TV wrestling is more about huge audiences than high art. So when World Wrestling Federation chairman VINCE MCMAHON pulled the plug on commercials for a controversial wrestling documentary that had been scheduled to air during UPN's SmackDown! and USA Network's Sunday Night Heat and Raw Is War, the movie's producers sensed a bid to kill their film. Imagine Entertainment says McMahon has sour grapes because it wouldn't let him buy Beyond the Mat, which was nominated for a Director's Guild award in the Best Director category. A WWF spokesman claims it's a publicity stunt, and the company has a policy of...
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