- The WWE Hall of Fame show was not received well by WWE Management. While many viewers enjoyed the show, WWE Management felt the show ran far too long and that it wasn’t exciting enough.

– Due to the show running long, it was requested that Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair shorten their speeches.

– WWE pushed hard to have Kevin Nash go into the WWE Hall of Fame as Diesel but Nash fought that. Nash wanted to go in under his real name, partly because the narrative (even from WWE) was that Diesel was one of the worst drawing WWF champions.

– Several executives, including Vince McMahon, were not happy about the talk that Kevin Nash changed the business with the guaranteed contracts. This was because the feeling at the time was that WCW was trying to put WWF out of business, and Vince McMahon took that personally.

– The company wasn’t happy with Shawn Michaels’ speech during the ceremony. Michaels did actually tear up his prepared speech and spoke from the heart when inducting Nash. Management was reportedly not happy that he used the words “strap” and “wrestler,” and was also upset (as mentioned) over his comments that Nash changed the business with the guaranteed contracts

– The company loved The Bushwhackers speech. The feeling was that it was the perfect mix of their “on camera” characters and telling old stories.

Credit: Pwinsider.com

Unhappy he used the word "wrestler"?

Fuck outta' here with that bullshit already...

So when are they going to change WrestleMania's name?

The HOF wasn't exciting enough?

You'd think after several years of people standing on a stage and talking, they'd know what to expect.

Every inductee is now expected to wrestle a full match against the one inducting them.

Kevin Nash made people unhappy? Well gosh, if only the past two decades of his existence could have predicted that.

He performed "where the big boys play". And it seems like he's still "A Big Boy". WWE management doesn't seem to like them so much anymore.

Mink wrote:

The HOF wasn't exciting enough?

You'd think after several years of people standing on a stage and talking, they'd know what to expect.

Management's expectations, and being upset with the use of the word "wrestler", is just getting ridiculous now.