Meeting Two 'Total Divas'

              Thursday afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting two Total Divas, Natalya and Summer Rae. For those of you who are unfamiliar with these two ladies, they are wrestlers on WWE. They are now a part of a reality series called Total Divas that airs Sundays (The season premier is tomorrow night actually).  I had to make a special post today off of our normal schedule to let you know how it went.

               

                I picked up my phone to check twitter that morning which I don’t usually do. Finding out that these divas were going to be signing free autographs later on that day, I ran up to my room to change my outfit. I just had to find my Fandango shirt to impress Summer Rae! The signing was right near where I was going to be and I happened to have finished class early that day, which was awesome.  I rushed over to NBC with my friend and after getting some food and parting ways, I lined up and waited for the divas to get there. I was there at around 12:30 pm and the signing didn’t start until 2:30. I got there pretty early so I would be guaranteed a wrist band and let into the signing. Being there early had its perks because I was right in front of the make shift barricade, meaning I was in a few feet from Natalya and Summer Rae.

              

                 As for any signing, we were told that we should have our camera ready and be prepared to be rushed through if the crowd got too big. Luckily for me, it was a Thursday afternoon when everyone was either at work or school, so the crowd wasn’t relatively large. Natalya and Summer Rae took some glamour shots for Total Divas and conversed with some fans in the front before starting the signing. Somebody called out to Natalya about her almost win on Main Event for the Divas title the prior Tuesday in which she replied with a smile, “Hey, I’m keeping her on her toes!” (Referring to the current Divas Champion AJ Lee).

                

                 I nervously stood on line and waited for my turn to come. Since there was not a lot of people, the line went relatively slow and I didn’t mind at all. I was enjoying watching Summer Rae and Natalya converse with their fans one on one. It was nice not being pushed through a line before even getting to say hi to the person you waited two hours to see. Natalya was especially grateful to her fans, knowing most of them from prior events which I thought was really cool.

               

                Finally my turn came and I was on the point of hyperventilating (But keeping up my poker face of course). I got to shake Summer Rae’s hand and Natalya smiled and asked how I was doing.  I told her I was doing great and then I was reminded of the conversation I had with one of my friends while on the line, telling me to let Natalya and Summer Rae know how big of a fan of theirs she was, which I did. She couldn’t make it to the event, and being my go to wrestling friend, I couldn’t let the opportunity escape. Natalya and Summer Rae were gracious and Natalya asked what my friend’s name was. When I told her, she personalized an autograph just for her and told me to tell my friend it was a gift from her and Summer Rae (which my friend was extremely surprised and excited about).

                

               After that, I had a chance to have a conversation with the two (I had apparently bought myself two extra minutes with the divas while they signed my friend’s autograph). Summer Rae did notice my shirt and told me she loved it, which I was ecstatic about, having spent the extra ten minutes in the morning looking for it. After they were done with my friend’s autograph, they signed one personally to me as well. I couldn’t think of anything to say to the two because I was so shocked to be standing in front of the them in the first place so I started to discuss my friend’s obsession with Emma and how torn she was between the two dancers, which Natalya thought was absolutely adorable and Summer Rae called, “a good problem to have”. After that, I got to take a picture with the two and I said my goodbyes.

I forgot to mention that the person running the event had my camera the entire time and literally was snapping away throughout my entire conversation with the two which I’m actually very pleased with. She even captured me mid handshake with Summer Rae and having a conversation with the two where they look genuinely interested in what I had to say, how cool is that? The staff at NBC were actually great. There was really no need for the guards to do anything but watch the crowd because we were really tame (as compared to other wrestling events I’ve been to). The person taking my photo was phenomenal and not once did I feel like someone was pushing me along and telling me to hurry up. With the relatively small crowd, the organized staff at the NBC store and the two incredibly kind and amazing divas, I had a fantastic time and I can't wait for the next wrestling related event I get to be a part of! 

Hope you enjoyed reading this! The next post is on Wednesday! Stay tuned!