Krazee
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Post by Krazee on Apr 9, 2013 21:40:37 GMT -5
Startusfaction!
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Lupin the Third
Patti Mayonnaise
I'm sorry.....I love you. *boot to the head*--3rd most culpable in the jixing of NXT, D'oh!
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Post by Lupin the Third on Apr 9, 2013 21:56:18 GMT -5
The longest reigning WWWF Champion ever. The Living Legend. The Italian Superman. Bruno Sammartino.
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Apr 9, 2013 21:59:41 GMT -5
i'm sorry Arnold, but "the thighs were coming out of the pants???"
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Lupin the Third
Patti Mayonnaise
I'm sorry.....I love you. *boot to the head*--3rd most culpable in the jixing of NXT, D'oh!
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Post by Lupin the Third on Apr 9, 2013 22:01:35 GMT -5
Holy crap! Was that Mil Mascaras in the front row?!!
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Post by darthpipes on Apr 9, 2013 22:01:44 GMT -5
I have to say, Arnold's speech was pretty good.
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Post by SenorCrest on Apr 9, 2013 22:07:48 GMT -5
I have to say, Arnold's speech was pretty good. Yeah, he gave a nice back story, it was funny and stuff.
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Post by darthpipes on Apr 9, 2013 22:14:56 GMT -5
Bruno and Vince, that's quite a sigh.
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Post by Throwback on Apr 10, 2013 2:32:33 GMT -5
Foley Finally Pinned Jericho.
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Post by jp49er80 on Apr 10, 2013 5:02:59 GMT -5
Congrats Trish, Backlund speech looks hilarious, and I'll always love Foley.
Amazing to see Bruno in too. A great year for the HOF.
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Post by aaronslip on Apr 10, 2013 6:25:25 GMT -5
Can't wait to watch this with lunch.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2013 6:38:14 GMT -5
It was a better TV cut than last year. Can't wait for the WM29 DVD to see the HoF in full length.
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Post by jason1980s on Apr 10, 2013 7:29:52 GMT -5
Foley should have been chosen to be on TV (from a wrestling standpoint) before Trump, even Booker and Backlund deserved better but for sake of TV and "entertainment" and a majority of even non wrestling fans knowing the inductees, to WWE Trump was the best choice.
My favorite speech I saw on the program was the brief bit from Maria Menounos. Not only did she get to wrestle at WrestleMania but she got to induct a guy who inspired her. How many booing fans will ever get to say that? Probably NONE. If I were Vince I would've gotten the Outlaws on stage to mic. their "I got two words..." for those fans. I'm sure Vince makes a lot of money from letting the fans in and other hall of fames have their big weekends with fans involved but maybe they should be in an enclosed area (like hockey but sound proof).
For as good as Backlund was with the heel turn in the 1990s I wonder what would have come if he turned heel in the 1980s. Hogan could have come in to talk some sense into him and they could have run with it for a year or two. I think this would leave Piper out. He was excellent but if anyone can come close it's Backlund. Piper is an amazingly nice guy so the heel was certainly an act. With Backlund he can be nice but he's so over the top you wonder if it is an act or if it's real. At the 2000 Royal Rumble he did the walk through the crowd like this time which was cool.
Maybe more was edited from TV but I would have liked to have seen more between Vince and Bruno aside from the hand raise and hug at the end. Even though people have the disagreements and sometimes those can be brutal for all parties involved (like Vince and Billy Graham, Bret and Bruno) it is nice after so many years to see guys getting older, realizing they meant a lot to each other and getting over it. Just sad Billy Graham wasn't able to see it through.
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Post by aaronslip on Apr 10, 2013 12:26:59 GMT -5
The TV special I saw (about one hour) was a rushed, timid affair. It's like trying to squeeze Mania into 1 hour. JUST WILL NOT WORK. COMPUTER WOULD EXPLODE.
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Sam Punk
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Sam Punk on Apr 10, 2013 18:54:41 GMT -5
Will the entire ceremony be on the wrestlemania blu-ray?
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Apr 10, 2013 22:16:27 GMT -5
Will the entire ceremony be on the wrestlemania blu-ray? It should be. The last time I can remember when it wasn't on the Mania DVD/Blu was for XX, but the Hall of Fame got it's own DVD.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2013 0:57:39 GMT -5
A columnist at 411 Mania who was there claims that the reason Maria was booed was because she talked longer than every inductee and inductor that went before her with the exception of Foley, around 30 minutes or so, and that her speech had too many references to herself and her own career.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Apr 11, 2013 16:11:42 GMT -5
Will the entire ceremony be on the wrestlemania blu-ray? So far, they have always included the entire ceremony. Occasionally they will make minor edits. Ric Flair's mention of Chris Benoit was removed. Dusty Rhodes mentioning members of WWE creative was removed. I have heard that they edited Mike Tyson's speech, but it is hard to verify that since they do not stream the event live. I think it's possible that Trish's reference to Brian Gewirtz could be edited and perhaps some of Backlund's speech could be edited since many live reports say that he went off-the-rails.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2013 17:20:57 GMT -5
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MolotovMocktail
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Apr 11, 2013 22:37:49 GMT -5
Looking forward to the Class of 2014, my hopeful inductees:
-Macho Man Randy Savage -Jake the Snake Roberts -Vader -Brian Pillman -The British Bulldogs
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