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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is again stepping into the hoop, but this time, it’s no longer for wrestling; it’s for an action-packed blockbuster. His next project, The Smashing Machine, is a biopic of Mma fighter Mark Kerr that is leaving fans buzzing with excitement. The film revolves around Kerr from the no-holds-barred era of the UFC and how he struggled during the peak of his career.

Now, The Smashing Machine has received its official release date, which is during a precious time of the year. Let’s dive into who’s starring in it and what it’s all about, along with its release date.

When will The Rock bring The Smashing Machine to the theaters? A screengrab featuring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson from Black Adam | Credit @Sevenbucksproduction

Mark Kerr’s biopic The Smashing Machine is slated to get a theatrical release date of October 3, 2025, which falls during...

A24's highly anticipated The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson recently received a major update. The movie is headed to theaters this fall.

Per Deadline, the Mark "The Smashing Machine" Kerr biopic from writer-director Benny Safdie has officially cemented a theatrical release date of Oct. 3, 2025. This particular release date was originally intended to go to Lionsgate's upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, which may still be pushed back to better fit a two-part release format.

The Smashing Machine stars Johnson as the acclaimed real-life professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Mark Kerr. Over the course of Kerr's athletic career, he won a dozen gold and silver medals across both college and professional championships, including the 1995 Pan America Games. Kerr also established himself as one of the early success stories in the world of Mma, amassing a 15-11-1 record across 12 years from 1997 until his retirement in 2009.

His career...

Welcome to this week’s Mlw: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and f–k yeah. We’ve got crabs. I got them from you. Whore! The Oscars are here and…my God! Pinny Vagina: I am…an actor! Me: (shoots Pinky) I don’t like that character. Pinny. That’s a stupid f–kin’ name. Welcome to this week’s Mlw: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and f–k yeah. We’ve got crabs. I got them from you. Whore! The Oscars are h…wait a minute. I just said that. What’s going… Pinny Vagina: I am…Godddddddddddd!!!!!! Me: Time has…caught itself in a loop! Pinny Vagina: That’s right! Still think I’m a lame character?! Me: Yeah…and so does he. Scorpion: Get over here! (Pinny gets ripped to pieces) Announcer: Bitchtality! Me: Mlw starts now.

Welcome to this week’s Ring Of Honor review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Suspiria is a horror movie in America and Tuesday in Aunt Carol’s basement. Those pants are slimming on you! Okay, let’s get to more from this fabulous Pure Title Tournament…toots!

Match #1: Fred Yehi def. Silas Young – Block A First-Round Match The following is courtesy of rohwrestling.com:

Silas Young has been a fixture in Roh for the better part of the past eight years and is a two-time former World Television Champion. Fred Yehi spent those same eight years competing on the independent circuit and has never stepped inside an Roh ring. While their careers have taken different paths, both men are more than capable of making a deep run in the tournament. Young has a well-deserved reputation for being a tough-as-nails brawler who’s not unwilling to take short cuts.

Welcome to this week’s Mlw: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and those smelly, fat Hobbitses tries to takes away Gollum’s precious…it’s ours…Ours! Gollum! Gollum! Gollum! (TV off) Whoops! I need to remember to turn this TalkTech thing off. As you can tell, I was watching “Family Ties”. Hey, we’ve got a really strong match to cover and another that’s pretty damn good in its own right. Low Ki fights King Mo in our main event, so don’t touch that dial, do you understand?! Don’t make me…Got It?! You know what! Gollum! Gollum! Gollum! (TV off) Whoops! I forgot to turn off this porno.

Match #1: Dominic Garrini def. Dr. Dax – $1,000 Open Prize Fight Challenge Match The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

Who has a shot to survive Garrini’s Jiu-Jitsu expertise for five minutes?...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Carrie Fisher doing some blow in an air-port bath-room. Also, we’ve got wrestling. Do you like wrestling? Well then, sit back and enjoy this review about…wrestling…Major League Wrestling.

Match #1: Logan Creed defeated Moonshine Mantell The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

There’s quite the mass of humanity in the ring as Mantell and Creed trade blows but a shoulder tackle sends Moonshine to the mat. Moonshine refuses to relent but the power of Creed is too damn much. Moonshine turns the tide a bit with some corner shoulder thrusts but Creed cracks Mantell with a chokeslam backbreaker. He boots Mantell out of the ring and then does a top rope suicide dive onto Moonshine. Creed tosses Moonshine back into the ring and snaps him down with one powerful powerbomb.

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have The Opera Cup, which is a famous wrestling prize of yesteryear that has made its return in Mlw.

Match #1: King Mo & Ach def. Injustice (Kotto Brazil & Jordan Oliver w/ Myron Reed) The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

Ach shows his pure athleticism as he starts off the match with a flurry of offense. He and Mo do a double team hip-toss on Brazil. Mo kicks the legs of Kotto and tags back in Ach. Guest on commentary Dan Lambert says Mo wants checks and he wants gold in Mlw and that’s evident in this match. Kotto Brazil shows his athleticism against Ach, but also shows his underhandedness as he allows his Injustice members to seize attack on Ach behind his back. Lambert makes it clear that...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a special Thanksgiving edition of Mlw: Fusion, which means that American’s have decided to phone it in, on account of a holiday we never figured out the meaning of…

Match #1: Injustice defeated Gringo Loco & Zenshi – Survivor Rules Match The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

The team of Jordan Oliver and Kotto Brazil are accompanied by newly christened Mlw Middleweight Champion Myron Reed. All three take a moment to run down Thanksgiving and one of their opponents tonight, Gringo Loco. Out comes the aforementioned Loco with his partner for tonight, the ever-innovative Zenshi. The ref sees that the odds are stacked against the duo and with the way Injustice has been playing their hand each and every week, he kicks Reed out of arena! Zenshi and Loco...

