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Post by L 0 T T 0 on Jul 15, 2009 23:57:45 GMT -5
How does he generally sign his autograph? Does he ask to personalize, does he write anything but "Ric Flair?"
Also - if you guys asked for your items to be personalized - what kind of things do you have written or if you haven't met him, would you have written?
Lastly, was he really cool when you met him?
Thanks as always,
Lotto
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Post by Edge618 on Jul 16, 2009 0:02:18 GMT -5
When i met him he was a totaly doucher, he was just signing the autograph mats and placing them in front of him in a pile and people picked them up as they went by. He did sign stuff people brought to him but didnt say much, i took a figure to get signed and i said "I had to come see the Nature Boy, your one of my all-time favorites and ive been watching you since i was little" and he just mumbles a very hard to hear "thank you" without even looking up at me. Worst experience ive had at a signing, but ive heard good things about him too so maybe it was just a bad day. He signed my figure "Ric Flair 16x"
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jul 16, 2009 0:16:12 GMT -5
As a general rule, the auto and interaction depend on the atmosphere of the signing. I have a friend who's a huge Flair fan and has met him on several occasions:
He once hung out with Flair in a hotel bar. He bought Flair a couple of drinks and they talked for awhile. My buddy got a great candid photo and even some advice on his career (he's an indy manager) from Flair.
My friend went to a crowded public signing a couple of years later where Flair wasn't talking to people at all other than a few prefunctory words. He signed items from one pile and put them in another, rarely looking up. A lot of wrestlers are like this at public signings, I'm told.
A few years later, my friend worked a show in which Flair was involved. He purchased an expensive ticket package for yet another Flair auto. Flair remembered him but, according to my friend, Flair was tired and possibly drunk so it wasn't the best interaction.
So, my guess is that if you meet Flair at a memorabilia show or promo for a business, he'll probably just want to give you an auto and keep going.
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Post by L 0 T T 0 on Jul 16, 2009 0:21:06 GMT -5
I'm meeting him in Rosemont, IL at the Chicago Sun Times sports memorabilia show this Saturday. First time I've ever met him. I just met Hogan last week, and Hulk was nice as Hell! I already paid $49 for Flair's autograph - not including a picture with him. They have an option to get inscriptions for $15.00 extra. I was thinking about something like "From Space Mountain to Chicago - 16X the Nature boy Ric Flair!"
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Post by WalterF on Jul 16, 2009 1:01:21 GMT -5
I met him at last year's ringside fest and he was really nice, took a good pic with me and and even patted me on the back and thanked me for coming, etc. I think it depends on the situation and the type of signing. There's def been times where I met a wrestler more than once and in one setting it was rushed and another setting it was laid back so I was able to talk to them a bit more.
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Post by L 0 T T 0 on Jul 16, 2009 1:23:11 GMT -5
Yeah, where I'm going - you have advanced tickets and they're numbered, so he should be pretty chill.... I would hope!
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Post by purpleisaaw on Jul 16, 2009 1:24:03 GMT -5
met him a few months ago and he was a jerk he yelled at people and signed for like 10 people and told the others to go he was being a jerk
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Post by JH on Jul 16, 2009 7:27:36 GMT -5
i met him at a schewels signing last october and he was great to everybody....he signed my wife's classic ric flair wwe 16x but he signed my book nature boy ric flair wwe 16x
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Post by samsson on Jul 16, 2009 9:23:27 GMT -5
I met him years ago, It was one of the few times NWA/WCW came to NY he was in the middle of his feud with Terry Funk ..anyways after the show he was signing and a bunch of kids my age where all getting autographs ,I stood right next to him and he looked at me and signed everyone else's stuff but mine ( the only black kid  )I never forgot that  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 10:29:51 GMT -5
I met Ric 4 times and have around 10 autographs, I met him once at a free signing and the other 3 at paid events and he was nice all 4 times. His auto fluctuates depending on his mood and the environment, here are some examples. This was at the free signing.  These were at some of the paid signings.    |
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Post by purplekangaroo on Jul 16, 2009 10:36:00 GMT -5
Depends on the time and situation. My friend met him, Edge and the rest at Melbourne Airport a few yrs ago INSIDE the transit lounge.
