AN UNACCEPTABLE SIGNING: HORNSWOGGLE & FINLAY
- 04/27/2008 (12:26:15 pm)
- Georgiann Makropoulos
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Hello Georgie,
Very rarely I would ever try and, for lack of better term, "b!tch" about a bad signing, but yesterday's Hornswoggle and Finlay signing was just unacceptable in my opinion.
I've been attending signings for 12, perhaps 13 years, and I can't think of any other that was as nightmarish.The signing was to begin at 5 pm at Best Buy in White Marsh MD, and my best friend B. Samson and I arrived at 2:30 pm. We were prolly 50 in line, maybe 45? The heat was horrifyingly awfully, although I don't think the Good Lord should really be blamed for that, he's just doing his job! lolz. We waited in line, and it felt like the Ric Flair signing back in January. Everyone having a good time, trading stories and their photos with wrestlers. Great time there. B. Samson and I had brought our WCW US Ttitle and "Classic" WWF IC belts respectivly, and a mother came up to us and asked us if she could take a picture of her kids wearing them. We thought it was quite and honor, so we said sure and we let them play around with the belts. It actually made us feel pretty good to see them have fun.
4:00 came and I got a little antsy. I remember a story about Road Dogg and Billy Gunn running in the airport witht heir titles screaming "we're the champions". Well, I told my buddy to start filming as I ran in the street screaming "WE'RE THE CHAMPIONS!!!" providing a good laugh. Untill, the manager came and yelled at me saying "I've gotten 50 calls from the landlord. Don't do that again".
That should have been our warning for what was ahead.
First off, 4:15 they hand out tickets for us to get 1 ITEM ONLY. Well, thats cool, can we get a picture? It's up to them you got two hours!
5:00 they arrive. Hornswoggle is rocking his leprachaun outfit and all. Finlay, laid back.
So, we get inside out of the heat into the building. We see Hornswoggle signing and Finlay signing. Awesome. So, after a long wait, we give our tickets and get our autographs. Well, sort off. Comcast, who had sponsored the event, had shuffled us all too fast, some people could even get Finlay or Hornswoggle. B. Samson got Hornswoggle and not Finlay. We were told, "take it and go. We have a long line". So we were rushed very quickly. No time for pictures, barely enough time for autographs which sucked big time. I made a complaint to the person running it and she said "sorry thats the way it is. Your friend can't get back in line". So we all left very pissed off. They didn't seem to care at all. We just left pissed off, and drove to Wendy's to eat our anger away in a Baconator.
It's not Best Buy or the Wrestlers at fault. Its the companies who sponsor these signings. Hornswoggle was very nice and said thanks to everyone. Finlay barely got to say anything, so I can't say anything about him unless I met him again. Comcast sponsored this and is just another example of certain people not knowing hopw to run these signings.
I will be meeting Ashley at Camden Yards in July I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, My little nephew has a crush on her, and I hear she loves to meet her fans so hopefully we won't be rushed
Chad E.
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