Hound Dog

When the heels murder his tag-team partner, a fresh-faced pro wrestler goes off script and seeks bloody revenge in the ring. Set in 1976, Hound Dog follows Billy "the Hound Dog" Brower and Jim "the Rottweiler" Rothstein, two Vietnam Veterans turned professional wrestlers, as they struggle to adjust to civilian life in the dark underbelly of pro wrestling. This is not only a professional wrestling film, it is a post-Vietnam, Elvis-inspired, noir thriller that provides a glimpse into the underbelly of 1970s territory wrestling. The film is inspired by the story of Bruiser Brody, a famous wrestler of the 1970s and 80s who was murdered by a disgruntled opponent. While the particular events of Hound Dog did not transpire, they could have.