IMPACT Wrestling star Brian Myers will make his debut signing autographs at the 43rd annual National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago.
He is one of more than 15 IMPACT Wrestling stars appearing in the TRISTAR Autograph Pavilion on Friday and Saturday of the Super Bowl of sports memorabilia.
Myers likely will be at The National on other days of the five-day convention, too, but that will be Myers The Collector, the diehard, longtime, incredibly knowledgeable hobbyist.
“I’m hyped. It’s been a dream of mine to go [to The National],” Myers said. “Just going to The National is something I’ve always wanted to do. I can’t wait to look at the merch, wheel-and-deal.
“I’ve been fortunate through my [pro] wrestling career to meet people like Matthew McConaughey, but that’s really no big deal. But getting to see the sports stars at The National is so exciting.”
Tops on Myers’ list of National signers: Chipper Jones and Wade Boggs.
Myers is a diehard New York Mets fan and knows the anguish Jones caused Mets fans. Jones was the wrestling heel to Mets diehards like Myers. Boggs, meanwhile, is a longtime wrestling fan who has attended numerous wrestling shows over the years, mostly in the Tampa Bay area, and was close friends with Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig, among other mat legends.
“I gotta make a big boy purchase at The National,
