If you grew up in the 80's, you probably saw Body Slam on HBO or otherwise on television or cable. If not, you are missing out on a rock n'wrestling classic. Roddy Piper and Fatu are a babyface tag team that left their manager Captain Lou Albano for Face from The A Team. They are at odds with Captain Lou 's stable of heel wrestlers( most notably The Cannibals). One of The Cannibals is Barbarian from The Powers Of Pain. It showed him lifting 500 lbs like it was nothing and from what I heard that was the norm for Barb. Face is primarily in the music industry and manages a cheesy 80's rock band too. Before his accidental foray into pro wrestling he was not so successful. The Wild Samoans show up as bill collectors and destroy his car. Some all time wrestling champions Ric Flair and Bruno Sammartino show up for cameos also. Body Slam is a lot of fun and if you are a wrestling fan, consider this mandatory viewing. Hulk Hogan was great in Rocky 3, but there is no way he could have made this. Roddy Piper is fantastic here and is even better a year later in They Live. (Which is untouchable and the best movie starring a pro wrestler EVER!)
Review of Body Slam
