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 ...

Movie fans know about Dwayne “The Rock" Johnson, Dave Bautista and John Cena – pro wrestlers who became stars in pop culture. Those same people might not know about the legend of the Von Erich family, ...

The Iron Claw (2023) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Sean Durkin and starring Zac Efron, Lily James, Harris Dickinson, Jeremy Allen White, Maura Tierney, Holt McCallany, Grady Wilson, ...

“The Iron Claw” is not only about a family of wrestlers, but the movie perhaps inadvertently mirrors the reaction wrestling elicits from those who aren’t into it. That is, it’s possible to admire the ...

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 ...

With "The Iron Claw" garnering critical acclaim and already turning a profit at the box office, it stands to reason that the saga of the Von Erich Family won't be the last wrestling-centric story we ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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Each of the Von Erich brothers — Kevin, David, Kerry, Mike and Chris — joined the family's wrestling dynasty, and most saw tragic ends Patriarch Fritz Von Erich led five of his sons — Kevin, David, ...

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 ...