When his mother dies, scandal-ridden ex-Olympian John Wright (Cole Hauser) returns to his hometown after twenty years hoping to save his family home from foreclosure. His icy reception proves his former friends and neighbors still haven’t forgiven him for letting them down. Unexpectedly, John gets the opportunity to turn everything around by coaching his high school’s wrestling team, where he meets Michael, a talented underdog with a troubled homelife, facing a vicious opponent trying to destroy him on and off the mat. Can John become the leader the team and Michael needs, or will he lose himself to the dark demons of his past?