I met Shawn Michaels at the Washington DC Auto Show Dec 31, 2003. My father was the one to tell me he would be in town and I specifically went just to see him. I could hardly believe it. Here was my favorite WWE wrestler in my town - so very close. Maybe I could get an autograph or a photo. I was so excited!
I took a couple of my friends and when we got there I was buzzing with excitement. Shawn was supposed to arrive at one and be there until three. I managed to get a good place in line and he came right on time. As we drew nearer and nearer to him in line I kept catching glimpses at him and nearly fell over when I saw he had glasses on - glasses like mine!
He had on his newest HBK shirt as well as jeans and had his hair pulled back. When the guy before me went up Shawn's cell phone began ringing and he gave the patent HBK smirk, remarking with good humor, 'Well I'm not gonna get that call'.
The phone kept ringing for a while and Shawn looked down at it in amusement - wondering who was calling him now. It was pretty funny.
My heart was thumping like crazy when I got up there and slipped him my photo. As he signed it he spoke in that deep, slow Texas drawl, 'So how're you?'
I managed to squeak out, 'Good. You?'
'Excellent'.
He'd signed my photo and I wondered if he could also sign my DVD (when I went to meet Mick Foley he was able to sign two or three things for people - so I wasn't quite sure how this worked) but the security guard barked at me that Shawn could only sign one thing.
I turned red and mumbled an apology, stuffing away the DVD (I didn't even notice my friend Andrea snapped it up from me and right after I got out of line she got it signed for me - such a good friend she is!).
I asked Shawn politely if I could get a picture and he said sure. Andrea took the photo and then I thanked him - walking off far enough into the distance from him to collapse into a fit of hypervvenhilating inane giggles for a while until I got over what happened. I was so scared and embarrassed!
I wish I could have been cooler or talked to him more or something but it was so hard! I was just...blown away. I have something of a schoolgirl crush on the man - what was I supposed to say, you know?!
In fact, it all seemed like a dream to me, so much so that this reaccount is probably not fully accurate - I may have said more, he may have said more but I can't remember - once again, I was so blown away by him I can't remember it all too well.
Naturally I was unmercifully teased by all my friends after and I vowed that maybe when I meet him next time I'll talk more (yes, I try to stay positive - after all, I do have tickets for Wrestlemania XX, who knows?). My friends and I all agreed later in retrospect that Shawn almost seemed kind of shy when he was there. But then the setting was so laid back as most folks there were there to see cars and not a wrestler.
Still, Shawn was very sweet and handsome and I really appreciated his signing my picture and taking a photo with me. He just reaffirmed my admiration and fan following of him. I am, however, still embarrassed that I acted like such a total fan girl - but like I said, maybe next time...
-Kami Heddings