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Stone Cold’ gets to the bottom line with David Arquette
Written: October 24, 2007
In the latest edition of Superstar to Superstar, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin talks to actor, director, producer
and former WCW World Heavyweight Champion, David Arquette. Stone Cold gets to the bottom line of Arquette’s new slasher
flick DVD release, The Tripper, which is in stores now. The two talk all things Hollywood and sports-entertainment, and Arquette
even reveals his wife Courteney Cox’s favorite WWE Superstar.
Stone Cold: David, how are you doing today?
David Arquette: I’m doing great, Stone Cold. How are you?
SC: I’m good, man. Listen, I’ve got a lot of questions I want to ask you. I know you have a movie The Tripper
coming out. Have you finished that? Does your picture have a promotional trail for that?
DA: Yeah, it’s coming out on DVD on Oct. 23. We are doing some ads on WWE shows, and the movie is right on time —
right before Halloween.
SC: That’s super. We’ll talk about The Tripper in a minute. I wanted to ask you, since I come from a background
— my whole life has been professional wrestling — sports-entertainment as we call it today, I broke into the business
in 1989 and in 1990 was rookie of the year, and I know you are a huge wrestling fan. Didn’t you grow up in Virginia?
DA: Yeah, I was born in Fairfax County, Va. — Winchester.
SC: Winchester, I know where that is at.
DA: Yeah, but I moved to Chicago after that, and was raised in L.A. since I was five.
SC: Oh, OK. So tell me about your background in pro wrestling. I guess you started watching the L.A. territory. Who were some
of your favorites, and what got you hooked on pro wrestling?
DA: I loved the whole sort of Andre the Giant, Hogan, Piper days. L.A. Sports Arena saw a road show during the Andre the Giant
and Hogan times — that’s what got me hooked.
SC: Were you ever able to meet Andre the Giant in person?
DA: No, I never did. I just reached over and tapped his big, sweaty back.
SC: Back in 2000, you hooked up with the cats of WCW and got into that group. How did that happen, and what transpired to
make you the World Heavyweight Champion?
DA: You know, it all happened because I was doing this movie Ready to Rumble and they were using all of the WCW stars at the
time. I got to know a couple of the people who promote the show, and they threw me in the ring and people hated me enough
that they wanted me to come back. Then, in a strange twist and turn, I got the belt — which pissed a lot of people off.
I don’t blame them. It was a good time, I’m proud to be in the record books. I just hope I didn’t take down
the whole company.
SC: I don’t think it was you who took them down; I think it was ultimately their fate. When you became the WCW champion,
how was the backstage politics? When you’ve got guys, and that’s what they do for a living, and all of a sudden,
you, David Arquette, a very successful actor comes in — who has probably never stepped foot inside of a wrestling ring
— were there any feelings of animosity toward you? What was it like?
DA: Yeah. There were some bitter and very angry people. I mean, just traveling with wrestlers — that was the most amazing
part of the show. Things like getting drunk with Ric Flair, just being a part of this crazy world, just seeing how amazing
and talented wrestlers are. Your bodies suffer, and you guys are running non-stop city to city — it’s like a carnival.
It’s crazy. So, I gained a lot of respect for wrestling. Just so you know, you are my wife’s [Courteney Cox] and
one of my favorite wrestlers. We had a meeting once, and she still talks about it!
SC: [Laughs.] That’s cool. I didn’t know I was your wife’s favorite wrestler. You mentioned Ric Flair, and
he’s my all-time favorite. You said you came up on the Hogan and Andre the Giant days when you were in L.A. Knowing
wrestling like you do, being in WCW for a little bit and now seeing the business today with really only WWE around, who is
your favorite guy going right now? If you had to pick one guy you had to have come back into the wrestling business and work
with, who would it be?
DA: Gregory Helms did all of my stunts in Ready to Rumble. I’m a big fan of his. I know he’s out now. I like the
whole Triple H and Mr. McMahon thing that’s been going on, the family dynamics is always good entertainment. I like
The Great Khali — I always like to see a giant. That’s a good type of thing. You know, Ric Flair is also one of
my favorites of all-time. Whenever he does anything, I just love it.
SC: I think he’s probably the greatest world champion that ever lived. I have so much respect for that guy. Let me shift
gears real quick. I know you come from a pretty big family, and I did a little research on my own about you. I know your folks
come from an entertainment background — your dad was an actor, your mom was in the business and then all of your brothers
and sisters got into the business. Give us the long story short on how you were brought up and got into acting.
DA: My grandfather was an actor, too. He went by the name Charlie Weaver on the old Hollywood Squares. He did The Jack Paar
Show and The Tonight Show. His family was involved, too. I just sort of grew up in it. My mom was an actress — she just
sort of quit it to raise the family. You know it sort of is just a part of what we did. Rosanna kind of ran off when she was
17 and stayed with a family friend of ours and got her career started. That helped us all to get the foot in the door for
the next generation.
