The HOF ceremony was.... weird.

Anyone else weirded out by the induction ceremony? The Eddie portion was beautiful, couldn't have possibly been done better. I almost cried when Vickie kept trying to compose herself while receiving the induction for Eddie. Benoit, Chavo, and Rey's speeches were very classy.

Now, onto the rest of the show..... HOF + TV = No. That's all i'm going to say. Everything felt wayyyy too rushed compared to the past two ceremonies. I think that could attributed to the commercials and what not, though. Lillian Garcia announcing who will be inducted before each and every commercial break kind of cheapens the honor of the ceremony, IMO. Makes it seem like it's just one of those second-rate award shows on MTV. It didn't have that genuine element that the other two had in spades.

Okerlund was alright. His "final request" at the end of his speech actually made me laugh out loud. I didn't like the ridiculous amount of credit Hogan was given during that entire portion, but it didn't surprise me.

Now, onto the worst part of the ceremony: Bret Hart's induction. First, you had Austin, who looked and sounded like he would've rather been anywhere else at that moment, come out and deliver one of the most graceless "speeches" i've ever seen, and then Bret's acceptance speech....... It didn't have a whole lot of substance to begin with, and the reference to Montreal was unneccessary. "what they took away from me" Give me a break. No one cared. It got no reaction. Just awkward silence. And then he goes into some hypocritical BS about respect, which i think we all know goes without saying. It's sad that even on the night of his big induction, Bret still couldn't wear his heart (no pun intended) on his sleeve completely. He couldn't just lose himself in the atmosphere and focus entirely on the positive. Between that and his cute little attempt powerplay earlier this week, i've lost a good deal of respect for Bret.

I read somewhere(I don't have the link now) that a lot of bret's speech was edited out because the USA network was going over the allotted time for the HOF ceremony.

MetalDragonKing

Yeah, that had occured to me. His speech seemed very choppy and disjointed most of the time. Hopefully we'll get an uncut DVD release.

Yeah, the ceremony was weird but it certainly did have its moments varying from the sound of "Triple H" chants over the hatred of Cena (man, a double turn at 'Mania tonight, mark my words) to the likes of the deeply emotional induction of the late Eddie Guerrero.

In regards to the what went down with Bret and his induction last night, his speech seemed rather fake. I mean how can he assure that he's okay and all good now yet decides to mention what Montreal took out of him along with respect at the spur of the moment? Yesterday was a time for him to reflect on the positive moments of his career and just bringing up that reference referring back to '97 made things a lot awkward for the audience on the whole, and really made me look at his induction from an appalling standpoint.

[QUOTE="MetalDragonKing"]I read somewhere (I don't have the link now) that a lot of Bret's speech was edited out because the USA network was going over the allotted time for the HOF ceremony._Muta

A lot of insiders are stating that the WrestleMania 22 DVD will bundle the entire HOF 2006 ceremony with it. Neat transaction worth checking out really. I'll probably end up buying it.

Yeah, the ceremony was weird but it certainly did have its moments varying from the sound of "Triple H" chants over the hatred of Cena (man, a double turn at 'Mania tonight, mark my words) to the likes of the deeply emotional induction of the late Eddie Guerrero.

hbk91

i think the fans were very rude during eddie's induction, am i the only one who thinks this?

stone cold took a very low blow at hogan, because if hogan did anything he would look like an ass...so he sat there being composed and such, and got humiliated for no reason...

cena got owned :lol:

and no speech really, stood out in my mind. they were all very bland. bret's, hogan's, everyones' EXCEPT chavo's, chris's, and rey's...they had the best speeches of the night, in my opinion.

i think the fans were very rude during eddie's induction, am i the only one who thinks this?

stone cold took a very low blow at hogan, because if hogan did anything he would look like an ass...so he sat there being composed and such, and got humiliated for no reason...

cena got owned :lol:

and no speech really, stood out in my mind. they were all very bland. bret's, hogan's, everyones' EXCEPT chavo's, chris's, and rey's...they had the best speeches of the night, in my opinion.

MistaMike54

Yeah, the ceremony was weird but it certainly did have its moments varying from the sound of "Triple H" chants over the hatred of Cena (man, a double turn at 'Mania tonight, mark my words) to the likes of the deeply emotional induction of the late Eddie Guerrero.

hbk91

kane in a suit= badassness... did anyone see Hogan stare down austin as he walked to induct to Bret?

Yeah, the ceremony was weird but it certainly did have its moments varying from the sound of "Triple H" chants over the hatred of Cena (man, a double turn at 'Mania tonight, mark my words) to the likes of the deeply emotional induction of the late Eddie Guerrero.

In regards to the what went down with Bret and his induction last night, his speech seemed rather fake. I mean how can he assure that he's okay and all good now yet decides to mention what Montreal took out of him along with respect at the spur of the moment? Yesterday was a time for him to reflect on the positive moments of his career and just bringing up that reference referring back to '97 made things a lot awkward for the audience on the whole, and really made me look at his induction from an appalling standpoint.

hbk91

kane in a suit= badassness... did anyone see Hogan stare down austin as he walked to induct to Bret?

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