Jim Cornette on The Undertaker's Autograph Prices
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2022
- From Episode 244 of Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
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Having met Corny twice, he could not have been a kinder or more patient person with autographs and even some polite conversation. Truly a class act.
"Please sign this photo "To Donald Trump"."
get him to sign your MAGA hat
You wouldn’t know by listening to him
@f wef I would get him to sign my copy of the Communist Manifesto.
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I once was sitting across from a Natalya signing in the west Edmonton mall, her husband was with her. When she was done with the line, there were 2 young girls nearby where the end of the line had been. Natalya asked them if they wanted anything signed, they said they were poor and didn't have anything. She took one of her new T-shirts and a new cap from her husband's bag, signed them, gave the shirt and cap to those kids and then took a picture with both kids for free. Natalya made those poor kids feel like a million dollars. Their mom then showed up in a wheel chair. Natalya must be good people.
I never have heard any bad words about Nattie. She’s a total sweetheart according to a lot of people.
The Hart family usually appreciates fans because they been brought up to respect the fans growing up.
I was at a meet and greet nattie did for a program to help kids with food insecurities and this meet and greet singing was also included an hour long Q & A. It was $20 dollars and all the money went to the program for kids. Class act and all around great human being
That's good shit she is a great ambassador for the company
That’s brilliant the hart family truly are great people
I was working a con in Louisville for Half Price Books years ago, and it turned out Jim had a table. I walked up to him to buy a shirt and told him I was a big fan, and he retorted “Finally, I got one!” Probably the most gracious way I’ve ever heard someone say “Yah, no shit.” A great memory.
Why am I laughing at this story harder than I should be? 🤣😂. Appreciate the chuckle my friend.
Teach me the cons. I too have lived in ky.
My Louisville native what's up
The best reaction you could have received. Love it.
What con were you running? A Ponzi scheme??
So glad to hear Jim's take on this. The autograph scene has gotten ridiculously out of control.
It has, I stand by and still stand by that I will NEVER pay over £100+ for an autograph. That's highway robbery.
It has become a circus really.
For something that should be a simple and fun experience....
... I'm sure you'll have a bunch of fools bringing caskets and tombstones trying to get those signed. 😂😝
@@GenGamesUniverse
10 bucks tops .
Exactly its totally ridiculous these people as much as we love them and what they do they are just human like you and I they shit and piss just like the rest of us
When I heard about The Undertaker on Cameo $1000 for him in full costume I was like WTF?!
I met Jim several years back. He signed my racket, took a picture. Also photobombbed a picture I took of my brother with Terri Runnels. If Jim's coming to your town, make the trip. You won't be disappointed
How many hours did you slave away to pay him ?
@@BakedNConfused 🤡
@@charleshobbs5079 😷
I met Undertaker a few years ago at a sports bar and it was $200 to get a photo with him and get autographs, but the catch was there wasn't a limit on how many things you could get signed. The line took forever because some people brought multiple items and some of them likely ended up on eBay. One person brought a bunch of urns to get signed 🤦
I HATE when people do that, I was unfortunate enough to be stuck behind a guy who brought in a suitcase full of "Nightmare on Elm Street" merch to get signed by Robert Englund and when he left, I had to apologise to him cos I called the person who did that a twat.
That's crazy to me that they didn't put a cap on it. I'm surprised there weren't people with shopping carts full of stuff for him to sign
A bunch of urns, wtf?!
Was it when Flair was with him? I remember when Taker and Flair stopped through Charleston SC and was at a sports bar near where i lived. I wanted to go but i had to work.
I wouldn't be surprised if people were bringing caskets and tombstones to get signed. 😝
They really should just put a limit on what is to be signed.
Pictures and photo ops only.
Get rid of that eBay crowd that's just there to have things signed to be sold.
I remember meeting Million Dollar Man at Comic-Con, ironically his autograph was the cheapest there. 20$
He’s got to pay for the government back for his son’s sins
Did you get conned by Ted
Gangis
How long ago was that?
@@davey3884 over a decade ago
I didn’t realize Cornette was so friendly with fans at these signings.
He isn’t the evil ghoul that Twitter wants to you think he is
Just because he is an asshole about how he feels about modern wrestling doesn't mean he's an asshole in general.
I think he really appreciates the fans. It's just other people in the business he has problems with. Similar to Bret Hart. Lol
@@NickRaymond871 Well apparently bots don't like Jim if its from Twitter.
He's the best. Doesn't rush anyone and always gracious.
Even Virgil doesn't charge $250.
I'm gonna turn up ask Undertaker to sign everything as Punisher "Dice" Morgan and then pay him in counterfeit bills.
🤣😅😂🙃🥰
Yeah but he might take a tenner offa ya. Shout out to OSW.
I got an autograph from Kurt Angle at a local comic con last year and he could not have been more appreciative or thoughtful about the whole thing. He shook my hand, made sure he addressed me by name, and even thought hard about what color sharpie would look best on the DVD I wanted signed. And all for a flat, reasonable price. He was a class act and it sucks that someone like The Undertaker can’t uphold the same standard.
