Hello
fans and welcome back to our newsletter.
Today, we recap the Starcade Fanfest.
For two days, the superstars of the HWF and CSWA got to meet with fans,
take pictures, sign autographs and overall just entertain. Here are some of the highlights:
Day
one: “Lukewarm” Lucas Johnston shows up
for signing but can’t afford any pens.
He tells a random fan to provide the pen and he’ll sign whatever. The fan jokes that he should change his
slogan from “Pin Me, Pay me” to “Pen Me, Pay Me”. What started as a joke seemed to have turned
into a “movement” as Lucas went from signing about 100 autographs all day on
Day one to almost 1000 on day two. Fans
throughout the venue were carrying signs that read “Pen Me, Pay Me” and with
that, Lucas became one of the most sought after performers during the entire
Fanfest.
Also
to note, on Day One, missing from their booths were the Stache and Magnum “King
of Cones” Kone. It seems that Magnum
consumed some bad dairy and was having issues.
The Stache, thinking he was better than everyone else, opted to get his
own transportation. Unfortunately, the
cabbie he ended up with took him to another CITY. Once the error was realized and he was
brought back to town, it was too late and everyone had left for the day. On Day two, both the Stache (this time he
rode in the commuter van) and Magnum Kone went to GM Max McGillicutty to complain. Max asked for proof and even though CJ was
suspected, no one could pin it on him.
The Stache and Magnum said they would get even.
Since
the Stache and Magnum were absent from the Fanfest, CJ (or someone) had put
“Out of Service” on their tables and directed anyone who wanted autographs or
pictures to head over to the HASHTAG table.
CJ apparently did very well and even gave away free pictures to those
fans devastated that the Stache and Magnum were not there.
‘The
Elitist’ Reid Rothchild and his wife Ravishing Raquel sat with Prestige Inc.
teammates King Damian Sandow and Magnus.
Even though their attitude has shifted a bit, they still had a decent
turnout and Raquel signed (on quite a few pictures) “Soon to be Diva’s
Champion”. I wonder if she knows
something we don’t.
The
Tag Team Champions the Steel Curtain had a good turnout but by day 2, Desperado
members El Chango and Leon Teremoto showed up and caused a disturbance. They had to be removed by security and were
told by Max that if they caused any more distractions, they would be kicked off
the PPV. After that they behaved
themselves.
As
mentioned, the Desperados were causing mischief on Day 2 but that was all at
the direction of the Stache. He was in a
pissy mood and wanted everyone to know it.
The
Undisputed Heavyweight Champion Bray Wyatt, HWF World Champion Brock Lesnar and
CSWA World Champion Samoa Joe were all in their own corner of the building and
fans waited for hours to get signatures and pictures from the champs.
Intercontinental
Champion Sonic Blade sat at a table with his tag team partner the Nigerian
Wraith. A few fans presented the Wraith
with photos of himself when he was still called Casey Jones. At first, he refused to sign those but by the
end of day 2, he relented.
The
Dust Brothers (Goldust and Stardust) also had a decent turnout and traded quips
with their fans in a respectful manner.
The
Fiend and the Miz (US Champion) sat at a table and because of his connection to
the Misfits, the Fiend got more requests than the Miz did and that seemed to
tick him off.
The
ladies were all over Drew, the Canadian Love Machine. The Savior, by day 2, got tired of all the
female attention Drew had been getting (it was very distracting), he asked for
security to come over and take care of business (the ladies were distracting
all the guys who were there getting autographs).
John
Cena, Sting, Kane and the Undertaker were in their own corner and needed
serious line control as the fans wanting to see them was out of this world. There were a few times that Cena and the
Undertaker almost had it out.
With
the exception of Ravishing Raquel, the women’s wrestlers including the Women’s
and Diva’s Champions all sat together.
Lots of cameras were flashing and their turnout rivaled that of Cena, Sting
and the Brothers of Destruction.
While
Phat Sol was signing autographs, Miz came over and mocked Phat’s shiny
head. Phat didn’t take too well to that
and they almost had a fight right then and there.
The
PPV is up next. Stay tuned.
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