Meeting Batista and John Cena (9/26-27/2008)
Ok kiddies, what a day…what a day…what a day it was…
So as most of you know Dawn and I have been going through some really tough times, and as we're trying to get our lives back on track, we're still trying to enjoy life…cheaply that is.
So we found out a few weeks ago that two of our favorite WWE wrestlers were gonna be signing at a muscle convention. Batista was gonna be there on Friday and Saturday and John Cena was gonna be there on just Saturday. The original plan was to just go on Saturday and hit two birds with one stone, and hopefully be able to see both of them. But after I was thinking about things, I talked to Dawn and suggested going on Friday to see Batista, cause after more thoughts, I figured Saturday was gonna be much worse cause kids would be out of school, parents would be out of work and all in all it would just be packed.
So we got to the convention center at like 3:45 after getting all spiffy (Dawn was wearing jean capris, a black tanktop, and a green see through shirt over that, and I was wearing Jean Capris (Yes I wore capris), and my red 98% naughty 2% Angel shirt), and dealing with bad traffic, and things like that.
So we buy our tickets and make our way inside. Right when we got inside, we felt like the fattest people on earth! Everywhere you looked there were muscles, guys bigger than I have EVER seen. Seriously, we felt as if we were the only fat people in that room, it was very intimidating, so we huddled together and walked together into that arena, trying to act as comfortable as possible.
We quickly found Batista's booth, and saw the man himself signing autographs. He was so flippin hot! He was wearing a skin tight shirt, those jeans he looks delicious in, and his trademark sunglasses. So Dawn and I found the line, which was way too short! I mean seriously there was only about 30 people in line at that moment. And to make things worse, we were 2 of the 3 girls standing in line, the other girl standing with her husband and kid.
The line moved quick, and after watching a little boy in front of us, suddenly get frightened by seeing how big Batista was in person, we were soon in front of the line. The man was HUGE! I mean seriously….So much bigger in person, even I was a little taken aback of how frickin huge he was…and I mean huge in a good, muscle way. The first plan was to go individually up there, then the second plan was for me to go first to give Dawn a little more time to stay calm. For once, she was freaking out and even though I was freaking out on the inside, I was trying my best to stay calm and brave for her. I was trying to keep her calm, telling her I was gonna ask Batista if we were the fattest people there, and Dawn says "I dare you too" remember that kiddies, it comes into play later in this tale. Finally as we got to the front of the line, the third plan came into effect, and we decided to go up to him together, so we could keep each other calm.
So we hand our camera off to an employee, and he tells us to get on both sides of Batista, so I walk up the one side and Dawn on the other. I so thought Dawn was about to pass out, as she walked up to him slowly. So I walk up to him and basically say "I have a question for you, are we like the fattest chicks you've seen today?", Batista's head snaps back to me and goes "I'm sorry, what did you say?" So I lean in closer to him, and I go "Are we like the fattest chicks you've seen here today?", Batista immediately goes "Oh, that's a horrible thing to say!", and he looks over to me, and basically…how do I put this…basically looks me up and down, then turns to look at Dawn (Who was so embarrassed that I asked him that), and looks her up and down and turns back to me with his trademark smile and goes "Your seriously selling yourself short". That smile…I totally melted and just gave in so all I could say was "Yeah…well…can we get a photo", so Dawn and I get a photo with him (Of course I'll be cutting Dawn out), and then he asks if we would like an autograph, and of course I said yes! So he asks "Who do I make this out to?", and I told him "Melissa", and he goes "Is that you?", and I nodded yes, as he signed my autograph, then he asked Dawn for her name, and amazingly Dawn was able to get the words out of her mouth. So after he gives us our autographs, I was thinking "I'm gonna touch this man, someway, somehow", so I reached out to shake his hand. He took my hand (He had such soft hands and a gentle touch), so he looks over with me and his trademark smile and I saw him read my shirt and he goes with a huge smile "I really like that shirt on you babe", I so turned red, so I thanked him and made the mistake of looking at that gorgeous man and his big smile, I so oozed. I saw Dawn get a handshake, and we left with big smiles on our faces! He was so nice and sweet to us…it was such a moment! I'm so crushing on him right now! Check out my pics to see the pics.
PERSONAL NOTE: I will admit, that it did boost my self esteem just a bit, to here Batista say I was selling myself short by calling myself fat....could there be more to me that just fat? Hmmm...or was this man just being nice? But if he was just being nice, why didn't he just leave it at "That's a horrible thing to say"?...Hmmmm....
We're gonna head back tomorrow, to TRY to catch John Cena, so keep checking my status and see if I get to meet him, or our future adventures at the muscle convention!
I'm back, another day done, and it was a good one… (9/27/08)
So we got up early, got showered and looking spiffy (We were gonna be in the same room as John Cena and Batista, I made sure I looked good…) So we headed to the convention center for day two of the Muscle Convention. Since we had met Batista the day before, the main focus was getting there in time to meet John Cena. We got there early, because with it being a weekend and kids being out of school, and with people being off work, I knew it was gonna be much much worse. So parking was a fiasco!, So we just gave in and parked at the Hilton and rode the monorail to the convention center and back. We got to the Convention center, bought our wristbands, which Dawn loved because they were orange…and got into the convention. We headed directly over to the booth that Cena was going to be signing at, and by time we got there at about 11:15, there was already a line.
