Trivia / No Holds Barred

• Creator Backlash: Kurt Fuller is embarrassed about being in this movie, to the point that he's turned down appearances at podcasts and cons to discuss it.
• Defictionalization: Inasmuch as Professional Wrestling can invoke this. The character of Zeus became an extremely short lived WWE Superstar in 1989, as Vince McMahon was eager to promote the film on TV. Thus, he decided to bring in Tiny Lister, portraying his Zeus character, to face Hulk Hogan 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 Ultimate Warrior instead. He would later join the Alliance to End Hulkamania in WCW.
• Money, Dear Boy: 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."
• On-Set Injury: Hogan accidentally broke Lister's nose while filming the final fight scene.

---