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Let's Go to the Ring!Author: Robert Mohr
Join us monthly as we look through the good old days - and not-so-good old days - of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), series by series, to figure out what makes each of WCW's shows tick. Just what defines Starrcade, and what defines Halloween Havoc? WCW may have gone out of business years ago, but it will never lose its place in wrestling history, and its position as the one true competitor to the WWF may never be replicated. Together, let's take a look through it and enjoy the highs, lows, and strange decisions along the way. Logo art by: Gina Trujillo (http://resuki.com/) Language: en Genres: Arts, Performing Arts, Sports, Wrestling Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 78: 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)
Monday, 4 May, 2026
Getting access to WCW content is a bit difficult at the moment, so in the meantime, we're headed back to the movies! During the buildup to Halloween Havoc 1996 - which we'll hopefully get to soon - Hulk Hogan was busy playing aging children's martial arts show star Dave Dragon in "3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain." It was even featured on Nitro at one point - albeit in a way I suspect the filmmakers would rather it had not. As for the actual film... When a paramilitary / ninja group takes over a theme park that coincidentally happens to be the site of youngest brother Tum Tum's birthday party (attended by precisely zero of his friends), the 3 Ninjas - Rocky, Colt, and Tum Tum - fight back, accompanied by new friend Amanda, a special effects whiz (somehow, special effects prop building includes hacking, so I expect to see that on Adam Savage's "Tested" channel any day now). Can the 3 Ninjas save the park guests? Can Dave Dragon, stage show star, become a real hero and stop getting knocked out easily every other scene? Has anyone writing the hacking scenes in this movie even seen a computer before? Plus: Copying Die Hard's homework, some extremely confusing villain plans, Jim Varney - Ernest himself - manages to play a scary villain for a few minutes before it starts going as expected, and a rich dude gets humiliated for nothing more than being a rich dude. For all this and more...let's go to the movies!Music by Michael Gary Brewer at https://www.instantmusicnow.com/Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LetsGo2theRing/
