Today I made the trip to Steiner Sports, a rather routine stop at this rate, as I am constantly there of late. Today was Giants wide receiver and salsa dancing sensation Victor Cruz. I got to the mall about 4pm, two and a half hours early since this signing was sold out days in advance and Cruz is a HUGE name, so I figured better front of the line than back in photo op odds. The signature was $110 for equipment, which I paid to add him to my superbowl football.

When I arrived there were about 30 in front of me, but I was still happy with my spot. I would say another 130 or so got on line behind me, but the crowd felt a tad bit lighter than it did the other night for Bradshaw/Rolle. I am guessing they capped the tickets to around 200, which they tend to do for some of their bigger names.

The signing started on time, but with the VIPs and the 3 different lines you have to get through, I didn't get into the room until 7:30. They are now running the signings in a back conference room, deep in the the bowels of the mall. This means you wait on the main line, then 15 at a time get moved up to the main feeder line, which feeds you into the main room, which you then wait in the order of your line position to get up to the table. 

Victor was great, happily posing for photos and signing wherever and however people wanted. 

All in all it was another great time @ Steiner. Tomorrow I do it all over again for JPP! 

SO after a blurr of a birthday weekend- that started thursday night, and still going on, I figured i'd treat myself on my real bday, 2/18, to go meet Mike Tyson, Got a fig for him and of course, wanted a photo op! Never been to a show liek this before, nor have I been to the place that was holding the event. Met up with oldschool, took a ride, and we were there by 11:30- picked up an admission ticket- and the guy told us everyone was here for tyson, and he was afriaf they would sell out...so, as we found out later for no reason at all, sprinted to go buy tickets- there was NO number order for tyson, but seemed to be for the other people there- Anyway, met up with lucas, rich, luigi,gordon, and few otehrs over the course of the day- 

My photo op with tyson....heres the deal- Rich & Co went in before i did, I go in, and as Tyson was about to pose, he walks away, telling his entourage- YEAA These people are all here for my WWE HOF!! Legit excited and happy, he walks back over to me, so i say- "Howd you know I was here for that?" in a joking manner- he legit loses his shyt- going nuts, yelling, and as I am looking into the camera- he kinda is tilting his body.....so I know am legit shitting a brick, thinking he fd up my photo- Of course there were NO Camewras allowed into the booth as it was professionally taken (did not yet scan it into my pc)- Oldschool tries to console me, saying "Well, its not a bad pic, I wouldnt want that to be my pic, but its ok"....yea so I figure maybe I can get one at the table---

Let the clusterfuck beign- never in my life have I seen such an unorganized show (pics on main page to follow- over 80 pics of the event and talent)- The set up was one line to get into the 7 lines of talent- meaning if u wanted jerry rice, who was at the end, you would have to enter a mina entrance, bypass 7 other lines, and than get in jerry's line---needless to say impossible to get close to any other talent, barracades were falling, and the tyson line was a mess. Police were there to try and attempt order, as was ONE FN LOUD AND ANNOYING MAN who kept shouting to everyone move back, and he just wormed his way into the front, now after all this nonsense, they try and attempt # order----luckily both me and old scholl had numbers under 20- depsite buying them the same day, and his number being low on an oversized item, and mine a flat- Tyson signed and LOVED my fig, his group joking that he might try and steal it- I asked for a pic, bc of my concern from before, but since others did, and held up the line, they told me no---soo despite meeting an all time want, still was nervous--after the signing the pics JUST got printed out! great timing for us..and actually, i love the way my pic turned out, thank god---so all in all got what i went for, had fun with friends, and still recovering from the last two days Enjoy 

User anthonyburris met some athletes and sent us this awesome report!!

