Vince/The Wrestler

[The Rated R CMStar]

Source: F4Wonline.com

Director Darren Aronofsky's new film "The Wrestler" starring Mickey Rourke has been getting rave reviews and winning awards left and right. The recent movie premiere brought out a number of pro wrestling legends, including Ric Flair, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Gret Valentine, Brutus Beefcake and others. With all the attention the film is receiving, WWE chairman Vince McMahon contacted Darren Aronofsky and requested a private screening of "The Wrestler". So, what did Vince think about it?

Whatever Vince told the director to his face remains a mystery, however a source close to the WWE boss says, "the word negative isn't strong enough to describe Vince's reaction. [This is] no surprise because Vince's vision of the 2008 image of wrestling and even fading stars directly contradicts what The Wrestler accurately portrays." Others in Vince's close circle knew going into the screening that this was the kind of movie he was going to despise

 

[gatesoftanhauser]

Wait...

Why in the hell would anything Ed Leslie (Brutus the Barber Beefcake) have to say be worth anything other than the consistency of hot dogshit? Since when has he EVER mattered?

As for Vince, it's no surprise he wouldn't like this movie. He probably wants to heal his industry's image, after the Benoit marring last year, and since some of the legends have published damning books about the not so nice Independent circuit, it's no surprise he doesn't want viewers seeing the reality that alot of former legends go through after their spotlight has faded. I'm sure he wants everybody to believe that all wrestlers move onto retirement from the squared circle into backstage management, and actual careers in the industry, not doing drugs and drinking and living out of a car.

 

[Evil Austin]

Vince doesn't like this because it reveals to the people who don't know the policits that go on backstage in the wrestling industry. Vince doesn't want that to happen.