Post by crush on Feb 5, 2024 18:41:46 GMT -5
lol! That happened to my brother-in-law in the mid-90’s. We were at a card show at a hotel in the meadowlands in NJ and he went to get some autographs from the NY Yankees and the old Negro League players that they were celebrating. And when we got to Buck Leonard’s table he started to sign his name and stopped signing and left at Bu…his time was up so he was done. The promoter did get him to finish my brother-in-laws item, but there were still at least 30 people in line that the promoter was begging him to finish. lol
That show was memorable to me for so many reasons. First when my brother-in-law went to get Bucky Dent to sign a mini helmet the gold paint pen exploded on Bucky and he had this look of disgust as it was all over his hands and sweater. I did feel bad for him. And then from about 20 feet away I saw my father-in-law get knock over by Reggie Jackson who just plowed through the crowd and pushed him over from behind without saying he was sorry or acknowledging he did it so when Reggie got to were I was I laid a shoulder block into him which knocked him into his entourage. And as I was walking away I heard him say “what you don’t say excuse me”. lol
As for Sting when I met him we had about a five minute conversation. It wasn’t high energy like his character on TV, but rather soft spoken and engaging.
I don't at all mean to derail the thread, but one quick Kevin story:
Way back at ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds 2014, the companies held meet and greets before the show where the wrestlers all set at long tables in a room in the Bowles of he building. ROH sold autograph tickets, or autograph and photo combo tickets. I bought the combo for Kevin since he was (and still) is one of my favorite wrestlers of all time and while not confirmed, it was basically known this was his last ROH loop and his last show at the Hammerstein (which for those unfamiliar with ROH had become such a "home" kind of crowd for him that fans referred to it as the "HammerSTEEN Ballroom" for a while. Anyway, they had everyone downstairs and then announced that due to late start time, he combo tickets would only be good for an autpgraph, no photo, and their would be no refunds. Well, Steen was annoyed by this and asked every person who was getting an auto from him if hey wanted a photo, and if they wanted one he took it. (Liger and the Bucks also took photos with people as well)