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 anthonyburris met a ton of golfers and submitted his report to us! Below is a link to the report! Enjoy!

http://forum.markedout.com//viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10337#p162793

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 MikeyMetfat31 met Eli Manning & Billy Bob Thornton and sent us this awesome report! Enjoy!

On Wednesday, I woke up early and headed to the city to try and meet Eli Manning. Eli's driver pulled up not to close and oncd Eli got out of the car a few people went over to him to get autographs..he signed a few mainly because he didnt know where he was going, but didnt stop and pose for pics.  

OK, I tried to fit as much as I could into a clever topic title, the day was so fruitful, I had more to add, but no space to do it.

Today I decided to dust off my camera and hit up a bunch of spots since I am enjoying summer vacation and had some free time. Considering there were multiple wants in town at multiple spots, all around the city, I figured I would have a busy and fruitful day, but little did I know just how fruitful it would be. I got 20 photo ops, many from big time wants, so I was thrilled with the day. A few of the scores were names I saw others getting and got since you never know, much like OldSchool and Lucas did at FCW. If fans are getting photos adult names, I won't pass.

The first name was Michael Cudlitz, one of the leads in the TV show Southland. I never saw this show, but always meant to check it out given my like of cop shows and Ben McKenzie, the show's star. Michael was very nice, gladly posing, he seemed almost surprised the few fans called him over. I wasn't sure who he was until looking him up, but once I saw he was on the top of the cast of a show on the top of my to watch list, I figured this was already paying off.

The next name was Jessie Metcalf, who seems to be an on the rise name as I knew he was despite not being a fan of any of his current work. He starred in the movie Beyond A Reasonable Doubt with Michael Douglas, John Tucker Must Die, and will be one of the stars of the Dallas reboot. Jesse was very nice and I will never pass up a photo with a young actor on the rise.

The following name was Ving Rhames, who appeared in such things as Pulp Fiction, Dawn Of The Dead, some Mission Impossible movies and some other stuff. I didn't expect to see him, but thought he was a cool name so I got a photo. Ving was doing one thing per person, photo or auto, photo was a no brainer for me.

The next name was Friends alumni, Scream star, resident Cougar in Cougar Town, Courtney Cox! I never expected to get her, given the hectic crowd, but she was amazingly nice. When we asked her to sign, she motioned for us to come towards us, which security stopped us from doing, so then she approached us. About 25 fans, that number had begun to grow sadly as the day went on, rushed her in the street. I fought my way to the front and asked her for a photo, which she happily posed for. My first big name for the day!

The following name was one of my top wants of the day, Conan O'Brien! On the way in Conan assured us he would take care of us, and true to his word, despite the insanity he made his way over and took care of as many people as he could. I got an auto first, rare for me, but it was the way he was operating and he was one of the only names I printed for. I then asked him for a photo, he began to move away, so I said again, "Conan can I please have a photo" and he came back and leaned in so I could blast it. Conan looks insane which is awesome, hair flowing, eyes bugging, I love it.

At this point, the spot was pandemonium. I saw Vince Vaughn, Noah Wyle and other names exit, and I missed them. I knew the spot was blown at this point, it was pandemonium, the talent were visibly uncomfortable around it, so I made the decision to grab a cab and go to the next spot and hopefully beat the names I missed to the spot and try to make up for the failure.

The first name I saw at the next spot, a name I had missed a the earlier spot but beat to this spot was Danny Masterson from That 70s Show! The second name from that show that I got in the past few weeks. Danny was much more accommodating here, gladly posing.

The next name was someone I never expected to see, but marked the fuck out for, Ben McKenzie who played Ryan Atwood on my favorite show as a teenager, and one I still watch now on DVD, The OC in addition to Officer Ben Sherman on Southland. At the other spot I was the only person that wanted him, my chants of BEN! were met with GAY!, making one big Bengay chant, which I figured killed my chances. I had memorized the plate numbers on the SUV, and my plan was to beat him to the second spot, which I managed to do. When I saw him pull up, I pushed my way between two people at the rail and pulled a semi Class by yelling out "Mr McKenzie, quick photo please??" and he came right over to me and I snapped it. He took a few others and went inside. I have legit wanted to meet Ben for years, the Ryan character was my favorite one on The OC, so I was marking out.