This weekend was the annual meeting of the tribe (aka listeners of Dallas' best all sports station The Ticket) and they put on a 2 day convention with FREE signers. It's filled with local players and a massive headliner and this years headliner was none other than Giants LB and HOF (and top 2-3 all time best players EVER) Lawrence Taylor (I'll get to him in a second). First up was Friday (with Rangers HOF Rusty Greer, Cowboys LB Sean Lee, former Dallas Cowboys FB and all around great guy Daryl Johnston & Rangers pitcher Derek Holland)

Me and the crew headed out to Irving at the Irving Convention center (love this place. SO much more room that the old venue) and get the ticket for Rusty Greer. My mom and my ex wife was able to get my photo opp from opening day last year signed and a Rangers promo for my kiddo. While they were there I got in line for Cowboys ROH (and so fucking wronged by HOF) WR Drew Pearson. While everyone was handing him the same shit (mini's, Hail Mary images, cards) me and my buddy had pics of the ROH ceremony from last season. He loved the pics and we agreed to send them to him (for free HCIT  ) and he signed it beautifully and dated it. Then I was able to get Moose on my Greatest Team ever book. Finally for Friday I got Cowboys LB (and so wronged for the Pro Bowl) Sean Lee. I was able to almost Virgilized him (still need a Penn State 16x20) as I got him to sign a Cowboys 16x20. 

Now onto Sat. The way we used to line up for the headliners was to camp out (longest we ever spent was 27 hours in cold for Reggie Jackson) but since new collectors who don't know how to act (fights etc) they went to a lottery. I had a 16x20 for LT (even though he was a hated Giant I still have respect for him). The rule for this show is no inscriptions or personalized sigs (well LT told them off, he said these are my fans and I'll put whatever I want) so I got him on the photo with HOF and we chatted a sec on WWE (told him I so wanted a Mania image for him) and got a fist bump pic with him (post it when I get it back). The other big name was Cowboys ROH (and 2013 HOFer) Larry Allen. I already had gotten him so much lately I decided to get him on a ball. Then to finish off this report I was able to Virgilize Walt Garrison (Cowboy RB from the Landry era) got him on a pic of us from another signing and the SI cover (well the image used for it)  

mrira met the Nasty Boys today at Wrestling Universe and sent us this report!!

I went to Wrestling Universe today to meet the Nasty Boys, the signing was from 2-4, but since I was out for a while today I didn't arrive there until 3:10. I went in & there was already a person in there. I waited like 5 minutes & I went to the back. Knobbs & Saggs were both cordial & seemed to be enjoying themselves.  

User jj met a bunch of celebrities and athletes and sent us this awesome report!

I went to the Super Bowl for about a day and a half this year since it was nearby in Indy. Indianapolis was really a nightmare. I have never seen so many gawkers in my life. The entire city was crowded with people trying to see any celebrity. By this I mean, 500 people waiting outside of EACH restaurant, club, etc in the city, even if nobody was there. I think we did pretty good considering the amount of people that were there. BTW, Nobody, and I mean NOBODY had more security than Pauly D and JWOWW from Jersey Shore....WTF???? Anyways, here we go:

User luiginyc84 met some athletes today and sent us this awesome report!!

Attended the GT Sports Marketing Football show today mainly for Mike Tyson. I also got a DeMarco Murray Photo Op. 

As for Tyson, I brought my WrestleMania 14 poster for him to sign. Knowing he is a HUGE wrestling fan I knew he would love my poster. Everyone before me had either boxing gloves, trunks or 8x10’s of him in the ring. When I put the poster in front of him he got so excited! He said “Oh Man! This is classic right here! This was so much fun! In 100 years when everything is gone, this shit will still be here and that’s classic!” LOL He showed the other guys with him at the table. One of his handlers took a picture of it on his phone and another on guy with his professional camera. He said that was the most fun he has ever had. That he loves wrestling. I brought up his pending induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. He said he was really looking forward to it. Between the Photo Op and at the signing table, overall he was the friendliest and coolest celebrity / athlete I ever met! It was awesome!

Met DeMarco Murray briefly as I only purchased a Photo Op for him. He seemed cool. My cousins also attended with me and got Cam Newton autographs. I went up to the signing table with them and he was a cool guy. 

The only complaint I have from the show is Tyson alone had over 200 Photo Ops(according to the lady printing them out) and they only had ONE printer printing out everyone's photos. Not just for Tyson, but EVERY photo op taken today. Tyson had so many, it backed up all the other photos because of them having only one printer. All the Tyson photos printed out for what had to be a little over an hour. If it wasn't for the printing delays, I would have been out of there 90 minutes early. 

On a side note I saw Lucas, and then while on line for Tyson ran into Lanza and I believe "oldschoolwwf" for the first time. Nice meeting you guys

User jwill55nets met former WCW and TNA talent Crowbar and sent us this report, enjoy!

