Harry said it was a great honor to induct his father, he thanked WWE and WWE Universe for the years of support. Harry had a bulldog named Buffy with him saying she was the granddaughter of Matilda. It was wife Diana Hart Smith, son Harry Smith and daughter Georgia Smith. The family of the British Bulldog went on stage to accept the honor for Davey Boy Smith, who passed away in 2002 when he was just 39 years old. It was the biggest and best moment of Bulldog’s career. They showed a clip from SummerSlam 1992 when Bulldog beat Bret Hart in the main event to win the Intercontinental Title in England. In the years that followed, British Bulldog plowed through competition as a singles wrestler and they showed the patented delayed vertical suplex. They spoke about the British Bulldogs tag team that became Tag Team Champions at WrestleMania 2 when they were fan favorites. There was a video about the late, great British Bulldog covering his career. Hall of Fame Inductee: “The British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith Woods was confident that they (New Day) were going into the Hall of Fame one day. Kofi said that The Bellas were a big part of the women’s evolution. Kofi said that he came up in WWE with The Bella Twins while adding that it was so well deserved. The New Day’s Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods were interviewed by Kevin Patrick. Orton said that there’s an impressive list of inductees and he has a bit of a relationship with everybody going into the Hall of Fame, so he’s happy to be there. Randy Orton was interviewed backstage by Sarah Schreiber. Typical stuff talking about how they grew up watching these people that are now in the Hall of Fame. They were in dresses with Kevin Patrick interviewing them. There were interviews with Peyton Royce and Rhea Ripley standing somewhere in the backstage area. There were commercials for Covid vaccines and WrestleMania. The end bit might have pissed off people that don’t like him, but I doubt JBL is going to be too sad if people are mad at him for it! That’s why he’s a great heel. The speech went about five minutes.Īnalysis: JBL is one of the best heel promos in WWE history in a lot of ways, so it was no surprise that he did well here. JBL said to anybody that thinks he has wronged them or to anybody that he made feel bad, he said: “Cry me a river, snowflake.” JBL said he’s going to into the Hall of Fame because he’s a Wrestling God and that was it. JBL said he would love to be in there one more time with Eddie Guerrero or The Undertaker while talking about memories from his early days in the business. JBL talked about visiting the troops, working with charities and he said he would do every bit of it again. JBL put over John Cena for being a good human being a credit to the business. JBL spoke about how Ron Simmons was his best friend that led to them having “one heck of a time” as a team in the Attitude Era. JBL acknowledged Eddie Guerrero and said he wishes Eddie was here. JBL talked about giving Eddie Guerrero’s mother a heart attack and he had to get a police escort out of town. JBL said that he fell in love with that “white heat” which means getting booed by the crowd. JBL spoke about guys like Dick Murdoch and Bob Orton being big influences on him. JBL talked about the incredible run he had by telling a story about how he got to work 20 minutes in one of his first matches and he loved it. JBL was in a tuxedo telling a story about how he was playing football 30 years ago and he realized it was good fortune that he would go on to become a pro wrestler. JBL was also very successful in the stock market and came up with the idea for WWE Tribute to the Troops that is going on for 20 years now. It showed clips of the early part of his career and then the 2004 turn into JBL that led to him become a WWE Champion for about nine months on Smackdown. John Bradshaw Layfield’s video aired first. Hall of Fame Inductee: John Bradshaw Layfield The inductees do their promos on there and there’s no crowd or audience to greet them. There was a podium at the top of the ramp. Jerry “The King” Lawler was the host for the 2020 ceremony. I believe those were just clips from fans from the past. Petersburg along with fans on the screen. They were at the WWE Thunderdome setup at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay/St.
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