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Russell Madness

I Just Learned That “Russell Madness” Exists And My Life Will Never Be The Same

image “Russell Madness” is a movie about a Jack Russell terrier who becomes a professional wrestler managed by a talking monkey. If you’re not 100% in already, please walk into traffic and end your miserable existence.

image This movie is from the braintrust behind the “Air Bud” movies, so you know it’s high-quality. Sidebar: do all of these dog athlete movies take place in the same universe? The Air Bud Cinematic Universe > > > The Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The plot concerns the Ferraro family, who inherit a wrestling arena from Grandpa Ferraro upon his passing. This doesn’t seem like it would be an issue, except that Grandpa put a provision in his will saying that the family can only sell the arena if they operate it for one full year, AND turn a profit while doing so. Gramps was a fucking asshole. Luckily for the Ferraros, the greatest attraction the wrestling world has ever seen comes bounding into their lives….and their hearts! Oh, and the reason the lil wrasslin’ doggy hadn’t been adopted from the pet store yet is because he pisses all over children whenever they try to hold him.

This movie doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page.

image The wrestling dog’s name is “Russell,” which I guess makes sense given his breed. I’m 100% convinced that this movie was supposed to be called “Russell Mania” all along, but the producers were forced to change it by WWE lawyers for being too close to “Wrestlemania.” I would watch a documentary about this entire ordeal, strictly for the part where someone recounts telling Vince McMahon the plot of this movie. Anyway, the filmmakers were scrambling and instead of coming up with a new title entirely, they just inserted a synonym for “mania” and called it good. Brilliant.

The entire reason I discovered the existence of “Russell Madness” in the first place is because my brother sent me the following gif from it, which might be the greatest wrestling heel move I’ve ever seen in my life:

image Originally posted by billyvslarrydavid4pres

OH, YOU BASTARD! Ric Flair would be proud. I’ve been laughing at this for 36 straight hours.

I’m willing to bet that this is one of the better “dog wrestles humans” movies currently on the market. Do yourself a favor and check it out.

This review was written by Clyde over at www.racingtoaredight.com