Live News & Notes From The Hall Of Fame Ceremony

– PWInsider.com reader Mitch sent this in

Just got back from the Hall of Fame ceremony, and wanted to pass on a few observations.

Security was checking all cameras coming into the arena and was not allowing anyone in with lenses over 4 inches. The person ahead of us was told they could not bring their camera in. I attended a Raw last fall, and did not see them checking cameras then.
There were a lot of empty seats in the arena in the lower level around the sides. The seats directly facing the stage seemed to be full.

The wrestlers and their families started coming out around around 5:30 or so. It looked like they had tickets to let them know where to sit. They were coming out in a trickle, but about 5 minutes before the show started, they started pouring out in one huge group.

Several wrestlers received boos as they came out, including Chris Jericho, Edge, Randy Orton, and Cody Rhodes. Surprisingly, Vladimir Kozov received a decent amount of applause as he came out.

During their induction speech, Doy Funk referred to the WWE as the WWF, and also called this year's event Wrestlemania 26.

They had a countdown timer on the wall for the presenters and inductees. There were quite a bit of people that went past their time, including Bill Watts, who went way past his allotted time.

John Cena received boos every time that they showed him on the big screen. There were a lot of people in the arena who obviously did not understand the direction about being respectful during the ceremony.

They had a huge applause sign above the stage that they flashed as they came back from commercial, as well as two people holding applause signs off each side of the stage.

The pop for Stone Cold was easily the biggest of the night. Ricky Steamboat received a huge applause as well when he came out.

Overall, it was a very fun evening. The crowd was loud all night and all of the presenters and inductees were great.