Apart from that, we always try to catch up with the stars and staff before the show, when all of them are still fresh and in a good mood, and afterwards as well.
That way, we gain a lot insight on how the wrestlers we see on the screen day by day behave in a more private environment, when the cameras are off and they can behave completely out of character - or not.
Here are some insights of the people we met in Zürich this year!
After Zürich, a few more people could be added to that list, among them Summer Rae, Big E Langston, Damien Sandow, and Seth Rollins. Especially Summer proved to be such a bubbly and delightful person, always responding to the fans with a smile, taking her time for photo's, autographs... One wouldn't think that when she bitches around in the ring, but she certainly is a lovely person!
Someone absolutely acting keyfabe appeared to be Damien Sandow. He wasn't unfriendly, but always kept up his sophisticated and arrogant behaviour. Likewise, Zeb Colter, stayed in his role, giving autographs and posing for photos, but still having this "We, the people" touch we all know from TV.
But whether it is tiredness or the general aversion against being too close to other people, these stars still take their time for you! Contrary to the last year where I would have put Zack Ryder in the category that is about to follow, he managed to somehow pull himself together this year and end up here in line with the others.
Contrary to their colleague Seth Rollins, both Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose, proved to be rather ignorant when it came to even looking at their fans, even though Reigns, later on, at least took some minutes to interact with the fans. With Aksana it was the same, just the other way round. Before the show, she reluctantly agreed to taking photos, but since then she appeared rather unfriendly to all of us.
One who was rather disappointing this year was Randy Orton. Last year, he was quite friendly, but since his heel turn and the win of his title, he seemed to not have to be friendly anymore, just storming off and turning his back to the fans...
In addition to that, it is always interesting to see who is on tour with them. Seeing (Cooperate) Kane was a little surprise already, while Justin Roberts is almost a given on any tour, but it was nice to meet not only Jamie Noble, but Mr. People Power John Lauranitis himself!