Ready To Rumble

Ready to Rumble
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brian Robbins
Produced by	Robert F. Newmyer Jeffrey Silver Michael Tollin (executive)
Written by	Steven Brill
Based on	Characters by World Championship Wrestling
Starring	David Arquette Oliver Platt Scott Caan Bill Goldberg Sting Jill Ritchie Rose McGowan Rey Mysterio Jr. Diamond Dallas Page Joe Pantoliano Martin Landau
Music by	George S. Clinton
Cinematography	Clark Mathis
Edited by	Ned Bastille Cindy Mollo
Production company	Outlaw Productions Bel Air Entertainment Tollin/Robbins Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	United States/Canada April 7, 2000
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$24 million
Box office	$12.5 million

Ready to Rumble is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and written by Steven Brill, which is based on Turner Broadcasting's now defunct professional wrestling promotion, World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The movie draws its title from ring announcer Michael Buffer's catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!" The movie features many wrestlers from WCW. Some countries such as Finland, Australia, and Japan were only able to see direct-to-video premiere releases of this film.

For most of their lives, Sewage workers Gordie Boggs (David Arquette) and Sean Dawkins (Scott Caan) have been avid wrestling fans. When WCW Monday Nitro comes to their home state of Wyoming, they attend the show to watch their favorite wrestler, WCW World Heavyweight Champion Jimmy King (Oliver Platt) get cheated out of the title by Diamond Dallas Page (playing himself), and WCW CEO Titus Sinclair (Joe Pantoliano), and DDP's partners. After the match, the two wrestling fans humorously express their rage in their septic truck, resulting in a car crash.

After this event, Gordie believes that the car crash was fate and that they should make Jimmy King once again World Champion. Sean agrees to help Gordie, and the dimwitted duo go on a quest to put their King back on his throne. The next day, Gordie asks a friend to find out where the washed-up wrestler lives. Their friend succeeds, and they go to an unexpected-looking neighborhood. They find King's estranged wife (Caroline Rhea) and later his parents (Kathleen Freeman and Lewis Arquette). The parents tell them that King borrowed their mobile home, and never returned it. The duo find King and become over-excited. They have a conversation, and when King says that he gives up on wrestling, Gordie and Sean anger him to the point where he suddenly attacks the two boys. The boys encourage King to beat them up, which influenced him to return to wrestling. Then Gordie and Sean are knocked out when Jimmy King does his finishing move.