The Iron Sheik goes to Alabama. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
An award winning documentary pulls back the curtain to reveal the secret inner workings of an independent wrestling show, featuring the Iron Sheik and Bullet Bob Armstrong, as it rolls into a small town in Alabama for a one night show on a hot, muggy summer's evening.
Production
Fred Olen Ray captures genuine backstage chaos
Acting
Iron Sheik being unhinged for 85 minutes
Direction
No commentary, just raw vérité immersion
Director
Fred Olen Ray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fred Olen Ray normally directed B-movie schlock like 'Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers'—this was his accidental masterpiece.
This captures indie wrestling's 'garbage era' right before WWE swallowed everything; these territories were already ghosts.
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