source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Vince McMahon didn't make up his mind on how to handle RVD's departure until the 5/29 Smackdown/ECW tapings before One Night Stand. McMahon thought about asking RVD to stay an extra week or two beyond ONS, but he wasn't asked in the end. McMahon was thinking about having RVD beat Orton at ONS to shock all the fans who thought RVD was losing for sure and leaving. Orton would then win a TV rematch on RVD's last night in. McMahon changed his mind again and just had Orton take RVD out after the match at ONS.
The Vengeance pay-per-view at the Toyota Center in Houston sold out a month in advance with no matches advertised. McMahon is doing the "Night of Champions" concept because McMahon has little confidence in revolving talent up and down into the marquee matches. So we're left with the same people appearing on every pay-per-view and they're doing gimmick themes to differentiate the pay-per-views as much as possible.
The final numbers for The Condemned at the theatres were $7,371,706 domestically. The movie also took in $123,512 overseas, most of which came from The Philippines.
