not peaceful, because there’s always craziness going on, and obviously drinking’s a huge problem for me so when I don’t drink, my life is better. Believe it or not, throughout this pandemic it’s been. It’s hard to stay calm and anxiety-free, but it did capture this moment in time when I was figuring out a lot of these things. How do you look back on the journey now, given that it all happened not too long ago? Even in the middle of a match you’re remembering how to work together, how to sell, how to play to the crowd and improvise, all these things. One of the main things you have to learn is how to slow it down but be completely present. It taught me a lot about time, because time in the ring goes fast. Some people are really sweet, some people are really shady … it is a microcosm of life. Showing up and the hotel room’s not there that’s supposed to be. There’s all this stuff you learn in wrestling about self-confidence and determination, having to power through the ongoing pain, having to get up and get to another town.

Now 48 and on the other side of the match that almost killed him, Arquette is still processing what pushed him to such extremes in the first place - and not quite ready to announce his retirement from wrestling. It attempts to rewrite his ring narrative from interloper to underdog while also revealing his personal battles with addiction, mental health and career frustrations. Produced by McLarty Arquette, executive produced by Arquette and directed by David Darg and Price James, the documentary is now available via video on demand platforms. With documentary cameras rolling, he pursued a legitimate run in a sport in which most fans openly hate him, this time playing the role of the accidental heel - wrestling-speak for the bad guy - yearning for acceptance. See photos from the backyard screening of the David Arquette wrestling doc that was set to premiere at SXSW before the cancellation due to the coronavirus.īut a few years ago, after undergoing heart surgery in his mid-40s, Arquette became fixated on redeeming his name in wrestling and becoming a wrestler himself. After SXSW cancels, David Arquette debuts wrestling doc at home

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