User evilgenius met The Rockers together for a rare photo op and sent us this great report!

I decided at the last minute this morning to go ahead and get a Rockers photo op at Frank and Sons today. The place was completely disorganized with 4-5 lines going different directions and volunteers telling people the wrong info(there were a few other wrestlers there as well as Orel Hershiser). They claimed over 400 autograph tickets were sold for Shawn so if that's the case I'm sure they made their money back. However, photo op wise there was hardly anyone in line. I would say there were no more than 25 people in line total for Shawn,Shawn/Marty,and Shawn/Kevin. Both Shawn and Marty were very friendly and I was happy with how the photo turned out. Next month they are bringing (among others) Scott Hall and supposedly Hulk Hogan. If they don't bring Nash back for this it will be a crime against humanity! 

User cmshowstopper met some WWE Superstars and sent us this report, enjoy!

DJKnightRida and I planned to take the long, exhausting and dangerous venture to Hershey, PA. 15 mins. later we arrived.  

We hit tv up first. Once there, we took a seat in the lobby. It was at least 20 mins. before we saw really anyone. There were a couple of buses parked in the lot, which we found interesting. Figured they would just sleep right at the arena. A lot of the guys I have no real need for, as my merch. purchasing has been majorly cutback, as has my marking out for WWE. I had flights coming in and just didnt want to take the 2 hour drive, as I didnt see it being worth it. Agents seem to be coming down first. Saw Bill Demott, IRS, Michael Hayes who stopped and said hello to me, and Jamie Noble, who I had 2 old programs for. So I did get 2 from Noble. Michael Cole came down and was out the door in a hurry. Didnt have a pressing need, so I didnt even bother going outside with him.

One of my friends that was with me is friends with JTG, so JTG stopped and even came over to us and signed 2 programs for me. Just nothing of any real excitement was happening and we starting to feel like this could turn into a major bust. Then we saw the limos pull up and Pat Patterson come down. Oh yeah.....the chairman of the board was in the house! 

A few minutes later Laurinitas came down and confirmed the suspicions. He was down and on his phone and then walked outside and got into the first limo. I was glad I was all done with him, but I would have gotten a photo as I dont have one. No biggie. Didnt want to be distracted from the big cheese anyway. 15 mins. later Kevin Dunn came strolling through and out the door he went. Now we are getting closer and closer. 

It started getting later and later and damn well nearing 1pm. The later it gets, the less chance you have of making a score. Suddenly, DJKnightRida spotted Vinnie Mac already outside and handing his luggage off. WHAT?!?!?!?! He must have tied sheets together and hoisted himself down through his hotel room window! DAMN IT!!! Like an olympic hurdler, I leaped over the coffee table and subsequent hotel furniture. I was out the door and in front of Vincent Kennedy like a flash of lightning. Since it was just me, or what appeared to be me, I asked Vince for an auto on a photo that I have been carrying around for 2 years. Vince quickly signed and it and flipped it over and asked for my WM 26 program to be signed, which he hesistantly signed. Now my 3 compadres had joined me outside and Vince made sure to do a cumbo with each of them before Kevin Dunn hollered they had to go. No additional picture for me, but I wanted to make sure everyone else got something too and I wanted the 2 graphs more anyway.

Vince was gone. Brodus Clay came down and I figured I would grab a quick picture with him before he left. Sadly, DJKnightRida has lost his touch of taking awesome photos and it blurred badly. Brodus was gone and I was left empty handed. At this point, the nasty hotel staff decided we needed to leave and showed us the door. Meh...no biggie, we got pretty much what we were gonna get. We grabbed our stuff and went out the door. I opened my trunk and began putting my bag inside and conversing with my friends when the hotel staff came out and said we needed to move faster. They began to jot down our license plates. That upset me and I told them I was on my way. No need to act like an ass. You asked me to leave and I am leaving. Relax. I swear some people get a little power and they think they are ready to invade Poland.  

Once we left, we decided to hit up a local gym that I had a inkling of being a spot they would work out at. We got there too late, as most everyone was gone. But we did hear we missed some decent names. Did spot Ryback and then Cody Rhodes came out. Got Cody in WM 28 program, which was one of the my top wants for this trip. Cody was cool, as usual.

