cocacolabottle
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Post by cocacolabottle on Apr 9, 2012 14:33:54 GMT -5
Unless you are at a signing or other fan event I wouldn't dream of approaching any of the wrestlers. Their private life and their private time belongs to them. Also the wrestlers have good reason for trying to avoid fans without security around. There are ALOT of crazy stalker random lunatics out there who would go far beyond harrassing them and may even attempt to harm them. I can't say I blame them for taking that measure of protection for themselves. All it would take is one guy or gal to come up pretending for an autograph, photo or handshake to turn around and stick a knife in them or some crazyness like that. Also if you are going to a signing or something there are some things that wrestlers will not sign. Torrie Wilson refuses to sign her playboy pictures for example. You should take note of things like that before you go.out of curiosity, do u know why? Because she said that it makes her feel awkward when someone who has seen her naked whom she has never met approaches her and asks her to autograph a nude photo of herself. As a female I can understand that. I mean sure she did it for the world to see but it is a whole different level when you KNOW someone has seen you naked, you don't know them and now they are standing in front of you and asking you for an autograph or to put their arm around you for a photograph.
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cocacolabottle
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Post by cocacolabottle on Apr 9, 2012 14:37:55 GMT -5
If you are doing a signing and you are being rude to your fans in a non-character way then you need to suck it up and do your job. You get paid to be nice to fans in that situtation.
However if you are meeting a wrestler outside of that situation and they come off as rude then they may just be having a bad day or don't wish to be bothered.
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Duke Silver
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Post by Duke Silver on Apr 9, 2012 14:44:05 GMT -5
I never had a 'rude' experience per se, but John Morrison would be the one I met who seemed really uncomfortable doing Axxess. He didn't talk much and was pretty quick with the signing.
The most surprising one was Orton in 2006. After hearing all the rumors of how much of a bunghole he was, my friend and I were kind of nervous to meet him at Best Buy. But to my surprise - he was very cool and talkative. I wished him well at WM(22).
Honorable mentions for surprising me as not being rude:
Mr. Kennedy Chris Jericho MVP Big Show
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Post by Mike33PA on Apr 9, 2012 14:55:32 GMT -5
I have been very fortunate over theyears to meet nearly everyone on the current and past rosters. With that said "rude or bad experiences" at times has to be taken into question. For starters none of us really know what kind of day the person is/was having prior to having that chance of meeting them. I say this because I got to know Edge pretty well between 2005-2008 from pictures I had taken and given him. One day upon seeing him he politely looked at me as Iapproached and said "Hey buddy how are ya? Just not in the modd today if thats okay"? That moment made me realise they are human and have lives away from the ring just like anyone else. Now The Undertaker? WOW..... This guy has given me more excuses and rude comments over the years I do not know where to begin.
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Post by Duke Silver on Apr 9, 2012 14:59:22 GMT -5
I have been very fortunate over theyears to meet nearly everyone on the current and past rosters. With that said "rude or bad experiences" at times has to be taken into question. For starters none of us really know what kind of day the person is/was having prior to having that chance of meeting them. I say this because I got to know Edge pretty well between 2005-2008 from pictures I had taken and given him. One day upon seeing him he politely looked at me as Iapproached and said "Hey buddy how are ya? Just not in the modd today if thats okay"? That moment made me realise they are human and have lives away from the ring just like anyone else. Now The Undertaker? WOW..... This guy has given me more excuses and rude comments over the years I do not know where to begin. Not trying to be an ass or anything, but can you give a few examples w/ Taker? I have never met him and always wanted to.