On Friday I went to an indy show by my house, ECPW (East Coast Championship Wrestling). I got there about 45 minutes early to get front row, but that was all taken. Admission was $12. I mainly went just to see former WCW talent Crowbar (Tempest of TNA and Devon Storm/Crowbar in WWE for a little).

Since they had no front row, I roamed around, grabbed a few beers at the Elks Lodge bar, and talked to the guy at the merch table. I asked if it would be possible to get something signed by Crowbar, I told him I would gladly pay. He told me he’d look into it. I grabbed a few 50/50 raffle tickets and took a seat. The matches were OAK, but I was shocked how many fans there were. Easily 100+, and that’s lowballing. It was a “TV Taping” but I cant find it on my cable listing.

Anyway, after 3 matches the ring announcer announces “Will The Guy With The Crowbar please go to the merch table”, I go over and they ask for my crowbar. I ask if I can get it signed myself, and the guy says no problem. I go in the back to where the wrestlers are prepping. Crowbar comes over, I thank him and tell him I’m a big fan. I ask him if I can pay him, and he says absolutely not. He signs the crowbar, and we take a pic. As he poses he cuts my chin with the crowbar. I took a crowbar to the face, from Crowbar! I grab my seat for his match; apparently he is the tag team champion. He has a pretty good match. At this point I would have left, but I had the raffle tickets. After they announce the winner (I was off by 3 numbers…and the winner wasn’t even there so they picked a 2nd ticket), I headed home.

(The lighting in the place was horrible) 

User luiginyc84 met Alex Rodriguez tonight and sent  us this awesome report!

Attended the Arod signing by Steiner Sports at the Roosevelt Field Mall. Kind of mixed reactions from this signing. 

Arrived at the mall at about 3:45pm. Picked up my ticket at the store and headed down to the area the signing was going to be at. Already 4 people waiting. So I was #5 at about 4pm. Signing was scheduled to start at 6:30. Arod arrived late. They did not start letting people in until about 7:20pm. Now they have a VIP line which usually goes in before the regular line, but for some reason, they let us go first. Possibly because of the wait. Now unlike other Steiner signings I have been to which were done in the actual mall area, they brought us through a couple hallways and down a flight of stairs to a back office area where he Arod was. 

Arod was seated at the table with a guy to his right. Then another 3 guys standing in front of the table to his left and another 2 guys seated in front of the table to his right. You would think he was the president with all the guys around him. lol. The first 4 people were brought up to the table and had their items signed pretty quickly, with no photos. At least I didn't see them even ask. 

Got up to the table put my poster down and before I could hand him my blue sharpie or at least ask him to use a blue sharpie, his handler handed him a sharpie and he quickly signed my poster. Luckily it was a blue sharpie. I really wanted him to sign in a different area, but he was too quick. Still came out ok. Usually I have someone with me to take my photos for me, but I didn't today. I figured with the way they were moving things along and because I didn't have someone with me to take the quick photo, I would be out of luck. However, one of the guys at the table is one of the regular Steiner guys who kind of knows me from seeing me at numerous past signings. So after Arod signs my poster I ask him "Mr. Rodriguez, would you mind a quick photo?". He said sure and looked up. I asked the Steiner guy to take the photo and he did it pretty quick and I thanked Arod who smiled and nodded his head I was handed my camera on my way out the door. You see Arod fine, but me not so much. Better than nothing I guess with the way they were moving things along.

Overall, Arod was ok. I didnt expect him to be ultra friendly from past stories I have heard. He wasn't the friendliest, but wasn't a complete jerk either.  

User anthonyburris met some celebrities today and sent us this awesome report!!

Today I met noted actor and all around awesome dude John Legizamo. He made a couple stops to promote the Dallas stop for his Ghetto Clown play. As he was doing his interview (2nd stop) the host was like wow you have a lot of fans here so we got to be in the background of it HCIT! After he was done he came out and signed his ass off (there were maybe 20 people there) and most got him 2 times, I got a Killshot photo done and a One For The Money image done for a friend. 

I also met Jon Heder who was in town to promote Napoleon Dynamite cartoon. Was able to get him on a pic from movie but no pic as he was in a hurry

Also as a bonus star rodeo rider Tuff Hedman was there to promote his charity event and I got a pic with him