We had 1 last gym to check out, but it turned out to be a bust. It was near 2:30pm so it was probably too late. We ended up heading for a bite to eat before heading over to Smackdown. A buddy of mine who works for WWE was nice enough to comp my party our tickets, so we ended up going to the event. NXT was fun to watch, Smackdown.....not so much. The arena was over half empty. The one entire side was 100% tarped off. Several floor seats were empty, which they ended up filling later in the night and the upper deck was pretty empty. 50% rise in ticket prices will do that. $68 with fees 6 months ago for Raw. $110 with fees for Smackdown.  

We had early morning flights to get to, so we ended up staying up the rest of the night and just hanging out. The next morning we got several folks, but nothing major. Names like Sheamus, Daniel Bryan, Zeke, Vickie Guerrero, AJ, Kaitlyn....all of which I had nothing for. Did get Regal in an old program, 2 Hornswoggles, a cumbo with Cody Rhodes, 2 Kane autos and a photo and 1 from Lillian. Cody was funny as he came with Ryback and started telling everyone how this was the indestructable Ryback and he loves to sign autographs.  Ryback frowned.

I was more excited with the photos I got with Damien Sandow, Claudio Castagnoli, and Dean Ambrose. The former Jon Moxley was kayfabing, so I made sure to call him Dean Ambrose. Now the story here goes like this. Ambrose comes in and no one else really knows who he is. When I say no one else, there has to be damn near 20 marks at this point. So my friend and I waited for him to get his bags checked in and approached him. When he turned and saw me he said oh fuck! I asked him for a photo and he said suuuuurreeee....lets do this. Anyone that knows Ambrose knows he has these quirky facial expressions and he was all in character here. My friend turns and asks for a photo and he looks at her, turns around and just walks away. WHAT?!!?!?! Some other lady came over as Ambrose hit the escalator and asked for a photo and he turned and leaned over, as the escalator was ascending....NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! A smile and he was gone. WOW! It was funny. Glad I got mine, felt bad for others, but the entire scene played out like a movie scene.

Booker T came through and the marks here just have no etiquette. They dont let people check in, they were getting in line with them....just stupid common courtesy things that people should know. Booker got mobbed, I waited till he was done. At that point he said he was in a hurry. Being a top want for this trip, I showed him my WCW program and asked him if he could just do this one for me since it was way old school....Kane and Kole days. He stopped and said ok, cuz he hadnt seen this before. I asked him to sign as Kole, his name before they changed Harlem Heat to Booker T and Stevie Ray. He signed it alright.....COLE. WTF?!!?!?! He misspelled his own name.  

Khali is always funny. He stopped and signed a few, took a few photos. I got my WM 28 program done and was happy. Once again, my friend tried to get a picture and Khali just walked away. Like an internal clock goes off and says move and he starts going. Doesnt say he has to go or thanks or bye....just signs the last one, takes the Sharpie and leaves.

Lord Tensai and McGillicutty were in, but brushed all those that approached and quickly left. Not sure if Tensai is going to be hard to get or was just in a hurry.

Tyler Reks was there, someone who I feel has greatly improved on NXT. Got Tyler on a promo I made of him and Hawkins. Made sure he saw my Hawkins Change shirt and he said he saw the picture of me last night wearing it when I tweeted it to Hawkins. That was cool. Asked him about Mid Card Mafia and he said that wont be coming back anytime soon.

Last one out was Otunga, another name I really had nothing for. Didnt want to spend anymore time there, so we left. All in all, got a couple of gets, a couple of wants, Vince McMahon and a nice story. But our tale doesnt end there. As we were leaving, walking through the garage, it fucking wreaked. I mean it straight up smelled like SHIT in the garage. It was awful. Thought we might have been in Philadelphia again based on the smell. HA! 

User yosemitechris met some wrestlers in California and sent us this awesome report!

SO this weekend i went to two great events, our local BTW WRESTLING & WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS autograph signing!
both event were great first i went to san jose to meet bobby lashley,matt hardy, and chris masters, they were all very cool
and they had great prices. i got my wwe-e and a few photo's signed by every one, and got these great pics with all the stars.

later that night we went to btw wrestling in newark,ca where they were having a fundraiser for the local highschool with a wrestling show and autograph signing. all the same star were at this show , but they also had davari & cheerleader melissa they were both very cool and signed anything you wanted $5 bucks. got a couple of nice pics with them. the wrestling was great
chris masters took on bobby lashley ,bobby lashley won with a spear, chris masters wanted to do a masterlock challange but bobby turn it around on him and put masters in the lock. davari cheated to become the new btw criuserwieght champ,and in a great match matt hardy won the btw championship ,then lost it 20 sec later when they found brass nucks in his pocket,that the champs bodygaurd slipped in his pocket, the crowd booed and the ref saw nothing.  

davari came out agian and took pics with his new belt he won, and they made a rematch for him for the new show vs. the ex champ kimo. cheerleader melissa took on the local favorite davia rose,she tried everything but coundn't win.

i'll try to post more pics of the show, if not here check out my facebook page chris landroche! 

