Fighting with My Family (2019)

Vince Vaughn: Hutch

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• Hutch : [Sees Paige returning to the performance center from Christmas]  Can I help you?

  Raya Knight : [Firmly]  You didn't cut me and I didn't quit.

• Hutch : To be a WWE Superstar, you have to have two things. Number one: you gotta have the skills, and number two: you have to have the spark. Now, skills, that's obvious, right? You gotta be able to wrestle. The spark, well... that's the magic dust. It's what the audience falls in love with. It's why they buy your poster. It's why they come back every week. It's why they chant your name. It's why they buy a six-inch action figure of you. Do you see yourself as a six-inch action figure?

  Wrestling Performer : Yeah, yes, I do. I see myself as WWE Champion.

  Hutch : Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! Bingo, guys! That's exactly right. That's called a great attitude. And that's a big plate of yes. That's one of the biggest requirements that you have to have to be a WWE Superstar. And you don't have any of the other things. But the attitude's the one thing you're in control over and the attitude's the one thing that you have.

  [Hutch approaches Zak and Raya and points at Zak] 

  Hutch : Name?

  Zak Knight : Zak Zodiac.

  Hutch : Sounds a little bit like a dancer at a male strip club. Why do you want to wrestle?

  Zak Knight : I wanna be a wrestler because since I was three years old, I could name every single WWE wrestler just by looking at their boots. And I've wanted to be one ever since. I'm passionate, I'm determined, and... I'm the toughest bastard in any room. Including this one. Oh, probably shouldn't swear, not when there's ladies present.

  [Zak looks at a long-haired male wrestler on his left] 

  Zak Knight : Sorry, miss. Sorry about that.

  Hutch : Miss, what's your name?

  Raya Knight : Saraya. No, sorry. Britani.

  Hutch : Do you not remember your name?

  Raya Knight : No, I do. It's just they, they asked me to change it.

  Hutch : Do you remember what you changed it to?

  Raya Knight : Yeah.

  Hutch : Okay, that's good. What is it?

  Raya Knight : Uh, Paige.

  Hutch : As a wrestling name, Paige?

  Raya Knight : Yeah.

  Hutch : Paige feels a little more like she might work at the perfume counter at the mall like, "Do you want a free sample?".

  Raya Knight : No. Paige is the name of a witch from a TV show that I like.

  Hutch : So you liked the name off the show and then you took it?

  Raya Knight : Yeah.

  Hutch : Nobody's gonna pay to watch a timid little British girl wrestle.

  Raya Knight : Yeah, well, not all British girls are timid. Just like not all Americans are arrogant wankers.

  [pause] 

  Raya Knight : Just saying.

  Hutch : Why do you wanna wrestle, Paige?

  Raya Knight : Been wrestling since I was 13. My whole family wrestles.

  Hutch : But why do you wanna wrestle?

  Raya Knight : Been wrestling since I was 13. My whole family wrestles.

  Hutch : But why do you wanna wrestle?

  Raya Knight : Um... It's an escape, isn't it? From the real world. And when I'm in that ring with my family, working together, flowing together, it feels like the world just disappears. And I sort of feel like I belong somewhere.

  Hutch : She showed us her heart. And I wanna vomit.

• Hutch : Give yourselves a big hand, everybody. That was a tremendous amount of energy and effort and I want to thank all of you for that. It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there, and I respect that. If I call your name, please step forward. That means you'll be coming with me to Florida, where you will join NXT Developmental. At which point, we will assess whether or not you get to go on to the WWE. If I do not call your name, then this is the end of the line for you.

  [pause] 

  Hutch : Paige.

  [Raya smiles and steps forward] 

  Hutch : Thank you all very much.

  [surprised look on everyone's faces as Hutch leaves the ring. Raya and Zak look at each other in shock] 

  Zak Knight : Well done.

  Raya Knight : This isn't right.

• [Raya and Zak follow Hutch out of the arena] 

  Raya Knight : You have to take my brother.

  Hutch : Excuse me?

  Raya Knight : No one deserves this more than Zak. Why didn't you pick him?

  Hutch : 99% of the people don't get picked.

  Raya Knight : He was running rings around those other guys!

  Hutch : We're not looking for ring runners.

  Raya Knight : No, wait! You have to explain why you didn't pick him.

  Hutch : I don't have to explain anything. I wish you the best, son. But this is the end of the line for you.

  Raya Knight : If he's not going, neither am I.

  Zak Knight : Raya, don't be stupid, okay?

  Hutch : Is that a threat?

  Raya Knight : Yes.

  Zak Knight : No.

  Hutch : You know, thousands of people apply for this opportunity every week. Now I'm gonna give you ten seconds to let me know that you want it.

  Raya Knight : Not without Zak.

  Zak Knight : Coach, she wants this. Don't listen to her.

  [pause] 

  Zak Knight : Raya, let's just leave it. Come on!

  Hutch : Five.

  Zak Knight : Raya.

  Hutch : Four.

  Zak Knight : You're not just doing this for you, Raya, are you? You're doing it for the family.

  Hutch : Three. Two.

  Raya Knight : Yeah, okay, I want this.

  Hutch : See you in Florida.

• Hutch : Wrestling is storytelling. It is soap opera in spandex.

• Hutch : How do you think this ends for you?

  Raya Knight : On the main roster, Divas Champion.

  Hutch : You realize that today was about proving that you deserve that. Right?

  Raya Knight : I'll start proving myself when you put me with real wrestlers. Wrestlers like my brother.

  Hutch : Your brother's a journeyman.

  Raya Knight : [dismissive scoff]  No.

  Hutch : Yes.

  Raya Knight : No!

  Hutch : There's stars, and there's the journeymen who take the hits that make the stars look good. And your brother's a journeyman. He's the guy with the bad shorts, with no fanfare.

  Raya Knight : No, you bring him here...

  Hutch : I bring him out here and then what? We put him on the road for two hundred days a year? He's chasing fame that's never gonna come to him? His wife starts screwing the garbage man 'cause he's never around? His kid can't remember his face, and for what? Maybe he'd get a shot at a pay-per-view event. And he would try so hard to make an impression he'd probably let a real star... throw him off a 30-foot cage onto a concrete floor. Have his shoulder bone just kinda splice right through his rotator cuff, tear it clean in half. And then the doctor would say, "That's it. Your wrestling career is over." But why quit then? He wouldn't stop. So then the wife would leave him and take the kid. And then he would just keep chasing the pipe dream... until he'd end up four thousand miles away from anyone that ever loved him. He'd be bitter, and he'd be mean. And he'd be all by himself and... just wishing that, God, he could get his kid to return his phone call. Is that the life that you want for your brother?

  Raya Knight : No, I know that wouldn't happen to Zak.

  Hutch : I didn't think that would happen to me. We didn't sign your brother, and we shouldn't have signed you. You're weak in your body and your spirit's weak. You think it's tough now, this is only gonna get harder. You should go home. Wrestle with your family and be happy. That's how this ends for you.