Hes gotta be on heroin or crack 😂
Kurt’s more talented than Undercarder has ever been
Meting him in September. Hopefully he is the same mood
Not his fault he doesn't control the prices.
I seen Corny when I was 14 at a gas station in Cincinnati. He called us a bunch of inbred goat lovers. It was probably 1 of the best days I had as a teen. For context we were yelling "lets go Rock and Roll". So we knew he was gonna roast us. It was awesome lol
No shit: thats probably the best story you could have, because you know he was smiling when he drove on.
Inbred goat lovers LMFAO i'm dead XD
Cornette's awesome!!
Who the hell would pay more than $20 for any autograph
Who would pay anything for any autograph. What on earth is the big deal? Someone signed something? YIP YIP YAHOO.
I paid somewhere around $100 for a combo deal at a con, an autographed 8x10 and a picture with Bret Hart. I regret absolutely nothing about it.
@@KingKhanate1997 I managed to meet Jeff Hardy in June last year for $25 & got the 3 SVR games he appeared in & a Picture Signed, a free T shirt, Pics with Jeff Himself and he even performed a concert with some of his own songs Acoustically & even told us some stories about his Dirt Bike accident when he broke his leg & His Brother Matt… & I too absolutely regret nothing about it.
@@KingKhanate1997 I paid around 400 for a picture with Nash and hall with Eric and one with ric flair and another with mike Tyson and met Kelly Kelly, carlito, lex Luger and Scott Steiner
Hundreds thousands of people
Damn Taker....way to squeeze the marks
His 1991 card is allegedly worth thousands of dollars
you've got more money than sense if you pay those prices
caring about autographs and shit like that implies a lack of sense anyways
Some do though, I myself from personal experience of going to these conventions, have seen numerous people pay hand over fist for an autograph that is like £120. Hell, one company now - Showmasters here in the UK have said that Christopher Lloyd is charging £120 for an autograph!
I met Eddie Guerrero at a Kmart in Chicago in 2004 and the dude was really cool. Took time to talk to people and he was gracious in signing stuff. What a humble guy.
Ric Flair on the other hand…acted like he didn’t want to be there at an autograph signing.
I hope you have a picture
@@Zeug_ Wooooooo
I never understood the thrill people get from having someone write their name on a piece of paper.
The thrill comes later on after the ebay auction has ended.
Or when people will spend a lot of money getting an autographed item from someone other than the actual celebrity.
@@beauleidig8670 I guess.
@Chuck Buskee there are real Elvis/Hendrix/Bowie etc out there , theyre just pricy due to rarity
Mega-Kahn is when they all come together to form one industry ruining machine.
Well done.
IT'S LIKE MEGAZORD except it's built out of Tiny Khan and Nick Khan. And probably in order to assemble full MEGA-KHAN ZORD they will need to invite Amir Khan (boxer) and Oliver Khan (fromer German football player)
Come on now.... Taker has become accustom to a certain lifestyle and he's trying to supplement that. Bikes, caskets, and lightning strikes are not cheap.
This made me laugh
Not to mention his alimony payments from his previous marriages.
HE NEED TO PAY HIS DRUIDS PER APPEARANCE
you forgot to add druids and tombstones too haha :)
I met Jim during intermission at ROH in Dayton OH got a 8x10 and a photo and he didn’t charge me a dime
Nicest guy I’ve ever met at a comic con was Jim Duggan. Me and my gf got a picture with him and he spent over 20 minutes just asking how we were and what we up too. I really hope he gets over his latest cancer scare.
Did he refer to you as tough guy at any point in the 20 minutes?
Duggan was one of the two celebrities I met that actually wanted to meet their fans.
Same experience nothing but a class act
It's a ripoff. Straight up.
It might be easy for me to say as I'll never be in that position but I wouldn't appear at an event in which fans were getting gauged by promoters. Taker is a big enough star to call the shots, he's never going to get cancelled by a promoter for putting his foot down. It reflects poorly upon him that he doesn't seem to care.
At the same time the fans have to take some of the blame for being willing to get fleeced for the sake of an autograph. Cons are literally that.
Kane
March 16, 2001
Price: FREE
he is such a private person that for him to make a public appearance like this it does not shock me that he would demand a lot of money and make the promoter sweat bullets
I bought figures off Cornette online and didn’t even realize they were going to be autographed, only paid the price of the figures and he literally did personally sign them to Joe! Now I tell people I’m close personal friends with ol’ Jimmy Corns, that’s what I call him ‘cuz we’re such good pals!
Man, I went with my family to see Mick Foley back in about 04 at an outside festival, nothing was charged for pics or autographs and despite having about 100 people behind us he was nice and didn't rush my mom who talked to him about being a parent etc for like 5 minutes(we recently watched beyond the mat) and he even let us cut the line when I realized 15 minutes later that I didn't get my picture with him.