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Mike33PA
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Post by Mike33PA on Apr 9, 2012 15:07:28 GMT -5
I have been very fortunate over theyears to meet nearly everyone on the current and past rosters. With that said "rude or bad experiences" at times has to be taken into question. For starters none of us really know what kind of day the person is/was having prior to having that chance of meeting them. I say this because I got to know Edge pretty well between 2005-2008 from pictures I had taken and given him. One day upon seeing him he politely looked at me as Iapproached and said "Hey buddy how are ya? Just not in the modd today if thats okay"? That moment made me realise they are human and have lives away from the ring just like anyone else. Now The Undertaker? WOW..... This guy has given me more excuses and rude comments over the years I do not know where to begin. Not trying to be an ass or anything, but can you give a few examples w/ Taker? I have never met him and always wanted to. Sure and I dont think you are being an ass for asking. I will preface this by saying I have stood face to face with him over 10 times. Not one autograph or a picture with him. I was staying at a Marriott for a ppv and he was staying there. My buddy and I approached him as we all came out of the bar and he said "Dont you 2 have mothers to go home too"? Mind you at the time I was in my early 30's. Another time only 4 of s were around him. he looked at everyones items they had to hopefully get signed. He said I wont sign anything (literally all we had in our hands). So that was another strike. Another moment at a Marriott in Pittsburgh. he is with Michelle and she signed. Again I was staying there for Raw. He says catch me alone I will get ya later. So the next morning going on noon as he was leaving for the arena (he is ALONE) I asked for a pic and he said and I quote "You thought I was serious" So yeah when I seepeople with pics of him I think "be happy ya got him when you did".
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Post by RSCTom on Apr 9, 2012 15:18:39 GMT -5
Sunny. I've told the story on here at least a dozen times but another time won't hurt. In 2001 I was 14 years old and was being trained to wrestle by a family friend. One weekend my trainer, his wife, my trainer's friend who was also a wrestler (we'll call him James for the story), and Sunny came to a boat club bar my dad was a member of. Chris Candido was working in Japan and Sunny was having an affair with "James" and was not trying to hide it very well. She was pretty open about their screwing. Anyway, when I was introduced to her she was pretty friendly until she saw my ECW shirt and had an expression of disgust. My sister, who was in college at the time, showed up a little while later and her and I were sort of play fighting ala pretending to punch each other's arms and stuff while laughing the entire time. Next thing I know Sunny punches me as hard as she can on my arm. When I turn to her to see why she did it she says "You NEVER hit a woman." Clearly my sister and I were goofing off but Sunny must have saw something different? The rest of the night she looked like she didn't want to be there. She would look at other people in this bar and shake her head in disgust. Eventually she asked "James" to leave and they did. A month later Candido was back and "James" never spoke to her again until this past weekend at WM when he attended the HOF. That is an awesome story. If you ever run into her again you should totally try to use that as your in to wind her up. If she's even part cougar that'll probably make her way into you.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2012 15:20:27 GMT -5
I'd be pretty embarassed to walk up to a woman with a nude pic of her and ask for her autograph.
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facemeat
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Post by facemeat on Apr 9, 2012 15:27:03 GMT -5
Not trying to be an ass or anything, but can you give a few examples w/ Taker? I have never met him and always wanted to. Sure and I dont think you are being an ass for asking. I will preface this by saying I have stood face to face with him over 10 times. Not one autograph or a picture with him. I was staying at a Marriott for a ppv and he was staying there. My buddy and I approached him as we all came out of the bar and he said "Dont you 2 have mothers to go home too"? Mind you at the time I was in my early 30's. Another time only 4 of s were around him. he looked at everyones items they had to hopefully get signed. He said I wont sign anything (literally all we had in our hands). So that was another strike. Another moment at a Marriott in Pittsburgh. he is with Michelle and she signed. Again I was staying there for Raw. He says catch me alone I will get ya later. So the next morning going on noon as he was leaving for the arena (he is ALONE) I asked for a pic and he said and I quote "You thought I was serious" So yeah when I seepeople with pics of him I think "be happy ya got him when you did". Damn, 'Taker sounds like a complete dickhead. Never would have suspected that.
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Post by Dr. Mantis Toboggan MD on Apr 9, 2012 15:46:30 GMT -5
Not trying to be an ass or anything, but can you give a few examples w/ Taker? I have never met him and always wanted to. Sure and I dont think you are being an ass for asking. I will preface this by saying I have stood face to face with him over 10 times. Not one autograph or a picture with him. I was staying at a Marriott for a ppv and he was staying there. My buddy and I approached him as we all came out of the bar and he said "Dont you 2 have mothers to go home too"? Mind you at the time I was in my early 30's. Another time only 4 of s were around him. he looked at everyones items they had to hopefully get signed. He said I wont sign anything (literally all we had in our hands). So that was another strike. Another moment at a Marriott in Pittsburgh. he is with Michelle and she signed. Again I was staying there for Raw. He says catch me alone I will get ya later. So the next morning going on noon as he was leaving for the arena (he is ALONE) I asked for a pic and he said and I quote "You thought I was serious" So yeah when I seepeople with pics of him I think "be happy ya got him when you did". I am not sure about the 1st or 2nd, but the 3rd sounds like he is trying to keep from being photographed out of character.
