A thought about entrance attire and ring wear

[Burst]

I wonder how much of what they wear at shows travels with them vs. traveling with the production stuff.

For example, I can't imagine things like Edge's long coats and Regal's robes NOT taking up an obscene amount of luggage space, unless you'd have had like Edge checking his luggage with half of the checked bag being his long coat.

However, if they DID have to travel with them, that could explain the lack of entrance attire and preference for t-shirts in entrances lately, as sort of a pragmatic reason, to be less of a burden in packing.

That being said I'd think that the bigger entrancewear would travel with the production, but obviously things like tights and trunks would be with the guys. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to have stories like the Undertaker wrestling in the Godfather's pants, for one, and it'd be kind of weird to keep their gear in a wardrobe truck anyway.

This is when it'd be really handy to have like an ex-superstar or something on this board.

[Dirty Hazy]

I read this, didn't have anything to important to reply with but figured my reply will give others a chance to read the post too.

[linecookguy]

You know I don't think this has ever been brought up in any wrestlers autobiography. Lets tweet CM Punk and see what he has to say.. Or Lance Storm..

I always find it funny when the wrestler hands his accessories to the ref and the ref hands them off to some random guy. I always pictured the wrestler getting back to the gorilla position and being like "wheres my stuff"

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

I do know that Jericho complained in his second book about being the Undisputed champion and having to carry both belts through airport security. I imagine that some entrance attire might be the same way.

[Dean-o]

I always figured they had 1 suitcase for their outside clothes and bathroom supplies, another for their gear.

A lot of wrestlers I see leave the arena only have a small piece of luggage, so maybe it's not such a huge hassle after all.

[CMWaters]

If it's true about having to carry their own ring gear, I wonder how guys like Savage and Flair got away with it.

[Mozenrath]

Dec 29, 2011 20:24:20 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

If it's true about having to carry their own ring gear, I wonder how guys like Savage and Flair got away with it.

If you are a top guy, I imagine they help some. And if not, both guys probably had something of an entourage.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Dec 29, 2011 19:52:01 GMT -5 @linecookguy said:

You know I don't think this has ever been brought up in any wrestlers autobiography. Lets tweet CM Punk and see what he has to say.. Or Lance Storm..

I always find it funny when the wrestler hands his accessories to the ref and the ref hands them off to some random guy. I always pictured the wrestler getting back to the gorilla position and being like "wheres my stuff"

In some cases, I imagine that it stays there for the rest of the show and no one bothers to pick it up until the show is over

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Heenan mentions in his first autobio about always travelling with his gear to make sure it made the shows.

[CMWaters]

Speaking along the lines of gear being handed to a ringside attendant, one thing I liked from back in the days of Scott Hall's Razor Ramon run is, even as a face, when he would hand his gold chains to the attendant personally, then say something along the lines of "if something bad happens to them, something bad will happen to you" and flick his toothpick at the guy.

Wonder if he would have done that if the Federettes were still around. ...look up WrestleMania III videos if you don't know who the Federettes were.

[Nic Nemeth]

Dec 29, 2011 19:56:17 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

I do know that Jericho complained in his second book about being the Undisputed champion and having to carry both belts through airport security. I imagine that some entrance attire might be the same way.

#BestInTheWorldProblems

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Dec 30, 2011 3:04:15 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

Dec 29, 2011 19:52:01 GMT -5 @linecookguy said:

You know I don't think this has ever been brought up in any wrestlers autobiography. Lets tweet CM Punk and see what he has to say.. Or Lance Storm..

I always find it funny when the wrestler hands his accessories to the ref and the ref hands them off to some random guy. I always pictured the wrestler getting back to the gorilla position and being like "wheres my stuff"

In some cases, I imagine that it stays there for the rest of the show and no one bothers to pick it up until the show is over

Well, I would think he'd grab the coat back as he heads backstage after the match.

[Deleted]

I might be able to find out the answer to this question. It might take me some time but I can definitely get it answered.

[Dirty Hazy]

Dec 30, 2011 8:19:16 GMT -5 @mightykretzler said:

I might be able to find out the answer to this question. It might take me some time but I can definitely get it answered.

How?

[mcd]

I just posted the question to our favorite announcer and all around badass Ricardo on twitter, hope he replies!

[Dirty Hazy]

Dec 30, 2011 10:12:05 GMT -5 mcd said:

I just posted the question to our favorite announcer and all around badass Ricardo on twitter, hope he replies!

Awesome.