I must say, not that speeches are the highlights of the Hall of Fame, per se. But, Torrie Wilson stole the show with hers.
She was very humble and genuine, every thing she was billed to be. She was real with the fans.
The gist was basically (sarcastically): "You guys are probably going to be surprised by this. But, I'm pretty sure I wasn't hired based on my wrestling skills! I had none!" But, she stuck with it, just because she loved the business and despite some folks panning her efforts. She thanked Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan for welcoming a "nobody fitness model" with open arms in WCW. Her story about a 4th-grade boy having a crush on her, scaring her into hiding at home, stuffing her face during Christmas break (resulting in a few extra lbs), only to have that same boy insult her by calling her "FATSO" and chasing her around the playground was quite stirring.
She teared while thanking Finlay for being so patient with her, despite her numerous in-ring botches and emotional breakdowns, while trying to get her moves right. Wilson declared Finlay's work with the ladies as the real reason Lynch, Flair, and Rousey are main-eventing WM35 (a point that has been beaten almost to death).
I especially like her success points:
1. Permission is for pansies
2. Forget the Failures
3. Summon your Swagger.
Wilson claims that the swagger thing came into play for her at Judgment Day 2003, where she had her bikini contest segment against Sable. She said that, after Sable just "owned the joint", she wanted God to either strike her dead or give her just 5 minutes of rhythm. I could see that. After all, NOBODY beats Sable in a bikini contest.
Then again, I saw that segment a couple of weeks ago. And it ends with Tazz declaring the contest a draw (after asking the crowd to help Jerry "The King" Lawler find his eyeballs), until Torrie claims she wasn't finished yet, unveiling an even smaller segment of strings and patches underneath her more "conservative" Playboy bikini.
The crowd pops with obligatory shots of King, losing his mind. Then the crown roars and Tazz declared Wilson as the winner.
Back to the HOF speech, they brought Stacy Keebler back to induct Wilson into the HOF (perhaps a hint that she's on deck for HOF 2020 and because she and Wilson both got their starts in WCW, with Kiebler auditioning as a Nitro Girl).