3 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Hall Of Fame 2024 (Results & Review)
1. Ladies And Gentlemen…
Even if the Hall of Fame ceremony was its own event, and tickets cost $100, Paul Heyman’s speech alone would have likely been worth the price of admission.
Heyman headlined the Class of 2024 and was the first inductee, delivering a tremendous acceptance speech that stretched for about a half-hour that just flew by. It was funny, emotional, and oddly personal (for Paul), and it managed to praise others humbly while being braggadocious in the next breath.
The Wise Man dropped his veneer a bit to speak about his joy for what he does, his love for his family, his passion for the next generation, and his praise for the leadership of Paul Levesque. He turned back the clock in donning his signature leather trench coat, headset and ballcap from his ECW days as he talked about what led him from being canceled out of WCW and forming the tribe of extreme, where “Stone Cold” Steve Austin drank his first beer and where the cruiserweights first gained a wide audience.
Heyman also had plenty of praise for CM Punk and Roman Reigns, name-dropped Brock Lesnar, and – after mentioning several of the young superstars on the horizon – promised that he had more disruption to the system coming in the future. Overall, it was a great speech that’s worth checking out.
It’s also understandable why so many fans fled the arena afterward, as there was nowhere to go but down from that high.