Cageside Seats: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Login-facebook
New Blog: Cowboy Altitude for Wyoming Fans!

Great Moments From Tonights WWE Hall of Fame Inductees

Mania26_medium 

In any post with the Wrestlemania 26 logo, click on the logo to see all of our other related coverage of Wrestlemania 26 and the Wrestlemania Weekend festivities, including the WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and the Wrestlemania Weekend shows held by Ring of Honor and Dragon Gate USA.

With tonight's WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (airing in part on the USA Network tonight at 11 PM ET, it will be released in full on DVD as part of the Wrestlemania DVD set, but unlike recent years, there will be no WWE.com stream for what's not shown on USA, so those not in attendance will have to wait awhile unless some videos shot by fan pop up) having one of the more interesting classes in recent years, it seems like a good idea to take this opportunity to post some of their greatest moments.  Since this will be a video-intensive post, please join me after the jump...

Star-divide

  • Antonio Inoki: Here's his infamous match with oddball strongman The Great Antonio, who stops cooperating and gets his ass kicked by Inoki:

  • Ted DiBiase:  One of the greatest angles in wrestling history, and a heck of a match while it lasts, to boot, in his famous challenge for NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair's title on Mid-South Wrestling in late 1985.  DiBiase starts as a heel.  Dick Murdoch, protesting that he didn't get the shot, starts as a babyface.  By the end, things change, and DiBiase bleeds.  A lot.

  • Wendi Richter: As she walked from the locker room before this match, where she was defending the WWF Women's Title, Gorilla Monsoon gave her a new contract and asked her to sign it immediately.  She said she needed to have her lawyer look it over and went to the ring for her match with the Spider, who suddenly looked a lot more like an old woman than Penny Mitchell, who had been using the gimmick,  And then this happened...

  • Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon: Mad Dog is the good guy.  Blackwell is the bad guy.  They don't like each other.  That's all you need to know to watch this:

  • Gorgeous George: Back in the day, people got news from newsreels that were shown before movies.  In this newsreel clip, Gorgeous George takes on the Masked Marvel at the Seattle Aquatheater in a ring surrounded by water.

  • Stu Hart: Very little footage is available of the Hart family patriarch's career, so let's go with his return to the ring from 1983, where he teamed with his son Bret (accepting the induction tonight) to take on Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie and John "J.R." Foley.

  • Bob Uecker: Take one guess.


0 recs  |  Comment 0 comments |

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Cageside Seats provides daily coverage of mixed martial arts, pro wrestling, boxing, and everything in between. Looking for in-depth and provocative commentary on the fight industry? Look no further!
Start posting on Cageside Seats »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

Connect_with_facebook

SBNation.com Recent Stories

Seattle Seahawks, T.J. Houshmandzadeh pushes off Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Sabby Piscitelli, who tries to push Houshmandzadeh out of bounds during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, in Seattle. At left is Ronde Barber. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Report: Seahawks Considering Trading T.J. Houshmandzadeh

PITTSBURGH - AUGUST 25:  Byron Leftwich #4 of the Pittsburgh Steelers warms up prior to the preseason game against the Carolina Panthers on September 2 2010 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

Steelers Quarterback Byron Leftwich Leaves Game With Left Knee Injury

Photo link

In Progress: Miami Leads Florida A&M 35-0 In Third Quarter

More from SBNation.com >


Managers

Violator__remastered_-_sacd__small Bix

Editors

Yhst-50863389838911_2094_21631803_small JonathanSnowden

Th_alkredblack_bigger_small SundownMotel

Small Cox813

Small Dave Walsh

Small kjh

Small DylanWaco

Small SLL

Authors

849514479_l_small jlamb

Walter_small Geno Mrosko

Kangaroo_small Matthew DiRienzo

Small Jeremiah Johnson.