When 35-year-old orphan Walter Krunk destroys the kitchen of the orphanage he grew up in, he has 10 days to raise enough money in order to save the orphanage from closing down. Meanwhile, Eddie Sullivan, a manager for fighters, is in debt to Memphis Earl. Walter and Eddie join forces in order to solve their problems by becoming a team of a fighter and his manager. Together with Mary O'Conner, a worker at the orphanage, they conquer the world of amateur wrestling and choking out bears with one goal in mind: winning the tournament in New Orleans to get the trophy and the $100,000 prize that goes along with it.