Taker is an icon but seriously, who thought this whole thing was a good idea? If his hall of fame speech was genuine I don't see much of this coming from him.
Met Mick at a signing last summer, he's charging $40 these days
@@planbskaterchu well this guy above you needs to do research
So your mom is to blame why I had to wait so long? Thanks your mom. Jeez
@@robertreams1231 Where were you?
@@tylertravis2081 I need to do research about what? Mick Foley in the early 2000s was arguably more relevant than undertaker today and you only had to pay to get in the festival.
I've seen Mick Jagger, who is 10 times a bigger star than Gene Simmons, sign guitars at airports for free.
Gene has a very weird relationship with money. He’s cartoonishly greedy but it doesn’t seem to make him happy.
Mick is much more secure with his station in life.
@@keefriff99 Mick is one of those guys who seems like the type that would sit with you at a bar and talk to you whereas Gene is the type that constantly is thinking about making more money off each person he meets.
@@CP-kb1du I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking it.
@@keefriff99
Well, he is an elf .
That's the only thing I actually agree with about the whole part of that clip, so as someone who's into collecting guitar gear, there would be loads of vintage gear sellers out there who would move mountains to follow musicians with signature guitars to conventions like the one in the clip so they could take them and charge massive premiums to resell on the used markets, especially if you could also snag a selfie or picture as well at the event with Gene. I get why someone would be like "I'm not gonna sign that".
As much as Mick Jagger is a great vocalist, you're talking a whole different ball game when Keith Richards signs your Keith Richards Telecaster and you can verify that and when Mick Jagger signs it.
Love to hear how down to earth and not greedy Jim is. I bought one of his figures which he signs with a personalised message and I live in Scotland, so total cost including international postage was I think £70 which to me is an absolute bargain! Jim you’re a top guy! 👍
Back in December 2004 at an ROH show in Elizabeth, NJ, Jim Cornette had a table. He only charged $5 for a classic picture of himself and the Midnight Express that he autographed on the spot. And since there wasn't a line, I got to talk to him for about 10 minutes. On the same show, Bobby Heenan was taking Polaroids with fans. He only charged $10 and took the time to talk a little with every fan despite a long line. Both of these are among my most treasured memories of meeting wrestling legends.
I'm pretty sure "All Elite Scooby-Doo" has no problem spending that much money for an autograph.
Say what you want about Hogan, but when I met him at his Orlando shop for a meet/greet/signing, he didn't rush anyone and listened to everyone's childhood stories and seemed genuinely interested for everyone in line. Also, it was HIS idea to sign my childhood HH toy on one leg and sign "HOF 05" on the other. His handler wanted to upcharge me because my item wasn't a picture, but he said "no way brother...I'm signing this for him". He did this because this was my actual childhood 12" HH figure with belt and cloth shirt...and NOT a brand new one still in the box like other people had (probably intended for eB@y). He also gave me a Jimmy Hart signed pic as well. Regardless of the stories and exaggerated stories, he seemed like a great guy.
Yeah I met him for just a photo op here and texas and he was so cool to listen to my childhood story and couldn’t have been more phenomenal and shook my hand and even jimmy hart who was with him was kind and patted me on the back
Hogan will stay until the last fan in line. Saw him do it here in Chicago at a convention. He actually got there late and discounted his autograph since he was late. I hear that Ric Flair varies in attitude depending on how much the promotion is paying him.
@@Da219StarWarsGuy I met flair he was super nice and shook my hand but I’ve heard by some his attitude can be changed
Hogan is a legend, dont let these w-o-k-e jokes tell you different. When Hulk passes away, everybody will turn around and tell you how they always loved him.
Hogan is experienced and knows that a happy fanbase will support him for years. Greedy dunces will grab the money and take off.
Imagine you go and he just initials it “UT” and sends you on your way. We starting a match right then and there lol
"Rest in peeeeaace..."
My man couldn’t even give you RIP 😂
@Dodge Morningstar “the boys got heart!” *JR voice*
Taker actually has a cool looking autograph
that said, i wouldnt pay $200 for it, but it does look cool.
I bought a Jim Cornette autographed card for $17 in an auction once. That was neat.
I paid billions.... you got lucky...
Hey I used to collect action figures . I am glad you have a autograph
That's what I do I don't go to shows cuz the autographs are too expensive there I just wait till the stuff comes up in local auctions
I met Cornette a few years back at Lexington Comic Con and he was really cool to me. it would have been cool to talk to him more than I did, but at least I got my picture taken with him, which was probably one of the best highlights of my life (only comes second to meeting Bruce Campbell).
Groovy
You had me for a second! I thought you were going to say Bruce.... Pritchard!
Just think some day you'll touch a woman
I met The Undertaker at a signing back in 1996 or so. It was free. He signed a magazine & a poster for me. I didn't pay a dime. I still have them both.
