re: Anybody Going To Watch "350 Days" Pro Wrestling Documentary

Can't argue with that.

I would rank them based on travel schedule.
1. Calgary
2. Amarillo
3. Louisiana

Last week? Cornette told a lake Charles road story on one of his podcasts.

From what Backlund said in his book, Florida was pretty rough too.

There were a few things I found interesting -- DiBiase spoke about how he worked on the film "Paradise Alley" with Stallone, and how during filming there were some members of the cast and crew who were talking negatively about the "fake" pro wrestlers who were involved. Stallone shut down the filming one day and said, "Hey - I don't want to hear one more negative comment about pro wrestlers. These guys are the best improv actors in the world. With them here, we can film in 3 days what it would take 6 weeks to do with some Hollywood stuntmen."

Bret Hart spoke about how he thought the WWE's implementation of drug testing was a good thing... UNTIL they started testing for marijuana. He stated that the majority of the wrestlers who smoked weed would do it in their hotel rooms at night, to wind down before going to bed. Bret predicted that once WWE took that away from them, guys would turn to alcohol and pills -- and he was right. Within a year, wrestlers started dropping dead left and right.

One topic was how pro wrestling destroyed marriages, because guys were unfaithful on the road. Lanny Poffo went on a rant talking about how guys like Tito Santana (who now runs a hair salon), Rick Martel, and Bill Eadie have been married to the same woman throughout their entire careers.

Poffo also mentioned the guys who stayed away from drugs and alcohol, including himself. He said he's one of the few from his era who's still healthy and wealthy, because he didn't blow his $ on drugs and booze. Slick mentioned how his dad (Rufus R. Jones) threatened him if he ever drank or got into drugs, so he stayed away from it. Eadie & Santana were also mentioned.

Marty Jannetty looked totally wasted during his brief segments. He was a mess, talking about how he & Shawn used to basically just use their hotel rooms to store their luggage while they went out partying. He said his limit was 3 girls a night.

DiBiase spoke about his adulterous ways (I witnessed this firsthand myself), but how his wife chose to stay with him and challenged him to become a man of God, and how they're still happily married and recently celebrated their 30-something anniversary.

James J. Dillon did a great job of providing insight and commentary.

Billy Graham was featured quite a bit, but it seemed (to me, at least) that he exaggerated quite a bit.

Ox Baker is fricking out there.

Every time I listen to Bret I gain more admiration for him, but damn if he isn't a mark for himself. He pointed out how many guys over the years pulled him aside and told him that the best match they ever had was with him.

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for instance, one night they'd be in New Orleans, then they'd have to drive all the way to Tulsa (700 miles) for the TV tapings the next day, then drive all the way back to Houma for the following night.

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Oh. Yeah frick that lmao.

Yeah I’d say you’d lose money that way too.

But also having David arquette as world champ, wanting to change ric flair to Spartacus, shitty Vince Russo booking, very lucrative contracts, aol merger, and many other things

I’ll never forget the hulk hogan and macho man facing the whole dungeon of doom and horsemen at uncensored

This is another review I feel is accurate:

"I left the theatre rather disappointed. My impression was that of numerous still photos strung together by music and brief meanderings by retired stars. No new insights were revealed save for an interesting hypothesis from Bret Hart. He believes that WWE testing for weed resulted in more guys instead drinking and using pills, ultimately resulting in the recent epidemic of deaths among wrestlers."

that's disappointing but not surprising

In the internet/podcast age there is just so much information out there that these types of documentaries aren't really able to tell us new and never before heard information

Couldn't they have had someone else instead of murderer Snuka?