Wrestling Collectors?

[jeff8372emt]

Went to the Ohio Valley Wrestling Rod Steele Benefit Show tonight. Had a great time. Was very impressed by the generosity of WWE superstar John Morrison. He had sent a book of autographed t-shirts, autographed WWE promos of both him & Melina, autographed Wrestlemania Jacket, autographed WWE Encyclopedia and there was also a John Cena autographed hat, shirt and photo all for the raffle. plus he even sent him his own cash donation to the family. John earned a lot of respect from me tonight.

I did purchase one each of the promos $5 a piece, figured that wasn't a bad price since neither of them sign TTM and money went to Rod Steele's family. I also picked up autographs from Jason Wayne(OVW Champ), The Blossom Twins(again, I love there English accent), The Fat & Furious(Jack Black & Trailer Park Trash), Jessie Belle Smothers, Michael Hayes(OVW's not WWE) and Alex Silva(aka Pat Silva from Superstars a few weeks ago). All of those were on my custom made photos. Had a lot of compliments on them also, Trailer Park Trash even asked if I could get him some and he would pay me for them. Told him I would have them for him Tuesday at the OVW TV tapings. Just wish Walgreens photo lab had not cut off the photos so bad at eh bottom. The green metallic sharpie show up really nice on them also.

Oh and my kids scored an elbow pad from Benjamin Bray after he was tossed from the battle royal. They also got autographs from Nick Dinsmore, Randy Terrez and Johnny Spade.

Photos:
Alex Silva & Michael Hayes:


Jesse Belle Smothers:


Fat & Furious & The Blossom Twins:


OVW Champ Jason Wayne:


Melina:


John Morrison:


Benjamin Bray's Elbow pad:

[ozzman]

Matt Hardy was released from TNA today.

[CubsFanKEC1982]

Well...

Just got back from the Tribute to the Fairgrounds 3 event at the Nashville Fairgrounds.

Here's a rundown.. I had second row tickets that included a meet and greet and matches before the doors opened to the general public.

Prior to the matches here's what I got..

Maria - On the cover of a WWE magazine and one photo. She was charging $10 a signature, but what the hey. She's pretty and it's hard to tell a pretty woman no.

Raven - Was charging too, but again, paid for it.. $20 for three pics. One was his WWE Raven promo, another a Johnny Polo picture, which he signed Johnny Polo and the third was one of him as Scotty Flamingo, which he signed as Raven before I had the chance to stop him.

Jerry Lynn - Never charges at the shows I've seen him at. Signed the two TNA promos and two photos of him I had from my personal collection.

Grandmaster Sexay/Brian Christopher - Was charging to sign. $10 for two promo pics (One of Too Cool and the other of Too Much) and two old 4x6 gimmick table pics of him as Brian Christopher from the USWA era.

Dutch Mantell - Signed one 8 x 10 that I brought free of charge.

Bill Dundee - Signed the WCW promo I had of him and Lord Steven Regal "Sir William" and also signed five other 4x6 photos from his USWA days for free. Another that never charges for sigs.

Rudy Charles - Signed two photos for me that I'd taken of him at other shows free of charge.

Tony Falk - The USWA/Dallas mainstay signed one photo I took of him back when he was an active wrestler free of charge.

Cassidy Riley - Signed four photos for me for free.

Wolfie D - Signed four photos for free.

Rikishi was also there, but he was charging to sign at a clip of $10 a pop. I opted not to get that.

Anyways, after the show, we hung out by the entrance and were able to get a few more.

I got David Young, formerly of TNA on one photo, Kid Kash - who got the crowd so worked up that a glass beer bottle flew towards the ring - on two photos, Rikishi on a photo I took of him giving the stink face and Maria on another photo.

The only person that would not sign after the show was Brian Christopher (Grandmaster Sexay).

He was a total prick and he and Rikishi were traveling together. Said the crowd of five or six that waited an hour after the show for Rikishi to come out needed to "heel down" as he was opening the back door.

Someone asked Brian to sign and he refused and walked to the truck they were traveling in.

Meanwhile, Rikishi stopped in his tracks and signed one item for each person that asked.

I got a feeling "The King" wouldn't be proud of the way his boy treats the fans after the card. I've never seen Jerry Lawler do a fan like that. I will say, though, that Brian did take the time to personalize and fully sign his name "Grandmaster Sexay" Brian Christopher and he switched out markers to match color at the gimmick table.

But his treatment of the fans after the show wasn't negated that.

All in all a pretty good night with a total of 44 autographs between my wife and 1 - 35 of which I keep and nine of which I got for friends and aren't listed in these totals.

