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Post by Alice Syndrome on Jan 9, 2017 22:45:53 GMT -5
Ditching any UK wrestlers by way of cheating,
Dave Grohl when he was just walking around London one time the day before a FF gig I was going to. Apparently he wanted leek and potato soup to the point he ran to a store himself to buy stuff.
Also I went to SDCC one year and Gerard Way was there. He actually bleached his hair blonde so noone would recognise him, and he looked like he didn't wanna be disturbed so I just kinda hand-hearted him and nodded without making a scene out of it.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Jan 9, 2017 22:53:41 GMT -5
I think I've had some fun run-ins.
Wrestlers: Jeff Hardy: Really nice to my young nephew who is Jeff fan #1. Austin Aries: Also really nice. Noticed he didn't have a mustache in his program pic, so he called my nephew back to draw it in. Funny stuff. RVD: Really nice, interacted with everybody, insisted on high fives and hand slaps. Madison Rayne: Gorgeous and super nice. My nephew had the wrong picture for her to sign, and she joked, "Does that look like me? Do I look mean?" Sweet girl. D-Von: Insisted my nephew get a hug and pic when TNA was rushing people. Joked that my nephew should change his Hardy shirt. Gallows: Awesome guy. Sabin: Really nice. Liked my Batman shirt and my friend's Green Lantern shirt. EC3: My personal favorite because he and I have the exact same birthday. Month, day, and year. I told him, and he said, "That's why you're awesome." Angle: Loved everyone and performing for a hometown crowd.
Basically, for as much shit as they get and go through, the TNA people are really great with fans.
Celebrities: Bruce Willis: Quiet, but nice to me and my friend. We were like ten years old. He was filming Striking Distance. Asked us why we were up so late and if we had school tomorrow. It was July. Sarah Jessica Parker: Same time as Willis. I will never hate on her. I thought she was beautuful and she was a sweetheart and smelled amazing. Seth Myers: Really lowkey and nice guy. Doesn't mind at all talking and taking pics.
Athletes: Lots of Steelers, work for the Pirates, so obviously see them all the time. Bruno, Arnold Palmer, Jim Rutherford and Mike Sullivan of the Penguins. A few visiting players, Clayton Kershaw, Ryan Braun, etc.
Politicians/Leaders: Al Gore and Jesse Jackson back in 2000. Jesse kept getting my name wrong.
TV: Mario Lopez Ian Ziering John Stamos Rhonda Shear
Comedians: Josh Blue Ben Roy
Everone has been really nice and accomodating. I guess I've been lucky.
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Post by paulbearer on Jan 9, 2017 23:47:51 GMT -5
Remember when Rowan Atkinson was in a plane incident in Kenya many yrs ago....that was a relative of mine who flew him (the media blew it up , he was never in any danger) As for me : Lazenby (firendly , talked a bit about Bruce Lee) Rigg (ditto but not very talkative...she was impressed by the ancient Peel poster I brought along to be sgd) Lundgren (seemed more interested talking to his crew but was polite and wrote whatever you wanted) Neal Adams (just talking to his buddy , ignoring me) Adam West (met him twice....he's nice , he fist bumped me when I told him my b-day : Sep 19th) Burt Ward (nice although he was a bit grumpy due to lack of customers , 100$ is a bit too much & he had almost no queue) Newmar (nice and smart , met her twice) Meriwether (nice) Gillian Anderson (nice but seemed quiet) Pileggi/WB Anderson/Lea (all nice) Meg Foster (nicest celeb ever ?) Michael Winslow from Police Academy (this guy is certainly super nice too !) Andy Robinson , Scorpio (very nice , chuckled when I asked him to sign funny quotes) Lonsdale/Maud Adams/Ashby/Stavin/Vijay/Blackman from 007 (all nice) Schell/Henriques/stuntman Leech , from 007 OHMSS....all nice Paluzzi/Beswick from 007 TB (Paluzzi was flabbergasted of my Bond stash) Ed Furlong from T2 (nice) Kristanna Loken , T3 (nice) BTAS : Barbeau/Slater/Warner (nice) Palpatine (very friendly) Whang Ing Sik , martial arts legend , starred opposite Lee/Chan (very nice but I barely understood his English) Berkoff/Reinhold/Ashton (Reinhold very friendly , Berkoff is known to act like a jerk but was polite) Baker/Mayhew/Prowse , Star Wars (Prowse is okay but the rest not that friendly & met them twice , Baker yelled at me) M$M/Virgil , nice (and prolly Gangrel too , in the mens room in Miami...he was a guest there anyway in 2012) Also saw Adam West coming out of the bat(h) room too , pun very much intended. Burt goes around reading his cel phone , even in the mens room
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Jan 10, 2017 11:24:18 GMT -5
Only celebrity I've properly met was Batista back in October 2007 when he was World Heavyweight Champion. WWE did a show in Aberdeen so me and the rest of my friends got there early enough that we were able to see the wrestlers going into the arena off the bus. Good majority of them waved to us as they were going in but Batista was the only one who took the time to come round and sign autographs, which surprised me considering I had heard horror stories about Batista being an arse to fans. He was pretty quiet but he seemed to enjoy the time.
Came close to meeting Roddy Piper the year before when WWE did a show in Glasgow, and this was a couple of days after Piper had won the tag titles with Ric Flair. He was wondering around in the lobby section but being a young kid I didn't think Piper would hang out with us common peasants and just thought he was a really good impersonator. He was genuinely two metres away from me!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2017 12:40:46 GMT -5
Almost got run down outside a Burger King parking lot by Edward James Olmos.
