Wrestling Collectors?

[enielie17]

Well, this one had my head spinning today.

Back in January, I sent an action figure to R-Truth VV at RAW in Oklahoma City. I didn't get a reply, so I figured it was gone...part of the buisness.

Today I recieved my return envelope back in the mail. However, the action figure wasn't inside. Included instead was a signed Nevin Nash 8x10, signed Big Show 8x10, signed Tito Santana card and an issue of WWE Kids magazine????????
If all authentic, I'm happy with the trade-off, as I had yet to add Nash, Show and Tito to my collection (unfortunately, my son already had the issue of WWE Kids...oh, well).

I'm having trouble finding the USPS label shipping tracking number on their website, so I'm not sure where it was sent from.
Edit: I got the tracking information, and the package was accepted at a postr office on Opa Loka, FL. So, somehow it got from Oklahoma City to Florida before getting shipped back to me.

Crazy.

[CubsFanKEC1982]

The Tito looks legit. The Nash one looks similar to his sig. The Big Show one doesn't look right at all.

[JWLJN]

The Tito looks legit. The Nash one looks similar to his sig. The Big Show one doesn't look right at all.

I agree on all counts. Great Tito card to have signed. Probably the weirdest success I've ever seen. Weirder than when I sent Steve McMichael a photo of he and I and a football card that I just happened to have. I'd heard he was signing those at the time and not wrestling cards. He signed and returned my photo, kept the football card, and sent back, signed, the two WRESTLING cards that I had wanted to send him.

-J\/\/

[enielie17]

The Tito looks legit. The Nash one looks similar to his sig. The Big Show one doesn't look right at all.

I agree on all counts. Great Tito card to have signed. Probably the weirdest success I've ever seen. Weirder than when I sent Steve McMichael a photo of he and I and a football card that I just happened to have. I'd heard he was signing those at the time and not wrestling cards. He signed and returned my photo, kept the football card, and sent back, signed, the two WRESTLING cards that I had wanted to send him.

-J\/\/

Yeah, I thought the same when I first got them and started to analyze them.
I found that the Tito and Nash were spot on, but I definately had concerns about the Big Show, especially after just seeing the ones you got IP.
After more research, I'm marking it down as authentic.
I believe that the sig is over a decade old, as the time/date stamp on back of the print is May 6, 1999. I scoured Ebay and have seen many variations of his sig, ranging from the 'neat print' version that I got to his current 'over-exaggerated looping' sig that he currently has.
Plus, I believe that these cane from within WWE, as it shipped out Tuesday from North Miami, and I doubt they would be peddling fakes.

Here are a few examples (yes, I realize that just because it's on Ebay doesn't make it authentic...but there are quite a few exampes)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Big-Show-Wrestl ... 19c9202473
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAUL-WIGHT-THE- ... 519492975f
http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-GIANT-AKA-B ... 3f1592a710
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWE-Original-Au ... 41642c8c30
Plus, more good news...it turns out my son DIDN'T have that issue of WWE Kids yet! Score!!

[JWLJN]

Yeah, I thought the same when I first got them and started to analyze them.
I found that the Tito and Nash were spot on, but I definately had concerns about the Big Show, especially after just seeing the ones you got IP.
After more research, I'm marking it down as authentic.
I believe that the sig is over a decade old, as the time/date stamp on back of the print is May 6, 1999. I scoured Ebay and have seen many variations of his sig, ranging from the 'neat print' version that I got to his current 'over-exaggerated looping' sig that he currently has.
Plus, I believe that these cane from within WWE, as it shipped out Tuesday from North Miami, and I doubt they would be peddling fakes.

Here are a few examples (yes, I realize that just because it's on Ebay doesn't make it authentic...but there are quite a few exampes)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Big-Show-Wrestl ... 19c9202473
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAUL-WIGHT-THE- ... 519492975f
http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-GIANT-AKA-B ... 3f1592a710
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWE-Original-Au ... 41642c8c30
Plus, more good news...it turns out my son DIDN'T have that issue of WWE Kids yet! Score!!

Signatures DO change thanks to time, place, etc. so you could very well have something authentic there. Odd that they had old items like a 27 year old Tito card around. Just a strange situation, but you and your son benefited and that's what matters.

-J\/\/

[enielie17]

LOL!!
Yeah, I hear ya...I'm not going to try to figure it out anymore. I'll just accept it as a rare gift from the TTM Gods.

[CubsFanKEC1982]

LOL!!
Yeah, I hear ya...I'm not going to try to figure it out anymore. I'll just accept it as a rare gift from the TTM Gods.

I got a strange return like this but not as good from what I think was a FCW send. In my envelope was a couple packs of WWE trading cards and nothing else. Never figured out who got me on that one...

Having the old card isn't that bizarre. Those Topps cards are a dime a dozen and fairly popular among those that collect autographs.

I wonder if someone snatched the figure and then got a guilty conscience and is trying to make good by sending these items.

I did know about the Big Show's sig change, but still wouldn't give it my 100 percent approval.

[davidn2161]

That's one of the weirdest things I've ever seen, but chances are you got a pretty sweet deal.

Autographs change a lot over time too so it's pretty hard to measure, the Nash looks pretty different than ones I received in person, but I think it's legit.

[youeatrocks]

i think only the Tito is real. Nash doesn't look right from what I have seen over the years.

[AutoGraff88]

I'm not an expert on Big Show's signature and I hope it's real. The ebay sellers you listed, though, one of them sells fakes -- replica promos with forged signatures. The one I'm referring to is "yamsale." The seller (actually it's up to three people at this point who all know each other), has had at least three different seller IDs so far.

The other three sellers on ebay that you listed, I've never worked with them or heard of them. They could all be legit. I would definitely avoid "yamsale" though.

This seller in Massachusetts had a lot of in-store signings back when WCW was around and for at least a few years after WCW closed. Here's an example of Big Show's signature from around the time the promo shown came out:

http://sportsworld-usa.com/index.php?_a ... ductId=480