VINCE McMAHON, THANK YOU FOR 
INVITING ME HERE THIS EVENING TO
CELEBRATE WITH ALL OF YOU.
WOW, LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE 
HERE.
THIS PLACE IS PACKED.
I'M ASKING MYSELF, WHERE WERE 
ALL OF YOU WHEN THE MOVIE CAME 
OUT LAST JANUARY?
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
BUT ANYWAY, LET ME JUST TELL 
YOU, FIRST, I WANT TO 
CONGRATULATE ALL THE INDUCTEES 
TO THE WWE HALL OF FAME.
OF COURSE, I HAVE THE GREAT 
PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING BRUNO 
SAMMARTINO.
I MET HIM IN THE LATE 60s WHEN I
WAS COMPETING IN THE MR. OH 
OLYMPIA CONTEST AND THERE WAS 
BRUNO SAMMARTINO AMONG THE 
JUDGES.
I LOOKED AT MY FRIENDS AND IS I 
SAID, LOOK AT THIS GUY.
HUGE NECK, THE TRAPEZIUS WAS 
STICKING OUT, DELL TO IT TOYEDS 
LIKE CANNON BALLS, THE CHEST WAS
LIKE A FORTRESS.
HUGE CHEST.
I'M LOOKING AT HIM AND I'M 
SAYING, THERE IS■ç SOMETHING WRG
HERE IN AMERICA.
HE JUST CAME FROM EUROPE.
I SAID THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG 
FROM AMERICA THAT THE JUDGES 
LOOK BIGGER THAN THE ATHLETES UP
ON STAGE.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
IT'S FANTASTIC.
I WAS SO EXCITED SEEING THIS GUY
AND MY FRIENDS SAID, THIS IS THE
WORLD'S GREATEST WRESTLER.
AND I WAS SO HONORED THAT HE WAS
JUDGING THE MR. OLYMPIA 
COMPETITION.
AFTER THE COMPETITION, I WENT 
OVER AND IS TALKED TO HIM 
BECAUSE HE WAS SUCH A NICE HUMAN
BEING.
AND I'M SO PROUD OF HIM BECAUSE 
HE'S A GREAT IMMIGRANT.
WHAT A GREAT IMMIGRANT STORY.
TO COME OVER HERE FROM ITALY, I 
MEAN, WHEN HE WAS A KID, HE HAD 
TO RUN AWAY FROM THE NAZIS AND 
HE ALMOST DIED SEVERAL TIMES.
HIS MOTHER BROUGHT HIM BACK.
AND THEN THEY MOVED OVER HERE TO
PITTSBURGH.
THERE HE WAS BULLIED AROUND.
THEN THEY STARTED WRESTLING AND 
HE STARTED GETTING BIGGER AND IS
BETTER.
AND HE'S A GREAT INSPIRATION.
NOT ONLY DID HE WRESTLE MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE, BUT HE BROUGHT SKOVP 
GREAT INSPIRATION, WORKING OUT 
AND AWAY FROM ALCOHOL AND FROM 
DRUGS AND GANGS AND TO GET 
INVOLVED IN SPORTS.
THIS MAKES SUCH GREAT 
COMPETITION TO THIS COUNTRY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 
WELCOME THE GREAT WRESTLER, THE 
GREAT CHAMPION, THE GREAT BRUNO 
SAMMARTINO.
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>> TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL 
OF FAME, OF COURSE, IS EXTREMELY
SPECIAL.
BUT TO HAPPEN HERE IN MADISON 
SQUARE GARDEN, THAT IS --■ç I HE
A -- I HAVE A DREAM IN THIS 
BUILDING.
FOR ONE THING, I'M EXTREMELY 
PROUD THAT I HEADLINED MADISON 
SQUARE GARDEN MORE TIMES THAN 
ANYONE IN THE HISTORY OF MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.
I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT WHEN I 
TELL YOU THIS, THAT IT WAS 50 
YEARS AGO THAT I BECAME THE 
WORLDWIDE WRESTLING FEDERATION 
CHAMPION IN MADISON SQUARE 
GARDEN 50 YEARS AGO.
HOW MANY OF YOU WERE EVEN BORN 
THEN?
IT'S A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU MANY OTHER 
GREAT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN 
THE GARDEN.
