Ready to Rumble

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 fromring 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.

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Directed by	Brian Robbins
Produced by	Robert F. Newmyer Jeffrey Silver Michael Tollin (executive)
Written by	Steven Brill
Based on	Characters by WCW
Starring	David Arquette Oliver Platt Scott Caan Bill Goldberg Steve "Sting" Borden Jill Ritchie Rose McGowan Rey Mysterio Diamond Dallas Page Joe Pantoliano Martin Landau
Music by	George S. Clinton
Cinematography	Clark Mathis
Editing by	Ned Bastille Cindy Mollo
Studio	Outlaw Productions Bel Air Entertainment Tollin/Robbins Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	United States/Canada April 5, 2000 United KingdomNovember 24, 2000 Australia February 21, 2001 (VHS Premiere) Japan November 8, 2002 (VHS Premiere)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$24,000,000
Box office	$12,452,362 (worldwide)[1]