The week leading up to a WrestleMania typically is the best week for Wrestling every year. The shows (RAW, ECW, Smackdown) are usually lighter on the matches and heavier on story development so as not to flame out (or even worse) injure the talent just before the biggest show of the year. We’ll usually see some of the “dark matchers” pick up the slack to fill the TV time. Each day, WWE has something going on in the host city leading up to WrestleMania. From Fan Axxcess to the Bacon, Bagles & Biceps Brunch to various wrestling appearances, the WWE has a busy week this week, almost too busy to do things like… blogging.
Of all the events that can take your time, aside from Sunday’s WrestleMania 24, there is one that you can’t miss. That is the Hall of Fame induction ceremony. This has become one of my favorite events. No ring, no storylines just some of the greatest in the business telling it like it is and telling it like it used to be. Some of the most recent inductees could care less to be on that stage, others more than deserve to be there. Some of the more touching memories of the ceremony include the “One more match” chants for Hulk Hogan and Rick Flair’s Road Stories. Of all of the members of the Class of 2008, I am most looking forward to Flair’s induction. There is one person I could sit and listen to all night. Not to slight the other inductees, but I hope event planners give him an adequate amount of time to tell his story. I will have the Kleenex ™ standing by.