SC: Are you guys a tight knit family with all of you going in different directions? Are you excited for each other when one
of you gets a project? Do you talk to each other a lot? Or is it that you guys are just so busy that you see each other and
talk to each other when you do? How is it with so many of you in the business?
DA: I’m working with Patricia now on Medium, and it’s great. We get to work together and it’s always fun.
We are all pretty busy, so sometimes I find out stuff on Entertainment Tonight if I haven’t talked to my brother or
sister recently. So, it is kind of wild. With family, even if you live in the same town, it’s hard to get together all
of the time. Patricia has kids, Rosanna has a daughter — we all try to get our kids together to have them hang out with
each other.
SC: I know you have a busy day, so let’s bottom line this thing. I know you have a new DVD The Tripper coming out on
Oct. 23. Tell us about the movie, first of all.
DA: It’s a horror film about a bunch of hippies that get attacked by a killer who is obsessed with Ronald Reagan. So,
it’s got some humor to it, and it’s fun to see some hippies get hacked into. We produced it ourselves —
I co-wrote it with a friend and directed it. We did it outside of the studio system and had the freedom to show some crazy
things. It’s just a wild film. I did it directly for horror film fans. Old School horror film — slayer movies
— fans will have a good time with this one. It stars Jason Mewes, who was in Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob, Paul Reubens
who was Pee-Wee Herman, Jaime King who was in Sin City and is a wonderful actress, Balthazar Getty and Lukas Haas …
just a bunch of great people. My wife [Courteney Cox] does a cameo in it.
SC: With you running the whole show here, with the casting, did you have to hand pick the people and kind of tailor the roles
to them?
DA: They were all friends of mine, except for Jason. So, I had really written the parts for those people. It was great to
get everybody on board, and shooting things with your friends just makes it all that more enjoyable.
SC: How is Paul Reubens doing? Is that guy making a little bit of a comeback now?
DA: He is. He’s doing a bunch of stuff. He’s doing Pushing Daisies on ABC. He’s doing a lot of stuff. He’s
great. I’ve known him for a long time, since doing the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. What about you, Stone Cold? Are
you doing any movies?
SC: No, man. I’m just kind of beating on the streets of L.A. I’m in a little bit different of a position than
you. I had one movie come out, The Condemned, and it’s done well on DVD. Right now, I’m just meeting a bunch of
people pretty much every day in L.A., reading a bunch of scripts, and trying to find the next project and start it as soon
as possible. It’s a slow process, and I like to make things happen fast — so sometimes, it gets a little frustrating.
DA: Yeah, I hear you. That’s sort of why I did my movie and put it together myself — to try and make something
happen. It’s such a fickle business, you know?
SC: With everything that you’ve done, and The Tripper coming out on Oct. 23, if somebody came to you tomorrow and said
“Hey David, we want you to be in this movie, and it can be any movie that you want it to be,” what kind of movie
would it be? Would it be a comedy, horror, drama? What kind of movie if you had something you could do right now and pick
all the material yourself, what kind of movie would you pick?
DA: I’ve got a script that I’m working on right now with a co-writer that is kind of in the Braveheart world.
It’s not that I will be the Braveheart guy, but that’s the next film that I will direct. As an actor, I don’t
know. Something where I could show some dramatic acting. I also like films like Napoleon Dynamite, 40-Year-Old Virgin, you
know, comedy like that. I’m wide open. You know, I look for parts, but what they usually want me for, aren’t the
kind of thing that I want to do. It’s been a little hard recently, but I’m just trying to focus on directing and
that type of thing.
SC: Do you find it more rewarding in your career right now being in front of the camera, or behind the camera calling all
of the action?
DA: It’s a lot of work behind the camera, but it’s a lot more fulfilling when you see the final product. When
you have your hands involved in the whole process, you get to appreciate the process more. It’s just a lot of fun, really.
So, I don’t know, I enjoy acting — it seems like a luxury. You don’t have all the responsibilities of taking
phone calls and dealing with all the fires that have to be put out. But we’re also producing a show called Dirt on FX,
and I’ll keep you in mind for a part coming up. I’d love to work with you. I’m a huge fan, and I’d
really look forward to it.
SC: Well, that sounds good. I’d enjoy that. I appreciate you taking the time to answer some questions for us. That’s
David Arquette — he’s got The Tripper coming out on DVD Oct. 23. I’m looking forward to watching that, David.
DA: Thanks a lot, Stone Cold.
SC: OK. I’ll see you around, buddy.
DA: Bye.
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Fan Nation wins in a landslide
Written: October 28, 2007
You, our fans, spoke - and spoke loudly - as 13,189,061 of you voted on this year’s Cyber Sunday choices. For setting
up some of the most exciting and highly anticipated matches in the history of sports-entertainment’s most interactive
event, WWE proudly salutes you!
