Ready to Rumble – This Pod Will Rule You!

Hops and Box Office Flops

English - February 08, 2019 05:33 - 1 hour - 107 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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In our second episode, my co-host and I grapple with the much-maligned big time wrasslin’ extravaganza Ready to Rumble, starring David Arquette, Scott Caan, and a host of late 90s wrestling superstars. If you’ve ever wondered why WCW went belly up, look no further. This movie is illustrative of WCW's fading star. From its tone-deaf humor to its utter disdain for sports entertainment and its fans, there are reasons abound demonstrating why this was a bomb and failed to again ingratiate the company to its lost fandom.

And we go deep — covering everything from David Arquette’s recent death match stabbing to Slamboree 2000, the actual WCW PPV that featured the three-tiered cage from the climax of the film!