Wrestling Collectors?

[MrMartino]

So, I made the trip to Little Rock for Tuesday’s Smackdown taping.

Unfortunately, four of my six top wants didn’t happen… Two did (Big Show and Dolph Ziggler).

The Rock was hard to peg down. Chris Jericho was at my spot but only for a moment, Randy Orton was no where to be seen and C.M. Punk continued to be on the rag.

That said, it was a successful trip.

Here are some of the highlights…

The biggest get for me was Big Show. I’ve met him twice before, but this time around, he was the coolest he’s ever been. We had a five minute conversation about why he isn’t going to write a book and about how he believes he works best as a talent. Extremely cool for one of the biggest names of the past 15 years to talk to a regular old fan like me for that long. Also signed a combined six pics for my wife and I. Also got a photo op with Show.

To get to talk to a guy like Big Show for that long helped to ease the pain of missing the other top wants, especially Jericho.

In addition, I got Dolph Ziggler to sign a “Money In The Bank” contract along with two more photos. My wife got him on three pics, as well. I also got a photo op with Ziggler since he had the MITB briefcase with him.

Also got a handful of first-time meets under my belt in Paul Heyman (signed one picture), Lilian Garcia (signed four photos), Bo Dallas (signed four photos), Dean Ambrose (signed one photo), Roman Reigns (signed one photo), Curt Hawkins (signed one photo), Charles Robinson (signed two photos), Hornswoggle (one personalized photo), and Big E. Langston (signed one photo).

Bo Dallas seemed genuinely surprised to get recognized and was very great about signing. We’ll see how that changes as he logs more months under his belt.

I also got many of the usual crew that I see from time to time with Mike Rotunda on one photo, Alberto Del Rio on two, Great Khali on two (one prior photo op), Natalya on four photos, Justin Gabriel on one photo, Brodus Clay (on one photo), Yoshi Tatus (on one photo), A.J. Lee (on one photo with no personalization), Titus O’Neil (on two photos), Tensai (on three pics – two Tensai and one A-Train), Layla (four photos including one prior photo op), Cameron (two photos), Michael Cole (one photo), Jinder Mahal (one photo), The Miz (three photos), Naomi (two photos), Kofi Kingston (three photos), Billy Kidman (two photos), Finlay (two photos) and Damien Sandow (two photos).

Finally, I got an obscure gimmick as Booker T signed my WCW G.I. Bro promo.

Altogether, we ended up with over 70 autographs. Could’ve been better. Had a cluster at the start and were in a bad spot, but we made some adjustments in our staging areas and rallied at the end of the day.

Also saw, but didn’t get because I was busy with others…. Brad Maddox, John Laurinaitis, Conor O’Brien, Corey Graves, Road Dogg, Drew McIntyre, Heath Slater, Jamie Noble, Cody Rhodes, Aksana, Tamina, Alicia Fox, Kaitlyn, Josh Mathews, The Usos, Ricardo Rodriguez and maybe a couple others that slip my mind at this point.

Mark Henry was in a “hurry and running late,” or so he said. Wade Barrett did the old cell phone trick.

Here’s some of the scans.

amazing success !! I wish I'll met a Superstar this year on their tour in Germany

[warlordforever04]

cubfan if you deside sell bigshow autograph keep me in mind i need one

[davidn2161]

First time I check the board in the while and cubsfan has an amazing haul, no surprise there. It's great to hear Big Show was so cool, I've always been a huge fan of his since WCW. And I have to respect the creativity of the money in the bank contract by Ziggler.

It's cool to see so many of the good, young names signing like AJ, Ziggler, The Shield and on and on. Plus the older vets even Paul Heyman.

The only negative from the post was Punk...if I ever see him I don't think I'll even ask him to sign. What's the point in asking a guy to sign who acts so miserable half the time.

Thanks for sharing though man...these are the posts that keep me coming to this board and the ones that get me excited to keep adding to my own collection. The only problem is how big your scans are ;) (kidding, they're awesome)

[CubsFanKEC1982]

First time I check the board in the while and cubsfan has an amazing haul, no surprise there. It's great to hear Big Show was so cool, I've always been a huge fan of his since WCW. And I have to respect the creativity of the money in the bank contract by Ziggler.

It's cool to see so many of the good, young names signing like AJ, Ziggler, The Shield and on and on. Plus the older vets even Paul Heyman.

The only negative from the post was Punk...if I ever see him I don't think I'll even ask him to sign. What's the point in asking a guy to sign who acts so miserable half the time.

Thanks for sharing though man...these are the posts that keep me coming to this board and the ones that get me excited to keep adding to my own collection. The only problem is how big your scans are ;) (kidding, they're awesome)

Yeah, I've come to the conclusion that CM Punk may be bi-polar or some sort of manic depressive type of guy.

I truly believe there's something chemically-imbalanced in his head.

[Simon]

Has anyone wrote 2 the superstars on the roster using the NXT address, i am interested in the guys from The Shield...

[brochester8]

Has anyone wrote 2 the superstars on the roster using the NXT address, i am interested in the guys from The Shield...

I have gotten back from Billy Gunn using that address.

[brochester8]

Very good day today I got 5 successes, 4 of which were for wrestling:

Got back JR on an 8x10 and 3 cards. I sent it to his BBQ Shop took a week and a half. sent out 2/8
Got gack Snitsky on 8x10 and 2 cards. sent out 2/8
Got back JJ Dillion on a trading card. sent out 2/11
Got back Douglas Williams from OVW on an 8x10 and a card. sent out 2/11

very happy about these successes.

[bushbum]

Since i was last here, gotten a few TTM, Paid, and IP successes.

TTM: The Boogeyman(2 tc's), JJ Dillon(1 tc, 1 custom), Evan Karagias( 1 tc, 1 custom), Ryan Kidd(Indy worker in SoCal, 1 tc), Ivan Koloff(4 tc's, 1 8x10), Jay Leno(1 tc), Clarence Mason(1 custom), Alex Silva(1 tc)

Paid: D'Lo Brown(1 tc), Bubba Ray Dudley(1 tc), Hernandez(1 tc), Kaz(1 tc), Brian Kendrick(1 tc), Robert Roode(1 tc), Tiffany(1 tc), Victoria(3, tc's), Matt Cross(From Tough Enough, 1 Custom, 1 8x10), Zema Ion(1 8x10, 1 tc), Mike Mondo(1 8x10, 3 tc's)

IP: at the NXT show on 2/15 Oliver Grey(1 custom), Memo Montenegro(1 custom), Adrian Neville(1 Custom), Zack Ryder(3 tc's, 1 8x10), Percy Watson(2 tc's)

Also, not wrestling related, but really cool, my "His Name Is Jason" poster already signed by Betsy Palmer, signed by Sean S. Cunningham(creator and directed part 1).

Very good past week.

[SAJOVIE]

FOR SALE CLEANING OUT ALL EXTRA ALL CARDS 4.00 EACH OR 5 FOR 17.00 1-4 CARDS 1.00 5 -8 1.50 8 PLUS 2.00
WILL TRADE FOR 0 IMPACT BLACK CARDS I NEED OR 2009 TOPPS MICHELLE MCCOOL UNDERTAKER OR HHH

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[supertoneman]

have you had the dolph ziggler authenticated or did you get it in person. i am just wondering cause i know someone who is interested in getting a dolph autograph.