So Dawn and I got inline, we were only in line for about 10 minutes, when a guy came by telling us that we needed passes to meet John Cena, and he told us where to go to get the passes. So we went over to this counter, and found out we had to make a purchase to get a pass. So Dawn and I talked about it, and basically decided to go for it. After making the purchase, we found out that they didn't take credit card, so the lady promised to hold 2 passes for us, while we ran out to the ATM. So we did , came back and got our passes, and got BACK in line.
We were chatting with everyone around us about wrestling. That's one thing I love about WWE fans, it's so easy to make friends with everyone, cause ya'll know what the other is talking about and who. We talked to a guy and daughter behind us, who visit all the conventions to get the superstars to sign their replica belt, and three guys in front of us, who were just chilling. There was this one guy who was there, seriously he made me feel so normal, cause he was talking how he had spent $4000 on John Cena merchandise, he had even had the exact Pump sneakers Cena wears in the ring. In addition to that, he had spent over $200 on a Red Sox World Series Jacket as a gift to Cena. The guy was nice and all, but he made me feel normal. LOL If that makes any sense.
So we slowly made our way up the line, getting more and more nervous with each step. Dawn and I had decided that Batista had such a great response to our question yesterday, that we were gonna ask Cena the same thing, just to see if he could beat Batista's response. So we get to the first security guard, who tried to take our passes, but after we explained to him, that we wanted John to sign them, the guy just ripped the pass a little on the side, so we couldn't use them again, and so we could still get them signed. Dawn by this time was flipping out, she was terrified, and quite honestly I was damn nervous myself. I had been crushing on this guy for years, and now in just a few steps I was gonna be meeting him face to face. I did my best to not show my fear, as Dawn had her hand on my shoulder, digging her nails into my arm. The guard was sending everyone over to this room they had built just for Cena, one at a time, but when he noticed how nervous Dawn and I were, he asked "Do you two wanna go together?", Dawn and I nodded quickly and huddled together as we moved closer to the room.
Right before we got into the room, someone behind us had said something along the lines "There he is", when I looked in front of us, I saw the backside of John (which is not bad to look at either),as he climbed back in the room.
When we got to the doorway, we got the first look of what the room looked like on the inside. There was a couple ramps, that led into this little ring, where John Cena was standing. There was a professional photographer who was taking all the pictures, and they printed them out and placed them in a frame right there afterwards. We finally made our way into the room, Dawn basically attached to my back and digging her nails into my arm. The guard turned to us to tell us it was our turn, but he missed the guy that was in front of us, and me being the nice, polite chick that I am, I pointed it out and said "It's his turn", as the guard let that guy go in front of us.
Seriously, John Cena was so hot! So much hotter than I thought…so gorgeous…So that guy got done, and the guard told me and Dawn it was our turn. I froze…I couldn't move, and to make things worse, I had Dawn frozen behind me, with her nails digging into my arm. John noticed that we were frozen, so he came over with his trademark smile and grabbed my hand and pulled me into the ring next to him. Of course, with Dawn being attached to me (seriously she looked like yoda, riding on my back like that…May the force be with us!)
I just went for it, so I looked John right in his beautiful blue eyes and said "So seriously, are we like the fattest chicks you've seen at the convention today?". John looked back in all seriousness and goes "Absolutely not!", I smiled a big smile at him and I said "Liar!", John smiled large at Dawn (who still was attached to my arm, and not speaking a word), and I and said "Nope, you two are the most beautiful girls I've seen at this convention today." I turned bright red, and I looked back at Dawn who was about red as Me as I said "Awww". So Dawn turned to the camera for the photo and I turned to the camera also. Suddenly John Cena goes "How about we make me the luckiest guy in the world?", I looked up at Cena, who was smiling large, as he grabbed me by the shoulders and basically man handled me to the other side of him (not like I didn't mind his hands being on me). As he was pulling me away from Dawn, Dawn was grasping my arm tighter. I finally turned around and looked Dawn in the eyes and said "It's ok, Dawn", as I got my arm loose from her and let John move me to his other side, as he moved between us. John wrapped his big arms around Dawn and I , and pulled us tight. Well he pulled me tight, Dawn was not budging. She was frozen in her spot, so John and I leaned over towards her a bit, trying to make it look as cute as possible.
After the picture, I spoke up "Would you sign our passes for us?", John smiled and said "Sure" as he began signing the passes, he looked back up at me "So how are you ladies enjoying the convention?". I smiled and said "It's good, we just moved here so things are crazy right now", he looked up at me and asked "From where?", "California", I answered. "What Part?", he asked, "LA" I responded and he came back with a "Right on", as he handed Dawn back her pass. "Well, welcome to the city that truly never sleeps" he said with a smile, as I responded "Thanks" and me and Dawn began climbing off the ring, as we were walking out of the ring John yelled to us "You two don't go getting into too much trouble" with a huge smile, suddenly Dawn says back "We will"…Yep, she spoke!
John was so cute! So sweet and such a charmer! The pic is up in my album. I'm so crushing on Batista and John Cena now…
PERSONAL NOTE: So I've looked at this weekend as an experiment…Now true both these guys are supposed to be nice to their fans, and true both these guys weren't gonna say something mean to us…but why give us the compliments also? Batista telling me I was selling myself short, and now Cena saying I was beautiful…Could they be blind? Or Could they be just saying it to keep a fan? Or Could they see something I don't?....I'm very confused, were they telling the truth?, either way I won't lie…it did boost my self esteem just a bit…what do you think? Were they telling the truth? Or just simply saying something to pacify? Hmmm…leave me your thoughts…