Met a bunch of WWE talent after RAW tonight (Info & Pics)

Well I attended RAW tonight in Charleston, SC. My seats where awesome (4th row from the ring oposite the entrance ramp. It was a good time though I was hoping for some better matches, but still cool anyway. Nothing happened that wasn't on USA except a dark match between John Cena and Chris Masters. After the garbage truck drove off Masters jumped Cena from behind. Match lasted about 5 min w/ Cena winning via FU.

The most exciting moment of the night was after the show. I'm in the Air Force and tonight we sent WWE via military cargo aircraft to do a 2 day USO tour in Afghanistan. It was a small crowd (about 25 military who work in our shop) but the superatars came in, signed autographs, took pics, and chatted with us for about 30 min before having to gear up to fly.

The wrestlers/staff that showed are: Vince McMahon, The Coach, HHH, HBK, JBL, John Cena, Mick Foley, Ric Flair, Big Show, Chris Masters, Trish Stratus, Ashley, Candice, Maria, Lilian, Carlito, Gene Snitsky, Shelton Benjamin, and a few others who I'm guessing where writers, etc (didn't get their names). They came in a line and passed us shaking everyones hands I got pics with quite a few of them. All of them where very nice and easy to approach. I spoke to everyone, but below are some of the more memorable conversations/happenings.

Flair wasn't at RAW, but was going on the USO tour. He was nice to me, but seemed a bit intoxicated and snapped at a few people (after the road rage crap, I don't blame him for being on edge). Ashley was there (blue sweat suit/sunglasses in pics) she was hammered out of her mind. HHH has been my favorite wrestler for years, and when talking to him before taking a pic I told him, he was like "so says the guy in the Batista shirt" with a big grin :lol: (reason is I got the Batista shirt at a Smackdown show 2 months ago so it was my newest WWE shirt besides what I got tonight). Chris Masters was standing off with no one asking him anything so I took a pic with him (he was really nice btw). Then HHH busted on him about not having fans (only a few of us military where real WWE fans, most of them had no idea who these guy's where to clear some things up). Vince was really cool, I told him I'm 29 and have been watching WWE/WWF since I was 4 and thanked him for the years of entertainment. Vince and HHH seemed a bit humbled from my comment. I also got a Cena championship belt and Big Show was playing around asking "where did you get that, you didn't steal it? and kept hitting the spinner on it. Cena was cool as well and gave me props when he saw his belt over my shoulder. And of course the Diva's where not only very nice, but damn are they hot in person. After getting hugs from the Diva's I don't think I'm ever going to shower again :P

Here are some pics of my encounters with the talent later in the night. Also beforeI get laughed at...I worked graves Sun night (12 hrs) and didn't sleep much today. So if I look wired in the pics its due to being tired and lots of caffein in the blood, but hey it was well worth it.

Just for comparisons in the pics I'm 6'1", 171lbs so you can see how big these guy's really are. Take a Look

*Update: Got some RAW Pics up as well if your interested.

I am speechless right now.

:shock:

Words can't describe how much lucky you are to have had that experience. Amazing photos' man. Seriously, don't sell the replica WWE Belt, frame it and treasure it.

I hope I get to meet a few wrestlers when they tour around April for WM22 Revenge Tour. I got tickets 12 rows ringside from the ring. I am so excited for the SD! taping!

I can't wait to see your RAW photos'. Tell us more about your experience because I am entirely fascinated.

[QUOTE="Mu5uk0"]Wow, amazing photos.
(wtf is up with what Cena was wearing :P)
Pack_Man

Anywho, gHoSt437, there is absolutely nothing about that story that is not cool.  Great pics, too.

I am speechless right now.

:shock:

Words can't describe how much lucky you are to have had that experience. Amazing photos' man. Seriously, don't sell the replica WWE Belt, frame it and treasure it.

I hope I get to meet a few wrestlers when they tour around April for WM22 Revenge Tour. I got tickets 12 rows ringside from the ring. I am so excited for the SD! taping!

I can't wait to see your RAW photos'. Tell us more about your experience because I am entirely fascinated.

hbk91

I'm not selling the belt I have it above my computer desk now, and will be looking for some type of display/stand.

Being over in the UK your more likley to have some sort of autograph session than you would here in the states since they don't head your way very often. Hope you get the chance to meet some of them, but regardless those are some good seats so you'll have a great time.

I added the Raw pics to my post above. Aside from what was said above nothing else to really say as it was only about 30 min. It did seem like a horse and pony show, but after a busy day, performing at Raw, and having a 14-16 hour flight ahead of them I guess I would be a bit tired as well. One thing I forgot to mention is WWE's comfort pallet - they had a ton of Booze so my guess is the party was on when they flew out, as said above some where already tipsy.

I guess the biggest impression is you see these guy's on TV every week in character (Heel's and Face's). So some fans take it a bit to far hating on them (I guess the 1% out there who still think its all real). I can't say enough how friendly "ALL" of these guy's are outside of the ring, and its nice to see them as the good people they really are. Heels like Chris Masters where very polite, and eager to talk to us. Also for all the hate HHH gets (backstage politics, greedy, hate, blah, blah you read) he was an awesome guy to talk to, and you could tell he was a locker room leader as most of the other guy's seemed to look up to him (like joking with Masters about not having fans, they both grinned). I was also very impressed with how Vince McMahon (being owner of the WWE) was easily approched as and he really seemed to enjoy taking pictures, signing autographs, and talking with us.

