3 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Hall Of Fame 2019

by Benjamin Richardson

1. X-Pac And Chyna Are Honoured At Last

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When D-Generation X were finally done with their self-indulgent circle jerk, featuring cross-eyed skits, a painful rib on Vince McMahon, and at least one pointed barb in the direction of AEW ("You put the words 'Executive Vice President' in front of someone and they think they're important"), it was down to business. Feeling the mood of the crowd, Shawn Michaels stepped down the levity to finally pay tribute to a woman criminally missing from the Hall of Fame for far too long, Chyna.

At the end of his own speech, Sean Waltman suggested the 'Chyna Memorial Battle Royal' as a brilliant new name for its Andre parallel. It'd be a fitting way to mirror the men's equivalent - without outraging 95% of the fandom.

Waltman himself has been long overdue the Hall of Fame nod, and it was heartening to see in the spotlight - at least, before his moment was ruined as we were subjected to a string of censored images of naked mature women.

Of course, Triple H simply had to close the show, but in a year's time - long enough to want to see another bloody one of these things - it'd be just superb to see X-Pac go in alone. At least he got a brief moment this Saturday.

Things finally came to a grateful end, but not before Paul Levesque paid his own deeply personal and highly emotional tribute to Chyna. After all the nonsense that had went on throughout WWE Hall of Fame 2019 - some of it intended, some of it not - it was just about the perfect conclusion - and a totally fitting way to mark WrestleMania's first ever all-women's main event.

Or at least it would have been, had he not went on for another 15 minutes.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.