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Post by T R W on Apr 3, 2015 9:25:41 GMT -5
The ones I met that were very nice to me: Animal and Hawk Oh man I would have loved to met these two and had a picture taken with them...... Was the mid 80's so it was tough to get pictures back then. I don't think they let cameras into TBS studios for tapings then either. After the tapings we would wait around for some of the wrestlers to leave. Used to have several autographs in a scrapbook and one of Ron Garvin's towels, but I don't know what happened to them. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 9:27:52 GMT -5
Oh man I would have loved to met these two and had a picture taken with them...... Was the mid 80's so it was tough to get pictures back then. I don't think they let cameras into TBS studios for tapings then either. After the tapings we would wait around for some of the wrestlers to leave. Used to have several autographs in a scrapbook and one of Ron Garvin's towels, but I don't know what happened to them. Ya see.....you would totally forget that the ease with which we take pictures now was not always around like..... |
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Post by T R W on Apr 3, 2015 9:29:42 GMT -5
Was the mid 80's so it was tough to get pictures back then. I don't think they let cameras into TBS studios for tapings then either. After the tapings we would wait around for some of the wrestlers to leave. Used to have several autographs in a scrapbook and one of Ron Garvin's towels, but I don't know what happened to them. Ya see.....you would totally forget that the ease with which we take pictures now was not always around like..... Yeah that was back before even disposable cameras were a big thing. It was either a large regular 35mm camera, or a big bulky polaroid. Neither of which were easy to carry around, and were often not allowed inside events. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 9:41:22 GMT -5
I can only speak from personal experience and everyone I've met has been pretty cool.
Paige being the coolest by far.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Apr 3, 2015 9:48:58 GMT -5
Roddy Piper & Terry Funk were two of the nicest wrestlers I met. Both were very talkative & took an interest in what each person asked & wanted signed. Very classy guys.
I met Taz many years ago. He seemed angry, but I think he was living his gimmick. He kept looking over at DDP's table & would scoff. I did get a left handed handshake from him, though.
Virgil was very pushy. He tries to sell his stuff more than one of those QVC hosts.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 10:31:25 GMT -5
Roddy Piper & Terry Funk were two of the nicest wrestlers I met. Both were very talkative & took an interest in what each person asked & wanted signed. Very classy guys. I met Taz many years ago. He seemed angry, but I think he was living his gimmick. He kept looking over at DDP's table & would scoff. I did get a left handed handshake from him, though. Virgil was very pushy. He tries to sell his stuff more than one of those QVC hosts. lol i love this pic |
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Post by Patrick Bateman (original) on Apr 3, 2015 11:55:23 GMT -5
The nicest I have met are
RVD: he thought I was this girls boyfriend and my name was Joe. I said no my name is John and this is my girlfriend and he said "wow, that's a upgrade!" Very very nice guy.
Hulk Hogan: asked if I could have a picture with him, he said I needed to ask the person running the event. The lady said no photos. He told her that wasn't right, and told my girlfriend to take a picture. Great guy, and huge in real life.
Edge: very funny guy. Me and 2 of my buddies went to meet him. He signed and took photos. He would look to see what you were doing in the photo and copy it. My photo was smiling so he smiled, one friend gave the devil horns, so Edge did. Then my last friend went up and looked straight faced (tough) so Edge mocked it and both genuinely look like they don't want to be there.
Owen Hart: Hilarious person. I saw him, Mick Foley, and Paul Bearer at a WWF event in 1998 in Seattle just standing next to me. No body else even noticed them. I walked up and asked Owen to sign my program. He told me "I'm not who you think I am". I said yes you are Owen Hart. Bearer and Foley were cracking up. So he said "no, I am not." I told him he was, so he took my program and signed it "Owen Ha" he then crossed that out and signed "the worlds most dangerous man Ken Shamrock" we all started laughing and as I walked away I said "thank you Owen." He responded "you're welcome. Wait..I'm Shamrock damnit."