That's awesome man. I hope you can enjoy them for many years 🍻
I got Kane's autograph FREE (on a ticket)
March 16, 2001
Prime Kane.
Our autographs hold REAL value (not monetary gain)
Ppl going to pay 200+ for an old guys autograph that doesn't even wrestle anymore. Thats only signing because you give em money, not because you supported him all these years .
I think the difference is he was actively at the top of his career and making plenty of money at the time as opposed to retired and more reliant on these now. Although he is still employed by WWE, it's probably significantly less than when he was an active wrestler. All I can say is that there is no way hosay and a Sheree Whitfield hell to the naw to the naw naw naaaaaw that I would be paying some doggone 100, 200, or anything remotely in that ball park for someone's name on a surface. Get the hell out of here. Maybe 5 bucks!!! No offense!!! But that goes for all celebrities.
@@WaldoBagelTopper It was very cool and weird to see because he wasn't in character. He was just a regular dude, signing autographs at a CD shop. He was basically "American Badass" Undertaker YEARS before that was his character on TV.
@@BakedNConfused That's pretty awesome. My mom took me to meet Taker and I'll never forget it. I watched and listened to the two of them laugh and joke together as I wondered what the hell was happening. Very cool moment.
I got Kane's autograph *FREE*
March 16, 2001
Anyone that pays $200 for someones autograph is *censored*
You should feel insulted .
They missed Kahn Souphanousinphone.
I went to a Lewis Black show a few years ago. Dirt cheap tickets for someone with such a long career and afterwards he did autographs and photo ops and gladly took a couple minutes to speak to everyone that had anything to say. No charge for any of it. Funny as Hell, super polite and more than happy to take time for any fan that took time out of their life to see him. One of the classiest people I've ever met.
I workout at the same gym as Ryback and I never once see anyone approach him for an autograph or a pic, even if he never charge. Lol
That name rings a bell, who is that again?
No you didnt.
Man things have changed. I remember as kid in Florida I saw Hulk Hogan at random places a couple times. Me being a massive 12 year old mark went and asked him for an autograph not even having anything for him to sign. So he signed his receipt from the store and gave it to me. I ran into him when me and my friends were riding out bike near bubba the love sponges old night club, and when we went up to them marking out bubba offered to let us play video games for an hour in his "teen night club" it we took some boxes out for him, Hulk signed stuff for us and talked for a long time. Same with Randy Savage, I saw out at a restaurant with my parents, they wouldn't let me go bother him while he was eating but he saw me marking out and walked over and signed a paper the waitress brought over for me. Now people have to pay hundreds of dollars for autographs? Man the world sucks these days.
Good story. No one knew there'd never be anyone else with some of the most salient traits of those two performers even decades later, or knew that they would turn out to be some of the last real men. As the business turns into a circus and the land turns into a junk heap, we appreciate more those special individuals who were looked on by naysayers of their time as 'just a couple of celebrities'. They were megapowers.
Fleabay bro. All these degenerates who buy all the toys at the store to make 5$ a piece and jerk anyone else looking for it
Gotta give kudos to Corny, always seems very humble and down to earth, a real man of the people.
Jim is so righ, if people pay to see you, give them their moneys worth something they'll talk about forever
He already did that for decades in the ring.
@@quentinkaasa47
And got paid millions!
Nothin without the fans.
Go pay 200+ from some old washed up guy that disrespects you on the $pot.
I'll spend my 200 on HEALth 🥩
$lave away
@@BakedNConfused When The Undertaker started working for Vince there weren't guaranteed contracts. You either worked or you weren't getting payed. This is how it was in the '90s.
Nothing without the fans? He's provided you with thousands of hours of entertainment for free. He doesn't owe the fans anything. And he isn't booking the convention. But if some little Jimmy wants to pay $200 for an Undertaker meet and greet then they have that right.
The Undertaker my second favourite wrestler of all time but the more and more I hear about Mark Calaway the more respect I lose for him its a damn shame when its one of your heroes
@@quentinkaasa47 All the more power to "little Jimmy" and respect to The Undertaker if he is able to get a lot of little jimmies. But my question would be, who in the modern era is going to pay for that much for this. I am speaking as a diehard Undertaker fan particularly of the old school 90s era. Maybe back then when he was actively wrestling at the height of his career in the 90s MAYBE MAYBE I would beg my parents to get his autograph and to meet him. If my parents responded that it costs that price, I would probably diss it. Now you have him doing this now when his career is over and people are having trouble paying gas prices. I mean, good luck!!! Probably a low turn out
One of the items he will not sign includes his 1991 rookie year WWF trading card. Currently, on eBay, one of these cards is listed for as much as $175,000
Yea i came to comments to mention it being a Rookie Year card. Surprised they both overlooked that
I wonder if he has some kind of exclusive contract that he signs those only for a certain company (WWE?) or has been paid NOT to sign any more of that card.
holy shit dude. thanks for adding some context to that. Would have never even thought of that. 175K- hmm
Listed but not about to get it
@@WaldoBagelTopper ain’t no one buying it for that much lmao, wrestlers are not the equivalent to sports superstars
The last wrestling event I went to was a local promotion in my area. Each summer they would usually bring in a big name. Usually either a former wrestler or an active wrestler that had been in the WWF/E.
