Wasn't There A Draft Last Week?, 12 Rounds Continues To Tank, WWE Superstars

-- To explain why SmackDown stars continue to appear on Raw (and why Raw stars appeared on SmackDown last Friday) despite a draft being held last week, Michael Cole explained on commentary last night that the draft moves won't fully go into effect until after Backlash.

Last night's episode of Raw featured five stars from SmackDown competing in matches including Chris Jericho, CM Punk, Kane, Melina and Rey Mysterio. Likewise, last week's episode of SmackDown featured a total of eight stars from Raw including Triple H, Randy Orton, Big Show, Maryse, Montel Vontavious Porter and Matt Hardy, not to mention a main event pitting Batista against Ted DiBiase.

-- 12 Rounds starring WWE Superstar John Cena has pretty much dropped off the radar as it was carried in a limited number of theaters this past weekend. Within two weeks, the film dropped from playing in over 2,000 screens to 409 this past weekend. According to www.BoxOfficeMojo.com, 12 Rounds brought in an additional $263,198 last weekend, bringing its four week total to $11,345,881. In comparison, The Marine pulled in $15,440,515 after it's third weekend in theatres and grabbed another $1,037,924 in it's fourth weekend.

-- The WWE website has posted an article touting last Thursday's debut of WWE Superstars on WGN America. Between the series premiere at 8:00 p.m. and replay at 11:00 p.m., the program delivered a combined 1.2 coverage household rating in 863,000 TV households with 1,299,000 total viewers. (An explosive debut for "WWE Superstars")

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