Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
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- 1 nomination
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- TriviaAround the time of this movie's release, David Arquette made a string of appearances on WCW television. In lieu of spending any of the money paid to him from WCW, David instead chose to give all of his WCW earnings to the family of deceased wrestler Brian Pillman.
- GoofsJimmy King is unfairly exiled from WCW for life. Given his status as a megastar wrestler, WCW's rival, and bigger promotion WWF would have accepted him in their company. The exclusion of WWF was deliberate as the film was used as a tool to increase WCW's popularity again.
- Quotes
[repeated Line]
Sal Bandini: Sal Bandini! Wanna wrestle?
- Crazy creditsNo wrestlers were harmed during the making of this motion picture.
- Alternate versionsA shot of the "Oklahoma"-singing cowboy tied to a tree was cut from the video and DVD releases after concern was expressed that it made light of anti-gay violence.
- SoundtracksLohengrin (Prelude, Act III)
Written by Richard Wagner
Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker (as Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)
Conducted by Georg Solti (as Sir Georg Solti)
Courtesy of Universal International Music, B.V.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Although if you know quite a bit about wrestling, you will find this movie to be one of the most trashy and horrid pieces ever (why Oliver Platt? Get a wrestler for God's sake to wrestle!), but for being a piece used mainly to showcase WCW stars, it wasn't too bad, it let you see that some of the guys actually have some of that stuff called talent. Plus, it made for some of the lowest moments in WCW history when they strapped the gold around Mr. Arquette's waist (resume now includes: Scream bitch/1-800 idiot/WCW world champion), so anytime I can see the makings of what would turn out to be a big step in the demise of WCW is a good thing for me.
All in all, not bad, good for a few laughs, while the ending kinda sucked, not an overly bad film, unlike Mr. Nanny, remember that? And now that the movie "Backyard Dogs: The Movie" is out, it won't have to worry about being the worst wrestling film ever made!
All in all, not bad, good for a few laughs, while the ending kinda sucked, not an overly bad film, unlike Mr. Nanny, remember that? And now that the movie "Backyard Dogs: The Movie" is out, it won't have to worry about being the worst wrestling film ever made!
- gordknowles
- Jan 31, 2002
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- Untitled Wrestling Movie
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- Budget
- $24,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,394,327
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,257,778
- Apr 9, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $12,452,362
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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