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This being a Darren Aronofsky movie, this should hopefully follow Ram Robinson (which isn't such a ridiculous name considering the trend in professional wrestling...and we just got Dolph Ziggler) and his heart condition to the logical conclusion. Robinson finishes the match, wins the World Heavyweight Championship, makes it to the back, and has a heart attack sometime later before he can fully enjoy the meaning of his kayfabe (and real life) victory.
A funeral scene with the characters unified at Robinson's grave sight, with Ernest Miller appearing without his Ayatollah get-up, potentially talking to Robinson's daughter, giving her some money, and revealing himself to just be an African-American guy playing a hateful character who really loved and respected Robinson behind the scenes could be great. Not sure if they'll be anything like that in the movie, of course, but Evan Rachel Wood's character admitting that The Ayatollah is such a good heel, because he is so likable in real life, would be icing on the cake.
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