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Redundant and unnecessary.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Rip is a WWF champion who is faithful to fans and the network he wrestles for. Brell, the new head of the WTN, wants Rip to wrestle for his network. Rip refuses and goes back to his normal life. Still looking for a way to raise ratings, Brell initiates a show called "The Battle of the Tough Guys", a violent brawling competition. No Holds Barred is unfortunately a WWE Studios movie and not a very good one i'm afraid, if you really wanna see something like this go and stick with the real damn thing instead of this abomination with Hogan in it. (0/10)

No Holds Barred (1989): Dir: Thomas J. Wright / Cast: Hulk Hogan, Tiny Lister, Kurt Fuller, Joan Severance, Bill Eadie: Here is a screenplay so stupid that it would make better toilet paper than quality entertainment. Title indicates that rules will be broken but the whole point is exploited to death. It stars Hulk Hogan playing himself against Tiny Lister as Zeus in a much awaited wrestling bout. He turned down promoter Kurt Fuller so in a tantrum he hires Zeus to beat the tar out of Hogan. Zeus is one of the biggest jackasses ever to enter a film. He grunts, yells, beats on his chest. Plot is ridiculous and unrealistic when factoring in the fact that the law would not likely support such an event. director Thomas J. Wright could have saved money and just film any high school bully taking out his aggression on some poor dote on the playground. Aside from an embarrassing performances from Hogan who really should stick to wrestling, Lister is in a category all by himself, and his defeat is less than exciting. Fuller plays the typical irritating promoter who starts controversy and then cowers until fatal consequences. Joan Severance plays the ever familiar lame ass damsel. Bill Eadie appears as Rip's opening opponent but fans best remember him in his superior role as one half of the great tag team Demolition with partner Smash. It is meant to appeal to legions of Hulk fans so others should tear it in separate directions. Score: 0 / 10

One of the all-time great howlers. This was made back in the days when Vince McMahon and pretty much everybody else in wrestling tried their best to keep the "secret" from being revealed. That secret being, of course, that pro wrestling is staged and choreographed. So you had movies like this and a few others from the time that treated it as though it was real. The plot to this is pretty stupid. Hulk Hogan plays a version of himself named Rip, who is the WWF Champion. Kurt Fuller runs a TV network that loses to wrestling in the ratings due to Rip's popularity. So Fuller tries to come up with his own pro wrestling alternative called Battle of the Tough Guys. Seriously. Through a series of ridiculous events that involve a lot of big men grunting and fake-hitting each other, Fuller discovers his own champion: Zeus, a hybrid of Mr. T and Frankenstein's monster. Zeus is played by Tommy "Tiny" Lister, who went on to a long career in everything from A-list theatrical releases to garbage that shows on the SyFy channel at 2am. The rest of the movie is a long wait until the inevitable showdown between Rip and Zeus.Hogan and Lister are both so awful you can't help but enjoy them. They snarl and growl and carry on like animals marking their territory every time they're face to face. The real star of the movie, though, is Kurt Fuller with one of the most over-the-top performances you'll ever see. He's got more ham in him than Porky Pig. Objectively, it's a terribly-made movie. Its only redeeming quality is that it has some merit as an unintentional comedy. For current fans of professional wrestling, it will all seem pretty dull. The wrestling matches mostly consist of guys clubbing each other with their forearms and posing a lot. For people who grew up with the Hulkster and the old school WWF like me, there's a lot of nostalgic appeal here. Fans of "so bad they're good" movies may also find something to like about this turkey. Many memorably bad scenes and corny lines. One of my favorites is when Hulk starts throwing food at two thugs trying to rob the diner he's eating at while the Hank Williams, Jr. song "All My Rowdy Friends" plays in the background. Movie gold.

Hulk Hogan, Kurt Fuller, Joan Severance and Tommy 'Tiny" Lister star in this 1989 action film. Hogan plays wrestling hero, Rip who gets offered a deal by corrupt, TV executive, Brell (Fuller) to join his network. He turns him down and Brell gets Rip to fight a dangerous ex-con, Zeus (Lister) on his new program. Soon, Rip and Zeus go head to head with each other in a big wrestling match. Severance (Lethal Weapon) plays Samantha, a businesswoman who falls for Rip. This isn't bad, even though there's some goofy & corny moments, Hogan and Lister (Friday) are good and Fuller (Scary Movie) plays a great bad guy as usual. I recommend this.