Intro to Leedles + Meet and Greet list
Aug 10, 2019 11:34:27 GMT
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Post by mrleedles on Aug 10, 2019 11:34:27 GMT
Heya, I'm MrLeedles, owner of (one of) the discords for 80s Mania Wrestling. I currently live in Connecticut and have been here for the full 18+ years of my life. Wanted to get "started" on this place on the right foot, so why don't I brag a bit about my meet and greet history? 
So, just based around picture frames and a full-on binder of 8x10s, here is a...almost a checklist of sorts, of people that I have met:
(NOTE: I remember a Pro Wrestling Academy CT show that I went to, but cannot find it on Cagematch. The only name I remember outside of a nobody is Stevie Richards)
Christian Cage
Xavier - former Ring of Honor world champ, at the time he was NEW World Champion.
Samoa Joe (x2)
Kurt Angle
Romeo Roselli (x2) - 1/2 of The Heartthrobs in WWE
Justin Credible
Velvet Sky (x3) - NOTE: had an image of her before and after joining TNA. One where her name was Talia Madison, and then one where she went by Velvet Sky
Jerry Lawler (x??? (met him so many Clucking times))
"Dynamic Sensation" Gus Harlacher - worked the indies until 2016 as Drunken Swashbuckler
Brian Anthony - major name in the Northeast indie scene and has done squash matches for WWE in the past alongside his work in places like NEW, CTWE, etc.
Ron Zombie - Another journeyman-esque wrestler in the Northeast indie scene
Awesome Kong
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (RIP)
Michael Sain - basically a nobody wrestler...
Kurt Adonis - a major name at the time for Northeast Wrestling, dude retired on the show I met him for the first time
Kevin Nash
"The Mouth Of The South" Jimmy Hart
Paul London
Eddie Edwards
Jason Blade - not sure what he really did in wrestling outside of be the Northeast Wrestling World Champion...
Reid Flair
The Amazing Graysons - tag team in modern NEW
Adrenaline Rush - was a former team in NEW, Keith Youngblood has gone on to be NEW Tag Champs w/ Jerry Lawler
Mickie James
Vik Dalishus - 1/2 of a tag team in NEW called "The Now". NOTE: was eyeballing based off an unknown image I had in binder, could be wrong (did also get one of The NOW together, just wanted to put it as one slot I guess)
Ted DiBiase Sr
Bull Dredd - similar to Ron Zombie in a journeyman status
Alexus Leveah - legitimately could find no info on her through Cagematch...huh
Larry Huntley - another nobody
The Mac - Kinda a nobody?
Stevie Richards
Matt Taven
Karen Q - was recently signed to NXT, do not believe she has debuted on-TV yet tho
Brad Hollister - a recently-turned-big name on the Northeast indies, was a former NEW World Champion
InZanely Rude (RJ Rude and Zane Bernardo) - two honestly really good high flyers that work the NE indies
LA Smooth - a member in the Anoa'i dynasty
Jay Lethal
Billy Gunn
Rey Mysterio
Brutus Beefcake (x2)
JTG
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
The Honky Tonk Man
Gangrel
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Jack Swagger
Rob Eckos - AKA Robbie E or now Robert Strauss in NXT
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
Booker T
"Cowboy" Bob Orton
Cody Rhodes
Ryback
Corey Graves
John Morrison
Funaki
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Jonathan Coachman
Tony Atlas
Wrecking Ball Legursky
Now, outside of this I will also be marking down wrestlers who, although I didn't get to do a meet and greet with, I saw live for the shows ("major names" or active people only):
Matt and Bryan Logan - brother tag team who are still wrestling, currently in Chaotic Wrestling
Amber O'Neal - better known as Amber Gallows, she was the Bullet Babe in NJPW
Gabby Gilbert - Doesn't seem to have done much in her career. She currently is working WSU and Shine Wrestling
Frankie Arion - Guy was a semi-decent name in the Northeast scene, and worked in a bunch of different companies, the two I definitely remember being NEW and CTWE
Jake Manning - A bit more of a common name for the Northeast, he recently won the NEW World Title IIRC after winning their version of a Royal Rumble
Caleb Konley - had a run in TNA for a while...that's about it
Mike Bennett
Adam Page - yes, Hangman Adam Page
Ryan McBride - lesser-known worker who does stuff still in Maryland Championship Wrestling
J-Busta - another lesser-known worker Still active and recently was on iMPACT for a squash against Madman Fulton
Finlay
Tomasso Ciampa
Alexxis - AKA Alisha Edwards in iMPACT
Mercedes KV - AKA Sasha Banks
Mikaze - current WWE staff member and IRL husband of Sasha Banks
Sebastian Suave - decent indie name in Canada, working for Smash Wrestling amongst other places
Dan Barry - 1/2 of Team Tremendous and Tremendous Investigations Inc
Michael Elgin
Pinkie Sanchez
Ricky Reyes - former ROH Tag Champ w/ Rocky Romero as The Havana Pitbulls, AKA Cortez Castro on Lucha Underground
JT Dunn - 1/2 of Death By Elbow w/ Chris Hero and The Juicy Product w/ David Starr
Dave Cole - to reference, he's the guy who trained JT Dunn. If that doesn't tell you how good he is...then IDK.
Slyck Wagner Brown - longtime mainstay in the NE indies
Eddie Orengo - FKA Bandido Jr, now a referee in NXT
The Brian Kendrick
The Kingdom (TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)
Deonna Purrazzo
Flip Gordon
Donovan Dijak
Hanson
TOTAL # OF SIGNINGS: 63
TOTAL # OF WATCHINGS: 32
TOTAL TOTAL: 95
so...after about 2.5 hours of work and reminiscing on the past, my bragging is done. Thank you all and I hope I have a good time on this forum.
