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* RenaissanceMan: According to [[https://www.wrestlecrap.com/features/no-holds-barred-script/ this article on WrestleCrap]], an early version of the script depicted Rip (called Ripper early on) as adept at fixing computers, being good with small children, and possessing the culinary skills of a master French chef, all on top of being the best wrestler in the business. The writer of the article speculates they were misguided and superficial attempts to make Rip seem more well-rounded.
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* RenaissanceMan: According to [[https://www.wrestlecrap.com/features/no-holds-barred-script/ this article on WrestleCrap]], an early version of the script depicted Rip (called Ripper early on) as adept at fixing computers, being good irresistible to women, a tireless volunteer to numerous charitable causes, remarkably skilled with handling small children, infants, and possessing the culinary skills of a master French chef, all on top of being the best wrestler in the business. The writer of the article speculates they were misguided and superficial attempts to make Rip seem more well-rounded.
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* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: A real-life example in regards to the movie. Wrestling/VinceMcMahon personally financed the film's production and claimed to have spent upwards of $20 million to do so. After the movie underperformed at the box office, McMahon would begin to retroactively reduce the film's stated budget (as low as $1.5 million at one point) in a vain attempt to make the movie appear successful. As such, exactly how much money was actually spent is unclear.
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* RenaissanceMan: According to [[https://www.wrestlecrap.com/features/no-holds-barred-script/ this article on WrestleCrap]], an early version of the script depicted Rip (called Ripper early on) as adept at fixing computers, being good with small children, and possessing the culinary skills of a master French chef, all on top of being the best wrestler in the business. The writer of the article speculates they were misguided and superficial attempts to make Rip seem more well-rounded.
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* MoneyDearBoy: Lister said this was the main reason he agreed to continue doing wrestling appearances as Zeus after the movie's release.
-->''"Then they asked me about it, and I said no at first, but we’re going to give you $40,000-$50,000 a day for ten minutes."''
-->''"Then they asked me about it, and I said no at first, but we’re going to give you $40,000-$50,000 a day for ten minutes."''
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/KurtFuller is embarrassed about being in this movie, to the point that he's turned down appearances at podcasts and cons to discuss it.
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* OnSetInjury: Hogan accidentally broke Lister's nose while filming the final fight scene.
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Removing as it is completely unsubstantiated.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/MerylStreep was originally cast as Samantha, but ended up being fired after having creative disputes with Hogan.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as Wrestling/VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face Wrestling/HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as Wrestling/VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face Wrestling/HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead. He would later join the Alliance to End Hulkamania in WCW.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as Wrestling/VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as Wrestling/VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face HulkHogan Wrestling/HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as Wrestling/VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as Wrestling/VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''{{Wrestlemania}} ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/MerylStreep was originally cast as Samantha, but ended up being fired after having creative disputes with Hogan.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/MerylStreep was originally cast as Samantha, but ended up being fired after having creative disputes with Hogan.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as VinceMcMahon Wrestling/VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/MerylStreep was originally cast as Samantha, but ended up being fired after having creative disputes withHogan.Hogan.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead.instead.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/MerylStreep was originally cast as Samantha, but ended up being fired after having creative disputes with Hogan.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/MerylStreep was originally cast as Samantha, but ended up being fired after having creative disputes with Hogan.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Inasmuch as ProfessionalWrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus [[IntercontinuityCrossOver became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar]] in 1989, as VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face HulkHogan in a series of matches over the course of the year (with the angle, such as it was, being that he was insane enough to believe he was the ''real'' star of the film). Unfortunately, Lister's lack of wrestling skills wound up hampering the storyline, and they only faced as participants in tag team matches. Rumor has it Vince wanted a ''{{Wrestlemania}} VI'' match between the two before he finally sent Lister packing and decided on Hogan vs The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior instead.
