Steve Austin #1 At Box Office, Big Show, Y2J, Miz, Rock

Source: Pwinsider.com

— The Toronto Sun has an article up on the Big Show, discussing his career, going through a lot with Chris Jericho, putting over the Miz and more.

— The Expendables, which has an all star cast including former WWE Champion Steve Austin, The Wrestler star Mickey Rourke and former UFC Champion Randy Couture, opened in the #1 spot at the box office this weekend, bringing in $35 million. That ranks as the 25th largest R-rated opening of all-time.

— The Blu-Ray edition of The Stranger, starring Steve Austin, is on sale at Target this week for $9.99.

— Cardboard displays of Dwayne Johnson, promoting his next film Faster, started appearing is theaters this past week.

— Here is the listing of upcoming wrestling books…

2010
– September 16th: Mickey Rourke – Wrestling With Demons by Sandro Monetti
– October 1st: Countdown to Lockdown by Mick Foley
– October 5th: WWE Heroes: Rise of the Firstborn
– October 26th: Rey Mysterio: Behind the Mask paperback release
– November 30th: WWE Championships by Kevin Sullivan
– December 1st: WWE Confidential by Aaron Feigenbaum
– December 7th: WWE Cross Rhodes by Dustin Rhodes and Mark Vancil

2011
– February 1st – Bruce Hart: Straight From The Hart
– February 16th – Chris Jericho: Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps
– March 11th – Road Warrior Animal: Danger, Death and the Rush of Wrestling

Release Date To Be Determined/Other Book Notes
– The Brock Lesnar autobiography that Lesnar is writing along with Paul Heyman is titled Brock Lesnar – Undisputed. No release date yet.
– There is an unauthorized Brock Lesnar bio being released on October 11th, titled “The Making of a Hardcore Legend .
– Tully Blanchard is currently working on his autobiography
– Tammy Sytch is writing a book about her career.
– Crowbar press plans to release books written by Stan Hansen, Bill Demott and Tony Atlas.
– Jazz and Rodney Mack are working on a book together, written from a wrestling couple’s point of view.
– Bob Backlund has started working on a book.
– Dutch Mantell is working on a follow up to his first book.
– The Assassin Jody Hamilton is working on a second book about his career.
– Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake is working on a series of books about his career.
– Booker T is working on a book about his career, likely for a 2010 release date.

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