Fridge / The Wrestler

Fridge Brilliance

• Obviously, Randy and the Ayatollah are the opposite of one another. This actually extends out of the ring when viewing the "real people" as well. Randy was popular in The '80s as the All-American Face hero. The Ayatollah was hated as the Foreign Wrestling Heel. Later, Randy is down on his luck and in horrible shape, while the wrestler playing the Ayatollah has done quite well for himself and seems fit. The only similarity is that they're both really nice guys behind the scenes.
• "The '90s fucking sucked" conversation comes off as this after the ending. Remember, Randy specifically targeted Kurt Cobain as the catalyst for depressing '90s rock over the party tunes that '80s rock represents to Randy. And yet, Randy suffered from depression through the entirety of this film, something that Randy failed to notice or at least acknowledge. Finally, Randy's final actions in the movie was essentially suicide. Even more unsettling and fascinating, Cobain died at the height of his career, and would be retroactively remembered in the same way Randy wanted but failed to be.