The next name was Josh Henderson, another get since there name. I had no clue who he was, but after looking over his resume, he was in a few things I liked like Step Up, The Girl Next Door, and he's also in the new Dallas reboot. Josh was very nice.

The following name was Harold Perrineau who played Walt's father Michael on Lost, one of my all time favorite shows. I ended up passing on two people I wasn't sure about, to insure getting Harold. Harold was very nice, and complimented me on my skilled self blasting.

The next name was an actor I love in tons of comedies like Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball, Old School, Be Cool, and many more, Vince Vaughn! To put it bluntly, Vince isn't cool, and rarely stops for fans. At this spot, I noticed Vince walking up behind us, down the street. Luckily only about 4 of us noticed him signing, and he was doing it while walking which was odd for him, and actually looking at cameras for photos without stopping,so I approached to try for a photo. Well, it didn't turn out amazing, but I got him to look at the camera while walking and managed to get this shot out of it, without the help of a flash sadly. As I said, the photo quality and the blast quality could be better, but he's a TOUGH to get guy I love in tons of shit, so I am OK with it. To make things funnier, Ira tried to get him as I was, and in one of the photos, you see him and Vince both looking at my camera as Ira tries to self blast with his own camera. You will see his when he posts it, but it's the first time I got photos for 2 people without meaning to.

That was the end of this spot, so we moved on to another one. This day and report forge on!

At this next spot, I quickly spot Jonny Lee Miller! I had a chance to get him years ago, but passed and he since went on to appear in Dexter as Jordan Chase and the Dark Shadows movie as Roger Stoddard. He also plays Sherlock Holmes on a new CBS show this fall. This always irked me, so I was thrilled to get the chance to remedy it. Jonny wasn't the nicest, but I got him to look at the camera while walking and luckily I had the flash this time.

The next meet was another of the days top wants for me, Kunal Nayyar who plays Raj on The Big Bang Theory, one of my all time favorite sitcoms. The fans at the spot freaked out when they saw him, mobbing him, so as I fought my way to the front of the pack, Kunal said "don't worry guys, I'll get you all". And true to his word, he did. I now only need Penny and Howard from the original cast. Kunal was awesome and had the exact accent he has on the show.

The following name was Melissa McCarthy, one of the biggest new comedic actresses in Hollywood, known for her show Mike and Molly and the movie Bridesmaids. She was also in Gilmore Girls and The Nines, one of my favorite Ryan Reynods movies. The fans went nuts, security freaked out, her publicist was yelling, but I still got Melissa to pose. She didn't do many photos, but I got one.

The next name was Jensen Ackles, one of the two leads of the hit show Supernatural. I didn't know who he was, but after getting him I was glad to see he was in such a popular show. I'll have to check it out one day. Cool dude, actually thanked me for taking the photo with him.

The next name was Jay Ryan, no not CMShowstopper, but one of the male leads in the new Beauty and The Beast show, and yet another name I wasn't aware of before getting them. Yet again though, my logic paid off as I saw he was in a handful of Terra Nova shows, meaning I would have kicked myself for passing on the convenient photo.

The following name was the always sexy, Wrestlemania victory holding Maria Menounos! I was happy to see her since she was in WM and I always found her real sexy. Her publicist was a bitch, saying she had no time to pose, but I ignored her and so did Maria.

The last name was Vampire Diaries star, a show I have been wanting to watch for months now, and Boone from Lost, Ian Somerhalder. Ian was my top want for tomorrow, but when I saw him randomly today, I took it as a sign to take my 20 photos and 10 hours from today and call it a week. He told one guy he would be out later to take care of us, so not wanting to piss him off I didn't ask. Ian was cool though saying to me "what's going on brother?" on his way in. I noticed him inside eating, so I sort of, in a pretty creepy way, kept tabs on his meal so I knew when to be ready to move and get a jump on security and the other fans/dealers. After about an hour, I see Ian get up, say his goodbyes to his dinner mate and walk away inside the building. Now about 3 mins pass, making me worry if another door existed which I wasn't aware of, but finally he emerges. I go up to him, and he says to stay right next to him, and that he will take the photo with me once he takes care of some of the pretty ladies. I told him no problem, ladies first, and I waited my turn. After 3 women got theirs, Ian said "he's been waiting, it's his turn" and I snapped my blast. The photo turned out great.   

