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I too would like to mention Sheamus. A very VERY professional bloke. Very polite and made my life incredibly easy when I was working with LDN's tv show. None better... And no surprised when he went on to become WWE Champion so quickly.

 

D'Lo Brown is also a good shout. Seemed to always be in a good mood when I saw him, and always up for a having a natter about his career. Poor bugger got Andrew "The Dlo Brown Mark" Coyne when ever I saw him.

 

To add to the list of "top notch bloke"; Chris Hero. During an FWA show I had a bit of spill out of the ring and suffered a slight injurty, and out of all of the guys there, Christ Hero was the one guy that day to check on me. God bless him... even offered to give me a hug.

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Out of all the wrestlers I've met my experiences have ranged from good to excellent with nobody making a bad impression on me. Even my interactions with guys who have reputations like Mick Foley, Raven, CM Punk and Teddy Hart have been decent so I guess I've been lucky.

 

In early 2002 I attended an FWA training weekend and on the first day I arrived early so I was one of the first there. I was waiting around in the park near to the academy when another trainee came over and introduced himself to me as Drew Galloway. I spent some time that day walking around Portsmouth with Drew and his friend and we talked about various things and I found him to be a sound guy. The main thing I remember from our conversations is the high level of passion and focus he had for wrestling even back then in those early stages. The success he's gone on to have didn't come as a surprise to me and when I see him interviewed today it's clear he still has the same love and determination that I saw in him all those years ago. 

 

On that same weekend I met Paul Burchill, this would've been shortly before he made his debut on the main FWA shows. I have good memories of Paul as he often took the time to come over to me and start conversation and give me encouragement when I needed it. I found him to be a genuine and warm person who was easy to talk to. He's another guy that I was happy to see go on and achieve success based on my personal memories of him. 

 

In late 2003/early 2004 I got to interact with Spud and Dave Mastiff at various shows and during the short time I trained with them. Again, I have nothing but good memories of these two. Both of them went out of there way to be friendly towards me and support me whether it was at training or seeing them at shows when they had no reason to do so. I saw the same kind of determination and drive for success in these two that I saw in Drew.

 

The standout best experiences of meeting wrestlers for me are D'Lo Brown (maybe the best of the bunch), William Regal, Ric Flair, Terry Funk, Chris Hero, Kenta Kobashi, Robbie Brookside, Roddy Piper, Christian, Jimmy Hart, Steve Corino, Samoa Joe and Daniel Bryan. The time I met a very drunk Sandman before a 1PW show was also interesting.  

 

Jeremy Borash is another person I've found to be a good guy on the few times I interacted with him. Going out of his way to ensure I got a 2nd picture with Jeff Jarrett after the first one messed up. 

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all the dragon gate roster pleasure to meet all of them everytime i have seen them they have done something memorable that makes them seem as class acts special mention to cima, tozawa and yamato

 

the nxt guys from last years mania all seemed really cool tho and genuinely happy that people have come to see them

 

Adam cole, chuck taylor, gargano and mr touchdown from chikara were really cool lads too

 

and the nicest wrestler i have ever met uhaa nation 

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I've never really met any as I don't attend many shows or do the meet and greet thing mainly due to time constraints but I've had a few online interactions.

 

Sebastian Radclaw is an absolute gem of a guy. Very clever and witty but also offered me a tonne of advice about getting started as a wrestling journalist. He totally didn't have to and was more than happy to exchange messages for a couple of days.

 

Similar story but about 10 years back when he was running Total Wrestling I used to speak semi regularly to Bill Apter. Stand up guy.

 

There's been several others but those two are awesome.

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DDP and Natalya were both really cool when I met them. Met DDP after his live show in Cardiff last year. He had plenty of time for everyone and just came across as a really top guy. Natalya was also very cool and friendly.

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Ive only met one and that was Ric Flair, came across really well to be honest.

 

I have a bit of regret in 2009 though, I saw Jimmy Hart at the opening night of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Orlando and I bottled out of asking him for a photo..... In my defence he was just walking into the toilets, oh and he was with the Nasty Boys!

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No way on earth Jimmy Hart would have been a dick. I've never heard a single thing about Jimmy Hart that suggests he's anything less than the nicest man alive. The bloke puts up with Honky Tonk, Brutus and the Nasty Boys. He has to be a saint. If he gave you the business, it would have been like Ned Flanders calling you a cunt. He'd have taken a photo and shook your hand if he had his cock in his hand and wouldnt have complained. He's so nice, he was letting people out of their contract to work for the WWF when he was promoting the XWF. Lovely chap.

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Good Guy List:

 

William Regal - Gave me medical advice on how to cure bad knees - top fella who had time for everyone.

 

Prince Devitt - Nice bloke, got chatting about how he missed his plane to a rev pro show and was literally working for nothing.

 

Booker T - Genuine happy bloke and made you feel welcome even if it was to pawn off his ducks :)

 

Bubblegum - Sort of ruined his bad boy persona for me in PCW when i met him in Preston , nice down to earth fella.

 

Goldberg - Thought he would have been a grump but another who had time for everyone. 

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