Mark Out Moments - WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony - Thoughts on Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Road Warrior Animal and Paul Ellering, and more

By Mark Gessner

This is the first of the three editions of Mark Out Moments that will run today on each of the shows that aired during WWE Night on USA Network.

- It'll be interesting to see if the lead in to the Monday Night Raw following Wrestlemania will be the time slot going forward for the airing of the Hall of Fame or if it will go back to Saturday nights. I personally have always wondered why USA doesn't air the show in it's entirety on Saturday nights, it doesn't even have to be live. Is a four hundredth showing of National Treasure or an every other weekend Law and Order: SVU marathon really bringing in bigger ratings than a first run nostalgic Hall of Fame ceremony from the company that provides the highest rated TV show on your network and at some points on all of television?

- Touching induction by the Road Warrior Animal and Paul Ellering. You can tell that the wrestlers and fan have nothing but love and respect for the greatest tag team of all-time and that Road Warrior Hawk is missed by many. Good start to the show.

- I don't know how the seating chart for the Superstars is made for the Hall of Fame but I envy Miz. Stephanie McMahon on his right and Maryse on his left. Lucky, lucky bastard. Oh, and sitting front row next to the McMahon family probably isn't a bad thing for your career.

- Seeing Kane introducing Drew Carey made in dawn on me that he is probably inline to be almost a lock for the Hall of Fame when he retires. The only people who have been with the company longer than him today are Hunter and Undertaker. I cannot remember him ever being out with an injury and he can easily be inserted to the main event of any show or PPV and not feel out of place. Staying over for nearly a decade and a half is no small feat.

- King of Kings is a phenomenal song by Motörhead. Hunter has always had the best entrance music in the business hands down whether it was "King of Kings," "The Game," "Break It Down," or "My Time."

- Good introduction by Hunter. Funny comedy to start with the 5'10", 185 line and the Hogan Hair Club joke and then closing out the intro visibly emotional.

- While reports were that it was not a long speech, seeing not even five minutes of Shawn Michaels' speech was no where near long enough. Good teaser if the full ceremony will be part of the Wrestlemania DVD set.

- The four-outta-five man Kliq reunion was a fantastic way to close out the ceremony. As CM Punk said on twitter, "Is it true that Scott Hall didn't attend the HOF due to it being a situation that threatened his sobriety? If so this needs to be commended." I completely agree and if this is why the final member of the Kliq was not in Atlanta, this could prove to be a very good sign for those concerned about the well being of Hall, that he would miss this event to avoid falling off the wagon.

Thank you all very much for clicking the link that brought you to my "Mark Out Moments." If you have any thoughts, questions, comments, or critiques, feel free to email me at kliq4life28@gmail.com or tweet me at Twitter.com/MarkGessner. I'll be back later today with thoughts on WWE Raw and WWE Tough Enough, and on Friday morning with my TNA Impact "Mark Out Moments."