Line #17 Film/CardSubjectToChange


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} There are thousands of active wrestlers in the US. Only a few hundred are signed to a contract at any one time. This is the story of the rest.]]'']]
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4	->"''You start your career on the independent scene, and you end your career on the independent scene''"
5	-->-- '''Wrestling/KevinSullivan'''
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7	''Card Subject to Change'' is a 2010 {{Documentary}} about the difficulties of the independent ProfessionalWrestling scene. It covers both legends still making the rounds as well as up and coming hopefuls, with a message about the huge odds of getting a chance with Wrestling/{{WWE}} or [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]. The majority of the action centers around the since-defunct National Wrestling Superstars in New Jersey, with side trips into Wrestling/{{CZW}} and IWA Mid-South. It is often, and, understandably, compared to ''Film/BeyondTheMat.''
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10	!! "Tropes Subject to Change":
11	* ActionGirl: Wrestling/SherriMartel, Lacey Von Erich.
12	* DownerEnding: The Sherri Martel interview was the last one she ever did, and the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue acknowledges her death in 2007 and Trent Acid's in 2010.
13	* DrugsAreBad: Trent Acid's life and death at the age of 29. The filmmakers lost contact with him during post-production.
14	** After filming her segment, Sherri's oxycodone habit finally caught up with her.
15	** Corvis Fear is shown injecting himself with steroids, though the epilogue notes that he no longer uses them.
16	** Wrestling/SuperstarBillyGraham talks about how he was the first guy to really make steroid use in wrestling popular because of his hugely muscled image.
17	* GarbageWrestler: Wrestling/NecroButcher, Wrestling/MadManPondo, Wrestling/{{Sabu}}...
18	* {{Kayfabe}}: Pretty much demolished. Wrestlers are shown backstage talking over their matches (in the "You do this then I'll do this" way), as well as Wrestling/{{Kamala}} and Sabu talking.
19	* PartsUnknown: Sabu is announced from "Bombay, MI." Necro Butcher, from "Goddamn, WV"
20	* RealLifeWritesThePlot
21	** Funk, Prichard, Cornette and Apter talk during the closing credits about how wrestling promoters would put [[TitleDrop "Card Subject to Change"]] on posters as a precaution in case someone scheduled for a show wasn't able to make it for some reason.
22	** Also, it's noted that the producers lost contact with Trent Acid at some point in 2008 but were able to reconnect with him in 2009. His death is also noted.
23	* RingOldies: Sullivan, Sherri, Kamala, [[Wrestling/PaulBearer Percy Pringle]], Wrestling/KingKongBundy, [[Wrestling/GeorgeSteele George "The Animal" Steele]]...
24	* StockFootage: Of Sullivan, Sabu, [[Wrestling/EdFarhat the Sheik]], Wrestling/{{Abdullah\|TheButcher}}, [[Wrestling/ChrisCandido Candido]], [[Wrestling/DevonStorm Crowbar]]
25	* TakeThatAudience: A table is broken during the [[Wrestling/TomBrandi Salvatore Sincere]][=/=]Wrestling/BallsMahoney vs. [[Wrestling/RoadDogg BG James]][=/=][[Wrestling/SpikeDudley Brother Runt]] match, despite there being an issue regarding the expense involved, with Sincere saying, "You wanted a table? There's your table."
26	* ThoseTwoGuys: The two big fat black face-painted wrestlers who look like Kamala knockoffs are the Nigerian Nightmares, Maifu (Aaron Gainey) and Saifu (Charles Bell Jr.)

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