Lonely Virgil

[palitoy]

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I don't give a squirt about Wrestling but being a frequenter of cons, I know who Virgil is. He's that guy with the perpetually empty table who seems to be at every toy and comic show in creation.

Sam from the "Opie and Anthony" radio show seems to be obsessed with him and has even created a tumblr of memorable Virgil shots at various conventions, which i find fascinating:

Lonely Virgil. (http://lonelyvirgil.tumblr.com/)

[toys2cool]

dam that's just sad.. poor dude :embarassed:

[Mikey]

I met him in a casino bathroom once in AC

I did the NWO 4-Life and he acted like he was scared of me :smiley1:

[palitoy]

dam that's just sad.. poor dude :embarassed:

Actually from reports I've heard, he's kind of a jerk.

I only ever rubbed elbows with him once in a toy show booth, he struck me as funny.

[Riffster]

met him a few times, he's hit or miss as i guess he is human after all, i've seen him volunteer to be the camera man for other celebs around him

[Random Axe]

That is truly funny. It's not sad at all. He's a grown freakin man who cannot let go of the one thing he did in his life that defined him. Where others left for alternate careers or were able to remain in the industry way past their prime, Virgil is trying to make a living off his name signing autographs.

I have no sympathy at all. He made this choice and has to live with the results. We are all the sum of the choices we make in our lives.

[toys2cool]

That is truly funny. It's not sad at all. He's a grown freakin man who cannot let go of the one thing he did in his life that defined him. Where others left for alternate careers or were able to remain in the industry way past their prime, Virgil is trying to make a living off his name signing autographs.

I have no sympathy at all. He made this choice and has to live with the results. We are all the sum of the choices we make in our lives.

I know what you're saying, but it's not like this dude ever made it big...can't blame him for trying to make a few bucks :smiley1:

[MIB41]

You should have tossed him a quarter...:smiley1:

[MegoMark71]

You should have tossed him a quarter...:smiley1:

Or done a million dollar man laugh.

[Random Axe]

You'd think he could split table costs with the Gobbledegooker or Bastion Booger. With this economy you have to spend wisely.

[Toyman_Chris]

Every year at Chicago Comicon he is always hitting me up before the show for any of his action figures. Wants to pay minimal. Signs em and sells high. He is an ok guy, but the first couple of times we talked, he was a jerk.

[VintageMike]

I don't feel bad for the guy because for who he is he overexposes himself at these things. Anybody, in any corner of the world who wants actually wants his autograph has it. As a wrestling fan myself he also doesn't the the barrage of merch, past popularity or awareness among current fans to warrant all these appearances. The only wrestling personalities who can get away with over saturating themselves like that are the women because there are plenty of guys who who will always bite for at least a photo.

[jwyblejr]

Didn't he even try riding Ted Jr.'s coattails?

[Random Axe]

Didn't he even try riding Ted Jr.'s coattails?

Yes he did. He might need to look into a lap band with all that pride swallowing he's been doing.

[bobws]

I hope this shot was him just sitting there getting ready ....before the con started..an hour or so early.

[supes]

One of the sadder things I saw at a toy show was the Iron Sheik sitting on a folding chair in a back room as a replacement if one of the other wrestlers didn't show. Everyone showed so he was sent packing.

[palitoy]

One of the sadder things I saw at a toy show was the Iron Sheik sitting on a folding chair in a back room as a replacement if one of the other wrestlers didn't show. Everyone showed so he was sent packing.


One of the saddest things I've ever seen was the first Wizard Con in Toronto, for some reason there were two packed aisles of washed up wrasslers. A couple were obviously intoxicated and doing that "Carnival barker" thing as you walked by. I've got a six year old kid and some drunk guy is swearing at me, good times.

Due to complaints, Wizard dropped the wrestling angle the next year and there were actual celebrities from comic and genre productions in attendance.

The only Wrestler I saw that year?

Virgil, sitting in a booth full of action figures, I tried to buy a JLU figure from him. He took it in good humour.

[Earth 2 Chris]

He should probably take the hint and just give it up. I've sat behind the table at comic con booths. It's an odd experience. We always had a pretty good flow of people to chat with, but I've seen folks who sat lonely so long wild animals began to roost on them. I can't imagine going throw that more than a few times before just hanging it up.

And yes, Virgil was one of them I saw like that.

Chris

[Trappy Trek Freak]

Maybe Virgil acts like a jerk because he is "the Heal" in WWF/WCW so he has to be in character. Wasn't his name Vinny when he was NWO? Also when when I take my 11 yr old to see WWE I always wear my NWO wolfpack shirt and one of my many wrestling masks, a lot of the fans think I am a Luchadore when we walk around LOL and it really embarasses my wife LOL:wink_y:LOL

[palitoy]

He should probably take the hint and just give it up. I've sat behind the table at comic con booths. It's an odd experience. We always had a pretty good flow of people to chat with, but I've seen folks who sat lonely so long wild animals began to roost on them. I can't imagine going throw that more than a few times before just hanging it up.


One Motor City Con I saw a B List horror star (I won't name him) sitting by his lonesome, clearly hungover, on his cell phone apologizing vehemently to someone on the other end.

He looked absolutely miserable and my heart really went out to him. I doubt the show was a big boost to his ego, he had no line all day.

The worst thing was, if you saw him, you'd instantly recognize who he was and he had no game at this show.

[Earth 2 Chris]

One Motor City Con I saw a B List horror star (I won't name him) sitting by his lonesome, clearly hungover, on his cell phone apologizing vehemently to someone on the other end.

He looked absolutely miserable and my heart really went out to him. I doubt the show was a big boost to his ego, he had no line all day.

The worst thing was, if you saw him, you'd instantly recognize who he was and he had no game at this show.

I got to witness Jeff Conaway drunk and hitting on my friend's wife at Motor City one year. If it'd been my wife, I'd hit back. I didn't surprise me to see him on Celebrity Rehab, and his eventual death.

Sad.

[toys2cool]

I've seen a bunch of wrestlers, and while a couple were high as a kite *cough,Cough* Jake the snake roberts :smiley1: some were some of the coolest and nicest people I've met(Roddy piper & king Kong Bundy) :grin:

[megocrazy]

This guy literally chased me around the Baltimore Mega Con years back. He was with Jimmy Snuka. I sat there with Doc and actually couldn't believe how few people were interested in him then. I think he had two or three autographs in the 4 or 5 hours I was there. Looks like that number has dwindled.

[vulcan2074]

Wow, that sucks. At least you can say he has perseverance. :beaming1:
Sammy