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Saturday, September 30, 2006
LAS VEGAS, NV
The 2006 Olympia convention and competition was held this past weekend in
Las Vegas and featured an appearance by WWE champ John Cena. The South Hall
of the Las Vegas Convention Center was invaded by numerous exhibitors from
the fitness industry, including American Body Building (www.americanbodybuilding.com)
whose booth hosted Cena’s appearance. The staff of ABB did a fantastic job
of handling the crowds and managed to be relaxed and pleasant to everyone
despite all of the chaos.
Fans lined up starting at 10:00 am and by Noon the crowd numbered in the
high hundreds. People of all ages and sizes were excited to see the WWE
superstar. John arrived about 12:15 and seemed in good spirits, despite
having just come from a wrestling match the night before. He was really
gracious with all the fans in attendance – taking time to sign autographs,
take photos and give out hugs to all who took the time to come out to see
him. One fan brought her “Cena Bear” (available at www.WWE.com/shop) to get
autographed and when she handed it to him, it’s pants fell off! Cena laughed
and said “I lost my pants. That’s not the first time that’s happened!”
John was sporting some cuts and scrapes on his hands from his recent visit
to a Marines training camp. He sustained some minor injuries from crawling
under some barbed wire while training with the group.
Cena’s film THE MARINE is opening on October 13th (see CFM News’ coverage on
the film below) and I took to the opportunity to ask John if he was going to
do more films. “I hope so” answered the Champ crossing his fingers. “We’ll
see how this one does”. With all of the fans turning out to this event just
to catch a glimpse of Cena, I don’t think he needs to worry.
For more information on John Cena, visit www.WWE.com. |
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