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** Everyone around Jake does not figure he's long for life with his heavy drug addiction and lack of self-care. Nearly 25 years since the release of the film, Jake has not only stuck around from a cleaner lifestyle and got himself in better shape (famously thanks to Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage), but outlived several other subjects in the movie such as Terry Funk, Chyna, New Jack, and Darren Drozdov.

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** Everyone around Jake does not figure he's long for life with his heavy drug addiction and lack of self-care. Nearly 25 years since the release of the film, Jake has not only stuck around from a cleaner lifestyle and got himself in better shape (famously thanks to Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage), but outlived several other subjects in the movie such as Terry Funk, Chyna, New Jack, and Darren Drozdov.Drozdov, and Tony Jones..
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* MoneyDearBoy: The narrator points out, during Modest and Jones' tryout match, that Alexander's enthusiasm for the two isn't entirely personal. As their business manager in getting them the tryout, if they sign a contract he would receive a cut.
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* BloodKnight: Mick Foley is this towards himself! More accurately, his fans mostly consider him to be this, but he realizes that he can take a lot more pain than the average person and this [[MoneyDearBoy makes him marketable]].

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* BloodKnight: Mick Foley is this towards himself! More accurately, his fans mostly consider him to be this, but he realizes that he can take a lot more pain than the average person and this [[MoneyDearBoy makes him marketable]].marketable.
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* ChangedMyMindKid: Though it's obviously between two much older people. Terry Funk sorely wants his friend Dennis Stamp somewhere in his "final" night as a wrestler but Dennis has other plans, continuously insisting that [[MemeticMutation he's not booked]]; eventually Dennis comes to the arena saying it cost him a hefty amount to change his ticket!

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* ChangedMyMindKid: Though it's obviously between two much older people. Terry Funk sorely wants his friend Dennis Stamp somewhere in his "final" night as a wrestler but Dennis has other plans, continuously insisting mainly from his bitterness that [[MemeticMutation he's "he's not booked]]; booked" and Terry simply overlooked him; eventually Dennis comes to the arena saying it cost him a hefty amount to change his ticket!ticket.

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* AnythingThatMoves: According to Jake Roberts, the wrestling lifestyle can lead to this, and it can really mess up the sex life at home.



* ExtremeLibido: According to Jake Roberts, the wrestling lifestyle can lead to this, and it can really mess up the sex life at home.



* {{Irony}}:
** Many people pointed out the irony of overweight promoter Roland Alexander asking about a potential student's nutritional awareness. Admittedly, Roland is a businessman rather than an active wrestler, so his job doesn’t require him to be in that kind of shape.
** Everyone around Jake does not figure he's long for life with his heavy drug addiction and lack of self-care. Nearly 25 years since the release of the film, Jake has not only stuck around from a cleaner lifestyle and got himself in better shape (famously thanks to Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage), but outlived several other subjects in the movie such as Terry Funk, Chyna, New Jack, and Darren Drozdov.



* Irony: Many people pointed out the irony of overweight promoter Roland Alexander asking about a potential student's nutritional awareness. Admittedly, Roland is a businessman rather than an active wrestler, so his job doesn’t require him to be in that kind of shape.
* LargeHam: Yep. It's wrestling, after all. Deliciously so during a promo Rock shoots before the "I Quit" match at Royal Rumble, which hit all (EVERY SINGLE ONE) of his late-90s catchphrases and cliches. IF YA SMELLLLLL... what The Rock... *GlassesPull* is cooking. *FascinatingEyebrow*

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* Irony: Many people pointed out the irony of overweight promoter Roland Alexander asking about a potential student's nutritional awareness. Admittedly, Roland is a businessman rather than an active wrestler, so his job doesn’t require him to be in that kind of shape.
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Yep. It's wrestling, after all. Deliciously so during a promo Rock shoots before the "I Quit" match at Royal Rumble, which hit all (EVERY SINGLE ONE) of his late-90s catchphrases and cliches. IF YA SMELLLLLL... what The Rock... *GlassesPull* is cooking. *FascinatingEyebrow*
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* TenMinuteRetirement: "Terry Funk's retirement lasted all of three months. He continued wrestling until he retired on June 7, 1999. That is, until the next offer comes along." And according to Website/{{Wikipedia}}, he's ''still'' wrestling.

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* TenMinuteRetirement: "Terry Funk's retirement lasted all of three months. He continued wrestling until he retired on June 7, 1999. That is, until the next offer comes along." And according He wrestled until ''2017'' at the age of 73, before health issues, namely dementia, finally ended his ability to Website/{{Wikipedia}}, he's ''still'' wrestling.wrestle, and passed away in 2023.
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* TenMinuteRetirement: "Terry Funk's retirement lasted all of three months. He continued wrestling until he retired on June 7, 1999. That is, until the next offer comes along." And according to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, he's ''still'' wrestling.

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* TenMinuteRetirement: "Terry Funk's retirement lasted all of three months. He continued wrestling until he retired on June 7, 1999. That is, until the next offer comes along." And according to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, Website/{{Wikipedia}}, he's ''still'' wrestling.
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* Irony: Many people pointed out the irony of overweight promoter Roland Alexander asking about a potential student's nutritional awareness. Of course, Roland is not obviously not a wrestler and is instead a businessman.

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* Irony: Many people pointed out the irony of overweight promoter Roland Alexander asking about a potential student's nutritional awareness. Of course, Admittedly, Roland is not obviously not a wrestler and is instead a businessman.businessman rather than an active wrestler, so his job doesn’t require him to be in that kind of shape.

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