David Arquette
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David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor and former Professional Wrestler with World Championship Wrestling.
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Family
Arquette was born in Winchester, Virginia. His father was Lewis Arquette, and his grandfather was Cliff Arquette, best remembered for his "Charley Weaver" character, a fixture on the original Hollywood Squares; his mother, Mardi Nowak, was Jewish, and his father a Muslim. His siblings Patricia, Rosanna, Alexis and Richmond are all actors.Arquette is married to actress Courteney Cox from the former TV show Friends, and the Scream movies. He married her on June 12, 1999. Their first child, a daughter named Coco Riley Arquette, was born on June 13, 2004
Film career
- The Outsiders (1990)
- Parenthood (1990)
- Halfway House (1992)
- Cruel Doubt (TV)(1992)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
- Where the Day Takes You (1992)
- Blossom(1992)
- Beverly Hills 90210 (1992)
- The Killing Box (1993)
- An Ambush of Ghosts (1993)
- The Webbers (tv) (1993)
- Frank and Jesse (1994) (uncredited)
- The Road Killers (1994)
- Road Racers (1994) (TV)
- Airheads (1994)
- Fall Time (1995)
- Double Rush (1995)
- Wild Bill (1995)
- Beautiful Girls (1996)
- Kiss and Tell (1996)
- Dead Man's Walk (miniseries)(1996)
- Skin and Bone (1996)
- Friends
- johns(1996)
- Scream (1996)
- Dream with the Fishes (1997)
- Life During Wartime (1997)
- Scream 2 (1997)
- RPM (1998)
- Penn and Teller's Sin City Spectacular (1998)
- Free Money (1998)
- The Runner (1999)
- Ravenous (1999)
- Never Been Kissed (1999)
- Muppets from Space(1999)
- The Hughleys (1999)
- Scream 3 (2000)
- Ready to Rumble (2000)
- Pelswick (2000) (voice)
- 3000 miles to Graceland
- See Spot Run
- The Shrink is In
- The Grey Zone
- Eight Legged Freaks
- Happy Here and Now
- Son of the Beach
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
- Essentially Naked (2003)
- 2 Brothers and a Bride
- Stealing Sinatra
- Never Die Alone
- Riding the Bullet
- The Commuters
- Slingshot
- The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
- The Darwin Awards
- Time Bomb
Professional wrestling
-->Arquette is much disliked by professional wrestling fans, after he was given a push (with several established wrestlers forced to job for him) and won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on April 25, 2000 in an effort to promote his wrestling-based movie, Ready to Rumble. The storyline was hugely unpopular; even though Arquette himself was a wrestling fan, he reportedly thought it was a bad idea. He was eventually convinced to do the stunt by head booker Vince Russo. Arquette quietly donated the entirety of his WCW salary to the families of Brian Pillman, Owen Hart and Brian Hildebrand as well as Darren Drozdov.
Finishing and signature move(s)
- The Worm
- Spear
- Diamond Cutter
Entrance music
We're Not Gonna Take It was sung and recorded by Bif Naked for the WCW 2000 comedy movie, Ready to Rumble.During Arquette's short run in WCW, Arquette used We're Not Gonna Take It as his entrance theme.
Professional wrestling trivia
- During Arquette's short run in WCW, on WCW Thunder, April 25, 2000, in Syracuse, Arquette won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a special tag team match, pitting Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page against Jeff Jarrett and Eric Bischoff. The stipulation was that whoever got the pin would become the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Arquette was able to pin Eric Bischoff and win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
- During Arquette's short run in WCW, Arquette was among two non-wrestlers to hold the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, the other non-wrestler was Vince Russo.
- During Arquette's short run in WCW, Arquette became the only American actor to hold the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
- During a 2002 episode of WWE RAW, Arquette sat behind announcers Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross for the entire show while holding a sign reading "Former WCW Champion."
- During a live televised event of SmackDown! in Los Angeles, California, during The Invasion storyline, where WWE was fighting an invasion from the now-defunct professional wrestling promotions, WCW and ECW. David Arquette, Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins and Arnold Schwarzenegger were all in attendance at the event in one night. Arquette was a former WCW talent, Corgan was a loyal ECW supporter and Schwarzenegger had always been a WWE supporter. WWE showed each one of them on screen. Arquette was wearing a mask and then ripping it off to show who he was.
Championship succession
| colspan = 3 align = center | WCW World Heavyweight Championship
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| width = 30% align = center | Preceded by:
Diamond Dallas Page
| width = 40% align = center | First
| width = 30% align = center | Succeeded by :
Jeff Jarrett
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Other Media
- Arquette appeared in the videogame ESPN NFL 2K5 and lent his voice as a celebrity adversary and his very own team, the Los Angeles Locos. Arquette is also unlockable as a Free Agent in Season Mode.
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