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PositionWorld Wrestling Federation refuses to advertise new documentary - Brief Article

Documentary filmmaking and pro wrestling do not often mix, but now that they have, there's-what else?-a fight.

Despite a signed contract, the World Wrestling Federation has refused to run ads for Beyond the Mat, a new documentary about pro wrestling, on any of its TV programs. The WWF says the movie violates its policy not to show any "third-party wrestling product."

But the filmmakers believe it is because WWF chairman Vince McMahon objects to the way the wrestlers are...

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