About WWE Hall of Fame Speeches..

[Mr. Old School™]

Hey,

I just recently picked up the WrestleMania XXIV 3-disc set and finished watching The Hall of fame portion and just wanted to post my thoughts.

I am not going to go through all of them, only a select few. More specific, Ric Flair and The Rock. I'll start with The Rock.

Man, his speech was ing classic. Just classic. I can't remember the last time when I laughed my ass off like that when it had to do with wrestling...It's been SO damn long!!

His awesome speech just reminded me of how great he truly is and how much I miss his presence in wrestling today. Clearly one of the best on the mic ever. He knows exactly how to work a crowd, I'll say that much.

He trashed Jericho by talking about his hair, made fun of Foley with the sock, talked about 1-more match with Stone Cold and then when he got to Cena, I nearly busted a gut. That was ing awesome!! ;D

The crowd's chants were awesome as well. From "Please come back", to "No More Movies", to "Please Stay Away" and on and on. The Rock was eating it all up.

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed that segment with The Rock. It's been far too long since I enjoyed something like that in wrestling, especially these days when it's so reptitive, boring and stale.

Now, onto Flair's speech. There was one part where he just had to take the low-road and go out of his way and take a dig at The Rock, by talking about Cena and saying "Cena will never take off and leave for Hollywood".

You know what? I certainly hope that's true. I hope Cena doesn't leave for Hollywood because he can't act and his movies ing suck. It'll save us the pain and misery of seeing one of his God-awful movies again.

So, I hope Cena stays in the WWE and does what he's some-what good at, and that is wrestling. Cena is a great entertainer, there's no denying that. Wrestling however, leaves something to be desired...

Anyways, those are just some of my thoughts on The Rock's and Ric Flair's Hall of Fame speeches.

For those that haven't seen them yet, please do yourself a HUGE favor and buy the DVD set or Blu-Ray today. You'll be thanking me later.

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I was slightly put off that he went on like it was a roast for what seemed like forever and then he spends like 5 minutes each on his father and grandfather.

[Mr. Old School™]

Jun 13, 2008 8:18:09 GMT -5 @kathamilton said:

I was slightly put off that he went on like it was a roast for what seemed like forever and then he spends like 5 minutes each on his father and grandfather.

Yeah, but being gone for as long as he has, you had to expect that. I know I did. And I certainly didn't have no problems with it at all.

[BrIaNMeRcY]

The same thoughts were flowing through my mind when I saw The Rock's speech. I laughed when he took shots on The Marine.

Flair's speech, awesome. I liked the part where he took a shot at Hogan. Flair stated that he is sick of hearing that Hogan is the greatest and how Austin should be the greatest. Flair's speech basically tells us why Flair deserved the send-off on RAW two nights later.

[Iron Man]

I watched his speech like 20 times now lol. I lol'd at the part where he made fun of Big Show. Triple Threat...lmao

[Mr. Old School™]

Jun 13, 2008 12:54:01 GMT -5 Iron Man said:

I watched his speech like 20 times now lol. I lol'd at the part where he made fun of Big Show. Triple Threat...lmao

Man, I haven't watched it 20 times yet, but I'm sure I'll get there. I've watched about 3 times so far and it keeps getting funnier and funnier. I can't stop watching it. It's great!! ;D

The Rock's speech was like a breath of fresh air. Just like the fans chanted, "Please Come Back, Please Come Back", I certainly hope he does.

The WWE needs The Rock, so, so badly at this point. His speech was the most entertaining thing I've seen in WWE in at least 3 years. No word of a lie. It was awesome.

[Dan88]

did'nt they chant 'make him wrestle' to his mum aswell when she was inducting her dad

[Iron Man]

What were they chanting when Rock talked about Stephanie buying cheap microphones? It was a quick chant and went away fast and I couldn't catch what it was.

[Zigzag]

It was probably "Start All Over." That, or "We Can't Hear You."

I don't have the DVD yet, but I was in attendance, and that's what we were chanting.

[T R W]

I was there, and both speeches were awesome. Flair could have gone on another hour, and I would have been thrilled.

[DgenerationX092]

"Clearly one of the best on the mic ever. He knows exactly how to work a crowd, I'll say that much." Thats because he knows exactly how to lie to us, and say stuff to make sure he can get through it with as little boo's as possible, because if he even hinted that he wasnt gonna wrestle no more he would get tore up by the crowd. At the HOF he's all like "Austin, what do you think, on more time?" when really hes thinkin "pssh yea right like id wrestle another match".

"What were they chanting when Rock talked about Stephanie buying cheap microphones? It was a quick chant and went away fast and I couldn't catch what it was." He was too tall for the mic attatched to the podeum and people couldnt hear him, so they chanted "We Cant Hear You", he told them to turn it up, after that was "still cant hear you". then he picked up the hand mic for a moment for one of his catch-phrases i think, and they chanted "use that mic".