Film

350 Days

Name: 350 Days
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019
Cast: Bret Hart, Billy Graham, John Wisniski Jr., James Reiher, Larry Shreve

Drama

350 Days examines the human cost of professional wrestling's gruelling touring schedule through interviews with legends like Bret Hart and Billy Graham. It's a sobering, unglamorous look at how constant road work destroyed bodies, marriages, and minds—a portrait of sacrifice and regret that treats wrestlers as workers, not characters.

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