Living in the Fargo/Moorhead area (ND/MN), local autograph appearances of any celebrity outside of a convention are few and far between. As you can imagine, being a massive WWE fan, I was thrilled to discover that former WWE Champion Big E would be making an appearance at the grand opening of a Panchero's Mexican Restaurant just three minutes away from our house in Moorhead, MN!
My excitement was dimmed, however, when I checked my work schedule and discovered that I was scheduled that same day. I mentioned this to my wife, and before I could even ask her to go for me, she said, "Well I could go and get something signed for you."
The next part of my mission was to find something to get signed. During the height of my card collecting (2010-2017), I indulged in a heavy amount of baseball and hockey, but not a whole lot into WWE, even though I have always been a regular viewer and fan. I did, however, get a box of 2017 Heritage back then, which gave me a Big E card, as well as a duplicate.
I also wanted a wall piece. This wouldn't be just some enhancement talent, or a guy who had a small amount of success 15 years ago. This is a guy who held the top prize in the business, and was part of one of the greatest tag teams of all time! I had to go big (pun intended). After spending quite a lot of time searching online for the right photo that had a strong enough resolution to print clearly at 16x20 size, I was ready to go.
Of course, since my wife was willing to do this for me, something she otherwise would have ZERO interest in, I was sure to do as much prep work as I could. I found the right Decocolor gold paint pen and prepped it, and mounted the photo on a piece of foam board with sticky noted indicating where I would like it signed me with what inscription.
I must say, it came out PERFECT!!!
The gold really stands out where it was signed, and really pops off of the image. You can tell from far away that it is a signed piece, and looks amazing on the wall. He also signed the two cards in the same pen, and added an inscription to those, as well.
She even had them take a picture of him signing the photo, which to me, is a cool addition to the whole piece.
Of course, I would have loved to be there to get it myself, but it is nice to be with someone who has my back when these rare opportunities happen.
I'm fascinated by people's autographs sometimes...if your stage name is only 4 letters, why sign with just the initials? I just find it funny.
ReplyDeleteNice! That was cool of your wife to help out.
ReplyDeleteI live on the Fargo side - are you on TCDB? Maybe we could strike up a trade sometime.
Small world! Not on TCDB at the moment. I'll check it out, though, and see what it's all about. Always up for a trade, but most of my stuff is from a few years back.
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