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unlikelywrestlingfan · 1 year ago

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Elle Goes to Shows: Chicago Heat Night 1

Notes on my memories from the show under the cut!

Night 1:

So Jade Chung was doing crowd giveaways before they started taping BTI and if I heard her correctly, she said "Oh I remember you" while I was scream cheering. LAKDJALDKJA

After BTI finished filming, Gia was waiting for Jade to finish up so they could walk to the back, and they were right in front of us, so I yelled "GIA I LOVE YOU!" and she turned around, gasped, and went "I LOVE YOU TOO!" and then HUGGED ME. I cannot EVEN.

There was this moment, right after Heath won his match, that this huge, really genuine smile came across his face and it was so heartwarming to see.

There was a local indie wrestler there to do the losing, and while I want to get more into my local indie scene, it hasn't happened yet, so I had no idea who he was. BUT, because wrestling, I soon learned, for a "OOHHHHHH FUCK DAVEY VEGAAAA, OH FUCK DAVEY VEGA!" chant soon rang out, and I joined in, because wrestling chants are a delight. He conducted the chants but then also covered his ears. Perhaps I will learn more of him one day XD.

It was REALLY REALLY HOT outside , so it was RIDICULOUSLY HOT in the arena, and I can't even imagine how hot in the actual ring. I had a little handheld electric fan, and the crew and some other fans were like ahhh I wish I'd thought of that. I held the fan up to a couple of them for a little relief XD.

During Sami Callihan & Rich Swann vs. ABC, there was a bit where it was Swann and Ace in the ring, and Sami said, "Wait till I get in there, Ace" and Bey goes "He's not gonna wait! Why would he wait?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 His midmatch shittalking is truly the best.

During the entrance for that match, Ace covered his ears during Sami's music. It was very cute.

So the thing my brother was most excited about was heckling Bully Ray, and oh boy did he ever. He had me make him a "TABLES > BULLY" sign and he YELLED at that man it was fabulous. Bully definitely saw the sign but sadly did not rip it up.

My brother HATES Eddie Edwards, so when Eddie had his entrance, my brother was yelling about how much he sucks and Eddie made at least fifteen seconds of cold hard rage eye contact with him; it was amazing.

So there was this little kid who was starting chants, and during Shelley v Eddie, he was going hardcore starting chants for Shelley. Shelley ended up near the kid at ringside and paused before getting back into the ring to give him a fistbump. 😭

After the match, when Shelley was celebrating, he saw my "Motor Kitty Machine Guns" sign and laughed. It filled my heart with joy.

He did a post match speech to close the show, and I thought I was recording the whole time, but sadly only got the end. It had the vibes of his Instagram captions and focused on his love for and connections to the area <3.

After the show, my brother and I got to take pictures holding the giant X that gets hung when Ultimate X matches aren't for titles. It was awesome! The owner guy of Impact was giving out event signs to people after they took their picture. While he was giving me mine, he asked who my favorite person in Impact was, and I was like well I love them all!! And he was like okay but if you had to pick one, so I said Ace. And he goes, "But didn't you get a picture with him last time?" (Cue me internally going WHAT LAKDJALDK) and so he asked me to pick my second favorite that I specifically hadn't met yet was and I was like ALKDAJDLK CAN'T THINK so he told me to tell him the next night. Why.

My brother and I then proceeded to the meet 'n greet, and the guy who takes your order and payment for that ALSO remembered me so we're officially up to three Impact staff members who for some reason remembered me from three months ago. My brother did an autograph with Kenny King and Shelley. He had gotten a selfie with Kenny last time, so he asked him to sign it. Not only did Kenny King sign that; he gave my brother one of the standard 8x10 pics I did a signature from Joe Hendry. He was super nice! I walked up and we shook hands, and he thanked me for getting an autograph. I explained it was actually a gift for my friend Effie: "Because she believes. I mean, don't get me wrong, I believe, but she believes." And he said that part with me XD. Then he said "Oh, that was good; I'm impressed. You could cut a promo!" and I was like LAKDJALKDJ and he was like "no really!" And then he asked how to spell Effie's name so he made sure to get it right. SUPER NICE!

So then, it was time for me to do my picture with Shelley. He had just signed for my brother. I walked up and nervously said, "Hi this is for you" and handed him the art. He, being entirely COVERED in sweat from having just wrestled in the main event in that very hot arena, balanced it on his fingertips and said, "Thank you, I'm going to try to keep it dry," and set it down. Sadly that means he didn't get a good look at it yet, but he treated it with SUCH CARE like it was something to be treasured :'). He asked if I had also bought an autograph and I was like no I got one last time and HE WAS LIKE do you want one?? and I'm like NO THAT'S OKAY ALKDJALDKJ. He put his hand on my back for the picture, I may never recover. He thanked my brother and I for coming out. He's so nice.

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