UNHAPPY FAN REPORT FROM NXT TAPING MEET & GREET
- 10/30/2014 (8:55:19 pm)
- Bob Mulrenin
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I received this email today about a fan's dissatisfaction with his NXT Meet & Greet experience
To Whom It May Concern at NXT,
This past Thursday I attended my first and likely last NXT taping at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL. I had attended a small NXT show prior to this and after seeing how hard everyone worked in the ring I was looking forward to the show.
This past Thursday I attended my first and likely last NXT taping at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL. I had attended a small NXT show prior to this and after seeing how hard everyone worked in the ring I was looking forward to the show.
One of the things I was looking forward to the most was the advertised Meet & Greet with WWE Superstar Seth Rollins. This was to begin at 4:00 pm and since it was my first time driving to Full Sail, I arrived well before, at 3:15. This put me about 30-40th in line. Sometime around 3:40, we saw Seth Rollins arrive to the building. This perked everyone up, as most of them had come to see him and had shirts, signs, memorabilia and other items with Rollins' face or catchphrases on. By the time 4:00 came the line was well over 100 people. Fashionably late I assumed. Then 4:30. Finally, at 4:50 the line, now about 150-200 people began to move and we had ourselves a Meet & Greet!
However, soon after this, I began seeing people exit the line completely. I soon found out why when I reached the Meet & Greet area and Seth Rollins was nowhere to be found. Instead Sin Cara & Kalisto were signing autographs. I decided to make the best of it and attempt to get a photo with them. When I approached the table I was told by NXT staff that there was no time for pictures. I said hello, was given an autograph and quickly sent along my way. Credit to Sin Cara & Kalisto for being cool in that situation.
Since there was no one from NXT staff organizing a line to get in the show, I then joined the cluster of people stuffed around the entrance barricades. Once the show began, everything changed. The wrestling was incredible and I could tell that everyone was feeding off of the energy of the crowd and really working hard for us. Literally everyone. I couldn't have been more impressed with the in ring action.
At the end of the night Seth Rollins DID make an appearance in the ring, but that Meet & Greet never happened. On the way out, I decided to ask an NXT staff member what happened. The answer I received made me wish I had never asked the question. 'Things change", he said. "...Awesome", I replied.
I'm well aware that things do change. I was less upset that the Meet & Greet with Seth Rollins never occurred and much more upset with the way that it was handled by NXT staff. No announcement at the time they found out, no announcement ever about anything. It just felt like they didn't even care about their fans at all or they would have just been honest with us. I even reached out to Seth Rollins on Twitter, trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, however I haven't received a reply. I can't say I'll go to another NXT show again but I hope if "things change" again for the fans next time, NXT will communicate that to those Men/Women/Children who are patiently waiting in line.
Derek
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