flyonthewall2983

I just realized I haven't watched a whole lot of these. Booker T's speech and induction from Stevie Ray (feel stupid for saying this here, but I never would have guessed they were actual brothers) was cool to watch in the context of just having seen that 24/7 special. I'm on 2012 now, and JBL's induction of Ron Simmons was actually thrilling to watch. I wish I could say the same thing of his broadcasting.

Holly literally didn't say that, that was just the jist of what his tweets were.

2 random 80's WWF questions; What was the context of Brutus Beefcake coming out to help Roddy Piper beat Adrian Adonis at WrestleMania III? Also, is it true Lou Albano played all the instruments on his song on The Wrestling Album?

It's now being reported Bill is gone gone.

I wonder how well they knew each other in the Terra Ryzin' days.

The most awkward thing I saw from '94 aside James Dudley was seeing Arnold Skaaland talk about Shane like it was already pre-determined and decided that he would take over.

Ever the good employee. He'll crop up somewhere else.

Because the Super Bowl isn't held the day after.

Didn't Billy Gunn replace him as head trainer?

FWIW, Bob Holly gave his .02 about it on Twitter, basically saying if there's smoke there's fire. I'm by no means a sports guy, but I get that trainers should work their charges hard. But what Bill is being accused of veers straight into sociopathic behavior, and is beyond me as to how it would be beneficial to anyone trying to get into WWE. Or anything.

Tom Sizemore would be a perfect Johnny Valiant.

I watched the 2004 HoF last night. I still love watching Heenan, Race (and Flair introducing him) and Ventura's induction speeches. I still wish they did them in those environments more conducive to more thoughtful speeches. It's not to say there hasn't been more like that since then, but the WWE can't help being the WWE sometimes.

More was put up on the Network lately, though not in it's entirety. Considering their money troubles, putting out something like this on video or airing it on TV wasn't as viable as it would be a decade later. Arnold Skaaland's whole bit about Shane taking over for Vince is weird to watch now to say the least. I liked Monsoon's speech, funny and touching at the same time. Sad to hear him talk about his kids considering Joey would die just weeks later.

Under the Hall of Fame show folder. Down at the end, sorted by years, even though Gene Okerlund and Renee Young portions were probably done last week! They aren't on on my end. I use a Sony Blu-ray player to watch.

Where can you find the 94-96 shows?

Of course. I'm just learning about what a terrible trainer he is, so anything related to them covering his ass is news to me.

http://pwinsider.com/article/92051/second-letter-of-allegations-against-wwes-bill-demott-leaks-online-chris-jericho-ec3-others-comment-on-situation.html?p=1 So sad how Jericho's become a kiss-ass.

They just put up all the HoF shows from 2004 to 2013.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k6ds58BSis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-8e0uy3Ids

If you told me once WCW was bought out that he'd be a top guy and main event WrestleMania I probably would have laughed in your face. I knew how good he was in the ring, and that he probably would have a career once he came but never expected that he would get as far as he did. How he grounded his style was quite the transformation, but he was no less exciting to watch.

There was a laziness to the intricacies of wrestling during the Benoit thing that if applied to any other big story like that would have gotten people fired.

I'm wondering honestly why Haku hasn't been inducted.

Mixed feelings on that one. Matt's right, but with me it's more who isn't in sometimes. This case being one of them. Demolition would have been a better choice. The glaring omission as far as tag teams now are the Bulldogs.

He confirmed he's writing his autobiography on Twitter today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp8c-DVvpPU