I can’t remember the last TV pilot to come around that had this much potential, I’m talking about of course the news that Deadline is reporting: NBC has bought the rights to an untitled fictional TV movie drama set in the world of wrestling in the 1980s; about the boom the business experienced back then thanks to MTV and WrestleMania. Jerry Bruckheimer and Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) are set to produce the pilot. The series will depict the growth of cable TV and the death of the traditional wrestling territories.
This could be awesome. The golden age of pro-wrestling was dramatic to say the least but right now there’s no word on the direction the series would take. The question I have is how far they will be able to go to depict real life wrestlers and promotions (WWF, WWE, Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan etc…) I could see some greats lending their talents to the show, saying that, The Rock would not have been my first choice to help produce the show – you can see a picture of my choice below. With films like The Wrestler and documentaries like Wrestling with Shadows and Beyond the Mat it’s easy to see how much this show has to play with. The politics and drama outside the ring, being away from their families, untimely deaths, and not to mention drug and alcohol abuse. Mad Men with wrestlers?