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Post by theafricandream on Apr 3, 2015 12:32:54 GMT -5
I've met Flair, Ryback, Big Show, Orton, Edge, Animal, Jake Roberts, Shelton Benjamin, Matt Hardy, Cryme Tyme, LAX, Christopher Daniels, Sabu, Tim White, and Mick Foley twice. All were great experiences except for Sabu who seemed completely out of it. And Homicide, who was just unpleasant. Homicide didn't say a single word and only signed my poster because Hernandez (very friendly) basically put the marker in his hand and told him to sign it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 12:34:24 GMT -5
It depends on the wrestler really
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 12:42:12 GMT -5
I've met Piper three times and he was the greatest. Bundy, Sheik, Al Snow, and Spike Dudley were all really cool. Biggest jerk. Mick Foley. What a piece of shit. Lol, don't we usually have this topic every couple of weeks?  |
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Post by Last Trent Barreta Fan on Apr 3, 2015 12:45:15 GMT -5
I imagine Mick Foley like my uncle, who just never wants to be where he's at.
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Post by ICW on Apr 3, 2015 13:05:47 GMT -5
Here's a list of wrestlers I've been fortunate enough to meet and my impressions of them:
Shawn Michaels, circa 2003: Nice guy, a little quiet.
Torrie Wilson, circa 2003: INCREDIBLY NICE. Seriously, she was a doll to everyone
Mick Foley, circa 2004: INCREDIBLY NICE and friendly. Great, great guy
Balls Mahoney, circa 2010: VERY nice
Maven, 5/13: VERY VERY NICE. Talkative, engaging...was a class act
Chris Jericho, 10/14: Great guy despite him being very tired
Scott Hall, 1/15: GREAT, GREAT GUY
X-Pact, 1/15: See Hall
Eric Bischoff, 1/15: Nice guy
Bruce Prichard, 1/15: See Bischoff
bWo, 1/15: GREAT GUYS, especially Blue Meanie
Jushin Thunder Liger, 2/15: INCREDIBLY NICE
Greek god Papadon, 2/15: Cool dude
Hacksaw Jim Duggan, 3/15: GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT guy!!!
BIG EVENT Convention 3/7/15:
Chavo Guerrero Jr: EXCELLENT guy, incredibly engaging and friendly
The Young Bucks: Really cool dudes but they weren't as outgoing as I thought they would be
AJ Styles: Class act
Samoa Joe: Nice but quiet
Raven: Surprisingly engaging
Dusty Rhodes: Very quiet
The Dudley Boyz: D-Von was nice enough to actually look at you but Bubba was too busy making stupid jokes with the promoters. Kind of a jerk.
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan: Do I even need to say anything?
Larry Zbyszko: GREAT guy
The Godwinns: Okay...quiet.
Greg Valentine: Signed my encyclopedia & then pressured me to meet "The Reinforcer" Andrew Anderson. Didn't say another word...
Andrew Anderson: Andrew begged me to buy his 8x10...seemed nice but was obviously a bit desperate
James Storm: CLASS ACT
Bobby Roode: QUIET. Hardly said a word.
Big Ryck: GREAT guy
Awesome Kong: She seemed a little off...
Jerry "The King" Lawler: Quiet but decent enough I guess
Bart Gunn: Cool dude
Bob Holly: GREAT guy
Road Warrior Animal: Quiet but he was letting kids pose with his shoulder spikes
Ivan Putski: GREAT, GREAT guy. Class act.
Ken Anderson: GREAT GUY
Austin Aries: Cool, cool dude
Rhyno: Quiet and a germaphob
Terri Runnels: Incredibly sweet
Ric Flair: CLASS ACT
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Post by PenguinDeluxe on Apr 3, 2015 13:18:29 GMT -5
Someone I met who was incredibly nice, talkative and just really fun to be around was...
Scott Steiner.
Sounds bizarre considering his reputation but he was really awesome to meet and chat with.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Apr 3, 2015 14:42:33 GMT -5
People that strike out as nice guys are Owen Hart, Hawk and John Cena. Probably never heard a good word about either Shawn or Flair. Same with Dynamite Kid. for what it's worth, Konnan speaks fondly of Dynamite. |
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Post by A-Rob on Apr 3, 2015 15:15:54 GMT -5
Most of the Wrestlers I met were nice, i'll just name a few here.
