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Fighting with My Family (2019)

Fighting with My Family was a decent flick about Paige from the WWE. She is a British wrestler who came from a wrestling family, earned a tryout with WWE, was accepted into NXT, which is essentially the Pawtucket Red Sox of the WWE, and then eventually became a superstar wrestler. That is the story and it was fine. Fighting with My Family was a generic rising through the ranks sports movie, but this time it is based on a true story. The acting is fine, the production is fine, and the story is fine. It took liberties with Paige’s actual rise to glory, glossing over the fact that she was dominating NXT before she made it to the main roster. It honestly made her look weak, when she was a powerhouse game-changer with a take no prisoners attitude. She was in the developmental program for about 3 years and was the NXT Women’s Champion for the last year (the second longest reign in the title’s history), only abdicating the title to go to the main roster. Granted, that doesn’t play well in a story where the main character is riddled with doubt and seemingly fails for the middle 60 minutes. The manufactured drama was mediocre and obvious, but executed in a way that did grow every character. I would have thoroughly enjoyed this if I weren’t a WWE fan. Knowing Paige and the other stars, who were replaced by randomly named characters who just wore ring gear of performers who didn’t overlap with Paige, took away from the experience because everything was off-brand. Paige was a Honey Nut Cheerio in a bowl of Honey-Flavored Toasted O’s. I didn’t dislike the movie, but Fighting with My Family is as generic as it comes. I give Fighting with my Family a very average 3 of the 6 total minutes the Rock is onscreen.