Ready to Rumble

Wrestlers in ready to rumble : Sting , Disco Inferno , Macho Man Randy Savage , Nitro Girls , Billy Kidman , Rey Mysterio JR , Booker T , DDP , Goldberg , Sid vicious , Bam Bam Bigelow , Kenny Kaos , Mean Gene Okerlund A comedy Wrestling film , to most people this kind of film would come across as boring .But its actually done well , its got the right balance of humor and wrestling perfectly . The main story is Jimmy King (Oliver Platt ) is WCW world champion but after losing to DDP in a title match he is kicked out of WCW , after being fired he turns into a pig , giving up on life but when 2 huge wrestling fans ( David Arquette and Scott Caan ...  Read the complete review

As a long time wrestling fan, when I heard about ready to rumble, I was determined to give it a good watch (and remembering another such film, No Holds Barred, I didn't hold out much hope for it), however I was most pleasantly surprised. The movie starts off by introducing us to the 'driving forces' in the story, two wrestling fans who take the sport too seriously. Gordi (David Arquette) and Sean (Scott Caan) idolise the reigning WCW champion, Jimmy King (Oliver Platt), and are due to see him defend his belt against Diamond Dallas Page, fully expecting their hero, a fan favourite, to walk away retaining the championship. Unfortunately, WCW ...  Read the complete review

You all know that I indulge in a spot of WWE watching don’t you? (where else do you think I came up with my dooyoo name?), well of course like nearly all fans of this ‘sport’ I do know that its fake – sure there’ve been times when ‘matches’ have turned into out-right brawls for real but hey – in any company there’ll be a clash of personalities. But last night whilst sat on here and waiting for WWE Raw to start I needed something to keep me going, lord knows I’m not allowed alcohol at the minute (bloody painkillers!) so it had to be something else – this is where ‘Ready to Rumble’ came ...  Read the complete review