Official WWE Hall of Fame 2010 Telecast Thread
 

Starts at 11PM EST on USA Network.

According to PWInsider, it's going to be Gorgeous George, Uecker and DiBiase on TV.

So... Sup?

If anyone has a stream - post it.

I'm watching the Shawn/Bret Iron Man Match right now. I forgot this was on but I'll watch it when it starts

Dibiase I get but Uecker and George not so much . really thought it would be Dibiase and Hart for sure

I'll be watching.

Stu Hart might be bigger among hardcore wrestling fans, but George and Uecker are far bigger mainstream personalities. They obviously pick the televison inductees based on what the majority wants to see.
The people who care enough about Stu are either there, will buy the DVD, or find it on the internet.

I'll be here.

When are they going to induct Castrol GTX, Slim Jim, and FourFifty?

Better be next year.

I feel like JVC Kaboom Box should go in before FourFifty.

FourFifty has put more money in Vince's wallet than JVC Kaboom Box could ever dream of. I think his next ticket purchase will be the Lugz Boot of the Week

Is it in the same stadium as WM itself?

Yea they sold 80,000 tickets to see Ted Dibiase thank his family and tell road stories

Walker: Texas Ranger has to go in as the best lead-in to RAW ever.

Anybody know where I can score some IcoPro?

Ask Cena.

http://www.tpww.net/forums/picture.p...&pictureid=708

There's some Joe Rogan stand up on Comedy Central that's over when this starts if anybody's bored.

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Don't get me wrong, I loved Uecker at WrestleMania 3 and 4; if WWE insists on a 'Celebrity Wing' for the Hall of Fame, I'm happy he's going in (although, ahead of Mr T? Mike Tyson? Cyndi Lauper? Laurence Taylor? Mayweather? Ray Combs? Trump?)

But let's not lose perspective. The Celebrity wing is a mere token spot. Should anybody be bumped from the telecast of the annual wrestling Hall of Fame inductions, it should be the celebrity inductee.

I think they are predicting a George/Uecker/DiBiase telecast because of the order of proceedings tonight at the venue, but with no live webcast, they could film the evening completely out of order (to spread out the 'big names' and keep the live audience involved) and sort it in the edit before the airing.

Does Gorgeous George really have a higher mainstream status in 2010 than Stu Hart? I'd say they are fairly level.

Neither means much to a casual TV viewer anymore. If Bret Hart, one of wrestlings biggest stars of the 90s, can barely garner a reaction in 2010, why would George fare any better in recognition terms? Yes, I am aware of his impact in the early years of televison but most of his fans/viewers are probably long dead. Gorgeous George won't mean much to the average wrestling fan nor the average TV viewer in 2010. Stu Hart will at least hold some interest to the former.

Well I might tune in just to see the stadium set-up.

Maybe they let Uecker speak on TV on purpose to try and boost DVD sales if anybody REALLY wanted to see another inductee.

I think everyone should watch this while waiting

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not doing the first hour on WWE.com this year? wtf?

Were the Thrillseekers heels?

I don't think so. I don't really know for sure since I wasn't around to follow that, and don't really know how I'd go about doing so now.
I've just seen stuff on youtube. I've read Jericho's book, which probably talks more about that but I can't remember.

I doubt they were though, just from their nature. They were like The Rockers

that thrillseekers video is absolutely horrible. jesus, it's worse than jericho makes it sound in his book

HERE WE GO!

Heenan :'(

I read the book too, and I'm pretty sure he said they were faces. I was just making a joke at that video's expense.

lol Triple H was like ":|"

nice tux, king.

Edge and Christian were sitting together, sorta. :eek:

Who are the kids in the front row next to Steph?

Kid Rock should have been booed.

BOOO Kid Rock.

lol the boos for kid.

<font color=goldenrod>lol I love how the heels have to try and stay in character and look pissed off the whole time</font>

EBERSOL!

Giving HBK a run for his money on the receding hair line.

I don't want to know about his life. And I damn well don't want to know about his baseball career. I only care about his wrestling-related shit.

lol what the fuck is that hair? is that a gimmick?

1.21 Jiggawats. He's here to induct the flux capacitor

lol exactly what I thought when I saw the hair.

Major League is a great movie, though.

lol Major League

these promos are going to be epic.

