In its 16-year history, the WWE Hall of Fame has welcomed ring pioneers of all types. But on April 4, 2009, for the first time ever, the Hall will be taken to the extreme with the induction of former ECW Champion Terry Funk -- the first ECW Champion to be inducted into the Hall.
WWE.com recently asked Original ECW commentator Joey Styles for comment on Funk's induction:
"ECW gave me an audition when WCW and the other wrestling company, which was located around the corner from my home in Stamford, CT, which shall remain nameless, would not.
After earning my “spot” my Paul Heyman. I found myself getting an all night tutorial from Terry Funk regarding what the shortcomings of other wrestling announcers at the time were.
Basically, Terry told me that he could see I had passion
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Editor's Note: After getting back from a whirlwind trip through Iraq for WWE's Tribute to the Troops misson, Joey Styles sent in these pictures of his journey. Click on the photo to receive more information, or visit his Tribute to the Troops galley in his profile photo section for more.
Many more photos of WWE Superstars in Iraq are available in the Tribute to the Troops photo section.
For complete coverage of Tribute to the Troops, visit the Tribute section on WWE.com. Also, Leave your holiday messages for the troops in the Forums on WWE Universe.
WWE's Tribute to the Troops special airs Saturday, Dec. 20, at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.
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The Tribute to the Troops event is over and everyone seems physically, mentally and emotionally drained.
To me, the event felt like a combination of WrestleMania and an Orginal ECW pay-per-view. The enthusiasm of everyone at WWE and the Troops matched that of Wrestlemania and the intimacy of five thousand rabid fans where you can make eye contact with every soldier felt like the Original ECW.
In what seemed like only a few moments, the event rushed by and before we knew it, our Superstars were doing media interviews, the hardest working crew in entertainment was breaking down and loading tons of production equipment onto trucks that will transport the multimedia masterpiece to our C-17 cargo plane.
In the meantime, I am sending back this event recap and our phenomenal photographers
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Good morning Universe.
After waking up this morning in one of Saddam's palaces and having breakfast with the troops, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Big Show and I flew on Blackhawk choppers from our home base to four FOBs (or Forward Operating Bases) in the "Green Zone" (or the International Zone, or "IZ" in Baghdad.
Yesterday, 1,023 new members of the Iraqi Police (or "IP") graduated from training. What made this event significant is that these new IP members were trained by IP members, not the U.S. Military. Just a year ago, Iraqis training other Iraqis to secure their own country was inconceivable.
A great deal of the security forces here in Baghdad are Ugandan and Peruvians. The Peruvians seem more at ease while the Ugandans look ready for action at all times.
The Superstars pointed out