{"id":62487,"date":"2025-10-06T19:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/62487\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T19:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:53:07","slug":"the-smashing-machine-is-actually-a-movie-about-great-vintage-sneakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/62487\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smashing Machine Is Actually a Movie About Great Vintage Sneakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Without giving too much away, there\u2019s a scene where Mark Kerr laces up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/best-nike-running-shoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">N<\/a> Air Max Tailwind 4 in its original \u2018White Volt\u2019 color combo. First released in 1999, the silhouette was way ahead of its time,\u00a0with ribbed side panels, visible Air bubbles, and aggressively sculpted lines. Even today, it looks like something ripped straight out of the future. (Fun fact: For a time, the Tailwind 4s were apparently the <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/nike-jailwinds-are-the-crown-jewel-of-australias-prison-system\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/nike-jailwinds-are-the-crown-jewel-of-australias-prison-system\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/nike-jailwinds-are-the-crown-jewel-of-australias-prison-system\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most shoplifted sneakers<\/a> in Australia, earning them the excellent nickname \u201cJailwinds.\u201d) The Rock\u2019s \u2018White Volt\u2019 pair actually re-released in 2019 to celebrate the model\u2019s 20th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not just about the Swoosh. When Kerr steps into the ring, he switches things up with two old school Three Stripes bangers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/about\/adidas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Adidas<\/a> G-Response, also from \u201999, debuted in three colorways\u2014red and navy, black, and orange (the <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/rarewrestlingshoes.com\/resources\/adidas-g-response-wrestling-shoes\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/rarewrestlingshoes.com\/resources\/adidas-g-response-wrestling-shoes\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/rarewrestlingshoes.com\/resources\/adidas-g-response-wrestling-shoes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">least popular<\/a>, according to Rare Wrestling Shoes).<\/p>\n<p>The Adidas Adistar Kendall Cross, meanwhile, first launched in 1996 and was named after the legendary freestyle wrestler who won gold at the Atlanta Olympics that same year, wearing an all-white pair nicknamed the \u201cPearl Kendalls.\u201d The version seen in The Smashing Machine is currently listed <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/177255575837\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/177255575837&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/177255575837\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on eBay<\/a> for $700, just in case you\u2019re thinking of grabbing a pair.<\/p>\n<p>That kind of period accuracy is no small thing. Get it wrong, and it can completely pull you out of the movie. Costume departments often obsess over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/best-hair-trends-for-men-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">haircuts<\/a> and hemlines, but sneakers are their own form of storytelling. It\u2019s also a reminder that the \u201990s weren\u2019t just about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/air-jordans-ranked\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air Jordans<\/a> or Superstars\u2014the era had its own wild energy, where every single brand out there was experimenting with new shapes and tech in ways that feel almost alien compared to today\u2019s hype cycles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Without giving too much away, there\u2019s a scene where Mark Kerr laces up the N Air Max Tailwind&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31862,14652,33025,409,111,139,23279,69,44967,2791,145,15593],"class_list":{"0":"post-62487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-adidas","9":"tag-digital_syndication","10":"tag-dwayne-the-rock-johnson","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nike","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-sneakers","17":"tag-style","18":"tag-technology","19":"tag-textbelowcenterfullbleed"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}