• “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase was the headliner this year. He is a polished public speaker and delivered a fine speech. After DiBiase concluded with his trademark line, “Everbody has a price,” $100 bills came down from the ceiling. I assumed, of course, that it was play money, but when people in the crowd held the bills up to the camera, they sure looked real to me. That’s just great. I don’t go this year and they give away real Ben Franklins. Well, at least I still have the $20 million bill with Floyd “Money” Mayweather’s face on it from WrestleMania XXIV.

• Not surprisingly, “Mr. Baseball” Bob Uecker was very funny. How great would it be to have a few beers with Uecker and listen to him tell stories?

• Betty Wagner, the 97-year-old former wife of the late Gorgeous George, accepted the honor on his behalf and told a couple of quick stories. She came off very well and had a good sense of humor.

• Batista was shown a couple times sitting in the front row with his shades on and looking to be “in character.”

• I was surprised that Bret Hart’s induction speech for his late father, Stu, wasn’t featured on the program, but there just wasn’t enough time to put the spotlight on more than three inductees in the one-hour format.

• I really would like to have seen Wendi Richter’s speech. She was the victim of a “screwjob” in 1985 when The Fabulous Moolah double-crossed her in the ring and stole the WWF women’s title. Richter was never seen again in WWE. In a clip from her induction speech on wwe.com, Richter said, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and I’d like to thank my fans for standing behind me 25 years. … All I ever really wanted was respect, and I feel like I have that tonight.”