Hulk Hogan's HOF Induction to be Televised Live

[strummer 0]

from Meltzer:

 

--Hulk Hogan's induction into the WWE Hall of Fame (only Hogan, nobody else's) will air as a special at 11 p.m. on 4/2 on Spike TV, and replayed at 5 p.m. the afternoon of Wrestlemania.

[Guest LooneyTune]

It's honest: No one gives a damn about anyone on it except Hogan... and Roddy Piper, but he always gets screwed over. Paul Orndorff is a good wrestler, but he doesn't scream HoF, and neither do people like Nikolai "Will Job For Food" Volkoff, and the Iron Sheik.

[Guest Arnold_OldSchool]

11 pm... Velocity's airtime, correct?

[Promoter 0]

It's honest: No one gives a damn about anyone on it except Hogan... and Roddy Piper, but he always gets screwed over. Paul Orndorff is a good wrestler, but he doesn't scream HoF, and neither do people like Nikolai "Will Job For Food" Volkoff, and the Iron Sheik.

I think they will be on there by default because Hogan's biggest matches were with them barring Warrior/Savage/DiBiase/Andre. Then again is it the actual induction or just some video special? I think Piper should get his due too. He was that big during Hogan's hey day.

[Mecha Mummy 0]

They should really just do the whole thing in my opinion. How long was last year's HoF ceremony?

[Guest bigm350]

They should really just do the whole thing in my opinion. How long was last year's HoF ceremony?

3 hours.

[Guest LooneyTune]

I heard it was in the neighborhood of 4-5 hours, and they trimmed it down for the DVD to around 3 (as mentioned).

[Guest Trivia247]

Im gonna look on ebay for last years Hall of Fame DVD set. I want those old matches.

[Guest Shadow]

or you can walk into any local videostore and buy one of the many left on the shelves.

[res37618 0]

Im gonna look on ebay for last years Hall of Fame DVD set. I want those old matches.

Exactly - order it from Deepdiscountdvd.com - it's $16.18 right now with free shipping. Probably a better price than you'll find at a "big box" retail store, unless you happen to find it used at a local DVD shop or something.

 

It's a good DVD, for sure. No one match on it is a "five-star classic", but for a nostalgic look back, it's pretty awesome.

[Guest bigm350]

Im gonna look on ebay for last years Hall of Fame DVD set. I want those old matches.

Exactly - order it from Deepdiscountdvd.com - it's $16.18 right now with free shipping. Probably a better price than you'll find at a "big box" retail store, unless you happen to find it used at a local DVD shop or something.

 

It's a good DVD, for sure. No one match on it is a "five-star classic", but for a nostalgic look back, it's pretty awesome.

Agreed. I have it, and its fun for its nostalgia. Most of the speeches are good but Heenan's steals the show.

[reign 0]

I think that the Iron Sheik will get on stage to confront Hogan leading to Hassan and Davari entering and issuing a challenge...maybe a slap? Get that over on free tv with the terrorist versus our All-American hero...I'm guessing we'll not be hearing any Jimmy this year though

[Slickster 0]

I would be surprised if Hogan's induction ceremony is uninterrupted. The most likely suspects would be Hassan and Daivari, since it appears that they are running an angle where they will be left off the WM card. This hotshotting of a PPV match could be very smart booking and will add some last-minute buys especially when the fans that didn't see it live see it replayed on Heat before the show.

[Art Sandusky 0]

It's honest: No one gives a damn about anyone on it except Hogan... and Roddy Piper, but he always gets screwed over. Paul Orndorff is a good wrestler, but he doesn't scream HoF, and neither do people like Nikolai "Will Job For Food" Volkoff, and the Iron Sheik.

I care about it, and apparently Spike TV cares enough to let WWE have live TV time.

[Guest LooneyTune]

I care too, but if everyone was equally important, they would air more than Hogans. Of course, I think it's a safe bet that some kind of angle is coming out of it (because WWE has to fuck around with everything), so maybe thats the whole point of it being broadcasted.