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Post by 4up on Apr 9, 2012 15:52:01 GMT -5
Only guy I can recall having a conversation with was Wade Barrett. He is the nicest man on the planet.
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Post by Barney Stinson on Apr 9, 2012 16:55:58 GMT -5
Michael McGullicutty was the rudest wrestler I ever met. I went to a Raw the night Punk took over Nexus and stopped at a rest stop for food afterward. I didn't even notice, but when I got on line for food I was directly behind the Nexus (sans Punk), Miz & Alex Riley (It was just us and them there). My brother and I were talking about the show and my phone got a e-mail and McGullicutty who was directly in front of me, shot me this look and was acting like "great these marks are gonna bug us for autographs", when really all we wanted was food just like them and didn't even bother them. Then they decided to leave because they were sick of waiting for food, and McGullicutty not saying excuse me pretty much pushed me out of the way to leave. (It was a bank style line). Alex Riley seeing this going down, came over and apologized for McGullicutty's behavior and talked to us for a little bit. Long story short, McGullicutty - Rude, Riley - Class Act.
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Post by The Future on Apr 9, 2012 17:12:38 GMT -5
Yes, Chris Benoit wouldn't give me an autograph the morning after a show when I saw him in the lobby of my hotel. I now am not so upset about it, because in hindsight, he could have done alot worse than just give me an evil eye and pretend like I wasn't there, or politely asking him to sign a piece of paper.
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Post by scoobypat on Apr 9, 2012 17:26:41 GMT -5
If you read these stories there is a lesson here, and I'm laughing at people who clearly just don't get it.
The "rude" stories? Met at a hotel, a bar, a restaurant, etc.
The "nice" stories? Met at autograph signings, shows, etc.
If you don't get this then I can't help you, but this is the key to all of your failures and successes in this field. People (not just wrestlers) don't like being bothered in their daily lives, understand that, live by that, respect that. Even if you think you're their buddy because you've seen them 50 times (they've probably got 200 other guys who are the same) that doesn't mean that you still can approach them in these settings.
It's a bit ironic this is about "rude wrestlers" when a lot of people appear to be approaching these guys in all the wrong places.
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Kassius OhYes
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Post by Kassius OhYes on Apr 9, 2012 17:53:16 GMT -5
Back in 2005 I was at a signing with Orton. I went up to him with a picture and I said, "How ya doin'? He looks up and says in a low voice, "Same shit, different day." I took it as a joke and proceeded to try and talk to him. He says "Be quiet and get this over with. Jesus". He gave me back the 8 x 10's and I ripped them up and stormed off.
Just last year I was at a show and Punk (before his huge rise to fame), Kofi and Orton came out to talk to the fans. I tried to avoid Orton. He comes up to me and my brother and says, "What's up guys?" Me and my bro just said were fine. He told us thanks for coming out. I then talked for a bit and I asked him, "Do you remember me?" He said not really. I said, "I'm AC from the signing back in 2005." He then asked was I the guy who ripped up the 8x10's. He then puts his arm on my shoulder and says, "Hey buddy. I'm truly sorry for how I acted that day. Really am. I got crapfrom the other wrestlers that day over that." I said thanks and me and my bro talked to him for a while. He gave me a brown viper T-shirt and signed it. I was in shock and I just said, "Seriously, thanks!" He says, "No problem. That was truly uncalled for what I did at that signing. Thanks for coming to the show."
That was a huge change in personality. That's the one time where a wrestler was really rude to me
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Post by Bubba Ray DJ on Apr 9, 2012 17:59:39 GMT -5
Tommy Dreamer once cussed at me for letting a 5 year old borrow my sharpie in order to get an autograph. True Story.
Totally off-putting.