.......I have dozens of personal meetings with celebs and some fun stories, but someone that one is what I care to go with here. I OLMOS got killed by Jaime Escalante.
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Jan 10, 2017 17:12:58 GMT -5
Met Mick Foley at a book signing in 2015. Met Jerry Lawler in 2013. The hardest one to me was meeting Roddy Piper...13 days before he died. He looked sooo bad but for a moment I manage to light a smile on his face when I brought up, "They Live". I wish I stayed longer, but I had work that evening. I remember texting my friend saying that Roddy looked like he was near death. Little did I know... I met Brian May of Queen in the strangest of circumstances. The day I met him I was taking an exam at school, when a former classmate texted me asking me to take her to Baltimore for a play that used music from Queen. I was soooo tired and just wanted to go home and play GTA V, but she offered to buy my ticket, pay for gas, and pay for the meal. I accepted and we went to the show. During it, in the final act, Brian May made a surprise appearance performing "Bohemian Rhapsody". After the show, we sat downstage talking to some other fans, when I observed Brian May upstage talking to some people. I yelled out, "Yo Brian, you still got it!" He thanked me, walked down to us and shook my hand. A surreal day for me.
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Post by crabbymelt on Jan 10, 2017 19:07:51 GMT -5
I met Stevie Richards by accident. I was running to catch a plane at LAX, turned a corner, and BAM! Ran right into him. He was totally cool about it and helped me pick up my stuff, which went everywhere.
I also worked on Mike Rowe at a chair massage outreach event for school.
I served meat (I was a deli counter clerk) to John Walsh once when I worked at a grocery store.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Jan 11, 2017 6:44:49 GMT -5
Chris Jericho- I didn't "meet" him as such, but I was at the front at a Fozzy gig a couple of years ago where I managed to touch him and some of his sweat went in my eye. He also took my brother's iPod and started filming the crowd. Funnily enough my girlfriend was also at this gig which was before we even knew each other.
Scott Steiner- Met him at a Q&A last year and got a photo with him and an autograph. He seemed nice, he then fist bumped me when he came out for the event. I also got the hilarious visual of him spilling his beer down himself.
Jim Ross and Jim Cornette- Met these two at another Q&A last October. They both were very friendly and asked me my name. During the show Bret Hart made a surprise appearance but I didn't get to meet him sadly.
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Jan 11, 2017 14:57:59 GMT -5
Wrestlers notwithstanding, I have met a few celebs and athletes. I'll share my favorite.
This was in like 2000, I was out running errands and had to stop for gas. So I pull up to the pump and a pickup pulls in behind me at the other pump. The man gets out and he's a big lumbering beast. It's then that I realize it's Jim Thome. Now, being a lifelong Indians fan, I near pissed myself. I introduce myself, shake his hand and just start gushing about how much of a fan I am. I ask him for an autograph and he says sure. I lean into my open passenger window and start digging around looking for ANYTHING he could sign. He says to me "I'll be right back. Gonna go pay for my gas." And as he's inside, I'm still digging around looking for something for my HERO to sign. He gets back out, and alas, I have found nothing. He tells me it's no big deal, shakes my hand and begins pumping his gas.
Dejected, I go inside to pay for my gas. The lady at the counter tells me that it's been paid for. By 'that large fellow that was just in here'. I thank her and go back out to the pumps. Mr. Thome is gone. I pump my gas and get into my car pissed that I didn't have anything for him to sign. In my passenger seat is a baseball bat. This guy...this f***in' guy gave me one of her personal bats and signed it. Left it as a gift for a lifelong fan.
And everywhere he went after Cleveland, I made sure to cheer for that team (as well as my Indians). And you better believe I was there for his first game when he came back a few years ago.
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Post by theironyuppie on Jan 11, 2017 23:31:48 GMT -5
I met Chris Benoit and Rey Mysterio at a DVD signing in my area in 2005 or thereabouts. Feels surreal in hindsight.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Jan 12, 2017 0:25:29 GMT -5
Wrestlers notwithstanding, I have met a few celebs and athletes. I'll share my favorite. This was in like 2000, I was out running errands and had to stop for gas. So I pull up to the pump and a pickup pulls in behind me at the other pump. The man gets out and he's a big lumbering beast. It's then that I realize it's Jim Thome. Now, being a lifelong Indians fan, I near pissed myself. I introduce myself, shake his hand and just start gushing about how much of a fan I am. I ask him for an autograph and he says sure. I lean into my open passenger window and start digging around looking for ANYTHING he could sign. He says to me "I'll be right back. Gonna go pay for my gas." And as he's inside, I'm still digging around looking for something for my HERO to sign. He gets back out, and alas, I have found nothing. He tells me it's no big deal, shakes my hand and begins pumping his gas. Dejected, I go inside to pay for my gas. The lady at the counter tells me that it's been paid for. By 'that large fellow that was just in here'. I thank her and go back out to the pumps. Mr. Thome is gone. I pump my gas and get into my car pissed that I didn't have anything for him to sign. In my passenger seat is a baseball bat. This guy...this f***in' guy gave me one of her personal bats and signed it. Left it as a gift for a lifelong fan. And everywhere he went after Cleveland, I made sure to cheer for that team (as well as my Indians). And you better believe I was there for his first game when he came back a few years ago. That's awesome, man. I love hearing stories like that.
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