Main event promo. <3

Lot of confused wrestling fans just tuned into the wrestling Hall of Fame to see NBC's Dick Ebersol induct 'Mr. Baseball'.

Or "Mr. Basketball" as Jesse Ventura called him in Pontiac.

Who were those elderly people next to HHH?

<font color=goldenrod>Mr. T and Lawrence Taylor have to go into the HOF Celebrity Wing at some point...I mean they've both won in the main event of WM ffs.</font>

Might be Hunter's parents.

Here's what "Championship Row" looks like (Hunter's section in order from left to right).

MVP, Michaels, Cena, Some kid, old dude, old woman, Hunter, Steph, some kid, some kid.

The in-laws?

woah, is taker/shawn really the ME?

Am I the only one who found that video incredibly entertaining? Probably just because of how funny Jericho is.
It's cheesy as hell, sure, but that's what makes it so great.

That was the plan late this week. Can obviously change.

But come on, nothing can top it. It's the main event even if it doesn't go on last.

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<font color=goldenrod>I do wonder how much thought goes into HOF seating arrangements. Despite their pushes I thought I saw McIntyre and Sheamus sitting towards the back, prolly due to being rooks.</font>

Was awesome.

It's definitely funny, but how would you react to that if you were watching a regular episode of Smokey Mountain Wrestling and they showed that?

This is in a theater, isn't it? I remember last year they did it in the arena where the next RAW was held.

Last year they had Austin, so they needed the seats.

"He had figured out a way to put 93k seats in the stadium."

Yeah, it's called a pen and white out.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING

At this point he should just shave his head. That hair is fucking ridiculous.

JR looks awesome.

Pete Rose's theme.

Who was that freakishly tall person?

love seeing Harley at all of these.

you can tell this is on an NBC network. ALL OF THE FUCKING COMMERCIALS.

<font color=goldenrod>lol Mike Knox in a suit</font>

His beard should have a teeny suit and tie on.

Nowadays, I'd find it hilarious because of the retro-ness. At the time, it was probably more average.
Still, the shit Jericho does is legitimately entertaining. Getting scared by the stuffed bear? Hitting on the chick on the wall?
That's stuffs good.

Watching them ride bumper cars and bunjee jump, yea, if it weren't them and retro I'd probably be like "wow this is ridiculous"

Well, how hokey was SMW overall?

Was stuff like that the norm?

<font color=goldenrod>They're definitely gonna be running overtime with this unless Gorgeous George's widow doesn't talk much</font>

I think if Kaylen Croft and Trent Barreta duplicated that promo today, it would get them some good heel heat.

lol cut out the applause.

I have to assume these reaction shots are just randomly sprinkled in post-production.

Yes. I watched a segment where they got attacked in the parking lot. The shit was not good.
The matches were, but the storylines and segments were like your basic public access indy shit.
Jericho and Storm were entertaining as hell though. Talent is talent.

Oh yeah, for sure.

lol thwagger always looks like a gump.

That's like the third Michaels close up.

That seemed like a waste of time to me.

I MADE IT! I MADE IIIIIT!

At least he talked about wrestling, just like you wanted.

Gotta love Ueck.

Man, Wrestlemania is gonna be off the chain. One of my friends wants to bet me 10 dollars for most correctly guessed results. Should I do it?

There was maybe three minutes of wrestling coverage in that entire thing, first segment included.

They better not cut ted's speech.

There will be 4 hours of it tomorrow.

<font color=goldenrod>I don't know for sure but I don't think they have all that much time to do editing. I remember WM24, Flair was still speaking live when the HOF Ceremony special came on the air.</font>

I feel like they went off the air in the middle of somebody's speech too, but I could be imagining that.

(I made it, I made it,) if that ain't the worst WM song, it reeks of "I'm lazy to or too cheap to pay Metallica or anyone else that we've actually heard of for a somewhat decent song."

Who are you, Diesel Mac?

My assumption for why Uecker's induction got on TV was that Ebersol wanted to be on TV on his channel.

they need to play Pomp and Curcustance when they do George's video

True, that WWE A/V Team is good but this has to be in tandem with the USA network goons too.

I'm sure Rev Theory would have given them a nice little diddy.

btw: Geogeous George going in :love:

Plus he's the biggest draw they have for the main stream.

The Human Orchid is the greatest name ever