He took a great pic with Edge and Flair in the same pic. He said they were great. I don't want to post the pic here though cos it's not mine.
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Post by B.D. & El G. on Jul 16, 2009 11:02:41 GMT -5
He was very friendly when I met him, and seemed genuinely happy to meet the fans. And when he signed my two figures and a DVD, he just put something along the lines of
"Ric Flair
16 time world champion
WWE Hall of Famer"
I'm not really 100% though because I don't have them with me right now, but I think that's how it went. As for him personalizing stuff, I'm not sure, I didn't ask, and didn't see anyone ask.
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Post by mnm213 on Jul 16, 2009 11:18:34 GMT -5
See, the thing is - when I PAY them to sign something, I feel like I'm paying for them to be nice or something. I've never met Ric Flair, but I met Ricky Steamboat twice and he's always really nice, got a pic and didn't have to pay ANYTHING. I advise you all to go on and meet him if hes around.
Anyways besides the point - I wouldn't feel really comfortable asking them to personalize something, if they did it - they did it. Mick Foley personalized the Hardcore Diaries and I THINK that is all... I think he usually writes "16x Ric Flair" or something like that. Good luck with meeting him anyway.
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Post by J.Freek on Jul 16, 2009 11:20:32 GMT -5
When i met him he was a totaly doucher, he was just signing the autograph mats and placing them in front of him in a pile and people picked them up as they went by. He did sign stuff people brought to him but didnt say much, i took a figure to get signed and i said "I had to come see the Nature Boy, your one of my all-time favorites and ive been watching you since i was little" and he just mumbles a very hard to hear "thank you" without even looking up at me. Worst experience ive had at a signing, but ive heard good things about him too so maybe it was just a bad day. He signed my figure "Ric Flair 16x" When I met him at the first FCW tapings, he was right after Kelly Kelly well while I was getting Kelly autograph, he didn't want to wait for me so he just grabbed one of those wwe autograph sheets signed it and place it in front of him before I got to him, which is all cool and all but I wanted him to sign my book I was having everyone sign. It is still cool though that I got his autograph though |
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Post by L 0 T T 0 on Jul 16, 2009 11:46:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice guys!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 13:18:30 GMT -5
I met Flair at ROH last month and he was pretty nice. No pics were allowed so I dont have one but when I got up there I thanked him for doing this and asked if he had any advice for a wrestling school to attend and he said go to FCW. He also personalised his autograph when I asked him. He was very nice. He signed it my WrestleMania XXIV program.... "To Leigh. Nature Boy Ric Flair WC 16X"  Thats what the last part looks like to me. |
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Post by Eternal on Jul 16, 2009 13:25:10 GMT -5
When I met him he didnt look up at me.
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Post by Patrick Bateman on Jul 16, 2009 13:34:02 GMT -5
1.) I'm a huge Ric Flair mark, always was and will be, so I was prepared for whatever when I went to meet him, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash and Goldberg. This was back in 2003, at a public signing at a nearby shopping mall in Buffalo, NY.
2.) Ironically enough, Nash and Goldberg were the most personable of the four... they posed with kids, and Goldberg had conversations with literally EVERYONE, HBK and Flair -- on the other hand -- were content to have conversations with each other and barely look up at the people who's stuff they were signing.
3.) Ric Flair signed it simply "Ric Flair". I don't know if he was living the heel gimmick at the time, but he seemed kind of distant. Maybe he had a bad day, either way, I'm honored to have his autograph. Now that I'm older, I'd love to meet the guy again and buy him a drink. Given his current circumstances, I'm sure he could use one.
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Post by brethart on Jul 16, 2009 14:13:57 GMT -5
have a read of this from the hitmans website www.brethart.com/fanmail-QandA^^it explains how it can differ at signings. Good karma wud be nice, i have -4  |
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Post by brethart on Jul 16, 2009 14:27:19 GMT -5
^^^yay for me karma
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