Movie Trivia Schmoedown

Back in 2014, friends and youtubers, Kristian Harloff & Mark Ellis had an idea. They loved movies, they loved sports and they wanted to combine the two. They came up with the idea of a movie trivia competition which would borrow elements from combat sports and sports entertainment (mma & pro wrestling). They brought the characters and the colour and the story lines and with the "Ultimate Schmoedown" created a tournament that was great fun to watch. Fast forward and the Schmoedown has evolved into a fully fledged league. Many competitors drawn from the world of YouTube critics, movie bloggers and online personalities have competed in the Schmoedown and it only continues to grow in size, scale and popularity. Consisting of a singles league, a team league and an innergeekdom division, matches are posted on Youtube each Tuesday and Friday. In the last year or so they have started to organize larger, "pay-per- view" style events, such as the recent "Collider Collision" which had two #1 contenders matches and two championship matches including a triple threat match for the singles title between Mark "Yodi" Reilly (incumbent champion and senior writer for Collider video), John "The Outlaw" Rocha (fmr champ, actor and host of the Ciniphiles podcast) and "Dangerous" Dan Murrell (fmr champ, senior writer and critic for Screen Junkies).

I'll conclude by saying that although the show maintains "kayfabe" (a pro wrestling term meaning the illusion of reality), the matches themselves are all "shoot" contests, that is to say that the matches are not rigged or predetermined like pro wrestling is !!

Cheesier than a lump or aged cheddar.

Movie Trivia Schmoedown manages to transform movie trivia into something that is completely unwatchable. Over the top acting, fake responses, ridiculous contestants, the entire show is a disaster while pretending its not.

Save your time and pass on this one.

The Movie Trivia Schmoedown is something else. Full of movie experts, pundits, reviewers and many others, this show sees your favourites battle against each other in a game of movie trivia (or even Star Wars trivia)

Some of the twists and turns within this show are shocking, especially when you hear that the matches are not set up in anyway and it still manages to shock me a year and a bit in. The recent Star Wars 'Iron Man' match in the Spectacular was an outstanding piece of entertainment.

This Schmoedown has some extremely high production values and every single thing that is put together to create the events such as the Free For All or Spectacular amazes me when it comes around every year.

Like Movie Trivia? Quiz yourself! Like the WWE or UFC? Enjoy the rivalries and theatrics of the games and the factions of the leagues! Like movie experts, reviewers or pundits? Watch them battle each other in a thrilling battle of movie trivia.

Give it a shot and you'll be hooked. Let's get ready to Schmoedown!

I have shown this show to many friends. Each time they give me a funny look and call me a dork. By the end of the episode, without exception, they ask how often these are posted and if they can watch with me. They always acknowledge that they know nothing about movies, but they are completely hooked nonetheless. The hardest thing to catch them up on is history and rivalries, but even without me explaining it to them, the pre-game intro and smack talk does a good job with the exposition. Can't recommend this show enough, even knowing full well how dorky I sound when talking about it.

Starting off humbly in 2014, The Movie Trivia Schmoedown has grown into a must watch for fans of film