Hacksaw Jim Duggan

Not much to say about this sign since its not a real original idea. This one we made just before leaving to Barcelona this year and we could not come up with anything else on such short notice. Even though its a simple design it took ages to fix the stars. WE never got to show it to Hacksaw, he walked by us without us noticing him in his glasses and cap. When he boarded the bus we understood what we missed!

Rey Mysterio, the re-run

Well, if you have been into this blog earlier you have probably already seen our Rey Mysterio-sign. We know that Rey has done it as well at various events but know he has been extremly close to it as well. We met Rey in Barcelona this year and finally we had the guts to ask the masked superstar for a photograph when he did not have his mask on. What he thought about the sign? Well, look in Reys left hand, sweet!



My son, the sign and the ultra-cool Rey Mysterio

Beth Phoenix, the Glamazon

Now this is a total rip-off from British Petroleums old logo but I just could not resist doing this one since I thought the text was kind of catchy. And I think the sign turned out nice as well. Unfortunately we never got to show it to Ms Phoenix, she did pass us in the lobby at the hotel we were staying at but we were not prepared! We had all the signs and stuff in our room since we did not think we were staying at the same hotel as the WWE. As soon as we discovered that we did we got the stuff but we never met the Glamazon again. Hopefully there will be another time.

Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes

Creating signs is sometimes not so easy, simply because one runs out of good ideas. I have made quite a few bad signs in my days, but also some good ones. I guess this one is in between. The sign is for the tagteam Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes and can of course only be used in Barcelona. Its a simple design and I could probably have added a little more but time was not something I had a lot of when this one was made. Quite happy with it though in spite of that we never got to show it to DiBiase & Rhodes. We did however meet both the wrestlers and thats two other stories that will be told in another one of our blogs.

R-Truth

R-Truth is on the Smackdown-roster and we never got to meet any of them this time in Barcelona. We had of course made some new signs for the Superstars and for R-Truth, or Ron Killings, we made one without any drawings. I thought that the message on the sign was more than enough!R-Truth is on the Smackdown-roster and we never got to meet any of them this time in Barcelona. We had of course made some new signs for the Superstars and for R-Truth, or Ron Killings, we made one without any drawings, just a little different colours on the letters to give it a lift. I thought that the message on the sign was more than enough!

Mickie James

What can one say about Mickie James? A lot I guess and all of it positive. When we made the Mickie James-sign we truly ment what we wrote. She was alone worth every penny that we paid for the trip. Its one of my We flew in from Sweden...-signs and nobody deserves it more than her.

My son and Mickie James and the sign. Afterwards we got a hug and the sign got a kiss from Mickie!

The sign and of course Mickie James is written in gold.

Mickies lips left an inprint and needless to say we are keeping this sign, forever!

Cryme Tyme

We have never seen Cryme Tyme before so naturally we had to make a sign for them before going to Barcelona. What I did was just steal one of their catchphrases and added the Spanish flags colours and the colours of Barcelonas football-team. I also tried to write the letters in a kind of graffiti-style. Not to bad...



... and it appears that Shad Gaspar also liked it. Shad was also one of the nicest wrestlers we have met and we have met a few!

Santino Marella

One of our recent favorites in the WWE is Santino Marella. He cuts promos like no other and I would say that he is the most popular "heel" the WWE has today. The Internet show Santinos Casa is a must every week and there was no doubt that a sign had to be created for him before we went to Barcelona.



As you can see the sign plays with Santinos Italian heritage but foremost his own joke about the importance of having a uni-brow.

We also had the pleasure of meeting Santino in Barcelona and he truly is a nice person so both me and my sons favorite team now is of course Santino Uni-ted.



Me and Santino Marella...



...and Santino and my son.

Maria

Recently home from Barcelona after seeing two shows with the WWE, Smackdown/ECW and RAW we have a few more signs to show (plus some old ones as well). The first one is basically a copy of the one we had last year for Torrie Wilson. Unfortunately we were not as lucky with this one because we never got to meet Maria, even though we saw her at the show, and she never saw the sign even though my son was holding it up high. I am still quite happy with this one and especially the leopardpattern I managed to draw. We do have another "We flew in..."-sign as well, and that one is dedicated to Mickie James (who is actually worth the trip for real). We were however extremly lucky with that sign and I will come back about that later.




We saw Maria, but she never saw the sign!




Hopefully we will get to show this one for Maria one day and I am sure she will appreciate the pattern, and the message!

Paul London wrestling sign

"High flying, death defying", I thought we had quite a good catchphrase there when we made the sign. We never got a chance to show it for Paul. We did sit, nearly, beside him in the lobby at the hotel but since he met some friends we never wanted to disturb him. Mind you, he is still in the WWE so we might get a chance another time.

The Miz wrestling sign

We have never seen the Miz live but we hope to and the fact that he has survived my wrestling sign curse is promising. This one was made in september last year and we thought that the ECW were coming along with Smackdown to Barcelona, as billed, but they never did. I got the idea for the sign from the musical Ain´t Misbehavin so what I did was just look at a poster from the musical and then just alter and add som text. I am sure the Miz would appreciate this one.

