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Ready to Rumble occurs as 2000 comedy movie directed by Brian Robbins and written by Steven Brill, based in a okay,-defunct professional wrestling promotion WCW. A motion-picture show draws its title from either Michael Buffer's catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!"
Plot
Sewerage workers Gordie Boggs (David Arquette) and Sean Dawkins (Scott Caan) watch their favourite matman, WCW Champion Jimmy King (Oliver Platt) get screwed out of the title by Diamond Dallas Page (playing himself) & evil WCW promoter Titus Sinclair (Joe Pantoliano). the dimwitted duo start up a quest to help their hero regain his title & his honor.
Actual wrestlers
DDP
Sting
Bill Goldberg
Bam Bam Bigelow
Van Hammer
Randy Savage
Georgeous George
Booker T
Prince Iaukea
Disco Inferno
Billy Kidman
Rey Mysterio Jr.
Sid Vicious
Saturn
Juventud Guerrera
Curt Hennig
Konnan
Nitro Girls
Chae An
Teri Byrne
Melissa Bellin
Sharmell Sullivan
Aftermath
As punishment a release of the flick, WCW bookers decided to promote the picture show by going the storyline in which David Arquette became WCW Champion. the plot line was reviled by wrestling fans, & Arquette himself reportedly believed it was a bad idea. He one of these days wasted a title withwithin a match involving the 3-tiered cage seen in Ready to Rumble's climax, & donated all the money WCW paid him to the families of at peace in favor of matman Brian Pillman and Owen Hart and deceased referee Brian Hildebrand.
the pic itself was a critical & pack professional failure, grossing exclusively $12,372,410 domestically. Two a flick & Arquette's title reign were at length inducted into a Wrestlecrap archives.
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