
Love. Pain. Glory.
Plot outline
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Cast
- Mickey Rourke
- Marisa Tomei
- Evan Rachel Wood
- Mark Margolis
- Todd Barry
- Wass Stevens
- Judah Friedlander
- Ernest Miller
- Dylan Keith Summers
- Tommy Farra
- Mike Miller
- Marcia Jean Kurtz
- John D'Leo
- Ajay Naidu
- Gregg Bello
- Scott Siegel
- Maurizio Ferrigno
- Donnetta Lavinia Grays
- Andrea Langi
- Armin Amiri
- Vale Anoai
- Ryan Lynn
- Michael Drayer
- Alyssa Bresnahan
- Jeff Chena
- Vernon Campbell
- Felice Choi
- Bernadette Penotti
- Johnny Valiant
- Ron Killings
- Giovanni Roselli
- Robert Siegel
- Scott Franklin
- Sylvia Kauders
- Alissa Reisler
- Willy Rosner
- Rebecca Darke
- E.J. Carroll
- Abraham Aronofsky
- Charlotte Aronofsky
- T.J. Kedzierski
- Jen Cohn
- Tyrone Scott
- Douglas Crosby
- Larry Mercer
- Nick Papagiorgio
- Kevin Kelly
- Jon Trosky
- Andrew Anderson
- Daniel Solwold
- Brian Heffron
- Nicky Benz
- Brolly
- Lamar Braxton Porter
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Cobian
- Doc Daniels
- Bobby Dempsey
- Billy Dream
- Rob Strauss
- Nate Hatred
- Kit Cope
- David John Markland
- Danny Gimondo
- Jess Liaudin
- Judas
- Kid U.S.A.
- Lloyd Anoai
- Toa Maivia
- Kevin Matthew Mcdonald
- Charles Renner
- Pete Nixon
- Paul E. Normous
- Dimitrios Papadoniou
- Darnell Kittiell
- Jay Santana
- Sugga
- Alex Whybrow
- Mark Pantalone
- Olivia Baseman
- Sakinah Bingham
- Peter Bond
- Peter Conboy
- Mike Coughlin
- Brandon DiCamillo
- Bennett Dunn
- Anna-Karin Eskilsson
- Jonathan Feria-Moreno
- Evan Ginzburg
- Richard Graves
- Joe Huu
- Michael Anthony Joy
- David Juskow
- Cory Kastle
- Piper Kenny
- Henry Kwan
- Marca Leigh
- Jill Lord
- Michael Marino
- Albert Marks
- Helena Mayhem
- Ryan McGonagle
- Kathrina Miccio
- Rafaela Ochoa
- Kameron Omidian
- Robert Oppel
- Arthur E. Pittman Jr.
- Joe Ruby
- Vincent James Russo
- Eric Santamaria
- Cameo Sherrell
- Mathew Shoemaker
- Erika Smith
- Marlene Smith
- Paul Thornton
- Ryan Tygh
- Gabriel Valentino
- Ben Van Bergen
- Bill Walters
- Emmanuel Yarborough
- John Zandig
Plots
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
This is a drama about an aging professional wrestler, decades past his prime, who now barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. As he faces health problems that may end his wrestling career for good he attempts to come to terms with his life outside the ring: by working full time at the grocery store, trying to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and forming a closer bond with a stripper he has romantic feelings for. He struggles with his new life and an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis, The Ayatollah, which may be his ticket back to stardom.
Robin Ramzinski, better known by his stage name Randy "The Ram" Robinson, is an aging wrestler who achieved fame in the 80s. Twenty years later, Randy is now a has-been, barely getting by with wrestling gigs over the weekend while working part-time at a local grocery store during weekdays. Fortunately, Randy is given the chance for redemption after agreeing to a 20th anniversary rematch against one of his most well-known opponents, the Ayatollah. However, Randy is forced to retire after suffering from a heart attack. With his career over, Randy is forced to start anew. He attempts to start a relationship with a stripper named Cassidy whom he has feelings for, but his advances are constantly turned down. Randy also tries to reconcile with his daughter Stephanie whom he abandoned at a young age, but she rejects him because of what she sees as his shortcomings as a father. Struggling to adjust to a new life, can Randy cope with retirement, or will he risk all and go back into wrestling?
Twenty years ago, Randy 'The Ram' Robinson was a successful wrestler; now he is decadent, living alone in a trailer, working part time in a supermarket and wrestling in the weekends. After a wrestling match, Randy has a heart attack in the dressing room and has heart by-pass surgery; his doctor forbids him to use steroids or wrestle again. Randy decides to retire and proposes that the stripper and lap dancer Pam "Cassidy" move in with him. However she does not accept and suggests that he approach his daughter Stephanie to resolve their differences. Randy gets a full-time job in the supermarket, but he does not deal well with the world outside the arena and decides to return to the sport where he is recognized by his fans.