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Side Shows
Not all the wrestling-related events in the Bay Area are WWE sponsored. The huge influx of fans creates opportunities for the WWE's minuscule competition and companion products to piggyback on the main event.
Ring of Honor, a small independent wrestling promotion where Daniel Bryan (then performing under the name Bryan "The American Dragon" Danielson) rose to underground fame, will be running a show during WrestleMania weekend. Jim Ross, former WWE announcer and voice of many wrestling fans' childhoods, will be doing a one-man show. Even Wale, the Washington, D.C., rapper, will be giving fans a sneak peek of a new album on which he collaborated with Jerry Seinfeld at the aptly titled event WaleMania.
Of all the events, the biggest will be the WWE's Hall of Fame ceremony the night before WrestleMania. Slaughter, who was inducted in 2004, recalls how much that night meant to him.
"It's a time for you to reflect why you got there and who helped get you there. Of course, your family who gave you up — basically — so you could go live your dream. All those holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries you missed, but they still backed you." He removes his ring and turns it over in the palm of his hand. "You get this ring, and your name is engraved in it," he continues. "One of kind. No one else has a Sgt. Slaughter Hall of Fame ring."
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