On this particular occasion they had Arn Anderson, the enforcer himself! My friends and I were stoked, we were all huge Arn fans. We bought the "meet n greet tickets which cost $50+ (general tickets were around $20. At any event I had been to prior, the meet in greet tickets got you the chance to meet and talk to the wrestler/legend, an autograph and picture taken with them. It's basically the whole reason for paying extra for the meet n greet ticket.
We got to the arena and there's Arn sitting at a little table and a line of fans waiting to meet him. We got in the line with our pictures that we were going to get signed. Then word makes its way down the line that Arn is charging $20 per for an autograph or picture.
We said F that and got out of the line. So instead of meeting Arn, the three of us took a selfie doing the Four Horsemen salute with Arn in the background.
Lmao taker is a huge MARK 4 HIMSELF
He doesn't set the price 🤷
His name is mark 🤷🏽♂️
Imagine paying for someone's autograph.
Exactly
Many morons do and they’ll pay for undertaker’s no doubt.
Something I could never understand. Look at my picture, someone famous wrote on it, ok???
I know right? It's not like he's the Babe Ruth of pro wrestling. I'm sure there's no value in his autograph whatsoever!
@@quentinkaasa47 More to life than this rent seeking
This is disgusting, wish no one would turn up
I met Bret Hart as a little kid and he was a class act. No rush and was very cool. I also met as a teen Batista, Chris Benoit and Rey Mysterio and they were cool as well. I remember Chris Benoit telling me he liked Puerto Rico and would love to buy a house there.
Apparently he couldn't find one with a home gym suited to his needs
I went to a comic con in Scotland, the undertaker was there and it was close to £300 to get a photo with him. Marty Jannetty was also there, he was charging £20 for a photo, I now have a photo with Marty Jannetty.
So basically, Mark hates his fans that MADE him . Hm
@@BakedNConfused I'm not sure that he hates us, maybe just loves money more than us?
Marty was coked up
@@xancypillosi9497 honestly I don't think he was, he looked really bored cause noone was going up to him, felt bad, and seeing him walk was sad too, his ankles are fucked up!
@@iaindunc1 that sucks man, I loved the rockers. Horrible life man
Jesus. $250 bucks? I love taker but that is kind of ridiculous. lol
Not surprised by this kind of pricing. I remember being at New York Comic Con one time and Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher were there around the time of the release of TFA. They were charging well close to $1000 bucks for autograph signings.
@@CarnageRulez469 Most wrestlers at signings I've been to USUALLY charged about $20-ish which is pretty fair, anything above $100 is where I start to nope out.
It’s disgusting
Your bank account is going to REST……..IN……..PEACE!
Jim is such a class act I really enjoy his Drive Thrus!!
That’s a lot of money to pay for possibly not even a sentence being said to or from the undertaker. And having attended my fair share of conventions and waited in lines for autograph signings, the promoters are gonna make the experience unpleasant because they’re going to be rushing people in and out of the booth.
And I have also heard of Hulk Hogan putting up curtains so that people couldn’t walk by him for free
Met Hogan at a signing at bushwacker Luke’s gym in Clearwater. No tent. Him and his then wife were crazy gracious. Hulk took time to add all the personalizations anyone wanted. I’m sure everyone has different experiences but on that day he was great.
No Hogans more likely more worried people try to roll him up😆
I think that 1991 cards would probably be his rookie cards since he got to the WWF in November of 1990. An authenticated signed rookie card would be worth an obscene amount on the secondary market, easily 10k+ which I’m sure is why he won’t sign them because they’ll end up on eBay for an insane price.
Lmao wrestling "Rookie" cards
That was my guess too...I commented with a similar guess
@@SeamHead33 I agree it sounds crazy but ever since the pandemic the price of wrestling cards (all sports cards really) exploded. I’m a basketball guy and it’s gotten to the point where it’s basically gotten too expensive for me to justify collecting.
@@buckchuckgaming597 roger that.
@@SeamHead33 I mean, there are Pokemon cards that anybody can get by buying one cheap pack worth millions. People's obsessions with card collecting is worse than drug addiction these days.
Met Taker and Kane in 2018 at a Glenn Jacobs campaign fundraiser, got two autographs from both and a photo with the two for $100. For the cost, it really depends on the con and who's bringing him in
I totally agree i was there at that fundraiser it was awesome 👌
I got Kane's autograph for FREE
March 16, 2001
I got Prime Kane's autograph
You got washed up Kane's autograph
All those hours you slaved away for signatures .
