![]() The promos cut by King sound like something written by someone who knows nothing about wrestling. Obviously this is a movie written by people who know nothing about wrestling. It’s really bizarre writing, as we’re supposed to be laughing at the guys who think that wrestling is real, but the "real" aspect is presented just like it’s another stupid storyline too. But you see, according to the bylaws of WCW, the belt can’t change hands when you ambush someone, so instead they have to have a cage match to decide things. Page cuts a wrestling promo on the departed King (which is normally code for "this is all an angle") and then King jumps out of a port-a-potty and attacks him and pins him. But then the comedy REALLY ramps up, as the idiots smuggle the disgraced King backstage at Nitro, where they proceed to do a wrestling angle. This movie apparently exists in a parallel universe where WCW is the only option for a wrestler and a former undefeated World champion can’t even do indy shots. Now, any human being who has an IQ of more than 50 would see this as a cliché wrestling angle and move on, but the movie asks us to buy that this is not only a real threat to King, but that Sean and Gordie would actually be dumb enough to take a road trip to find their hero and restore him to glory. Plus the big "shoot" finish involves four guys jumping off the top rope in unison (A "four post massacre" according to the announcers) before the promoter fires him and bans him from WCW for life. Of course, even when they’re shooting, they’re still doing incredibly fake spots like a dive through a table or a pulled chairshot. I should note the match itself is more hilarious than any intentional comedy in the movie, as they start by doing a standard worked match (aside from calling spots louder than Ken Shamrock) and then Page turns it into a SHOOT, brutha. Unfortunately, King gets screwed out of his title by an unscrupulous promoter (Joe Pantoliano, really slumming it here) in what I guess was supposed to be a subtle nod to the Montreal screwjob. ![]() Gordie (Arquette) and Sean (Scott Caan) are the morons in question, who worship WCW champion Jimmy King (Oliver Platt in the worst bit of casting since forever) and journey to a Monday Nitro taping in what looks like a bingo hall for an epic King v. Like in 2000, when dying promotion WCW, through parent company Time Warner, decided that a movie about a couple of retarded wrestling fans who drive a sewage truck and think wrestling is real would be a terrific project to help their image. Well, I figured after nine years of sitting in my collection, I might as well give it a look.Ĭorporate synergy is a weird thing. Years ago someone bought it for me under the assumption that I might want to watch it someday. ![]() Unfortunately, the movie was Ready to Rumble. I think it’s only fair that, in the wake of Mickey Rourke’s amazing performance in The Wrestler receiving an Oscar nod, we journey back to the last time someone made a serious attempt at a movie about pro wrestling.
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