Movies like WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em (1993)
The best movies like WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em (1993) are Embattled (2020), WWE Royal Rumble 2006 (2006) and Beast (2026). If WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em hooked you with its action and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBeast (2026)7.5/10 from 227 votes
- NewestMarigold 2nd Anniversary Show: Shine Forever 2026 ~A Glorious Celebration~ (2026)Released 2026
Embattled (2020)
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWWE Royal Rumble 2006 (2006)
Royal Rumble (2006) was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble PPV. It was presented by Sony Computer Entertainment's The Con and took place on January 29, 2006 in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida The biggest Superstars of WWE RAW and WWE SmackDown! clash at Royal Rumble to determine who will go to WrestleMania 22 as the heavyweight contender. Also, WWE Title: Edge vs. John Cena, World Heavyweight Title: Kurt Angle vs. Mark Henry, WWE Cruiserweight Title (6-way Match): Kid Kash vs. Funaki vs. Gregory Helms vs. Jamie Noble vs. Nunzio vs. Paul London, Mickie James vs. Ashley, & The Boogeyman vs. John 'Bradshaw' Layfield
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisBeast (2026)
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJawbone (2017)
A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever Back Down: No Surrender (2016)
Picking up after the events of Never Back Down 2, former MMA champion Case Walker is on the comeback trail to become champion once again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBorn a Champion (2021)
After a blood- soaked jujitsu match in Dubai, fighting legend Mickey Kelley falls to superstar Blaine. But years later, an online video proves that Blaine cheated, and the world demands a rematch. Can the aging underdog get back into shape in time to vanquish his foe, get revenge, and claim his prize?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn Full Bloom (2019)
Set shortly after the end of World War II, a philosophical boxing drama of two fighters from opposite worlds (USA and Japan) who are pulled together for a questionable fight arranged by their unscrupulous managers and the Yakuza.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBruised (2021)
Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHunting Season (2025)
When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJane Got a Gun (2015)
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCagefighter: Worlds Collide (2020)
Reiss is the greatest champion to ever fight in a LEGENDS cage. But when promoter Max Black pits him against wrestling superstar Randy Stone, Reiss finds himself in the toughest fight of his life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Blood (2014)
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisFemale Fight Squad (2017)
A former fighter reluctantly returns to the life she abandoned in order to help her sister survive the sadistic world of illegal fighting and the maniac who runs it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 355 (2022)
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe System (2022)
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Good Neighbor (2022)
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHands of Stone (2016)
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGunslingers (2025)
When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king’s ransom -- soon follow. As brothers face off against one another and bullets tear the town to shreds, this lightning-fast gunslinger makes his enemies pay the ultimate price for their greed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFoxcatcher (2014)
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNeglected (2026)
Detective Shaw is about to retire when he finds out on his last day of work that a serial killer has buried his son alive. He then races against the clock to solve three murders and find his son’s location before he runs out of air.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSacred Mask (2023)
A young man who comes from a luchador family but has forsaken the family name and mask tries to follow his own dreams only to be brought back into the fold by a dark and mysterious shadow who hurts everyone close to him to get what he wants.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & action
Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies (2026)
In the heart of Fort Kochi, three brothers and their crew of unlikely misfits stumble into the wild world of WWE-style costumed wrestling. What begins as a scrappy hustle soon explodes into a riot of masks, egos, and full-blown madness, all set against the backdrop of a city that never plays by the rules. But can their brotherhood survive when the real fight begins outside the ropes?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & drama
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 (2014)
Documentary that reflects on the WWE career of the Undertaker, the franchise's longest serving wrestler with over two decades of action behind him. Known for his trademark finishing move, the tombstone piledriver, the Undertaker has entered battle with generations of WWE stars. Among those to offer their thoughts on what it is like to face him in the ring are Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Big Show, Randy Orton and Brock Lesnar who ended The Streak.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & drama
Orange Crush & JCW: Superpower Slam 2026 (2026)
Orange Crush presents Superpower Slam 2026 is a professional wrestling charity show benefitting neurodivergent individuals involving JCW and GCW and pro wrestlers from ROH/AEW it took place on 2.1.26
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & drama
Stardom in Fuji 2025 Oct. (2025)
Stardom in Fuji 2025 Oct. was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on October 26, 2025, at Fujisan Messe in Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & drama
Stardom in Toyohashi 2025 (2025)
Stardom in Toyohashi 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on October 18, 2025, at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & drama
WWE Hell in a Cell 2017 (2017)
Hell in a Cell (2017) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for the SmackDown brand. It will take place on October 8, 2017 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. It will be the ninth event under the Hell in a Cell chronology.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & drama
Marigold 2nd Anniversary Show: Shine Forever 2026 ~A Glorious Celebration~ (2026)
Marigold 2nd Anniversary Show: Shine Forever 2026 ~A Glorious Celebration~ was a professional wrestling event promoted by Dream Star★Fighting Marigold. It took place on May 23, 2026, at EBARA WAVE Arena Ota in Tokyo, Japan, in commemoration of the second anniversary of Marigold's debut show.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & drama
Sareee-ISM Chapter X ~ Taiyoushin Chronicle ─15th Anniversary─ (2026)
Sareee-ISM Chapter X ~ Taiyoushin Chronicle ─15th Anniversary─ was a professional wrestling event promoted by Sareee (as part of her Sareee-ISM series) in commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of her professional debut. It took place on March 22, 2026 at the Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & drama
Stardom Dream Queendom 2022 (2022)
Dream Queendom 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held December 29, 2022 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, with limited attendance due to the then-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In the main event, Syuri defended the World of Stardom Championship against 2022 5★STAR GP winner, and her former Donna del Mondo stablemate and tag team partner, Giulia.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & drama
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What are the best movies like WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em?
The closest matches to WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em are Embattled (2020), WWE Royal Rumble 2006 (2006) and Beast (2026). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em?
Start with Embattled (2020), the closest match to WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em.
What is the highest-rated movie like WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em?
Beast (2026), rated 7.5/10 by 227 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em?
Marigold 2nd Anniversary Show: Shine Forever 2026 ~A Glorious Celebration~ (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em?
Yes: Embattled (2020), WWE Royal Rumble 2006 (2006) and Beast (2026).
How are movies similar to WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside WWE Smack 'Em Whack 'Em, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.