Welcome to this review of Major League Wrestling: Fusion, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and this review is being powered by TalkTech, which is the greatest live-voice recorder in journalism. This means that this entire review, and every review forward, will be written by my dialogue, rather than traditional typing. This is thrilling and is the next step forward for Nerdly as a premium leader in wrestling news. Let’s get started with…Ahhhhhhhhh!!! Oh $#!@! I’m falling down the steps! Oh Lord Jesus Christ help me! Ahhhhhhhhh! Stupid f—— TalkTech! I tripped on this worthless piece of $#!@!

Match #1: Marshall Von Erich defeated Ikuro Kwon (Dq) The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

Marshall’s bare feet soon find their footing but Samael trips him up as he runs at the rope to stop his momentum. Samael shouts instructions for Kwon to go to the next...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the follow-up to the incredible Pay Per View that Mlw had last week. Tony Orlando couldn’t have done better. Someone stole Tenacious D from Family Video…bastards. Alright, let’s rock the sock around the clock of cock…a-doodle-doo!

Match #1: Low Ki beats Timothy Thatcher

My Opinion: 4.2 out of 5 – This was some great stuff. When you here the phrase “easy as pie” that’s how I feel about this match. There were no issues of two guys struggling to find a rhythm or attempting to make the match look legitimate or any-thing like that. Every-thing here was pitch-perfect to the point that having the match end before it went for six hours felt like a waste. This was one of those fights that had action of some...

Welcome to this week’s Ring of Honor review, which features a ten-man main event with the two of New Japan’s biggest factions. With Ian Riccaboni and Colt “I beat Chris Amann and who he works for in a court of law” Cabana on commentary, along with special guest Dalton Castle, I’m Nathan Favel, this is Ring of Honor and it’s time to get to the action.

Match #1: Chuckie T (Chuck Taylor) vs. Kenny King

Chuck Taylor, who was billed as Chuckie T despite being referred to as the former name by the announcers, was looking to make another deep mark into Ring of Honor by fighting the former Roh TV Champion Kenny King, who has been in need of another shot in the arm over the past few months, after losing said title. The crowd took to this from the start, with both fighters getting...

[[tmz:video id="0_ey49eggt"]] Rampage Jackson is a big fat fatty who smokes and drinks too much and will be remembered as a joke of a fighter ... so says King Mo.  Yeah, he ain't holdin' back.  King Mo and Rampage are squaring off Friday at Bellator 175 -- and Mo says the hate between them is as real as it gets.  There's fat shaming. There's booze shaming. There's just a lot of shaming.  This should be good.  Read more...

[[tmz:video id="0_9ci78fge"]] Who wants legions of male fans? Not Rampage Jackson ... the Mma legend says he'd rather be like Justin Bieber because that guy is Swimming in chicks!! Jackson was keeping it all the way real about the perks of fame ... saying it can be annoying to have dudes asking for selfies and autographs all the time -- instead of hot ladies.  Rampage says guys like Chris Brown and Justin Bieber have the Right kind of fame.

Greg Hardy has been training his ass off as an Mma fighter -- linking up with one of the top gyms in the country where he's been living and sleeping while working under the tutelage of an ex-UFCer.  TMZ Sports has learned ... the 28-year-old ex-nfl star has been training with American Top Team in Florida -- which Dana White once hailed as one of the top 5 Mma teams in the country.  We spoke with one of Hardy's trainers,...

Bellator

Bellator’s season opener went down tonight, and Bellator 123 offered up the best Bellator reasonably had to offer for the start of their year.

There were some key bouts on the card, not the least of which was Put Curran putting his featherweight title on the line against Patricio Pitbull. On top of that there was the Bellator debut of former Strikeforce fighter, and current Tna champion Bobby Lashley – best known from his days in the WWE, where he once helped shave Vince McMahon bald. How Lashley fares in his first few Bellator fights will likely dictate the course his career goes – a solid run in Mma, or back to the world of professional wrestling.

Outside of that fight, there was a heavyweight showdown between Cheick Kongo and fellow former Ufc fighter Lavar “Big” Johnson, and the return of Muhammed Lawal, otherwise known as King Mo, taking on Dustin Jacoby.

Mma fighter Muhammed Lawal -- known as King Mo -- wants to kick some serious ass this summer when he joins Tna wrestling ... so much so he's reaching out to some Major ring legends for advice. The former Strikeforce champion tells TMZ ... as a lifelong wrestling supporter, he doesn't want to disappoint any fans when he steps into the ring. So in order to prepare ... he called wrestling stars Hulk Hogan and Sting for some pointers.

New York (Dec. 15, 2011)—Showtime Networks Inc. and world championship mixed martial arts (Mma) promotion Strikeforce have entered into a new broadcast agreement to continue producing live Mma events on the premium television network, Showtime. The agreement was announced jointly today by Stephen Espinoza, Evp and General Manager, Showtime Sports, Dana White, Ufc President, and Scott Coker, Strikeforce CEO. Under the new agreement, Showtime will produce and televise up to eight live events. Strikeforce athletes such as lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez, middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, women’s featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Santos, women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate and other world-class Mma fighters will continue to compete for the organization on Showtime. The new deal kicks off during the network’s Free Preview Weekend, Saturday, Jan. 7, as champion Rockhold defends the Strikeforce 185-pound title against dangerous veteran Keith Jardine at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, live on Showtime at 10 p.