I thought we could start a thread about meeting wrestlers and our interactions with them. Here’s my list:
Big Show - I met him in the fall of 1999 around the time he was feuding with Big Bossman. I was only 9 at the time, and he was very cool. My aunt asked him if his Dad was really dead, and he confirmed he had died years before.
Kane - Met him in 2001. He had a long line and signed for everyone. I didn’t have a ton of interaction, but he was nice and shook everyone’s hand.
Raven - Met him in 2003 at an indy show. He seemed scummy and standoffish. He signed my 8x10 and handed it back without saying a word.
Victoria, Hurricane, and Matt Hardy - Met them at a motorcycle dealership in 2004. All 3 were class acts.
King Kong Bundy and Bobby Heenan - Met them at a sports collectible show in 2007. King Kong Bundy was really nice. Bobby Heenan seemed cranky at the time (I made a joke about Tony Schiavone and he no sold it), but given his condition he had a right to be.
Lita - Met her at a Comic Con in the early 2010s. She was kind of like Raven. She wasn’t overly friendly, didn’t say a word, and just signed what I had.
Davey Boy Smith Jr. Awesome and fun guy. I met him shortly after his release from WWE.
Vader - I met him at an indy show in 2015. He got a little frustrated when it took forever to get my camera on my phone to work for picture with him, and screamed “Come on!” at my friend who was taking the photo.
Scarlett Bourdeaux and Nixon Newell - I met them at a Shimmer show in 2016. Both were friendly, but they had long lines so not much interaction.
Marty Jannetty - I met him at a low-rent indy where he was signing autographs in a VFW mop closet. I thought his autograph was included in the ticket price and essentially got his autograph for free, since I didn’t have any cash on me. He seemed like a cool enough guy and told me that his favorite person to wrestle was Shawn Michaels.
Mick Foley - Cool guy. We both joked about Hulk Hogan since a guy in line was dressed like him. This was around the time of the Hulk Hogan sex tape scandal being released, but before the racial slurs part of the tape was released.
Tony Schiavone - I met him at Starrcast 1. He seemed really nice and genuine. He had a long line, but took the time to look everyone in the eye, shake their hand, and have a little bit of conversation.
Scott Steiner - I also met him at Starrcast 1. He was not overly friendly, but what do you expect from the Big Bad Booty Daddy? I was surprised at how short he was.
Brutus Beefcake - Another meet at Starrcast 1. He signed my copy of his autobiography that I had already brought on Amazon. He asked me if I had bought the book at his table so he seemed to be a little suspicious that I might be stealing it. He was nice otherwise, but seemed to be sweating and breathing heavy. I hope he is healthy.
Sean Mooney and Jim Johnston - Met them both at Starrcast 1 and both were really down-to-earth. I asked Jim Johnston who sung Shawn Michael’s song on WWF The Music Volume 2, and he answered Shawn Michaels. It sure doesn’t sound like Shawn, so maybe he forgot. I also told him that the Sid theme was low key underrated.
Maybe it was a no DQ match.