User latinoheat578 met a TON of celebrities/athletes/wrestlers and sent us a ton of great photos. I put 10 on here, but urge you to click the below link to visit the forum and see the rest of the great photos!
http://forum.markedout.com//viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10270 

Little long... sorry guys but hope you check this out and enjoy


Rather than post 3-4 different treads I figured I'd post them all in one. Attended a bunch of cool event over the past couple of weeks. Just wanted to share some photos, signatures and experiences where applicable... enjoy

Georges St. Pierre - By far my biggest UFC want. Never met him before. Had found out the morning of that he would be appearing in NYC. Was told he would only be signing store-provided 8x10s and no posed photos. Well had no luck on getting my own item done but he had no problems taking quick over the table photos. that to me meant more than the actual auto. 

Devon Gummesall - from My So-Called Life. Loved that show growing up. First attempt had bad lighting. Took a 2nd one later on. I think he was surprised he was even recognized

Chris Rock... who simply refuses to look into a camera... ugh... 

Chris Daughtry
Was able to meet him but his security said he had no time for photos that night, would only be signing. Bummed as Michelle and I were looking forward to getting a pic but optd to get our ticket subs signed

Attened Chiller w/fellow board member.. MISHEDOUT... ahaha... decided makes life easy to both be in the photos to save money. 

Check the forum link to read the rest of this report!

User yosemitechris attended TNA Basebrawl and shared his awesome report and photos with us! Enjoy!

JUST wanted to post a few pics from basebrawl from visalia,ca. great show tons of great autographs and photos

we met 
JEEF HARDY TO GET MY BAT SIGNED ,WWE-E SIGNED AND PHOTO

KURT ANGLE AND MR. ANDERSON SIGNED THE FIGURE( DUO SET)$20

PRE SHOW AUTOGRAPH (NO PHOTO BS) WINTER,ROBBIE E, KAZ, DANIELS, THE POPE

SIGNING WITH BOOBY ROODE, GOT A AUTOGRAPH AND A PIC OF HIM SIGNING THE PIC( BUT THEN I SOMEHOW LOST IT,
I WAS A LITTLE UPSET)  

GOT JB AND DON WEST AND EARL/BRIAN HEBNER

GREAT EVENT-tons of great wrestling action

User mrira met some wrestlers and sent us this awesome report! Enjoy!

I decided to head out to the Bret Hart & Jillian Hall signing at Wrestling Universe today, I arrived at WU at about 10:40 for the 11 AM signing. 11 comes around Bret & Jillian hadn't arrived yet, 11:15 still nothing. Bret & Jillian didn't arrive until just after 12 (after speaking to the driver, it turned out 2 drivers were waiting around for Bret, Jillian, Demolition & Maria to take them to signings down here in Queens & Demolition wasn't staying at the hotel, so everyone was late). Bret & Jillian started signing right away, I didn't get in until about 1PM. For those who know WU, Bret was signing in the Classic figures room. Bret was nice as usual & very cordial with everyone. Jillian was in the back room & since it was my first time meeting her, I was happy she was pleasant & standing up the whole time. 

User evilgenius met some Lucha Libre stars and sent us this awesome report! Enjoy!

A couple weeks back I went to an FMLL show out here. It was the same as when I met La Parka a year back-if you bought a vip ticket(which was only 5 bucks more) you were guaranteed a photo with one of the fly in talent. Dr. Wagner Jr was gonna be there so it was a no brainer. Luckily after the show his opponent Rayo de Jalisco Jr.(another huge Lucha star) decided to hang out at a table and sign and take pictures. Neither Wagner picture that was taken turned out great but between the two I have no complaints. That's what happens when nobody speaks English and I don't speak Spanish!