*To all the others with comments, thanks for the compliments. I'm just glad to be able to share them with you all, and give you a bit of a behind the scene's look at your favorite wrestlers.  

Awesome pics!  I'm definitely envious of you, dude (especially the Trish photo! H-O-T)!  It's great to see how much love the WWE shows for the military.

Cool pics, but what's with you mentioning that some of the wrestlers were lit up? :lol: How long after the show was over did you meet everyone? They got to drink during the show? :lol: I would of tried to hit on Ashley if she was that lit up. :Dcoolbmann

The only 2 who where a bit lit was Ashley, and Flair but neither wrestled at Raw that night. The show ended at about 11:20pm (dark match Cena vs Masters) and they showed up in a bus at 12:30am.

Well I attended RAW tonight in Charleston, SC. My seats where awesome (4th row from the ring oposite the entrance ramp. It was a good time though I was hoping for some better matches, but still cool anyway. Nothing happened that wasn't on USA except a dark match between John Cena and Chris Masters. After the garbage truck drove off Masters jumped Cena from behind. Match lasted about 5 min w/ Cena winning via FU.

The most exciting moment of the night was after the show. I'm in the Air Force and tonight we sent WWE via military cargo aircraft to do a 2 day USO tour in Afghanistan. It was a small crowd (about 25 military who work in our shop) but the superatars came in, signed autographs, took pics, and chatted with us for about 30 min before having to gear up to fly.

The wrestlers/staff that showed are: Vince McMahon, The Coach, HHH, HBK, JBL, John Cena, Mick Foley, Ric Flair, Big Show, Chris Masters, Trish Stratus, Ashley, Candice, Maria, Lilian, Carlito, Gene Snitsky, Shelton Benjamin, and a few others who I'm guessing where writers, etc (didn't get their names). They came in a line and passed us shaking everyones hands I got pics with quite a few of them. All of them where very nice and easy to approach. I spoke to everyone, but below are some of the more memorable conversations/happenings.

Flair wasn't at RAW, but was going on the USO tour. He was nice to me, but seemed a bit intoxicated and snapped at a few people (after the road rage crap, I don't blame him for being on edge). Ashley was there (blue sweat suit/sunglasses in pics) she was hammered out of her mind. HHH has been my favorite wrestler for years, and when talking to him before taking a pic I told him, he was like "so says the guy in the Batista shirt" with a big grin :lol: (reason is I got the Batista shirt at a Smackdown show 2 months ago so it was my newest WWE shirt besides what I got tonight). Chris Masters was standing off with no one asking him anything so I took a pic with him (he was really nice btw). Then HHH busted on him about not having fans (only a few of us military where real WWE fans, most of them had no idea who these guy's where to clear some things up). Vince was really cool, I told him I'm 29 and have been watching WWE/WWF since I was 4 and thanked him for the years of entertainment. Vince and HHH seemed a bit humbled from my comment. I also got a Cena championship belt and Big Show was playing around asking "where did you get that, you didn't steal it? and kept hitting the spinner on it. Cena was cool as well and gave me props when he saw his belt over my shoulder. And of course the Diva's where not only very nice, but damn are they hot in person. After getting hugs from the Diva's I don't think I'm ever going to shower again :P

Here are some pics of my encounters with the talent later in the night. Also beforeI get laughed at...I worked graves Sun night (12 hrs) and didn't sleep much today. So if I look wired in the pics its due to being tired and lots of caffein in the blood, but hey it was well worth it.

Just for comparisons in the pics I'm 6'1", 171lbs so you can see how big these guy's really are. Take a Look

*Update: Got some RAW Pics up as well if your interested.

gHoSt437

OH MY WORD, you are one of the luckiest WWE fans ever! If only that would happen when I go to see RAW, especially seeing Trish:P, well here's a hoping:lol:!!!!

[QUOTE="coolbmann"]Cool pics, but what's with you mentioning that some of the wrestlers were lit up? :lol: How long after the show was over did you meet everyone? They got to drink during the show? :lol: I would of tried to hit on Ashley if she was that lit up. :DgHoSt437

The only 2 who where a bit lit was Ashley, and Flair but neither wrestled at Raw that night. The show ended at about 11:20pm (dark match Cena vs Masters) and they showed up in a bus at 12:30am.

Wow that awesome! I went to a few WWE events some years ago and it is an awesome experience to see it live. I got to see the likes of the Degeneration X days, Kane vs Undertaker (a classic), and a lot of other stuff live.

Wow!  You truly are the luckiest man in WWEverything!  Those are some bad-ass pics.

And you got to meet my favorite wrestler of all time, Mick Foley.  When I went to RAW (on Oct. 10th), Foley appeared the week before and the week after, but not on that night. :cry:  Oh well, maybe next time. :?