WWE Greenlights Retarded Giant Turned MMA Fighter Saving Church Orphans Movie Plot

WWE’s latest foray into the movie bidness, which comes via the fine folks at FilmDrunk, is amazing. And I don’t mean that in a “holy shit I have to go see this movie!” kind of way. I mean it in the “I have no clue if this is the worst or greatest thing of all time” kind of way.

But here’s the skinny: a retarded giant (played by Big Show, who, yes, is a homeless man’s Andre the Giant) is sets out to become an MMA fighter in order to save church orphans. Fuck. The. Heck.

[In "Knucklehead"], WWE Superstar, Paul “Big Show” Wight plays Walter Krunk, a 7-foot-tall, 440-pound naïve giant who was raised in the St. Thomas Orphanage and never left – until he takes to the road with Eddie and Mary.

Shortly after Eddie loses his new fighter and finds himself $50,000 in debt to longtime nemesis and bookie Memphis Earl (DENNIS FARINA), he discovers Walter, a bumbling life-long resident of the orphanage-turned-handyman with his own debt problems: The kitchen fire Walter caused will close down the church’s orphanage in a week unless he comes up with $50,000. Upon overhearing Walter’s predicament, Eddie convinces the no-nonsense head nun, Sister Francesca (WENDY MALICK) that Walter can win the $100,000 grand prize at the tournament to pay off the church’s debts. But in order to do so, he will need to take Walter on the road, enter amateur fights along the way, and teach him how to become a real fighter.

Now, remember, this is the WWE we’re talking about, so you can’t exactly expect their movie plotlines to be “realistic” or even “remotely plausible” — in fact, I tend to appreciate the fact that at least they’re making this pile o’ straight to DVD way beyond anything anything that could potentially be real. That’s more than Kevin Costner or Adam Sandler are ever willing to do.