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125. John Cena's "The Marine" has made $17,101,718 thus far since its release.
126. As noted, Stone Cold was at WWE Headquarters in Stamford, Conn. to talk about his upcoming movie The Condemned. Apparently, some footage of Austin talking about his upcoming movie should be airing soon. In an article on WWE.com, Austin noted that he had signed a three picture deal with WWE - so this won't be the last one.
127. Kevin Federline's album debuts on Billboard at #151 with only 6,000 copies sold. In comparison, John Cena's CD debuted at #15 on the Billboard Charts when it was initially released. Furthermore, Brooke Hogan's CD sold 30,000 copies during its first week.
128. Dan Rodimer, from the last season of Tough Enough, recently made his WWE house show debut by pinning Val Venis in a match. He only has two months worth of wrestling training as he just started in August or September. Rodimer is said to be on the fast track and he'll probably be called up to the main roster soon. Also, he's using the nickname "The Real Deal."
129. Former World Tag Team Champions the Spirit Squad have hade their problems with the legendary “Nature Boy” Ric Flair as of late. At Survivor Series, they’ll have a heaping helping of Legend trouble, as Squad members Johnny, Kenny, Mikey and Nicky will face Flair, Dusty Rhodes and WWE Hall of Famers “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and Sgt. Slaughter in a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match. Problems began when each member of the Squad tried to defeat Flair in singles action; three were unsuccessful before Kenny finally achieved the goal. However, a match was made pitting Flair and a legendary partner of the WWE fans’ choosing against the Squad for the World Tag Team Titles at Cyber Sunday. The options were Piper, Slaughter and Rhodes; WWE fans chose Piper, and he and the “Nature Boy” defeated Kenny and Mikey to claim the gold. Despite not being chosen, Slaughter and Rhodes were firmly in Flair & Piper’s corner, helping them dispatch the Squad following the match. But at Survivor Series, all four will get the chance to battle the cheerleading quintet.
The Squad’s fifth member, Mitch, will be lurking at ringside as always; however, the Legends team will have another one in their corner, as Flair’s best friend and former Four Horsemen teammate Arn Anderson will be at ringside with them. Will experience triumph over youth once more, or will the Squad finally get it back on track against four of the all-time greats?
130. WWE Films had a monster year in 2006 that saw huge successes from their first two movies: Kane’s "See No Evil," available Nov. 28 on DVD, and John Cena’s “The Marine." With WWE Films’ next project due out in early 2007, next year looks to be no different.
131. WWE Films’ third release, “The Condemned”, stars Stone Cold Steve Austin and hits theatres this coming spring. While “The Condemned” has big footsteps to follow, the star of the film is excited and looking forward to his second role on the big screen.
“WWE Films had the best of everything and it was all completely first class,” said Austin. “I’ve been in two movies before this, however I was thoroughly impressed .”
Austin was so impressed that he signed a three picture deal.
“I get to do my part to help make the film division the success I know it will be.”
In his second film he plays a much larger role than he did in his first movie, “The Longest Yard” with Adam Sandler. Austin told WWE.com that his fans may be surprised at what they see in his portrayal of Jack Conrad in “The Condemned.” “The Stone Cold that many WWE fans are used to is a bit different from the Jack Conrad they’ll see on the screen,” he said with a smirk. “Jack Conrad is pretty reserved and not overly wordy, but as the reluctant hero, you don’t have to run your mouth about yourself,” he continued. “Other people tend to talk for you and build the background of the character.” Fortunately for Austin, the transition from winning championships as a WWE Superstar to taking the lead role on the silver screen went surprisingly well.
“I was doing a fight scene with Vinnie Jones (“Snatch,” “X-Men: The Last Stand”), who plays my nemesis on the island, and it took us over a week to shoot it,” Austin explained. “We were in a river bed and every time we started it would start raining,” he said while shaking his head and smiling. “We’d have to stop and stand around for several hours under umbrellas and in the end a fight sequence that was supposed to last two days ended up taking over a week.”
Although “The Condemned” is roughly five to six months away from its release, many of Stone Cold’s fans are anxiously counting down the days until it opens in theaters nationwide.
132. Eric Bischoff’s contract with WWE expires in July 2007. So far there’s no word on whether he will stay or leave.
133. WWE.com has added some pics of Bobby Lashley and Layla from their recent appearance in Germany. Check it out at WWE.com
134. Too Cold Scorpio is scheduled to make his debut on Smackdown in a few weeks under the name Flash Funk, the name he used years ago in WWF. Booker T is good friends with Too Cold Scorpio and had been pushing to get him on the same show. There are also rumors of a feud which could occur when he comes to WWE with JBL.