BUT I MUST TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL
I AM OF WHAT THE GARDEN DID FOR 
ME.
YOU KNOW, IN THIS COUNTRY, IN 
EVERY CITY, WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL 
ARENAS EVERYWHERE.
AND THEY MAY BE BIGGER THAN THE 
GARDEN, EVEN, OR MAYBE EVEN I 
HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND SINCE I'VE 
BEEN RETIRED A LONG TIME AND 
EVEN NICER LOOKING.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, ANYWHERE
YOU GO AROUND THE WORLD, THE ONE
ARENA THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS IS 
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
AND WHEN YOU'RE SO■ç FORTUNATE  
I WAS TO HEADLINE MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN FOR ALL THOSE YEARS, THE 
GARDEN GAVE ME THE KIND OF 
PUBLICITY WORLDWIDE.
FOR ONE THING HERE IN NEW YORK, 
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MAGAZINES 
WERE PUBLISHED AND THERE WAS AS 
MANY AS TEN MAGAZINES PUBLISHED 
A MONTH.
AND BECAUSE OF HEADLINING IN THE
GARDEN, I WOULD APPEAR IN MAYBE 
SIX AND SEVEN ON THE COVER OF 
THOSE MAGAZINES.
AND THOSE MAGAZINES WOULD GO ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
SO THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, VINCE 
McMAHON SR. WHEN HE WAS GETTING 
READY FROM OTHER COUNTRIES 
BECAUSE OF ME MAKING APPEARANCES
THERE BECAUSE OF MADISON SQUARE 
GARDEN, I WAS AUTOMATICALLY THE 
HEADLINER EVERYWHERE I WENT.
OTHER DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT I
WRESTLED IN I ALWAYS WENT AS THE
HEADLINER BECAUSE OF MADISON 
SQUARE GARDEN.
SO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN HAS 
MEANT AN AWFUL LOT TO ME AND IT 
DID SO MUCH FOR ME.
BUT THOSE 24 YEARS, 25 YEARS AS 
THESE GUYS CAN TELL YOU TAKES A 
GREAT TOLL ON YOUR BODY.
IN FACT, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A 
LITTLE TOUGHER IN MY DAY BECAUSE
THEY HAD THOSE CRAZY BOXING 
RINGS AND THOSE THINGS WERE LIKE
CONCRETE.
THEY HAD TO BE REINFORCED WITH 
STEEL POSTS UNDERNEATH BECAUSE 
FIGHTERS, THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR 
FOOTING.
WHEN YOU'RE GETTING BODY SLAMMED
AND ALL THESE OTHER CRAZY THINGS
THAT YOU GO THROUGH, AFTER TIME 
AND TIME AND TIME AND YEAR AFTER
YEAR AFTER YEAR, YOU■ç PAY A 
PRICE.
AND GOD KNOWS I PAID ONE, TOO, 
BECAUSE UP TO 25 YEARS WHEN I 
RETIRED, I WAS HAPPY THAT THAT 
DAY HAD COME BECAUSE I HAD SPENT
MU TOO MUCH YEARS AWAY.
AND NOW I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING 
WITH MY FAMILY, WITH MY WIFE AND
IS MY CHILDREN AND SO FORTH.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS 
HURTING.
I WAS HURTING VERY, VERY BAD.
ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME, I HAD 
SOME SERIOUS INJURIES AND I WAS 
A GUY WHO WOULDN'T EVEN TAKE AN 
ASPIRIN OR ANY KIND OF A PAIN 
PILL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I SUCKED IT UP AND I KEPT GOING,
BUT I REACHED A POINT WHERE I 
FELT LIKE THE BODY COULDN'T 
CONTINUE.
AND IT'S TIME FOR ME AND I HAD 
TO START THINKING OF GETTING 
OUT.
BUT THERE AGAIN, I WAS SUCH A 
LUCKY GUY.
BECAUSE WITH ALL OF THESE 
INJURIES, AND I WAS IN PAIN 24 
HOURS A DAY, HAPPY TO BE HOME, 
BUT SUFFERING ALL THE TIME.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I HAD -- 
THERE WERE TWO GENTLEMEN THERE 
THAT COME HERE FROM PITTSBURGH.
THESE TWO GENTLEMEN WORKED 
MIRACLES.