Last night I went to another show where the promoter was bringing in a bunch of CMLL stars. The show was promoted horribly as only about 50 fans were there,which is unusual for Lucha shows out here. I had wanted to meet Volador Jr but he had Visa problems and was replaced by La Mascara which was fine by me because he is a great talent as well. I had already met Rey and Aguila before but their facepaint made it a must to get an upgrade. I had also met Ultimo Guererro in Texas years ago but the picture was pretty bad so an upgrade for him was a no brainer as well. All 4 signed after the show although I had to slink past security to get Ultimo on the steps up to the dressing room! I had plans to hit another Lucha show after this one was finished but unfortunately this one started 2 hours late so there was no chance to attend the other one.

User HollywoodsGreatest met some members of the TNA roster in Bakersfield and sent us this awesome report!!

So TNA Impact held their 2nd ever show last night here in Bakersfield, Ca. Was nice to see them finally come back, as their only other show here was on Nov. 2nd, 2008. We started out the day hanging out @ my work. We were there for a few hours, & never saw any. Turns out they had all stayed in LA the night b4 after the show in Ontario. The preshow meet & greet was starting @ 530pm, so at 3pm we finally decided to just over to the arena & see if anything was going on around there. As soon as we arrived we checked the hippo next door, & much to our surprise, Jeff Hardy was 1st checking into the hippo. As always Jeff was very friendly, signed all of our WWE E's & posed for photos. So we just hung out. I had seen on Twitter Kurt Angle had tweeted he was driving to Bakersfield, about an hour and a half b4 that, so we figured he'd be arriving at the arena any time. & as Jeff had told us they were all staying there after the show & driving to Visalia today, we likely would see Kurt checking into the hippo too. Sure enough right on cue, Kurt came in. Also signed all of our WWE E's, & posed for photos. 

Jeff Hardy:

Kurt Angle:

Almost immediately after Kurt was done, the hippo manager who'd been standing around the entire time we were there, told everyone we had to leave. There was us 4, & maybe 10 or so other fans there. We really didn't mind, as at least the only 2 we had got, were the 2 biggest names on the card. So we headed back to my house til the preshow meet & greet. We had all got the $50 tickets, as they included the preshow VIP meet & greet with the TNA stars. We arrived right at 530pm, & Don West was standing outside giving his whole spill to everyone. Saying if you bought the Hardy/AJ twin pack of figures for $20, you'd get to go backstage for a private meet with Jeff, & he'd sign it for you. Also had 30 VIP backstage passes you could buy for $100, & get backstage during intermission, to meet the stars like Angle, Joe, & Robert Roode, that wouldn't be out or the preshow meet & greet. 1 good thing about the VIP backstage passes is, if you buy 1, they're good for you & a friend. I didn't buy 1, but a friend did. And took me with them. So eventually we made our way inside. They allowed enough time to make sure everyone in the preshow meet had bought anything they wanted at the merchandise booth, b4 they brought out any of the stars. I had heard they wouldn't be allowing the stars to sign anything that's not official TNA merchandise. Especially WWE stuff, including in Ontario the night b4, Atlas security supposedly were real sticklers about it.. I took my WWE E just in case. They had us all line up around the barricades, & basically the stars came out, & started @ different points along the railing, & just worked their way all the way around getting everyone. They were all really cool. Posing & signing. I had no issue at all getting Anderson, Tara, & the Pope to sign my WWE E. Tara was the only 1 who said anything, said she wasn't sure they were allowed to. She asked Anderson who was only a few away & had already signed it for me, & he said he didn't care. He was going to sign them. So she went ahead & signed mine. But I know she raised hell every time anyone allow the railing asked her to sign anything WWE related. I heard she basically took care of everyone with WWE stuff, just gave them hell each time. AJ & Hernandez were originally scheduled for the show, but RVD replaced AJ, & Gunner replaced Hernandez, which made me really happy, as Gunner & Crimson are basically the only 2 people I still need in TNA. So I was very happy when he came out for the meet & greet.

Tara: 


Gunner:


Anderson:


The Pope: 


At some point they also had Kaz & Daniels come out to the merchandise booth. They really wanted you to buy something to get them, but they still would take pics or sign if you asked.

Kazarian:

Daniels:
They also did the Hardy figure signing b4 the show backstage. They rushed everyone through. He wouldn't pose at all. I believe you were allowed to have him sign 1 other item other then the figure set. I do know they were making sure it wasn't anything not TNA related. I have to say even at $20, TNA made a killing off the Hardy figure sales. 