So, just based around picture frames and a full-on binder of 8x10s, here is a...almost a checklist of sorts, of people that I have met:
(NOTE: I remember a Pro Wrestling Academy CT show that I went to, but cannot find it on Cagematch. The only name I remember outside of a nobody is Stevie Richards)
Christian Cage
Xavier - former Ring of Honor world champ, at the time he was NEW World Champion.
Samoa Joe (x2)
Kurt Angle
Romeo Roselli (x2) - 1/2 of The Heartthrobs in WWE
Justin Credible
Velvet Sky (x3) - NOTE: had an image of her before and after joining TNA. One where her name was Talia Madison, and then one where she went by Velvet Sky
Jerry Lawler (x??? (met him so many Clucking times))
"Dynamic Sensation" Gus Harlacher - worked the indies until 2016 as Drunken Swashbuckler
Brian Anthony - major name in the Northeast indie scene and has done squash matches for WWE in the past alongside his work in places like NEW, CTWE, etc.
Ron Zombie - Another journeyman-esque wrestler in the Northeast indie scene
Awesome Kong
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (RIP)
Michael Sain - basically a nobody wrestler...
Kurt Adonis - a major name at the time for Northeast Wrestling, dude retired on the show I met him for the first time
Kevin Nash
"The Mouth Of The South" Jimmy Hart
Paul London
Eddie Edwards
Jason Blade - not sure what he really did in wrestling outside of be the Northeast Wrestling World Champion...
Reid Flair
The Amazing Graysons - tag team in modern NEW
Adrenaline Rush - was a former team in NEW, Keith Youngblood has gone on to be NEW Tag Champs w/ Jerry Lawler
Mickie James
Vik Dalishus - 1/2 of a tag team in NEW called "The Now". NOTE: was eyeballing based off an unknown image I had in binder, could be wrong (did also get one of The NOW together, just wanted to put it as one slot I guess)
Ted DiBiase Sr
Bull Dredd - similar to Ron Zombie in a journeyman status
Alexus Leveah - legitimately could find no info on her through Cagematch...huh
Larry Huntley - another nobody
The Mac - Kinda a nobody?
Stevie Richards
Matt Taven
Karen Q - was recently signed to NXT, do not believe she has debuted on-TV yet tho
Brad Hollister - a recently-turned-big name on the Northeast indies, was a former NEW World Champion
InZanely Rude (RJ Rude and Zane Bernardo) - two honestly really good high flyers that work the NE indies
LA Smooth - a member in the Anoa'i dynasty
Jay Lethal
Billy Gunn
Rey Mysterio
Brutus Beefcake (x2)
JTG
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
The Honky Tonk Man
Gangrel
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Jack Swagger
Rob Eckos - AKA Robbie E or now Robert Strauss in NXT
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
Booker T
"Cowboy" Bob Orton
Cody Rhodes
Ryback
Corey Graves
John Morrison
Funaki
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Jonathan Coachman
Tony Atlas
Wrecking Ball Legursky
Now, outside of this I will also be marking down wrestlers who, although I didn't get to do a meet and greet with, I saw live for the shows ("major names" or active people only):
Matt and Bryan Logan - brother tag team who are still wrestling, currently in Chaotic Wrestling
Amber O'Neal - better known as Amber Gallows, she was the Bullet Babe in NJPW
Gabby Gilbert - Doesn't seem to have done much in her career. She currently is working WSU and Shine Wrestling
Frankie Arion - Guy was a semi-decent name in the Northeast scene, and worked in a bunch of different companies, the two I definitely remember being NEW and CTWE
Jake Manning - A bit more of a common name for the Northeast, he recently won the NEW World Title IIRC after winning their version of a Royal Rumble
Caleb Konley - had a run in TNA for a while...that's about it
Mike Bennett
Adam Page - yes, Hangman Adam Page
Ryan McBride - lesser-known worker who does stuff still in Maryland Championship Wrestling
J-Busta - another lesser-known worker Still active and recently was on iMPACT for a squash against Madman Fulton
Finlay
Tomasso Ciampa
Alexxis - AKA Alisha Edwards in iMPACT
Mercedes KV - AKA Sasha Banks
Mikaze - current WWE staff member and IRL husband of Sasha Banks
Sebastian Suave - decent indie name in Canada, working for Smash Wrestling amongst other places
Dan Barry - 1/2 of Team Tremendous and Tremendous Investigations Inc
Michael Elgin
Pinkie Sanchez
Ricky Reyes - former ROH Tag Champ w/ Rocky Romero as The Havana Pitbulls, AKA Cortez Castro on Lucha Underground
JT Dunn - 1/2 of Death By Elbow w/ Chris Hero and The Juicy Product w/ David Starr
Dave Cole - to reference, he's the guy who trained JT Dunn. If that doesn't tell you how good he is...then IDK.
Slyck Wagner Brown - longtime mainstay in the NE indies
Eddie Orengo - FKA Bandido Jr, now a referee in NXT
The Brian Kendrick
The Kingdom (TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia)
Deonna Purrazzo
Flip Gordon
Donovan Dijak
Hanson
TOTAL # OF SIGNINGS: 63
TOTAL # OF WATCHINGS: 32
TOTAL TOTAL: 95
so...after about 2.5 hours of work and reminiscing on the past, my bragging is done. Thank you all and I hope I have a good time on this forum.