THEY SAVED I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
LIVES WITH THEIR MAGIC BECAUSE 
THEY ARE SO GREAT AT WHAT THEY 
DO IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.
AND THEY MADE SO MUCH BETTER 
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SO MANY 
PEOPLE.
AND WHEN THEY TOOK ME ON, ALL 
THESE THINGS I REQUIRED MAYBE 
EIGHT MAJOR, MAJOR■ç SURGERIES.
BUT TODAY, I'M AN OLD GUY.
I'M ALMOST 78 YEARS OLD IN A 
COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND YET -- AND
CAN BECAUSE OF THESE GUYS, THESE
MEN WHO WERE SO GIFTED, HERE I 
AM, AN OLD GUY AND I STILL TRAIN
SIX DAYS A WEEK AND I'M STILL IN
GREAT SHAPE AND I OWE IT ALL TO 
THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY WERE ABLE
TO DO FOR ME.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, 
THAT I'M MOSTLY GRATEFUL THAT 
I -- AND I SAY THIS FROM THE 
BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
YOU KNOW, IN THIS BUSINESS, IF 
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
BECOME A HEADLINER, A PROMOTER 
LOOKS AT YOU, PERHAPS HE SEES 
THAT THERE'S SOME TALENT THERE.
HE SEES HOW THE FANS REACT TO 
YOU AND THEY GIVE YOU A SHOT AT 
BEING A HEADLINER.
NOW, HOW DO YOU STAY ON AS A 
HEADLINER?
WELL, IF PEOPLE COME AND FILL 
THOSE SEATS, YOU GET TO BE A 
HEADLINER AGAIN.
IF PEOPLE DON'T COME AND FILL 
THOSE SEATS, YOUR HEADLINING 
DAYS COULD BE VERY SHORT.
I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKIEST GUYS 
IN THE WORLD BECAUSE WHEN I WAS 
GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY, ALL THE 
FANS DID COME OUT.
AS THEY CAME OUT, THEY KEPT ME 
AS THE HEADLINER.
.THEN, AGAIN, BECAUSE I 
HEADLINED IN THE GARDEN SO MUCH,
I WAS THE HEADLINER WHEN I WENT 
TO ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 
THAT I WRESTLED TO ALWAYS AS THç
HEADLINER.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST SO 
AMAZING WITH THE GARDEN BECAUSE 
IT WENT EVERYWHERE AND PROMOTERS
WOULD CALL VINCE McMAHON AND SAY
TO HIM, VINCE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE 
THE SERVICE OF YOUR CHAMPION IN 
SAN FRANCISCO, IN LAS VEGAS, AND
I WOULD TRAVEL TO THESE PLACES.
AND I WAS FORTUNATE EVERYWHERE 
BECAUSE OF THE GARDEN, THE 
PUBLICITY OF THE GARDEN, THE 
MAGAZINES, I WOULD WRESTLE WITH 
GUYS LIKE RAY STEVENS AND WE 
SOLD THE PLACE OUT.
WE SOLD OUT IN LOS ANGELES, 
FLORIDA, WE PACKED THEM IN 
ATLANTA.
EVERYWHERE WE WENT BECAUSE OF 
THE PUBLICITY, I SAY FROM THE 
GARDEN.
INCIDENT TO CONCLUDE BECAUSE 
IT'S LATE AND WE'VE BEEN GOING 
HERE FOR TOO LONG.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR TONIGHT, 
FOR ARNOLD, FOR THE WWE WHO 
GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
APPEAR IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 
ONE MORE TIME.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
BUT MOST OF ALL, BUT MOST OF 
ALL, I WANT ALL THE FANS, 
WHETHER IN THIS COUNTRY OR 
AROUND THE WORLD IF THIS GETS 
TELEVISED EVERYWHERE, THAT 
WHATEVER SUCCESS I'VE HAD, I OWE
IT ALL TO YOU BECAUSE IF YOU 
DIDN'T COME OUT AND SUPPORT ME 
THE WAYñ
NEVER BECOME ANYBODY.
SO I THANK YOU.
I THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND 
THE TIMES THAT YOU SHOWED ME■ç R
ALL THESE YEARS.
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I 
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS ALL OF 
YOU.
THANK YOU.
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