Welsh nans befriend pro wrestler on Vegas flight after royal rumble over seats

Nans form unlikely friendship with pro wrestler on flight to Vegas3 days agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAmy MackrillBBC WalesDeReiss Gordon/ Man Like DeReissSusie Matthews and Lynn Crawford pose with DeReiss Gordon after his wrestling match in Las VegasA group of grandmothers formed an unlikely friendship with a pro wrestler during an emotional trip to Las Vegas to scatter a late husband's ashes.The four women - Lynn Crawford, 71, Susie Matthews, 73, Rose Sulley, 74, and Christine Goodwin, 80 - who have been close friends for more than 40 years, were travelling to the city to scatter the ashes of Rose's late husband, Pete. But their journey began with confusion. Upon boarding the flight from London Heathrow, the women discovered a stranger in one of the seats they believed they had booked - professional wrestler DeReiss Gordon, known in the ring as Man Like DeReiss.Jordan LeesMan Like DeReiss is the ring name of Birmingham wrestler DeReiss GordonThe group were travelling with Rose's daughter and her partner, who had accidentally "messed up" the seating, Susie said.DeReiss described the nans as "fuming" at first, but the situation quickly softened. After asking for help adjusting her seat, Susie struck up a conversation with him, and he told them he was heading to Las Vegas for WrestleMania week.He invited the women to his show, and they promised they would attend.During their week in Vegas, Rose and her daughter fulfilled their plan, scattering her husband Pete's ashes at the MGM Hotel. The following day, the four friends kept their promise and went to the wrestling event."We didn't know what was going on," Susie said. "We were all dressed up like Sex and the City, and there were thousands of people walking around with long beards down to their bellies and baseball caps... and there's us, all dolled up. "We were watching it and we were traumatised. We were like, 'what on earth is going...