Zac Efron's first day in a pro wrestling ring went like that of many rookies: He had his mettle tested by “running the ropes,” going from side to side and bouncing off the ring ropes in punishing ...

"The Iron Claw," an A24 film released late last year, tells the story of the Von Erichs, a family of professional wrestlers who suffered tragic ends under the influence of a dictatorial patriarch and ...

The Iron Claw releases in theaters December 22. Interviews conducted by Matt Fowler and Amelia Emberwing. There’s a nebulous term in the world of professional wrestling to describe the unspoken ...

Kevin Von Erich (Zac Efron) hits a dropkick on The Sheik (Chavo Guerro) in "The Iron Claw." Credit: A24 Sean Durkin knows his way around the "squared circle." As a lifelong wrestling fan, he ...

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Wrestling obsessives often struggle to convey the gravity of a certain match or storyline to normies. Casuals — or the otherwise heretofore uninterested — are nevertheless usually sucked in by the ...

In the new movie "The Iron Claw," veteran character actor Holt McCallany plays Fritz Von Erich, the tough-as-nails owner of regional Texas wrestling promotion World Class Championship Wrestling and ...