If I had to do over again, I wouldn't have paid for Maria since she signed for free after the matches. Raven was long gone, though, after the main event. So, I'm glad I paid for him to sign.

If anyone wants to see scans, let me know and I'll upload whatever...

[CubsFanKEC1982]

Today's success was Ace Steel - former Ring of Honor wrestler and tag partner of Colt Cabana and CM Punk.

[chestly32]

So my first venture in TTM autograph collecting and I received my first wrestler autograph and I couldn't be happier!

NICK BOCKWINKEL
Sent 8-15-11 Received 8-22-11 (Used addy in db)

Class act, returned my letter with some stuff written to me on it, I'll just post this of what he said
"If you had Ray as a partner & Heenan for a manager you would have been a star also."

He returned the pic signed to me in the envelope I sent. Man, I like this feeling, and I'm gonna chase it some more, thanks for all the feedback you great guys & gals provide, I would love for yall to come out to my man-cave when my wall is completed. You each have a cold one waiting for you if you ever find yourself in South Texas, and I hope to be updating you on any others I receive.

[Haase112983]

Nice Bockwinkel success! That’s a great one to start with as he’s a class act and a great wrestler. Good luck with collecting you never tire of that feeling of getting a new autograph in the mail. It’s a good feeling, almost like Christmas every time you get mail!!!

[maxsoul9]

Got back from former WWE President and CEO Linda McMahon. Sent a Topps Chrome card and received it back signed and personalized. Used CT address



http://s180.photobucket.com/albums/x145 ... =Linda.jpg

[CubsFanKEC1982]

Got back The Bellas Twins.

Was sure that Nikki signed Brie's name on the 8 x 10 I got back.

So, I re-sent and got Brie to sign a pair of cards and Nikki on two as well.

Pull up the past success to see the difference. I'm certain Nikki signed both names on the other one.

[DeathBoyTheSick]

The family and myself got back from our near two week vacation and I was pretty pumped to see the ol' mailbox STUFFED. (*NOTE* Not sure when these got here, so everything will have yesterdays date as the date I received the success.) Here we go..

Haku/Meng - 8/2-8/22 - Signed 3 cards and filled out my q&a. Also sent him a bunch of cards to keep.
Cards - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756839

Honky Tonk Man - 8/2-8/22 - Signed 2 cards and filled out my q&a. Sent him a bunch of cards to keep aswell.
Cards - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756837

Animal - 8/8-8/22 - Signed 2 cards and signed my lor aswell.
Cards - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756838

The Headbangers - This one is kind of difficult to explain. lol.. I sent to Chaz (Mosh) last November and never heard back. I sent to Glen (Thrasher) in June and he actually found me online and we've exchanged a few messages here and there since. He said if I didn't mind he would get Chaz to sign my cards aswell. I said.. uh.. NO I DON'T MIND! lol Well.. long story short all the cards (Both set sent - so 4 HB cards total) were signed by both and returned. Here's the breakdown..

Mosh - 11/1-8/22 - Signed my 3 cards (Including 2 Bangers cards also signed by Thrasher).
Cards - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756841

Thrasher - 6/7-8/22 - Signed 2 cards (Also signed by Mosh).
Cards - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756842

"Cowboy" Johnny Mantell - 7/28-8/22 - Blown away by this return! I sent him 2 photos and a q&a. I received a po express mail envelope that HE paid $5 to send.. In it were my 2 photos signed, 2 amazing signed 4x6's, a GREAT signed 8x10 promo, an awesome program from a show he put together in may, another detailed 2 sided flyer about some of his shows and he typed out a two page VERY detailed response to my questions that was also signed. He gave me his email and phone number and asked for me to please keep in contact with him. He even placed a post it note on my sase and returned it saying "Please use this to write to someone else!" Wow is all I can truly say! I am definitely going to get in contact with Mr. Mantell and let him know his kindness is VERY much appreciated it. Wow!
Pics I sent - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756844
His 4x6's - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756843
Promo he sent - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756845

John Morrison(!)- 8/8-8/22 - Signed my 2 cards. This one was a V.V. success. Was pretty shocked to get it back honestly. lol..
Cards - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756840

These last 3 were obtained IP by 2 fellow collectors and good friends. Thanks guys! I truly appreciate it.

Drew Mcintyre - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756835
Alex Riley - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756836
"Dr. D" David Schultz(!!) - http://sicksgraphs.webs.com/apps/photos ... =135756846

[bravesfan1515]

Knock two more off the Platinum collection today.


The Cole Miner himself :



The second was a paid success :