@@BakedNConfused are you bragging about a scribble because your scribble was from a different date than the person who described their own scribble from the same man? If it was Jesus or something I’d be impressed, this is D grade celebrity, that no one outside of this niche cares about…
I’m thinking because the 1991 cards are his “rookie” cards and they are super hot right now on eBay. And if he signed them now, along with old event tickets, people might try to resell them as “autographed during that year” instead of in 2022.
Just searched that up online, and you are likely right.
Yeah, outside of the Con trying to make its money back since getting a high profile guy like Mark to come around is likely NOT cheap. Stopping people from hawking autographs they get on the cheap on ebay instead of "getting a real job" in the words of CM Punk is kind of what some of these rules are about.
Not gonna lie were I famous I'd probably be pissed too if some fat fuck that refuses to work sold an autograph I gave him for $10 five years ago on ebay for $500. Not even because "oh that should be my money" but because how fucking dare you associate me with your grift, for one, and for two now every fucktard that wants to try and quit their job for a get rich selling autographed shit scheme is gonna be bothering me 24/7 to autograph shit since a precedent has been set.
Obviously. Doesn’t take a genius to figure that out man.
Jim was awesome when I met him at ROH in 2009. One of the first autograph experiences I did and set the bar really high. Unfortunately, Jim is more the exception than the norm with these signings. Plenty of wrestling personalities will just shut you down after you say hello and move you along. The best ones to meet along with Jim were Chavo, Abyss, Shane Douglas, Scott Hall, Hacksaw, Al Snow, and Dustin. Some have been radically different from one year to another. Bret and Nash fit that the most. One year they won’t stop talking to us and at a different signing years later they didn’t wanna say a word. Or vice versa in Bret’s case. I’m not sure if anyone here has met Russo, but he was talking about a signing he did with Ed where he was trying to rush everyone along and Ed would take time with them and he was freaking out that they’d never get through the line. Russo seems to make a lot of panic-driven decisions. But it really says a lot about him that it didn’t cross his mind to give the fans the experience they wanted.
Shane Douglas is really cool. I met him years ago at a public pool in our hometown where I took my son to a pool party. Shane's kid was there at another party. Walked up and shook his hand and my son talked wrestling with him for like a half hour. He took the time with him and talked to him about all the guys he wrestled with. Then signed an autograph and took pictures. Really took the time with him and wasn't like scram kid. I always appreciated that.
Went to a Richmond Va wrestling con and met alot of classic wrestlers and everybody was super nice and treated everybody great. Thanks Jim Cornette and Midnite Express and RnR Express and plenty of others who showed up for the event.
Lots of Respect to Corny! When it comes to a payday you can truly see who are the Babyfaces and who are the Heels!!!
Love Brian’s low key dig at Conrad Thompson.
When?
No it's not low key. We all see Brian calling out Connie. Sadly for Brian, Connie is scared of confrontations.
They're like twin brothers anyway. What they say and do is the same exact thing.
@@goodday2760 Brian Last is light years better than Conrad.
@@OmegaRedFan And fiber.
Met him numerous times over the years at airport/hotel he always was cool signing for fans
Blockhead and wrestling fan. A kindred spirit. 🤗
I met both Undertaker and Jerry Lawler at Megacon. 250 for a pic with Undertaker, Jerry signed my photo with him for free instead of charging 50 dollars per letter.
BTW, Jim......
I met you a few years back & YOU WERE AWESOME !!!!
Thank you for that opportunity!!
Ive had Mick Foley do 3 Autographs (all personal ) and a photo all for $60. $229 is crazy, not even NHL Legends cost that much.
Prime Kane
March 16, 2001
Price: *FREE*
I have sent cards and 8x10s to NHL HOFers through the mail for nearly a year, and you would be surprised how many of them sign their mail for free of charge, as long as you send them a nice letter and provide the postage stamps on your return envelope. And no, I am not an eBay reseller.
Gretzky. Lol. He ain’t no 300$
@@thegoldenfool where do you find their info to send? And it could be wives, clubhouse assistants, right ?
LMFAO this is artwork Absolutely hilarious I never thought in my 20 years of Watching Wrestling I'd see undertaker with normal eyes outside of his Promos and out of character interviews this is crazy.
I thought Mega Khan was what Tony calls himself after an 8 ball
I won tickets to a Rob Zombie concert in 2004. 3 days before the show, the radio station calls me and tells me I was chosen to also take part in a meet & greet before the concert. I got a picture with him, a little chat, and had him sign copies of his first two movies.
After that, I was on the phone with my then girlfriend and he walked by. I told him she loved him but couldn't be there that night, asked if there was any way he could say hi to her? He nods his head and says "walk with me; what's your girl's name?" He was cool as shit.
Sorry for the non-wrestling story 😁
It is a wrestling story, though. "Never Gonna Stop" was an entrance song.
@@goodday2760 true enough I guess. Plenty of White Zombie songs in ECW, too 😁
I met Jim at a tribute show to him. Didn't charge me for a pic when I asked how much it was. My buddy had just bought the Midnight Express book from him though.
