This is the finale of the first ten part Italian Spiderman movie. You can catch the whole ten part series at their YouTube channel.

I was completely duped when I saw the trailer. Turns out that Italian Spiderman is a modern day parody filmed to look like those wonderful exploitation films of the 60s and 70s. As low budget as it is, I would have paid good damn money to see this in the theater had I known Spider-Man 3 would be so awful. Can’t wait for part 2 of Italian Spiderman. Nothing beats a giant luchadore vs a pudgy Spiderman!

[Via Alrugo and Cool Aggregator]

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I want to be like him when I grow up!

This is from Japan’s DDT wrestling promotion. More than that I don’t know, but the kid has skills. 6-year old hurracarana attack, GO!

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Freddie Prinze, Jr. joins WWE’s creative team.

Cause, you know, when I think wrassling, I think Freddie Prinze the fuck Jr.

That’s it.

That’s all I got.

[Via WWE]

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How fast can you go from pants to crunchy? THIS FAST!

*faint*

Marty discovered the latest addition to Street Fighter 4’s lineup. Enter El Fuerte!

I heart the lucha so hard! This game is going to kick all sorts of crazy ass!

MUST! HAVE!

[Via Blast-O-Rama via Shoryuken]

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The People’s Champ, the Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment, the Brahma Bull is about to walk his sorry ass down Jabroni Boulevard, take his own boot, turn that sunovabitch sideways, and stick it all the way his very own candy ass as he stars in… wait for it… The Tooth Fairy.

Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson plays a man who must save the tooth fairy kingdom from gingivitis and the Cavity Creeps who, if you haven’t heard, MAKE HOLES IN TEETH!

Well, a pay check is a pay check and even though I’m allergic to family friendly films (even as a kid), I’m fairly certain this will rake in a large payday. I feel it’s a bit early in Rock’s career to be shoe-horned into one family safe flick after another. On the other hand, he’s worked on a wide variety of projects that demonstrate a depth that so-called Hollywood Hogan never had. I’m sure we’ll have our good old jabroni kicking Rocky back in no time.

[Via Variety]

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I know Stacy Keibler isn’t with the WWE anymore, but she was always my favorite Diva. Something fun to look at while you groan at the following.

WWE Films has a first look deal with 20th Century Fox. This gives Fox first crack at distributions rights to any film WWE Films produces. WWE Films plans to produce one major theatrical release and up to four direct-to-DVD releases annually beginning next year. First on the slate? Some action schlock called 12 Rounds starring John Cena of The Marine fame.

There’s no question that the WWE’s popularity has waned in recent years with the rise of mixed martial arts. Suffice it to say, consolidation of the wrestling promotions hasn’t helped the WWE any. And TNA just isn’t big enough to keep wrestling fans interested. Is there an audience for WWE action movies?

WWE Films’ first outing, The Marine, starred John Cena and came in at number three opening weekend bringing home $7million. It went on to gross $18.7 million domestically and $20 million worldwide. Not bad for a studio first.

See No Evil, starring Kane, came in sixth in its opening weekend bringing in $4.35 million. It went on to gross over $15 million domestically and over $18 million worldwide and although critics generally panned this poorly scripted horror flick, that’s a fairly respectable performance.

WWE Films most recent release, The Condemned starring Stone Cold Steve Austin, almost ended the studio. It cost $20 million to make. It opened at $3.8 million and lasted only four weeks in the theaters. Total gross, $7.4 million. Ouch.

Being a WWF Attitude Era fan, it’s hard to believe a world in which a John Cena film can out perform a Stone Cold Steve Austin film. That just hurts.

Judging by past performance, I’m sure 12 Rounds will probably make its money back at the box office. But it’s not going to do much more. WWE is clearly playing to its base, failing to grab the attention of non wrestling fans. They’re going to have to come up with something different to bring home box office gold.

You know what I’m thinking. It’s time for a WWE Diva movie!

Over the years, the women’s division has been getting better and better. Sure, there’s still a fare share of bra-and-panty matches. But the ladies are throwing down these days! They’ve got the action chops, they’ve got the acting skills (well, some more than others), they’re mighty mighty. Make a damn Diva movie and you’ll see some cross over interest.

UPDATE: BAMikeyD points out that See No Evil was released before The Marine. Thanks for the correction Mike!

[Via Variety]

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Audrey’s mom found this for me!

Look at the red guy go! He’s got some awesome wrasslin’ moves. It looks like quite an expensive hobby, but when you make an awesome robot who can float like a butterfly and sting like a bee and can beast a bot twice its size, I think it’s worth it!

FIGHT!

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Muttpop Bob and Jerry sat down with me to answer some questions about the live-action movie adaptation of their Luchadores 5!

The “Luchadores 5” is about five middle-aged men who wear Mexican Wrestling masks and protect their East L.A. turf from bad guys. Instead of gangs with guns and knives, the Luchadores5 world is inhabited with tiki warriors, werewolves, and French men. Unfortunately, all of their efforts go unappreciated by the family and friends that see them as overgrown nerds who run around like kids in costumes playing “Cowboys & Indians”.

Head on over to Vinyl Abuse for the rest of the interview. Congrats guys! I really have to see this!

[Via Vinyl Abuse]

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As more details surrounding Chris Benoit, the murder of his wife and seven year old son, and his suicide, the more I find it difficult to continue to support the WWE.

Here’s where my liberal bleeding heart shines through.

I should have probably stopped watching the WWE after Owen Hart’s horrible end. But I figured that it’s unreasonable to expect the WWE to account for every possible accident ever. And tragic accidents unfortunately do happen. So I kept watching and even paid for a pay-per-view or two.

Now I’m not so sure I can support the WWE.

Before I get too much further, I don’t mean to suggest that Chris Benoit was not responsible for his actions. No matter how far gone his mind was, he was responsible for his actions. If he didn’t take his own life, he should have suffered the ultimate punishment that the law would allow. Fuck Benoit.

Here’s where my problem lies. Benoit was responsible for doping himself until he went batshit crazy and killed his family. That much is clear. Also, no one tricked him into a career as a professional wrestler. But it’s difficult to imagine that his motivations were all self induced. The WWE bears some measure of responsibility.

The pressure to perform by any means necessary must be overwhelming for WWE wrestlers. I can only imagine how far a person would go in such circumstances. Seems to me that such an environment almost encourages substance abuse to stay on top.

So what’s the solution? A kinder, gentler WWE that encourages its employees to take care of themselves and stay away from drugs? That will certainly never happen, at least not with Vince McMahon dominating sports entertainment. He’ll never change the way WWE does things because he doesn’t have to. He’s making money like he’s printing the stuff and we keep watching. The boat isn’t broken and he’s in no hurry to fix it.

We can’t expect McMahon to change. And I certainly don’t blame him for Benoit losing his mind. I can, however, stop watching WWE. Sure, I like my wrestlers to beat the living shit out of each other. But I don’t really want them to kill themselves. I guess I’m not hardcore enough to watch anymore.

Goodbye WWE. I’m tapping out.

[Via CNN]

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I never thought that Elmo was a bad ass in any way, but when he Hulks up, not even Vegeta can stop the twenty-four inch pythons from running wild!

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