Roddy Piper, Mickie James, Paul London, Brian Kendrick and the Young Bucks (especially Nick Jackson) are all extremely nice people.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Apr 3, 2015 15:32:46 GMT -5
I met James Storm last year, he was cool, but I couldn't stay and chat long because of the queue (which I just skipped to the front because everyone was descending on Gunner first, then to meet Storm straight after). I showed Storm my 2 custom Ruthless Aggression figures that I customised of him, and he said wow, appreciating how I had hand-painted them. He did seem a little quiet and tired after his match, so it came off a little "why is this guy showing me his toys". But I did get one signed.
Nothing against him, but I wish I could have chatted a little longer, to really see how he could have been.
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Post by knupmc on Apr 3, 2015 15:38:35 GMT -5
Some nice wrestlers I met were:
George Steele
King Kong bundy
Teddy long
Melina
Scott hall
Rvd
Tito santana
Kevin Nash
Virgil (not as bad as some people make it)
Marty Jannety
Tito santana
Ted dibiase jr
Ted dibiase sr
Jerry Lawler
Bobby Backlund
Only one who was kinda rude was mick foley. He just signed the figs. And when I went to take a picture, but he was yawning so then he's like, "let's take another." So I guess he was ok but nothing overly nice. Maybe just a bad day
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 15:52:27 GMT -5
i only met old tennis players like henri leconte, pat rafter or thomas muster xD
wwe come to austria!!!
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Post by Revy on Apr 3, 2015 15:57:31 GMT -5
Met shawn in 05 and 2014 and he was awesome both times. Nash was pissed at a promoter, but when he turned to speak to me he "hit a switch" and was hilarious and personable. Hall was very nice and talkative, he wouldn't let me in on who was inducting him last year. Xpac was the best of all, so generous and talkative. Triple H is the only Kliq member I haven't met but hopefully will at next years Mania.
RVD, Shane Douglas and tommy dreamer = awesome
Kurt Angle was so so. He was polite and once I started talking rehab with his knee, he opened up a little.
Sting was ok as well. Didn't speak much but seemed appreciative when I thanked him for all the years he spent just to entertain us fans.
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Post by mikey1974 on Apr 3, 2015 19:16:43 GMT -5
Stone Cold Steve Austin - actually not really that nice. signed out autograph's,but didn't respond when we told him how much we loved watching him and appreciated him taking the time to sign. Bruce Pritchard - not really sure, was massively drunk.watched him steal a 6-pack from the hotel bar, but so drunk he didn't seem to realize when he reached over the bar while the bartenders back was turned that he took one of those 6-pack carriers full of empty bottles. Jerry "The King" Lawler - minor chit-chat, signed autograph's. kinda seemed like he had something on his mind, so he gets a pass. Jim Ross - quiet, but nice. Michael Cole - slightly dickish. was really only interested in the women who came up to him. Vince McMahon - seriously, the NICEST guy I've met so far! was engaging, thanked everyone for coming to the show and supporting the WWF, took pictures with anyone who wanted to, was incredulous a bit that we knew who Arnold Skaaland was, and even bought us ( and everyone else in the hotel bar) a round of drinks!! Grandmaster Sexay / Brian Christopher - SUPER nice, took the time to talk with everyone who wanted to meet him. Scotty 2 Hotty - nice in person, but then I found out he asked the the on-camera Commissioner of the local independent promotion PPW ( who is a friend of my close group of friends) to send him $200 for airfare so he could fly in for a recent show, with the promise of giving it back to him when he got his payoff that night. not only did he NOT pay the money back, andbolted from the gym as soon as he got his money, but also hitched a ride with a couple other wrestlers who live near him, so Scotty never used the money for airfare! Matt Morgan - was nice to the kids, but seemed disinterested and kinda sad he was wrestling for a local independent. Brodus Clay - TOTAL dick! wouldn't talk or interact with anyone, and wouldn't even bother looking up for a picture! could definitely tell he didn't want to be there.  |
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