I got to meet Hacksaw Jim Duggan at a signing in Glens Falls, NY in 2010. It was in a little sports/pop culture shop in the Aviation Mall and you could hear Hacksaw yelling "HHOOOOOOOOO!!!" from one end of the mall to the other. He was absolutely there for the fans and loving every second of it. He talked and made a personal connection with every person in line. My dad was supposed to be there with me but had to leave early for a sleep study. Hacksaw was his favorite wrestler as a kid and when I told Hacksaw about it, he agreed to call my dad from my cell phone after everyone else left just to say hi and tell him thanks for being a fan. They say not to meet your heroes, but I don't think any of them knew about Hacksaw.
My favorite line... "Well fuck you Gene Simmons". 🤣🤣🤣🤣 This is why I love Jim♥️
I think not signing tickets is to prevent false claims that they were signed at the time of that specific event.
and the reason why he's not signing the1991 card is probably because it's his rookie card and that would probably make the it's value sky rocket significantly.
Love Cornette's take on this. He's a class act.
Humans: "Louisville on Sunday"
Jim Cornette: "Luervul on Sundeeee"
Jim hits it on the head with "if you gonna charge those prices don't bring in taker"!
1991 is the Undertakers Rookie Year as far as the Trading Cards go. He doesn't want to sign anything from his rookie year. There are quite a few cards, something like 5-6 versions in 2 sets. A couple with him and Paul Bearer. RIP Percy!
Yes but the question is why doesn't he?
@@jonbourgoin182 There's one of his 1991 autograpged cards up on EBay for $15K - I'm not exactly sure of the whole story as to why he doesn't sign his 1991 cards.... BUT speaking as someone who likes money.... He could not sign his 1991 cards EVER so he can, in turn, sell his own autographed 1991 card on EBay for an exorbitant amount.
When I was a kid about 8 or 9, my dad took me and my brother whose 2 years older to the fair just to meet Matt Hardy at a free autograph signing cuz wrestling was my childhood, the line was at the end and they were gonna cut it off at the people in front of us and have no more people come in, Matt saw the disappointment we had and made them bring us up too. He had a broken leg at the time it was just after his fued with Kane where he got injured and Lita “married” Kane. I always thought Matt was a great guy after that he was really nice to us asked us questions and everything. It was a hot ass day too one guy passed out in line and needed paramedics.
Point is, It’s not always the wrestlers it’s the handlers.
Jim, your take on this restores my faith in celebs.
91 would be his rookie card, has to be already worth a good amount in good condition. Probably don’t want to triple the price of it by adding his autograph for 200$ or possibly be liable damaging it while signing it, not sure if you can be held accountable for that while someone is willing to let you sign it but that could be a reason.
That’s a disgrace a multi millionaire and some guys weeks wages
I’m sure the 91 thing is a collector value incentive reason
That card can go for up to 175K
Your Wallet : Rest in Peace
In 1999 I met Ivan Koloff at Walmart in Clinton NC. He was casually walking around signed autograph didn't charge no money. Till this day I still got it.
I see so many comments about how Jim Cornette was someone's childhood. I wasn't imto wrestling as a kid as Jim Cornette wasnt part of mine. Nonetheless, the man is epic and I'm glad I discovered him in adulthood.
I'd love to get his autograph, but I couldn't pay that amount.
Forget autographs...its so overrated and stupid .. paying to get some signature is retarded....
Id prefer a Undertaker match nobody has seen over some signature...
You shouldn't pay that even if you're a trillionaire.
It's insulting and disrespectful.
"I'm giving back to the fans that showed their love all these years. Yeah that be bout 300 for a picture, $on"
@@BakedNConfused I wouldn't either its insanity I dont care who it is and even worse these people who are supposed to be Christians it shows money is the root of all evil
I met JBL at Comi Con, NYC. He was totally cool with me even though I wasn't interested in purchasing anything from him.
I GOT YOUR NOTE
When Mega-Con was young (like 1 or 2 years old), I went with my wife (then girlfriend) and it was great. We met John Romita Sr. (and Jr.) John Sr. spoke to us away from his table for a good ten to fifteen minutes. He wasn't in a rush at all, just super nice and clearly enjoyed speaking with us. He gave us his autograph for free afterward. It was awesome. When these conventions get too big, they really lose their magic.
No way John Romita.
@@chrischar9428 still the nicest comic pro I've ever met.
"thank you..for being such a great husband."
LOL. Need to go back and listen to those again.
I remember the last time I went to a theme park and it was $15-$25 for a photo with a mascot like Batman or something. When I was a kid, those were free and everyone was happy, but instead there were kids bawling their eyes out their parents wouldn't pay to let them meet "Batman".
I thought that was ridiculous to charge like that, especially when kids are going to be pressuring their parents for a photo, but $25 is nothing compared to $230.
That's just beyond greedy, and anybody who pays that much for an autograph should have an emergency psychiatric exam.