Kid Kash wrestling sign

Another wrestler who left the WWE before we got to use the sign. Kid Kash had a brief stint in the WWE but as soon as we decided to make a sign his faith was sealed. We do not do that may any more because its hard beeing responsible for all these lay-offs! Not a bad sign thou.

Doug Basham wrestling sign

Doug Basham, the first WWE Superstar I ever spoke (if we disregard a brief meeting with JBL on a Helsinki street) to. At the time thou I did not know the guy was a WWE Superstar! My son and I had gone up to the breakfastroom at the Hotel and we were simply amazed that all the wrestlers were sitting down there for breakfast, we were staying at the same hotel as them! I was up at the buffét and this bald guy with a Unforgiven T-shirt came up beside me and took some eggs. He said, -"Good morning"! I said good morning as well thinking that this was one of the crewguys and asked him politely if he thought if it was possible that me and my son asked the wrestlers for autographs and perhaps a photo when they were leaving the breakfastroom. He said, -"Sure, no problem" so we finished our breakfast and went outside the breakfastroom and waited. When they came along we stood up and asked but when this guy came out we just sat there in our chairs. He said, -"What about the photo and the autograph"? I stood up and pushed my son, who had no clue, forward and the guy wrote "Doug Basham" and then we understood. At the time the Bashams were new in the WWE and we had heard about them but just seen them once or twice on our computer (Sweden did not, and still does not, send the WWE shows on the TV). Doug was ever so nice and after that meeting he was one of our favorites.

I decided of course to make a sign later which I did. However the next time the WWE came to Finland the Bashams had split up and Doug had a new gimmick so I had to alter the sign and add hair, moustasche and sunglasses. It did not come out that well. And of course, as soon as we made the sign, Doug was forced to leave the WWE so we never used it, story of my life!



My son and Doug Basham, we had just figured out who he was!

Chris Benoit part 2 wrestling sign

This is another of our Chris Benoit wrestling signs. The other you can see in an earlier post. Not much more to say here, most of it has already been said.


Below you can see my son and Chris Benoit the first time we met him. Ever so charming and thoughtful and it was one of the highpoints of that particular trip. Somehow we feel a bit ashamed for that even thou we know we should not. At the time, Chris was a hero, that time has sadly passed.

Brian Hebner wrestling sign

This one has never been used since after we made it Brian Hebner left the WWE. Its the curse of the wrestling signs all over again! We think its quite witty thou and there are not very many signs for the refs out there so I am sure it would have been spotted.

Hardcore Holly wrestling sign

He looks a bit crazy on this sign, Hardcore Holly! This was when I was stuck with trying to draw the wrestlers faces and as you can see I was not very succesfull here either. This was the first of our "We came to see..."-signs and it serves its purpose but thats about it. We once met Hardcore in the restaurant at the hotel we were staying at in Finland. He stopped by our table and said a few words, signed two autographs and then walked along to where the other wrestlers were sitting. One thing one can say about Hardcore is that he had huge biceps and beeing slammed by him must hurt like h...

Big Vito wrestling sign

Here is another example of our wrestlingsign-curse. As soon as we did this one Big Vito changed his character and starting wearing a skirt. Somehow the message "The Real Italian Stallion" seemed a bit out of touch. I proceeded in drawing anothoer Vito-sign where I used the movie-poster from the famous Marilyn Monroe-movie "The Seven Year Itch" but as soon as I had sketched it up, Vito was fired! So that one went into the dumpster. However we got to use this sign at one event but I doubt that Vito saw us, just like the time we met him in a hotel-lobby!

Scotty 2 Hotty wrestlingsign

There is not much to say about this one since we never have used it. Scotty was billed a few times for the events that we have been to but he has never been there so the sign has always stayed in the suitcase. Its not a bad sign, suits Scottys image but since he has left the WWE I seriously doubt that we ever will get to use it.

MVP wrestling sign

Another sign that took some time to make but still is very simple. We thought for a long time on what to write on a sign for Montel Vontavius Porter, MVP, and all that we could come up with was "BETTER". MVP beeing a kind of a flashy player needed a little more bling than that so thats were the stars in gold and silver came in. We have never met MVP, we were quite close to where he was sitting at the airport in Barcelona but since he had his headphones on we did not want to disturb him. Anyways, the sign is OK but I think we will produce another one till next time we go and see the WWE.

Charlie Haas wrestling sign

Sometimes less is more and thats probably the right words for this sign that we made for Charlie Haas. Its a simple sign with straight text and some shading. Once again I have used the wrestlers name to give the sign a twist and all I can say is that I am happy with it and that I am quite sure that Charlie Haas would be as well. We have met Charlie briefly so we never got time to take a photograph but my son got an autograph that sits in his album. Maybe next time there will be a minute or so over for a photo, especially if we have the sign with us.