A few years before top wrestler Mad Dog (Magic Schwarz) decapitated his opponent in the ring and then apparently committed suicide... but now documentary maker Jeff Dial is trying to find out if a hot new name in the ring, and with a very similar style to Mad Dog, called The Mask actually really is Mad Dog...
All the craziness of the pre-WWF style of American wrestling in the early 1980s is on show here including midget matches, battle royals and deranged TV hosts. A number of real wrestlers including Adrian Street and Dick Murdoch feature in the film as themselves.
The problem is the film is a bit unstructured and a little too interested in novelty. To be honest it is hard to send up something like pro wrestling which is quite so strange in the first place. It is undeniably fun though and the glimpse of early 80s wrestlers is great.
