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The Wrestler Is GoodA three-time WWE champion explains what Darren Aronofksy's pro-wrestling movie gets right.

By Mick FoleyPosted Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, at 7:26 PM ET

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Update, Jan. 13, 2009: I saw the film again after filing this piece and realized that the locker-room steroid transaction I had criticized as unrealistic actually took place in the locker room of a hardcore weightlifting gym, not the locker room of a wrestling match. I really don't know whether such a deal would be likely or not, and I shouldn't have flagged it as a weak spot in The Wrestler.

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Mick Foley is a three-time WWE champion who has written two New York Times No. 1 best-sellers. He currently appears every Thursday on Spike TV's TNA Impact.
Still from The Wrestler by Niko Tavernise. © Fox Searchlight Productions 2008. All rights reserved.
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