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

wrestling

© All Rights Reserved 2025