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Post by Bubba Ray DJ on Apr 9, 2012 18:01:21 GMT -5
I never had a 'rude' experience per se, but John Morrison would be the one I met who seemed really uncomfortable doing Axxess. He didn't talk much and was pretty quick with the signing. The most surprising one was Orton in 2006. After hearing all the rumors of how much of a bunghole he was, my friend and I were kind of nervous to meet him at Best Buy. But to my surprise - he was very cool and talkative. I wished him well at WM(22). Honorable mentions for surprising me as not being rude: Mr. Kennedy Chris Jericho MVP Big Show I'll disagree. John Morrison and Melina were probably two of the nicest wrestlers I've met. CM Punk was a bit of a smart-ass but I can appreciate it since that's just who he is.
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Post by Bubba Ray DJ on Apr 9, 2012 18:07:33 GMT -5
Back in 2005 I was at a signing with Orton. I went up to him with a picture and I said, "How ya doin'? He looks up and says in a low voice, "Same crap, different day." I took it as a joke and proceeded to try and talk to him. He says "Be quiet and get this over with. Jesus". He gave me back the 8 x 10's and I ripped them up and stormed off. Just last year I was at a show and Punk (before his huge rise to fame), Kofi and Orton came out to talk to the fans. I tried to avoid Orton. He comes up to me and my brother and says, "What's up guys?" Me and my bro just said were fine. He told us thanks for coming out. I then talked for a bit and I asked him, "Do you remember me?" He said not really. I said, "I'm AC from the signing back in 2005." He then asked was I the guy who ripped up the 8x10's. He then puts his arm on my shoulder and says, "Hey buddy. I'm truly sorry for how I acted that day. Really am. I got crap from the other wrestlers that day over that." I said thanks and me and my bro talked to him for a while. He gave me a brown viper T-shirt and signed it. I was in shock and I just said, "Seriously, thanks!" He says, "No problem. That was truly uncalled for what I did at that signing. Thanks for coming to the show." That was a huge change in personality. That's the one time where a wrestler was really rude to me People have bad days sometimes...thanks for telling that story. Shows how much he's grown up over the past 7 years.
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Post by gwtpunk on Apr 9, 2012 18:58:33 GMT -5
Michael McGullicutty was the rudest wrestler I ever met. I went to a Raw the night Punk took over Nexus and stopped at a rest stop for food afterward. I didn't even notice, but when I got on line for food I was directly behind the Nexus (sans Punk), Miz & Alex Riley (It was just us and them there). My brother and I were talking about the show and my phone got a e-mail and McGullicutty who was directly in front of me, shot me this look and was acting like "great these marks are gonna bug us for autographs", when really all we wanted was food just like them and didn't even bother them. Then they decided to leave because they were sick of waiting for food, and McGullicutty not saying excuse me pretty much pushed me out of the way to leave. (It was a bank style line). Alex Riley seeing this going down, came over and apologized for McGullicutty's behavior and talked to us for a little bit. Long story short, McGullicutty - Rude, Riley - Class Act. I suddenly have much more respect for Riley. I only met Christian and Natalya, no problems.
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Post by HugoOne on Apr 9, 2012 19:05:06 GMT -5
Michael McGullicutty was the rudest wrestler I ever met. I went to a Raw the night Punk took over Nexus and stopped at a rest stop for food afterward. I didn't even notice, but when I got on line for food I was directly behind the Nexus (sans Punk), Miz & Alex Riley (It was just us and them there). My brother and I were talking about the show and my phone got a e-mail and McGullicutty who was directly in front of me, shot me this look and was acting like "great these marks are gonna bug us for autographs", when really all we wanted was food just like them and didn't even bother them. Then they decided to leave because they were sick of waiting for food, and McGullicutty not saying excuse me pretty much pushed me out of the way to leave. (It was a bank style line). Alex Riley seeing this going down, came over and apologized for McGullicutty's behavior and talked to us for a little bit. Long story short, McGullicutty - Rude, Riley - Class Act. That's too bad. I was meeting wrestlers after an FCW show one night and Hennig (so much easier to type) came up to me for a picture because I had the Nexus armband on (when he was on it). Met him a couple times there and he was always a really cool guy. But everyone has their good and bad days I suppose.
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