Ive never paid for an autograph. I also dont have any left.
‘91 undertaker card is either his rookie card or at least a grail card. I’m seeing psa 10 versions for 100k. Signing something that already has that pricetag is just giving the owner more room to jack up the price. Same with old tickets.
Who cares? Taker isn't going to see a dime either way and nobody is forcing a mark to pay $100k for a cardboard card. Just sign them.
more often than not, an autograph actually lowers the value of trading cards, as they can no longer be rated "mint". It is technically "damaged".
@@RichardRietdijk your not signing the actual “raw” card. You wouldn’t even be signing the graded card case. If anything a protective sleeve over the graded card case🙄🤦🏽♂️
@@macadamia12 there’s also huge price differences between 8’s, 9’s, and 10’s. Hundred if not thousands of dollars in most cases🤦🏽♂️🙄
@@alexandercavazos2732 1991 cards were mass produced. They're not rare. About 10x as many PSA 9s as 10s, which is pretty normal, so it's not like they're all that rare. And a PSA 10 would probably lose value autographed.
The same rules apply at Fan Expo Dallas and Ric Flair is doing the same thing. They are both signing for a certain agency which makes me think these are the agency's rules and not 'Taker's or Flair's. Any other time they've signed outside this agency, they've been fine with signing anything.
Unfortunately it is; it's a case of the agents negotiate set prices and how many days that person is gonna be there. Then when all cash has been handed over, the agents get about 10-25% depending on who is the agent and then the rest goes to the guest who's been signing.
So for example, you had Ernie Hudson come into your comic con and sign for three days straight at say $50 a piece and say 2500 people come up and get his autograph or a photo with him, that's around $12,500. The agent could come in and say "I'll take twenty five percent", that would mean that the agent for his duties for those days would get around roughly $3,125 and Ernie Hudson would walk away with $9375
What's crazy is maybe 10 years ago now here on the middle of nowhere someone that owned a used car lot nearby somehow had a connection and got Ric Flair of all people to come to the lot and do a signing. He was there for six hour and charged nothing. This is literally a blip on a map but we got goddamn Ric Flair to do free autographs one sunday afternoon
@@GenGamesUniverse 50 x 2500 = 125,000
There was a car show recently in the Chicago area, I think it was in Rosemont, where Sting made an appearance. The only thing specified was "no baseball bats". It was just odd to me that the only other celebrities there were all guys from car TV shows. No other movie or TV stars.
Awesome Shoot Today Jim!!😎🐐🐐
Normal Undertaker eyes? Uh oh.
As much as I would like to complain about the price, I’m actually more confused as to the limitations surrounding event tickets and specifically 1991 trading cards. Like why specifically those two groups of things. And the lack of any personalization for that price is a joke
Is it cause he was heel 1991 he wouldn't have signed an autograph back then?
It is 100% Fitterman that is controlling that not Undertaker. Just like they won’t let Mike Tyson sign boxing tickets but they sure sell them on their website for $15,000+
It's "the undertakers" rookie year
I’m wondering if it’s because of people just bringing random ticket stubs from wwe shows they were at weather he was on the card or not. He couldn’t possibly remember every show he ever wrestled at and maybe they don’t want his signature ending up on tickets for shows he wasn’t in. I can see the eBay listing saying “rare undertaker autograph for show he didn’t wrestle in ***super rare***” and the date of the show and place. Idiots trying to drive up the price of something artificially that would be otherwise a signature on a random item. Just a thought but I’d bet the guy below talking about the Tyson autographs is more on the money. All the grading and auctioning and shit are done by the same people to drive up the price of everything.
I met taker for way less in 2017 at Comic Con at Nassau Coliseum. He personalized the autograph with my name and inscribed RIP 2017 so I definitely feel it’s whoever the promoter is and what they wanna do, but this is overkill
I love the subtle New York Dolls reference!
I got my Undertaker autograph for free in 1997 lol.
It’d be nice to meet Jim one day and maybe have him do a voicemail box 🤣
I met Undertaker with my girlfriend at Monster Comic Con in NJ. He was very down to earth, polite and extremely nice to us. Great experience meeting him - my all time favorite wrestler.
I got The Undertaker’s autograph at this Megacon and paid the price. He was friendly, and when I asked to shake his hand he was more than happy to. I just wish I could’ve gotten my name with the autograph, I like to make things personalized like that. Oh well, still very pleased to have met my wrestling hero!
I remember during the New Generation era, WWE had a commercial with Diesel at a convention where a kid offers money for an autographed picture and Diesel says, "No. I don't want it that way." My have times changed!
Yup. Big Daddy Cool is now $50 a pop for a signed picture
@@planbskaterchu i have several Walkens (his resume/a DH sgd lobby card/DH vhs sleeve) , to get him to sign ttm is like winning the lottery , pretty much impossible. Also have a real Barbra sgd LP , these are good investment pieces should you have to sell one day.