Ready to Rumble/David Arquette in WCW

[Guest CronoT]

If anyone's interested, that crappy movie is on TBS right now.

[2GOLD 0]

If anyone's interested, that crappy movie is on TBS right now.

 

The only good thing about that movie?

Teri Byrne aka Fyre in a bathing suit in a hot tub.

 

After that, no good quality to the movie at all.

[iggymcfly 0]

I don't know. It's one of those things that you think is bad the whole time you're watching it, but you just can't turn it off. I watched the end last night, and now I'm watching it from the beginning this morning, even though I have homework I should be doing that's due later today.

[razazteca 0]

Sometimes I wonder what kind of drugs David Arquette is on.

 

WRESTLING IS NOT FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKE!!!!!11111

[CBright7831 0]

I saw one part where Sting comes out and punches someone.

 

I mean, he just comes out of nowhere and does this.

 

That's all I've ever seen from the movie, and probably ever want to see.

[MillenniumMan831 0]

I marked for the luchadors.

[razazteca 0]

I thought everybody here loved B-movies? This is by far the best of the wrestling theme movies from a fan's perspective. You know its true that Ready to Rumble is better than No Holds Barred! Don't be hating on this classic.

[2GOLD 0]

Nothing is better than BODY SLAM!

Nothing!

[JST 0]

Stinger decking Dewey in the mush holds a special place in my heart.

[razazteca 0]

H.Harry Smiliac is a great character but nothing will ever top the character fusion of JR & Eric Bischoff as done by Joey Pants.

[2GOLD 0]

H.Harry Smiliac is a great character but nothing will ever top the character fusion of JR & Eric Bischoff as done by Joey Pants.

 

I thought there was some Vince Russo in there as well.

[Placebo Effect 0]

Sometimes I wonder what kind of drugs David Arquette is on.

It's called cocaine.

[1234-5678 0]

"Jesus Christ! Look at that kid's grill!"

[Guest news_gimmick]

Lord, this movie set wrestling back 30 years.

[Matt Young 0]

I already own the VHS.

[Just John 0]

I must admit, this is one of those movies that I know is terrible, but I still like it. In some places it's really bad, but most of the time it's just so bad it's funny. Like Saturn and Sid Vicious trying to break into the Stu Hart ripoff character's house.

[razazteca 0]

I think the old man was suppose to be Gene LaBell Grappling World Encyclopedia

[cabbageboy 0]

Oh the whole movie buries the WCW roster so bad, haha. I mean hell an overweight, not terribly muscular Oliver Platt beats half the roster's ass in the film, not to mention the Stu wannabe.

 

The funny thing to me is that the movie really does play like a Russo storyline from WCW during that time period. It's like at some points they want to tell you "Wrestling is fake" such as the opening part where Pantaliano is shown booking the finish to a match and such. But then it wants you to believe what you are seeing is real, like when Jimmy the King gets his revenge on DDP in the triple cage match with EVERYONE doing very obviously scripted run ins.

[reign 0]

Man I like this movie...I think Scott Caan is hilarious and I actually BOUGHT the DVD...

[Jingus 0]

Anyone who was genuinely entertained by this movie should be barred from all wrestling events for the rest of their lives.

[razazteca 0]

I demand a sequel to be made featuring current WWE wrestlers!

[Guest BDC]

I watched it one time and tried to claw my eyes out.

 

I succeeded on the left side.

[iggymcfly 0]

I demand a sequel to be made featuring current WWE wrestlers!

God, can you imagine HHH in the DDP role? Pure cinematic gold! Of course, we might have to change the finish; I don't think Jimmy King's ready to beat HHH yet.

[razazteca 0]

The Jimmy King role would be played by Austin or the Rock in the sequel.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Or Jerry Lawler.

[yankovic fan 0]

My boss made us watch this the other night.

 

When I got off of work I went to IMDB.com to look at some of the movie roles some of the actors had, and I began reading the message board at the bottom...

 

Pretty funny stuff hearing people argue over whether or not that movie killed WCW.

[razazteca 0]

It gave Kanyon a championship belt and a gimmick that nobody knows the orgins of.

[Guest curry_man2002]

Am i the only one who liked this movie.

[Jericholic82 0]

Am i the only one who liked this movie.

No, I taped it once off hbo. and the last few times it was on tbs I found myself watching it. It's a bad movie in the technical sense, but its still entertaining to me. At least they admit in the movie that wrestling is a work. Although if a fired wrestler showed up at a tv taping one night and beat up other wrestlers for real, he likely would be arrested and not booked for a ppv main event.

 

Besides it was funny that the wrestlers that came to kings aid in the finale match consisted of Booker T Billy Kidman and Disco Inferno (?!)

 

 

and why did the announcers still stick up for king as face when he clearly was defying the company they worked for?

 

I guess that's why people dont like it, but if you ignore those facts, its not a bad way to kill some time.

 

 

and this movie, or arquettes title reign in wcw didnt kill the company no matter what you have to say, although it certainly hurt.

 

WCW was on life support in 99 after the wwf got so popular that it was able to convince all fans that WCW sucked and their product was the only one worth watching