Scott Porter


Michael Cassidy (The OC)


Wilson Bethel (Hart of Dixie & HBO's Generation Kill)

Again, you never know what someone becomes later on or stars in that you like. Just like people getting FCW wrestlers, I take what I see 

MarkedOut.com users latinoheat578 & mishedout sent us this awesome report from a book signing at Bookends! Enjoy!

Mishedout and I headed to Bookends tonight for the Billy Bob Thornton signing. Of course we know Thornton from Slingblade, Bad Santa, Mr Woodcock, Monster's Ball among tons more....

The signing was set to begin at 7pm. We both went knowing full well that this signing would be hectic and crazy... We actually went last night to buy our books for fear of a sellout. Also figured no way was he doing photos or signing xtras.. so didn't bother bringing any items... I did however have my camera for the 'just incase' factor.

We get there 6:30 and I noticed they did not tape off the parking lot like they normally do for a big signing. Thought it was weird so we parked and headed over. I also saw there was line in the back of the store which is usually another sign of a big signing. We actually thought maybe it was cancelled. We go in and go right downstairs... and were greeted by all of 20 fans waiting for for the signing to begin. I was floored!!! Everyone down there was commenting on the poor turnout. Even the bookends staff came down on several occasions to do a headcount ... looking baffled. At exactly 7, Billy Bob comes down with Kinky Friedman, who co-wrote the book, and is a pretty known songwriter and country singer. BY thenI'd say there was only about 45 people. Thornton took a few questions (time filler) and then started the signing. The first words I heard after that were music to my ears 'ok folks, if you would like photo w/Mr Friedman and Mr Thornton, please have your cameras out and ready and our staff member will take it '... If I could break out into a D Bryan YES chant I would have.

Made our way up to him and he was awesome. I had heard he could be a bit of a primadonna so this refreshing. Both guys signed my book and I opted to just get a photo with Billy Bob. I saw in most photos that people stood b/w both guys... F THAT ! I wanted just Billy Bob. 

Last night I had the privilege of attending a private show with Esperanza Spalding, winner of the Best New Artist Grammy in 2011. The show was amazing, and I have no doubt that she will be a huge superstar one day. I was absolutely blown away by her talent.  

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! 

MarkedOut.com users latinoheat578 & mishedout met Angelina from The Jersey Shore and sent us this awesome report!

Backstory......

Last December when NYC held their World MMA Expo, they were advertising Angelina from the Jersey SHore as being one of the guests at the event. At the time I didn't understand how she would fit the billing but figured 'why not?' and was going to get a cumbo. I printed up my 8x10, along with everyone else I needed for the weekend. Well turns out of all the people I wanted that weekend, she didn't make it out to the show. Apparently she was stuck in LA and couldn't make it out. Strike 1

Fast Fwd to last month when JAPW returned to Rahway NJ. Again they advertised Angelina would be there to manage a tag team. It also stated she would be available for autos/photos that night. Well, she was at the event, but didn't come out during the pre-show meet/greet. She came out for her tag match, did her part and apparently left right after. there were rumors she bailed due to a dispute over $$ but we'll never know. Strike 2

This afternoon she mentioned she was doing a charity event and AFTERWARDS she would be doing an appearance at a store in a mall in NJ. I contacted the store and they confirmed she would be there. I one again packed up my photo and Michelle and I headed over there.We got there at 5:25 for the 5:30 signing. We noticed when we got there that there was no set-up and no flyers/posters regarding the event. We figured that either we had the wrong location OR she cancelled the signing. We spoke to an employee there who confirmed that she would indeed be coming. Apparently this was not a store signing, but rather she was a friend of the employee and was showing up as a favor to them. Point is, I don't think ANYONE knew about this. 

Angelina arrived at about 5:50 (parking/traffic there is atrocious), she walked in and said hello to her friend. The employee was nice enough to quickly point out that we were there to meet her. She walked over to us and said hello, extending her hand and introducing herself to us. Asked our names, where we were from and if we had been waiting long. She apologized like 3 times for being late. She took photos with us; one with each of us and one of us together with her. Unfortunately on the group shot, Michelle blinked but it was ok since we had the individual shots. After the photo I showed her the 8x10 photo which she was more than happy to sign. Again, I don't think anyone knew she was going to be there which benefited us of course. But for a bad a rep as she tends to get or lead on, she was pleasant, sweet and friendly. Made the experience really enjoyable.