Without the WWE Fan Nation exercising its freedom of choice, we may never have witnessed Shawn Michaels put hated rival WWE
Champion Randy Orton to sleep with Sweet Chin Music for the fourth time in a row, World Heavyweight Champion Batista exorcise
his own demon in Undertaker or ECW Champion CM Punk retain the title against the self-proclaimed “chick magnet,”
The Miz. And in yet another masterstroke, you wisely elected to pit The King of Kings, Triple H, against the Samoan Bulldozer,
Umaga, in a brutal Street Fight Match.
There’s no doubt that our fans rocked the vote this year to make Cyber Sunday 2007 a raucous and rousing success. For
your part, we thank you, and can’t wait to hear from you again when next year’s campaign kicks off.
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John "Business" Layfield
Written: October 30, 2007
He’s already SmackDown’s color commentator and host of the John Bradshaw Layfield Show on talk radio. But now,
the man you know and love as JBL has a new gig – contributor to the Fox Business Channel.
While JBL has appeared on several Fox News Channel programs over the last few years – he even met his wife while working
with FNC – he will now be on the air almost every day as a full time contributor on Fox News Corp.’s latest cable
outlet. You can catch JBL with host Neil Cavuto on his Cavuto show, which airs daily on Fox Business Channel at 6 p.m. with
a replay at 9 p.m., and the “Wrestling God” couldn’t be any more excited about his new venture.
“I’m very happy about this; while I’ve been on Fox News Channel for a few years, I’ve never been under
an official contributor deal. My wife has been on one, and I just signed one for the new Fox Business Channel,” JBL
happily revealed. “On Cavuto, I usually appear at the top of the show, and then again at the end in a cool segment,
"What We Missed," where we go over what you might have missed relating to the stock market that day.”
For JBL, being a full time contributor means that everyone will have more of an opportunity to hear what he has to say.
“One thing I like about Fox News as a viewer is that it’s fast paced, but the one thing I dislike as a panelist
is that it’s fast paced,” he said. “On a lot of shows, when you have four or five panelists, all you get
is a sound bite. Now, I can get in depth into what the story is and have a lot of interaction with Neil. I also get to work
with Gary Schreier, who I think is one of, if not the best, Executive Producers in all of entertainment television.”
JBL is also excited to work with Cavuto, who also hosts Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox News Channel. He feels that Cavuto
is at the top of his profession, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some potential pitfalls along the way.
“I think Neil is the best interviewer in television; he’s the number one guy on the network and I think he’s
a genius,” JBL crowed. “But with Neil, he never follows a script; he goes according to what he thinks the show
should be, so you have to be on your toes. I respect him a lot; when I first started on Fox News Channel, he asked me if I
was really smart or just well prepared. Truthfully, I’m just well prepared; I don’t have an Ivy League education
or a business background, but nobody ever thought to ask me that.”
His new gig doesn’t mean that JBL will be taking on a lesser role in WWE.
“I’ll be working four days a week on Fox Business Channel, but I’ll still be doing color commentary for
SmackDown and all the pay-per-view events. I’ll also be going to Iraq with the Superstars again this year; I had that
written into my contract.”
JBL has always been a winner throughout his WWE career, and while Fox Business Channel is a startup venture that just launched
in mid-October, he believes that it will soon become the No. 1 source for business news on cable television.
“Oddly enough, I feel like I’m in the same situation I was in when I came to WWE a decade ago, because there’s
a huge parallel between Fox vs. CNBC and the war between WCW and WWE,” JBL said. “When WCW was coming along, they
were stealing everything they could from us (WWE); ideas, talent, whatever. That’s like what CNBC is doing nowadays.
When I say stealing, I don’t mean something illegal; there are rumors and innuendos.”
So just what kind of parallels are there?
“They do a lot to try to counter-program; if Fox puts on a show at 5 p.m., CNBC wants to do one with a similar name,
topic, you name it, to try to beat Fox to the punch. It shows you that CNBC is scared. Fox Business Channel has about 30 million
homes clearance, while CNBC has 100 million, yet they’ve taken out advertising on every single commercial break on Fox.
When WWE beat WCW, we didn’t acknowledge anything they did; they were the ones that were scared of us. It’s the
same scenario here.”
JBL firmly believes that the new Fox Business Channel will come out the victor in this war, just like WWE did against WCW.
“They (CNBC) have a cash cow over there, and in a lot of ways I think they’ve done a decent job. But you should
be scared of (President of Fox News Channel) Roger Ailes, just like WCW had to be scared of a guy like Vince McMahon. Ailes
is a guy I’m proud to work for; he took Fox News when nobody gave a crap about it and destroyed CNN. That was unthinkable
back then. So for him to start up a business network against an established veteran like CNBC, he’ll kick their ass
just like he did CNN’s. It’s going to be fun to watch, and I have a feeling I’m going to end up on the winning
side of two different media wars.”
Regardless of what happens, one thing is for sure: You can see JBL on Cavuto, weekdays at 6 and 9 p.m. on the new Fox Business
Channel.
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