Anyone ever met wrestlers randomly? (My Barrett story)

I met Bam Bam Bigelow when I was just a kid at a Christmas Store in New Jersey many years ago. One of the nicest guys ever, even as a kid I felt bad bothering him when he was with his family, but he was super cool and nice enough to ask me about my favorites and such. I'll always remember that.

Met Cena and Kane the same week at the sports center I worked at in 2004 when they were filming Marine/SNE. Ate dinner with Cena and hanged around with him for about 3 days straight on and off. Really cool guy. Kane was super nice too.

The highlight of my 21st birthday. I was on my way to the airport in Vegas & my cab driver was stopped by a US Marshall for speeding throughout the airport area. The Marshall turned out to be Rico. He was ruthless with the driver, but as soon as I recognized him, he couldn't be any nicer. He told the cab driver I saved him from getting a few points on his license. I got a photo with him before going inside.

Thta's pretty awesome. I met Joey Mercury & Johnny Nitro at a Burger King in 2005 after a supershow

I met Hacksaw Jim Duggan a month or two ago.

He was at an Indy show, and after the show, my friend and I hit the bars. We were there for a few hours and then I see Hacksaw walking around nearby, so my friend and I get these girls we knew to watch our drinks, and we ran over and got some pics with him and had a quick little chat by a hotdog stand.

I also gave him the thumbs up from inside the bar before we went out to see him and he signaled back.

Went to Monday Nitro in Asheville NC years ago and met Chris Benoit and Meng together in a gas station on the way home. They were grabbing some 32oz dinks and some snacks. I thought it was funny because they had just wrestled a match against each other at the old Civic Center.

I didn't meet him, but a buddy of mine I used to work with went to a Rolling Stones concert in Charlotte, NC back in the late 90s and asked me to work for him. I didn't want to, but he was the manager, I was the assistant manager, so what could I do?

Anyway, later on that night at about 8pm, he calls me and says he has someone that wants to talk to me. Not knowing anyone with him, I had no idea who it was...

A second later, I hear a very familiar voice on the other end... It was Ric Flair! He told me that I had to be a sucker to work for my manager just so he could come to the show. He then told me that I should get some extra days off. he gave me a quick "Wooo" and gave the phone back to my buddy.

My friend aid that Ric got a HUGE cheer from the crowd waiting to get into the concert and said that he took a lot of time to talk to the guys in line before he went into the coliseum. He brought me a Stones t-shirt Ric signed for me and a pic of him and Ric together. Like I wanted a pic of his goofy face with one of my all time heroes?!

US Marshals don't give speeding tickets, Rico works for the Nevada Taxicab Authority

I saw J.J. Dillon at a college football game......

I didn't realize who it was until I had already passed him.... it took me a minute to figure out why the man I had just seen looked so familiar!

Once I got home - I googled J.J. Dillon, and found out that he lives (and works) in the same state that I do - Delaware! So it most certainly was him!

I wish I had been just a bit quicker to recognize him - I would have said 'hello'.

I was at SummerSlam 2006. Flew up from Florida to meet up with my college buddies, to see Hogan wrestle. After the show, we wanted to stick around the back gate - like we used to do, years before - but the friend with the car keys had work in the morning, so we headed towards the car instead. However, that all changed when this same friend saw [King] Booker T's car stuck in exit traffic. He raced off in the other direction to get a photo. At the same time, a random person spotted Arn Anderson behind the wheel of a car going the other way, so, the rest of us followed Arn's car. I raced up alongside it, and caught up as it was stopping at a red light.

Catching my breath on the sidewalk, I inadvertently leaned my hand on the car door. I look to my immediate left, and who should be staring back at me inches from the window, but Good Ol' JR, Jim Ross himself. He gave me a small smile and a little wave. I waved back. I stepped back on the curb and the car took off again. I couldn't help but think to myself - "Wow, I just had a moment in time with who was the voice of wrestling since the late-80s."