Fans of TNA and WWE love to see Samoa Joe just walking away to dodge a rival who is mid-air. The opponent then crashes painfully onto the canvas or the floor because they cannot change their trajectory. Have you ever imagined seeing it in a movie? We promise this is the closest you are going to get to a spoiler in this story.
Malayalam action-comedy-drama Chatha Pacha received excellent reviews following its release on Thursday. The film tells the story of a group that experiments with launching costume wrestling in Kochi and invests heavily in the nostalgia factor. It features plenty of throwbacks to the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) scene from the last three decades.
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From Hulk Hogan’s in-ring tantrums to Jeff Hardy’s recklessness and The Undertaker’s charisma, Chatha Pacha is a delight for those who have enjoyed WWE and WWF since the 1980s. In net domestic box office collections, Chatha Pacha raked in ₹1.79 crore as of 8 pm on its opening day. It is this familiar resemblance, Easter eggs, and throwbacks that get WWE fans invested in the Mollywood drama.
Here are a few WWE superstars, iconic finishing moves, and in-ring gestures that inspired the fight sequences in the Advaith Nayar movie. For the sake of those who are yet to watch the Arjun Ashokan–Roshan Mathew film, we are not mentioning which character is inspired by which WWE personality or at what point in the movie. The list works equally well for those who have already seen the film and for those who are yet to catch it in theatres.
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