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Wrestless: The MPW Documentary

"You Can't Fake Gravity"

2014

1h 43m

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Overview

A documentary about Metro Pro Wrestling, an independent promotion based in Kansas City, Kansas, that follows the wrestlers, crew, and fans over the course of four months in the summer of 2013.

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Albert Christian Hardie Jr.

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Albert Christian Hardie Jr.

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Adam Pearce

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Adam Pearce

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