The Ohio Valley Wrestling Club in Louisville, Kentucky is a regional wrestling club with alumni including Brock Lesnar, The Miz, John Senna, Dave Botista, and Randy Orton. The gym used to be a prestigious graduation school for aspiring professional wrestlers, but since then, it has been in trouble. Famous wrestler Al Snow adheres to the old-fashioned wrestling philosophy and places great emphasis on storytelling, but despite the love of some hardcore fans, the gym strives to maintain relevance every week to keep the door open. The financial situation has become so bad that Al had to sell his majority stake to a group of local businessmen, including Kentucky's most popular radio celebrity, Matt Jones. Matt and the new ownership group injected much-needed cash into the struggling gym, but it is still operating at a staggering loss. The new owner gave Al a summer to turn things around. The wrestlers recorded the efforts of Al and his group of aspiring wrestlers as they fought for their personal aspirations and each other, while attempting to unite and save this historic gym.
