Monday, May 4, 2015

A WWE motherload in April

It's been a long spell since I had a major wrestling haul. So not even 24h after my Lou Gramm success, I chose to embark at a motherload WWE flight. 

Lots of people expected to be there. Namely: 

Curtis axel 
Brie Bella
Prime Time Players 
Dean ambrose 
Heath slater 
Naomi 
Sin Cara (Hunico) 
Kalisto 
Kane 
The Ascension 
Luke harper
Randy orton
Rusev 
Ryback
Seth rollins
Joey Mercury 
Jamie noble 
Lana 
Eden stiles 

Cody Rhodes

Most of these people I didn't even need. But let's see who I DID in fact need

Needed upgrade shots with 

Viktor 
Ryback

Needed first time shots with

Rusev
Lana 
Kalisto 

So at the spot I play the waiting game. Wait for signs of life, and finally signs begin to trickle in. The Ascension were super nice. I got a Viktor upgrade, I got a Conner update (he has red hair) and they both signed my Ascension photo. Sadly most of the others I either didn't need or were dick. When I saw Rusev and Lana came I presented Rusev his new figure and asked for a photo op. He says he'll sign but no photos  Kane of course is always the friendliest. I got a figure signed and the Brothers of Destruction entry on the WWE_E V2. Tried to get autographs from Seth and Dean but Seth shrugged it off and Dean pulled the fake cell phone trick. Even Joey Mercury was being a dick for a photo op (could have used a bald headed Joey photo op). He goes "no no no". A maskless Kalisto shoots me down for a photo op and Hunico goes "no photos" 

I am hoping a Ryback upgrade can salvage this. But he goes "gotta get to the plane" then he was just standing there for like 20 minutes  

As a last ditch effort to salvage things, I try to beg Lana but only manage to score an autograph. I then try to beg Ryback some more while he's standing in line he goes "I'm getting on the plane" 

One thing did happen that was absolutely shocking. Randy Orton of all people actually posed for photo ops! Not just with me but with other random people there. Wow, Randy Orton who is usually a dick posed while others like Naomi and Joey Mercury were assholes. While this photo update was not high on my priority list it was still cool to get it as this is my first Randy Orton photo op in about 5 years.  

To further illustrate how unpredictable combo hunting can be, not two hours later at the destination city Randy Orton actually lectured fans not to bother the stars for combos after a long trip. And another motherload that landed in NJ they had more success. All but 2 or 3 on that motherload did multi combos with all fans. Even though bothering people after an 8-9 hour trip may seem like a bad idea, results are in fact possible. 

While technically this was not a bust, I do consider this WWE trek a failure, as I failed to get almost all my top wants.  

Randy Orton

Full list of photo ops

Autographs (for some reason the Kane auto does not show up)

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