The Main Event

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The Main Event

2020

1h 41m

Comedy

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29%

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After discovering a magical mask, an 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar.

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

05/09/2020

The only purpose of this movie is to extend WWE's marketing arm into the Netflix realm. The only purpose! I cannot think of any other reason why The Main Event exists.

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Steve Pond

TheWrap

04/13/2020

Fitfully amusing and doggedly heartwarming, albeit in ways you can see coming a mile off.

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

04/10/2020

1.5/4

It's not about the hard work that's intrinsic with all of wrestling, so much as the WWE's open willingness to sacrifice its core values for lazy family-friendly amusement.

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Dallas King

Outtake Mag

11/11/2022

2/5

It is no Fighting With My Family but for hardcore wrestling fans, it makes for mildly entertaining viewing with your family.

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Monique Jones

Just Add Color

09/14/2021

The Main Event is a film that is well-acted and well-told, and it makes you wish it were longer.

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Paul M. Bradshaw

NME (New Musical Express)

04/23/2021

2/5

More bellyflop than powerslam...

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Dillon D

@RT61473701 06/26/2025

This movie was okay at most but it was just too kid friendly for a WRESTLING MOVIE it should have been like more fighting than teenage romance and evil wrestler overall it just felt like an average Disney movie and just too kid friendly for lifelong WWE fans

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Noah G

@RT62739984 04/22/2025

This is the best Movie ever it has the greatest sport of all time in it Wrestling Every Scene is more iconic then the next I have Never seen a masterpiece like this movie before now if everyone can Give this movie a chance instead making a complaint on a screen like a troll

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André M

@RT63262731 03/06/2025

It was a bit boring.

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Frank J

@RT59071216 11/23/2024

Superhero meets WWE= One of the most enjoyable movies I have seen.

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Brody S

@RT44057386 02/29/2024

I'm not sure how to feel about this movie. It was alright at some points of the movie, but there are definitely way more weak points. Smooth Operator is him, though.

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04/04/2022

This was another one I watched randomly in the summer. Dang, I apparently watched the worst movies then... Tall Girl, This and Mall Cop 2

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Synopsis

After discovering a magical mask, an 11-year-old aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next WWE superstar.

Director: Jay Karas
Producer: Ian Hay
Screenwriter: Zach Lewis, Larry Postel, Jim Mahoney, Peter Hoare
Production Co: WWE Studios
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 11, 2020
Runtime: 1h 41m