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- DirectorJames A. WestmanStarsEdward AsnerElaine GiftosVerne GagneFrank Bass takes a stand and defends what he thinks is right. Gamblers and money-grubbing conspire to corrupt the industry. Frank's efforts climax as he promotes an over-the-hill champion in the final matches of his career.
- DirectorTabaré BlanchardStarsManny PerezPepe SierraRichard DouglasThe origin and rise of the most famous Dominican wrestler of all time, Rafael Sánchez aka Jack Veneno, and his arch-nemesis, José Manuel Guzmán aka Relámpago Hernández.
- DirectorRobert C. DertanoStarsPeaches PageTimothy FarrellClara MortensenA money launderer uses women's wrestling as a front for his illegal activities, but earns the enmity of a powerful mobster.
- DirectorAllan HolzmanStarsMagic SchwarzSteve StrongMarilyn Dodds FrankA documentary crew sets out to unravel one of professional wrestling's most closely guarded secrets: is former champion "Mad Dog" Joe DeCurso now wrestling as The Mask?
- DirectorFederico CurielStarsAlejandro MorenoMil MáscarasEl Médico AsesinoFive luchadores (Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras, El Medico Asesino, La Sombra Vengadora, Tinieblas plus Black Shadow) face off against a mad scientist and his army of powerful wrestling midgets.
- DirectorJohn FloreaStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerAfter Hoss injures traveling circus wrestler, Bearcat Sampson, during an exhibition match, Hoss and 'manager' Little Joe agree that Hoss will take the Bearcat's place in the ring while he recovers; but the circus owner squanders Hoss' winnings and the Cartwrights end up with an unconventional paycheck...Old Sheba, the circus elephant.
- DirectorGordon ElsburyStarsJohn InmanMollie SugdenFrank ThorntonMr. Franco of the sports department reveals that Captain Peacock has an enormous boil on his buttocks, leading to the staff making jokes at his expense. In defense of his honor, Peacock challenges Franco to a boxing match.
- 1977–19871hTV-G5.0 (224)TV EpisodeDirectorJerome CourtlandStarsGavin MacLeodBernie KopellFred GrandyJudy thinks kiddie book writer Nathan is perfect for her picky cousin Gretchen; pro wrestler Tom forbids his sister Linda to associate with his opponent Lover Boy Bob; Gopher is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that he's the captain.
- 1988–1989TV-Y77.5 (14)TV EpisodeDirectorCosmo AnzilottiBill HuttenTony LoveStarsRon RubinHoward MorrisCharles Woods GrayUnbeatable lady wrestler Amazona is on a crime spree in her free time. Sweetchuck offers to go undercover at her gym because he's fallen head over heels in love with her.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWinnie LightnerJoe E. BrownPaul GregoryThe managers of a gymnasium/health spa train an office clerk to be a champion wrestler.
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsWilliam SmithMicheline LanctôtHenry BeckmanA young athelete becomes the unlikely star of an itinerant wrestling troupe, and a rival promoter will go to any length to steal him away.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsLorne GreeneDan BlockerMichael LandonA traveling professional boxer named Tom Callahan is the only person who can prove Dusty Rhodes' innocence when the Ponderosa foreman is falsely jailed. But when Callahan stubbornly refuses to come to Virginia City to provide the alibi, Joe decides to pursue him and do everything he can to bring him back.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsDavid SoulPaul Michael GlaserAntonio FargasA series of suspicious deaths at a professional wrestling arena bring Starsky and Hutch into the squared circle, a world of outsized stars, misfits and greed-consumed con men.
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonKaren GrassleMelissa GilbertAging professional wrestler Milo Stavroupolis comes to nearby Mankato to "fight" the locals. Stavroupolis' promoter, the shrewd Jimmy Hart, convinces Jonathan Garvey to fight the old man ... unaware that the fight was "fixed." But there's even more heartbreak ahead, as Stavroupolis is suffering emotionally (and physically) after years of fighting; his beloved wife, Anna (herself desperately ill) has begged him to retire. The old man is convinced by Jonathan to substitute for him in the upcoming championship
- DirectorJeff MelmanStarsHarry AndersonEllen FoleyJohn LarroquetteFeeling dissatisfied with his job, Bull becomes interested in a wrestling promoter's offer.
- DirectorAnthony Santa CroceStarsVic TaybackMarie DennMarlene CasamentoProfessional wrestler Basher Malone fights Trog, a demon wrestler summoned by unscrupulous promoter Tippy Ryan for a private match in Tippy's gym.
- DirectorJames A. ContnerStarsMartin KoveConchata FerrellJacob VargasJesse becomes a professional wrestler and helps fight an crooked real estate developer.
- 1989–199349mTV-PG7.0 (416)TV EpisodeDirectorJoe NapolitanoStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellJerry BossardSam leaps into a wrestler who must convince his partner-brother to quit due to a heart problem.
- 1987–199723mTV-PG7.8 (517)TV EpisodeDirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalAmanda BearseBud takes on wrestler King Kong Bundy as his initiation into "No Ma'am.
- DirectorMartin KoolhovenStarsAd van KempenGeert de JongYes-RThijs is a ripe-age Dutch tomato grower. His adult daughters plan to have him move in a skyscraper-flat, leaving home and professional life, but he takes his adolescent (half-)Moroccon grandson Omar's advice to refuse and keep living. Thijs even lets the cheerful rascal coach his love-life, which lands him on a blind date with Jacky, an energetic Flemish woman, who won't take no for an answer but turns up at his door-step till he consents, and soon drags him into evening life, preparing for a dance contest. Soon after Omar turns up, listless and lazier then ever, runaway from school and home. The obvious reason for the horny hound's hanging head is a girl: Mergal is foxy, Turkish and as smitten as he, but her burly big brother Erhan will only allow a boy to go steady with her who has proven himself his better on the field in the traditional manly sport of oil-wrestling. Now Thijs, in his day a 'dry' wrestler, resolves to return the kid's favor by coaching down-beaten Omar back to life to the full, although the decisive match is in a few days, like the contest, and the unathletic novice pupil still has nothing to show for his cockiness...
- DirectorJared HessStarsJack BlackAna de la RegueraHéctor JiménezBerated all his life by those around him, a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler).
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsJoe E. BrownJune TravisMan Mountain DeanA man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team and is a real joke on the team, until he is given a drug that gives him super strength.