Fighting With My Family
Fighting With My Familyfeatures a peck of cameo and references toWWEwrestlers from the past and present . write and directed by Stephen Merchant ( The Office ) , the film differentiate the true story of WWE ’s Paige ( Florence Pugh ) and her rowdy family of British pro - wrestler , whom she allow to pursue her dream of pro - wrestling superstardom . Paige ’s father Ricky Knight is portrayed by Nick Frost ( Shaun of the Dead ) , her mother " Sweet " Saraya is played by Lena Headey ( Game of Thrones ) , and her older pal Zak by Jack Lowden ( Dunkirk ) .
One of thebest pro - wrestling moviesever , the WWE pedigree ofFighting With My Familyis as veritable as it gets : the moving picture is produced by Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson and was made in conjunction with WWE Studios , which lent its Son and trademarks , as well as some cameos of current WWE whizz . Johnson was inspired to make the movie after see the 2012 British documentaryThe Wrestlers : campaign With My Familyabout the Knight dynasty , who take to the woods the World Association of Wrestling ( WAW ) promotion out of Norwich , England . As the son and grandson of pro - wrestling legends , The Rock could relate to the unique trials of the Knights and Paige ’s difficult journeying to WWE .
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Though much of the film was hit on location in Norwich , WWE allowed Merchant to dissipate the pic ’s finalematch between Paige and WWE Divas Champion A.J. Lee(Thea Trinidad ) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles after an episode ofMonday Night RAWaired live in February 2017 . In addition , scenes of Paige ’s NXT training take place at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando , Florida ( Merchant in reality place Pugh and Lowden to train for a month there ) .
As a penis of NXT hoping to be telephone up to the main WWE roster , Paige was also backstage atWrestleMania 30 in New Orleans ; this is where a number of the film ’s WWE grappler cameo take place . Here are all of the WWE cameo and consultation inFighting With My Family .
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Himself
The Rock appears as himself and plays a form of ' fagot godmother ' role to Paige , even cut one of his Graeco-Roman promos in front of Paige and Zak before their WWE audition . Of course , Dwayne Johnson is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood , headline theJumanjiandHobbs & Shawfranchises among legion other film and TV project . He is also a third - propagation pro - wrestler and a multi - clock time WWE Champion .
The Miz as Himself
Mike Mizanin is a multi - time champion and one of the top stars of WWE as his character , The Miz . Mizanin is also a realness tv set star ; he gained renown out of doors of WWE as a cast member of MTV’sThe Real Worldand E!‘sTotal Divas , and he now stars in his own serial , Miz & Mrs. , on the USA web . Mizanin also headline WWE Studios ' straight person - to - DVDThe Marinefranchise . He walk past the NXT stars backstage .
Sheamus as Himself
Stephen Farrelly performs for WWE as Sheamus and he is a multi - time champion and the first - ever Irish - conduct WWE Champion when he vote down John Cena . Sheamus has also guest starred onRoyal Painson the USA connection and he played Rocksteady inTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Out of the Shadows . He ’s see inFighting With My Familyarguing about hot dogs with The Big Show .
The Big Show as Himself
As the Big Show in WWE , the 7 - groundwork - magniloquent Paul Wight is billed as the " largest professional athlete in the existence " . He ’s a multi - metre WWE Champion who lost a marquee mate toFloyd MayweatheratWrestleMania 24 in 2008 . Wight has also starred in several films includingJingle All The fashion , MacGruber , and he represent Captain Insano in Adam Sandler’sThe Waterboy . He ’s determine alongside Sheamus .
John Cena as Himself
John Cena is a 16 - metre WWE Champion and was the cornerstone main event star topology of the wrestling forwarding for over a decade . Now semi - retired , Cena has successfully pursued Hollywood stardom ; he had a breakout purpose in Amy Schumer’sTrainwreckand star inBlockersandBumblebee . Cena appears onMonday Night RAWright before Paige ’s climactic compeer with A.J. Lee .
Thea Trinidad as A.J. Lee
presently known as Zelina Vega in WWE , Trinidad does a pitch - perfect impersonation of April " A.J. Lee " Mendez , who could n’t participate in the film . Along with being an accomplished pro - wrestler herself , Trinidad has also act as in the filmsDorothy and the Witches of Oz , Hope Bridge , andArmy of the Damned .
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Other WWE References In Fighting With My Family
Hutch Morgan -Vince Vaughn ’s reference Hutch Morgan is NXT ’s gift scout and trainer in the flick , but he is n’t establish on any literal person . or else , Hutch is an dental amalgam of several of Paige ’s genuine - life trainer during her calling in NXT , include Bill DeMott , who was NXT ’s head flight simulator from 2012 - 2015 , Sara D’Amato , who is NXT ’s first - ever female flight simulator , and the late WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes . Morgan ’s backstory where he describes"falling off the top of a 30 - footsteel cage"references the life history - defining moment of WWE legend Mick Foley , who fell off the top of the Hell in a cubicle doubly in an infamous 1998 lucifer against the Undertaker .
The NXT Divas -Like Hutch Morgan , Paige ’s frenemies and NXT Diva hopefuls Jeri - Lynn ( Kim Matula ) , Kirsten ( Aqueela Zoll ) , and Maddison ( Ellie Gonsalves ) , are n’t based on real people but are dental amalgam representing the case of models WWE was hiring as WWE Divas during this time . However , the Divas ' ring gear resembles the outfit wear out by former WWE Divas Eve Torres , Kelly Kelly , and 5 - time WWE Women ’s ChampionAlexa Bliss . Ellie Gonsalves is an Australian example , Aqueela Zoll as appeared in the TV seriesBad Timing , and Kim Matula has starred inThe Bold and the BeautifulandUnREAL .
grappler On Paige ’s bedchamber and On Television -Paige grew up as a devotee of WWE during its " Attitude Era " , so she naturally looks up its enceinte stars of that period . Her sleeping accommodation wall is deck by posters of The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin while the WWE episodes she and Zak sentinel on TV also feature John Cena , Kane , Vince McMahon , Triple enthalpy , Shawn Michaels , Razor Ramon , the Undertaker , Mankind , Rey Mysterio , Trish Stratus , Torrie Wilson , Stacy Kiebler , and Michelle McCool . WWE announcers Michael Cole and Jerry " The King " Lawler call the action during Paige ’s compeer with A.J. Lee .
Tessa Blanchard as Paige ( stunt two-fold ) -Blanchard is Florence Pugh ’s stunt twice who perform the more thought-provoking wrestling moves during Paige ’s match in the plastic film . She is the girl of WWE Hall of Famer Tully Blanchard and she ’s a professional wrestler herself who has performed on WWE NXT .
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