LIVE NOTES AND THOUGHTS FROM THE 2008 WWE HALL OF FAME CEREMONY
By Mitch M. on 2009-04-05 10:27:42
Just got back from the Hall of Fame ceremony, and
wanted to pass on a few observations.
Security was checking all cameras coming into the
arena and was not allowing anyone in with lenses over 4 inches. The
person ahead of us was told they could not bring their camera in. I attended a
Raw last fall, and did not see them checking cameras then.
There were a lot of empty seats in the arena
in the lower level around the sides. The seats directly facing the stage
seemed to be full.
The wrestlers and their families started coming out around around 5:30 or so.
It looked like they had tickets to let them know where to sit. They were
coming out in a trickle, but about 5 minutes before the show started, they
started pouring out in one huge group.
Several wrestlers received boos as they came out, including Chris Jericho,
Edge, Randy Orton, and Cody Rhodes. Surprisingly, Vladimir Kozov
received a decent amount of applause as he came out.
During their induction speech, Doy Funk referred to the WWE as the WWF, and
also called this year's event Wrestlemania 26.
They had a countdown timer on the wall for the presenters and inductees. There
were quite a bit of people that went past their time, including Bill Watts,
who went way past his allotted time.
John Cena received boos every time that they showed him on the big screen.
There were a lot of people in the arena who obviously did not understand
the direction about being respectful during the ceremony.
They had a huge applause sign above the stage that they flashed as they came
back from commercial, as well as two people holding applause signs off each
side of the stage.
The pop for Stone Cold was easily the biggest of the night. Ricky
Steamboat received a huge applause as well when he came out.
Overall, it was a very fun evening. The crowd was loud all night and all
of the presenters and inductees were great.
We have full coverage of all the inductions including everything that was
edited out of the TV version at this
link.
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