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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 29, 2008 22:23:22 GMT -5
Not sure if any of you were lucky enough to see the Rock on the Hall of Fame special tonight. My God, that guy just has it. I was actually flabbergasted about how he has not missed a beat. I was thoroughly entertained for what amounted to a 10 minute stand-up comedy bit. That guy just drips charisma, and as much as he gets his ass kissed by the wrestling fandom, he deserves every bit of it.
He truly is missed.
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Post by bernie51williams on Mar 29, 2008 23:00:17 GMT -5
he's one of the best of all time also, i'm watching it all right now. I love Ric Flair, he was crying before he even got to speak.
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Post by cactusjames on Mar 29, 2008 23:18:09 GMT -5
It was awesome. Rock was great, Flair was fucking fantastic. Gotta love how he puts everyone but him over.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 30, 2008 0:06:21 GMT -5
I have not poked around yet, but Flair probably went 3 times as long. They always slice and dice a heap of these aired for TV speeches. I was chagrined we never even got to see Flair give a nod to his Four Horsemen buddies.
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Post by cactusjames on Mar 30, 2008 9:57:52 GMT -5
Yeah you could tell too, even in HHH's speech. I love how he looked at Shawn and was like I was gonna cut a promo but it doesn't work now, just to be the man you gotta beat the man. I was blown away, that almost got me all emotional.It's saying, tomorrow you become the man. It's weird how just being a fan of HBKs and knowing how much he looked up to Naitch, this is a head trip, in a few hours when Flair's retired, my guy will be the best wrestler around, even though Naitch said he's surpassed him a long time ago.
All I know is, because it was edited down(still ran long on usa too), DVD sales will be better than ever this year.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 30, 2008 10:00:42 GMT -5
Its going to end up being an extra on the Mania set. While it wont hurt sales, I cant imagine someone buying that entire set simply to get the Hall of Fame. Also, they are working on a second Flair set, I am sure his speech will be an extra.
Also, those of us who have 24/7 should see the full and uncut ceremonies in the next couple of months. Thats how I scored last years.
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Post by cactusjames on Mar 30, 2008 10:05:34 GMT -5
I know it's an extra, but if someone, like Balls, who dosn't like the card, might be inclined to spend the money just to make sure they hav the Flair speech.
How pissed are the people who tivoed it and missed it cause of the over run? They shed more tears than Naitch.
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Post by MSBNYY on Mar 30, 2008 10:52:27 GMT -5
I'm annoyed myself because I forgot all about it. Hopefully it will re-air at some point. If not, that sucks.
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Post by cactusjames on Mar 30, 2008 11:56:12 GMT -5
There's a cool video on WWE.com of a bunch of wrestlers commenting on Flair going in. Austin, Harley Race, Jericho, Edge, Orton, Batista and HHH. Taken behind the scenes after the ceremony had ended so it's pretty cool.
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Post by sancho231 on Mar 30, 2008 16:01:16 GMT -5
i saw the replay at about 215am good stuff really enjoyed the Flair segment. did the show the whole thing at 11? i only saw the Rocks family and flair. wanted to see Solie and Mae young.
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Post by Ms. Jericho on Mar 30, 2008 16:13:16 GMT -5
I miss the Rock. Sigh.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 30, 2008 17:23:30 GMT -5
No, they only show a smidgen of a handful of folks on the 60 minute telecast. What they actually do is stream the entire ceremony online, and you can see everything that way. I watched last years that way. The whole thing will be on 24/7 at some point this year. All they showed was what you ended up seeing later in the morn.
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Post by massyanksfan on Mar 31, 2008 20:27:19 GMT -5
I need some help here...I didn't relize that Flair would be on Raw tonight, anyone able to get me a copy?
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