"That '70s Show"
That Wrestling Show (1999)

Director:

David Trainer

Writer:

Jeff Filgo (writer)

TV Series:

"That '70s Show" (1998)

Original Air Date:

7 February 1999 (Season 1, Episode 15)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Kitty makes Red go to a wrestling show with the gang. Jackie becomes a door mat for Kelso. Midge convinces Kitty and Laurie to join her at "therapy."

Plot Keywords:

Locker Room | Wrestling | Undressing Scene | Split Screen | Weed

Cast

Topher Grace	...	Eric Forman
Mila Kunis	...	Jackie Burkhart
Ashton Kutcher	...	Michael Kelso
Danny Masterson	...	Steven Hyde
Laura Prepon	...	Donna Pinciotti
Wilmer Valderrama	...	Fez
Debra Jo Rupp	...	Kitty Forman
Kurtwood Smith	...	Reginald "Red" Forman
Tanya Roberts	...	Midge Pinciotti
Don Stark	...	Bob Pinciotti
Ernie Ladd	...	Rocky Johnson's Manager
Lisa Robin Kelly	...	Laurie Forman
Jim Turner	...	Therapist
Dwayne Johnson	...	Rocky Johnson (as The Rock)
Ken Shamrock	...	Wrestler #1

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

The Rock appears in this episode portraying his own father, Rocky Johnson. When he says to Red that he also has a kid, he is talking about himself, and finally he says that his son would become "The most electrifying man in sports entertainment", which is how the media usually refers to The Rock.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Red takes the whole gang to a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) match. In the '70s, the federation was called the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF).

Reality deserves rewrite

Wanted to comment about the so-called goof, which states, "Nobody knew that wrestling was fake until ..." This is simply not true. Many 'real' wrestlers (including judo practitioners) knew it was fake. Plenty of people with little to no wrestling background also knew it was fake. Mr. McMahon's proclamation didn't suddenly enlighten a Nation, as many were enlightened by common sense and through experience. It is not a goof, but a proper depiction of the 'not clueless' state that existed at the time. As always, "The 70's Show" presents a comical presentation of how life really was, and of how people were not clueless, even then. I'm amazed at the great attention the youth in this series receives, when i personally feel it is the antics of the adults that carries the series, with their caricatures of our generation's parents. Growing up in the 70's, we emerged after the Age of Aquarius and before the Age of AIDs, wherein we were being bombarded with threats of nuclear war and glazed over by the events of Vietnam that followed us throughout our childhood, including the repeated shocks in the 60's that we were only marginally aware of. In a time of reversal roles, where the parents were either late in 'tripping' or hardened by the Korean and Vietnam wars, and the youth were coming to grips with their roles in society as the possibility they may actually survive 'another' year began to coalesce, it is gratifying to see a comical rendition. With this series, i am able to step back in time and laugh, instead of cry.