This one's a bit tricky, but if WWE wants to improve the perception and integrity of its Hall Of Fame, it must do a better job controlling the crowds who attend the yearly events. Back in the early days of the WWE Hall Of Fame, it was a banquet that was held in front of WWE talent and employees with tickets not being made available to the public. Obviously, the company recognised the popularity of the event as an opportunity to sell tickets and over the years, it grew and grew and grew into an arena-sized event that seats nearly 20,000 fans each year. While the turnout, merchandise and ticket sales are great benefits to WWE, the raucousness of the crowd often brings down the show's level of prestige as well as its flow with endless (and often inappropriate) chants and catcalls. This type of behaviour does not occur at other Hall Of Fame ceremonies, but that's what you get when you make the event another live wrestling show in a sold-out arena. While everyone wants to enjoy themselves, there's a line as to what's acceptable and what isn't and too many wrestling fans don't know where that line is. Perhaps by instilling a firm dress code, this may "weed out" some of the fans that would take the event less seriously. Or WWE could force the arena security to to monitor for any chants, shouts or catcalls, regardless of their nature, resulting in ejection. They may be harsh stances to take, but something needs to be done in order to prevent a couple (or sometimes more than a couple) of bad apples from spoiling the bunch.
A former stuntman for Paramount Pictures, Matt enjoys sports, water skiing, driving fast, the beach, professional wrestling,
technology, and scotch. At the same time, whenever possible.
Having attended many famous (and infamous) shows including WrestleMania XV, In Your House: Mind Games, and the 1995 King of the Ring, Matt has been a lifelong professional sports and wrestling fan. Matt's been mentioned in numerous wrestling podcasts including the Steve Austin Show: Unleashed, Talk Is Jericho, and Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard.
As a former countywide performer, Matt has been referred to as Mr. 300 for his amazing accomplishments in the world of amateur bowling. He is also the only man on record to have pitched back-to-back no hitters in the Veterans Stadium Wiffle Ball League of 2003.