Which wrestlers have you met in real life before?

[YAYU]

i met superfly snuka in Knights of columbus b4 a show when i was little n he was madd nice RIP. JBL in WWF NY n he signed my shirt n he told me austin sucks cuz i had my 3:16 shirt on . Santino @ metlife during wm29 week n i remember one specific Raw they billed him from my hometown Paterson, NJ n i asked him if hes really from there n hes like nah im from canada

 

[TheAlbionist]

Met Colt Cabana outside his show at Edinburgh festival a couple of years ago - really nice guy.

Met Hacksaw Jim Duggan when I was 10 during the promo tour for Summerslam '92 - bit of a bust tbh... queued in the rain for like 2 hours for a signed photo. He petted my friend's little sister on the head, called her "little lady" and asked me and my friend if we'd seen the Repo Man lurking about anywhere.

 

[Riley Escobar]

RVD (autograph signing, super cool guy)
Mick Foley (stayed at the same hotel as me, shook his hand, didn't bother him any more than that. very kind.)
Chris Hero and Colt Cabana (total sweethearts)
I talked with Drew Gulak for a minute about his in ring style shortly before he did the CWC/205
dapped up Punk in a local cafe, seemed to be in a good mood

 

[thaKEAF]

HBGOAT at WM29

JTG we played HCTP together in my hood

 

[Cuckkleberry Finn]

...pause

 

[James Dean]

I saw Shannon Moore walking through a mall in Raleigh. But I didn't care enough to get his auto graph lol

I met Ivan Koloff at a Walmart in Raleigh, NC. Awesome Dude. Gave me his picture and a bible scripture on it. He was doing an autograph session. Looked at his Twitter, I didn't realize he actually stayed in Eastern NC. Being younger you never realize just how bad it is for these once high profile guys to be regulated to autograph sessions at Walmart etc.

Also No lie, I met Eddie & Benoit back in 2002 at a Gas Station in NC. I still remember the show they were on too. It was the RAW in Greensboro,NC 7/29/02. We were coming back from Charlotte and I was literally watching the show on TV hours earlier. We stop for gas and I see these two short but beefy dudes getting ready to walk in. Both sporting their red tight gear and the WWE shirts from 2002. Its Eddie & Chris. I grabbed a paper and copped an autograph. Still have it. Wish I got a pic but back in 02 we didn't have camera phones or digital camera on hand.

Its surreal that I have their autograph and they both are dead now. Plus Ivan passed now too. Crazy.

 

[Linc]

ended up walking down the sidewalk in halifax with paul bearer after a live event, I was only young but he seemed huge which made me think the undertaker must be crazy to stand next to.

Really friendly and down to earth, he seemed stressed though. We asked him how it was going (my dad was with me) and he said he needed a drink. We showed him the closest low key bar and he thanked us and was on his way

 

[patscorpio]

ive met a good amount of wrestlers..but the best out of my encounters was meeting big boss man (RIP)..this was during his 2nd stint in the WWF..dude was just gracious man..super friendly and down to earth..signed autographs and chopped it for a good min...real cool dude

 

[Daracell]

Scott Hall and Jake Roberts in Mellow Mushroom in Atlanta. They were cool as shyt. Had a real good convo with them.

 

[puppetmaster]

Punk, Lesnar, and Orton are guaranteed to be bad experiences from what I've read.

Lesnar doesn't belong on that list, he doesn't like being approached when with his family understandably but he's a cool cat with a dry sense of humor if you catch him outside of that

Jim Dodson

Used to let me and my buddies know where the wrestlers were going after shows here because he could tell we were fans but not psychos. I'd talk the poor guys ear off at house shows and he'd let me stay by the rail so I always got good pictures at WWE events. (I might start uploading them here)

Met the Nation of Domination after a house show Ron Simmons, Rock, Mark Henry, DLo.

shyt I've met a lot of wrestlers over the years

Have a pic with Stone Cold

Met Eddie the night he passed he seemed in good spirits too.

Met Brian Pillman the night he passed after the house show

Met Taker after Summerslam 99. Ministry era but he was shockingly cool as hell

Met and talked to all 3 members of new day a few months ago at my gym cool ass dudes

Just need to meet Sting in person and I'm set and that'll be checked off my list later this year

never really had a bad interaction with any of them. It's all in the approach, if there's a lifetime fitness/24 hour fitness in walking distance (3-4 blocks) of the arena they're performing at go there around 7am the morning of especially if you wanna meet divas

 

[dbp]

Rene Dupree grew up pretty close to my hometown. Saw him out at a club and he actually came up to me in line to tell me he liked my hat. As soon as a recognized him and brought it up, he kinda brushed me off. Definitely didn't wanna talk wrestling haha

Dan Severn at a bar close to my house. Me and a few others recognized him. I was super drunk, but he couldn't have been nicer. Asked him about the rumor of him tossing guys out of the rumble for real and he confirmed he was thinking about it.

 

[patscorpio]

Did anyone have any bad experiences with these encounters?

never had a bad experience...at most they were weird or not as outgoing though they were ok personally like for example Al Snow

 

[patscorpio]

i remember one specific Raw they billed him from my hometown Paterson, NJ n i asked him if hes really from there n hes like nah im from canada

breaking kayfabe ..that damn Santino

 

[CJ]

Bret Hart in August 2015. Full story was in the cancer thread.

Still a surreal feeling that it happened. 2 hours with my GOAT 1 on 1 and exchanged numbers.

 

[VBM]

Met Mean Mizzark at this bar called 90 Proof in Austin back in 2008. He was waiting on a drink at the bar and I was ordering my own. Bartender brought Mark his and I told him to put in on my tab. He thanked me and we chopped it up for the next 10 min or so talking about the Longhorns, WWE and all that. Even let me snag a pic with him. Real nice dude.

Edit: Shared an elevator with Stephanie at Hell in a Cell 2014 in Dallas. She was surrounded by security, but got a smile from her at least.