Just b4 the show, I noticed someone who looked a hell of a lot like former UFC & WCW star Tank Abbott with his family sitting about 10 feet from me. I Googled him, & was 100% sure after seeing a few pics, that it was him. I know Chuck Liddel & his kids were also in attendance, but that isn't anything new. Chuck lives about an hour & a half from town, & is always at all the major concerts & WWE shows here. So as soon as intermission started I walked over & asked Tank if he was Tank Abbott, he said, "No sorry I am not." So I replied oh I am sorry, & started to away, & the lady with him, stopped me, & said, "No it's really him, he's messing with you." So I asked if I could get a photo, and he said sure. 

Tank Abbott:

So we got to go backstage for the VIP backstage pass meets, & Angle, Joe, Magnus, & Robert Roode were there. I skipped Angle's line, as we had got him earlier. I was pissed Roode didn't have the belt with him. Asked where the belt was, he said he didn't even want to be out here, sure wasn't going to bring his belt for the fans to put their hands all over it. Joe just had his belt laying on a table behind him. At least Magnus was holdhing his.

Bobby Roode:
Magnus:
Samoa Joe:

As we were waiitng in line for Joe, Traci Brooks came walking into where they had everyone, headed back out to her seat. Even though she's no longer with TNA, knowing she's married to Kaz, & they live in LA, we figured, she'd be there. Sure enough she was sitting up in the stands with Daniels' wife watching the show. She was more then happy to pose for a photo, if you asked. The lady who took the pic had the quote of the night, "I made sure to get as much of her cleavage, in the photo as possible for you!" LOL! This was a lady saying this. Classic! 

Traci Brooks:

During intermission Winter was also at the merchandise table, but I've met her many times, have her in my WWE E already, & she had a long line, so she was an easy pass for me. Earl & Brian Hebner were also sitting there, selling Earl's, "Damn Right I Did" shirts. Earl signed my WWE E & they both posed with me for a photo.

Earl & Brian Hebner:

Overall the show was pretty good, Much better then the last TNA show here. The new TNA 10th Anniversary programs are really cool. Much nicer then the WWE programs. The tag match of Magnus & Joe vs. Kaz & Daniels was definitely the match of the night, Tara vs. Winter was a close 2nd, & RVD vs. Roode was a distant 3rd. I was really impressed with Gunner. He has a lot of talent, & a great look. I def see him becoming a huge star over time. The band who plays RVD's entrance theme was there, & played him out live, & again after the match. After the show they did the $20 in ring photos with RVD. Not bad price, especially since they would let everyone in your group get in the ring for the photo with you. It wasn't $20 per person. We chose to skip it, & try our luck out back. Sure enough we got Rob to sign out WWE E's, & photos with him leaving the arena. 

RVD: 

What a great night. JB said they'd definitely would be back. But I wouldn't hold my breathe, I don't think there was but maybe between 400 or 500 fans there tops. They did a killing on the Hardy figured, & the in ring RVD photos. Of course the fact 99% of the RVD photos were groups of 4 or 5 people, they might not have made as much off them, as it would appear. They did pretty well off the ringside $50 ticket sales, but there was a lot still available in my section alone, there was less then 10 people. There was only 3 o us in the front row of my section. 

User anthonyburris met Roddy Piper in Dallas and sent us this awesome report!

Let me start off by saying I love the tweets from @markedout, just a new way to post success.

Went to Frightmare show here at DFW Airport Hyatt to meet WWE HOF Roddy Piper. Having met Piper once before (it was a random meet at a book store and all I got was a IC since I didn't know he was gonna be there) it was cool to upgrade a pic and sig from him. Since this was a horror show it was 99% him signing stuff from They Live and till me and my friend showed up with WWE items he said the only WWE things he had signed all weekend was books. I had the shot of him from Wrestlemania 25 against Jericho (he had never seen it before and wanted a copy of it) he was telling us about the match and how cool it was to be back in ring etc. His price was pretty good $25 for sig and $35 cumbo (but since he wanted the pic we traded the jpeg for a free pic with him). I also got 3 cast members on a Tombstone poster for a board member here. Here are the pics. Thanks for reading

Couldn't take to many candid pics as they were anal about taking pics without paying