Who would want to see in the HOF?

[Bobo]

Well with the announcement of Warrior going into the HOF it got me thinking, who would you want in there that isn't there already? This excludes anyone still currently active like say Rock, Taker and the guy I hate Triple H who will all no doubt be in there soon enough,


Here are some of my personal picks and others whom I perhaps don't necessarily like personally but feel they deserve to be in there.

Sting
British Bulldog
Vader
Sid Eudy
NWO
DX
Madusa/Alundra Blayze
Macho Man Randy Savage but I believe he stipulated he only wanted to be inducted if and when the rest of his family are.


Eric Bischoff

Celebrities

I am surprised given his involvement in the first WM that Muhammad Ali has yet to be inducted however he may well have been offered the opportunity and declined it. However there may be a couple of issues with him attending a ceremony due to ill health but perhaps also given that the ceremonies always have one key marquee inductee there's no way you can induct Ali as a side note. He isn't a Mike Tyson , this is a man who is truly an icon of sports and popular culture and if they were to induct him which I think they should, they could only justify doing so by giving him the top billing.

Liberace was involved in wm one and again I'm surprised he has not been considered. Now would have been a good time to consider him given the renewed interest in his life and career from Behind the Candelabra.

[Swiss Ultimate]

New Jack

[CSL]

New Jack

[Cuse8]

demolishion

[Seth82]

This is my own wish list of who should go in

Wahoo McDaniel
Bruiser Brody - He even got the name Bruiser Brody from Vince's father during his short run in WWWF
Lou Thesz
The Midnight Express
The Rock and Roll Express
The Freebirds
The Andersons (Ole/Gene/Lars)
Dick The Bruiser/The Crusher
Ivan Koloff
Paul Heyman
Stan Hansen
Giant Baba/Jumbo Tsuruta
The British Bulldogs - Both Davey Boy & Dynamite deserve to be in the HOF imo
The Steiner Brothers
The Fabulous Kangaroos
Dusek Brothers
The Assassins
Frank Gotch/Strangler Lewis/Jim Londos/George Hackenschmidt/Joe Stecher/William Muldoon/Tom Jenkins/Ray Steele/Dick Shikat
Sting
Ronnie Garvin
Killer Kowalski
Dick Murdoch
Johnny Valentine
Dr. Jerry Graham - I'm surprised Vince hasn't inducted him yet as he was a favorite of his growing up
Dr. Death Steve Williams
The Spoiler Don Jardine
Buddy Rogers
The Great Muta
Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa/Jun Akiyama/Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue/Masa Chono/Nobuhiko Takada/Jushin Liger/Hayabusa/Shinya Hashimoto
El Santo/El Canek/Dos Caras/Perro Aguayo
Sabu
Atsushi Onita
Randy Savage
Ultimo Dragon
Bill Goldberg
Gory Guerrero
Mr. Wrestling #2/Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods
Rick Rude
Chris Adams
Gino Hernandez
Magnum TA
Rikidozan
Tiger Mask
Tony Garea
Gene Kiniski
Kevin Sullivan - He even wrestled for Vince's father in the 70's
Billy Robinson
Jake Roberts
Haku
Eddie Gilbert - Even though he was essentially a glorified jobber in his early 80s run with WWF he left and became a an awesome heel in promotions like Memphis, Crockett Promotions & UWF
Mr. T
Promoter Jim Barnett
Mildred Burke
Luna Vachon
Akira Hokuto

[whiteyford]

Pretty sure there's issues with Chris Adams going in.

[whiteyford]

New Jack

[Emperor Smeat]

Owen Hart
Macho Man

[scatterbrain28]

Diamond Dallas Page
The Rock

[JimmyMess]

Macho Man
nWo (group)
Kevin Nash/Diesel
Scott Hall/Razor
Eric Bischoff
Paul Heyman
Vince McMahon
Sting
DX

and others I'm not thinking of

[FourFifty]

Instead of giving you a bloated list (I'm looking at Seth82 right here) I'm just going to keep it as a simple list, let's say for next year.

Headliners
Jake Roberts
Scott Hall

Group Induction
The Natural Disasters

Guy That Never Worked For Vince
Jushin Liger

Others
Rick Rude
Bam Bam Bigelow
Dr. Death Steve Williams

Celebrity
Cindy Lauper

[Bobo]

Instead of giving you a bloated list (I'm looking at Seth82 right here) I'm just going to keep it as a simple list, let's say for next year.

Headliners
Jake Roberts
Scott Hall

Group Induction
The Natural Disasters

Guy That Never Worked For Vince
Jushin Liger

Others
Rick Rude
Bam Bam Bigelow
Dr. Death Steve Williams

Celebrity
Cindy Lauper

I'm not a fan of either but why Scott Hall ahead of Kevin Nash? Frankly they should be inducted as the NWO but as solo careers Nash had the slightly more remarkable career being world champ in both WCW and wwe whereas Hall is only famous for his ladder match and being drunk.

[CSL]

sorry but Big Kev needs his own Hall of Fame. Various wings dedicated to every period of his groundbreaking, make-a-housewipe-weep-with-joy 20+ year career

[JimmyMess]

Kevin Nash should induct Diesel

[Corndad]

Wouldn't shock me if they are holding off the Freebirds till they have the Mania in Dallas next year but they should definitely go in at some point.

Also will use this as my yearly "Why isn't Mr. T. in the Celebrity Wing?" (I realize he had denied a few times but you can't have people like Drew Carey and not have a Celebrity who Main Evented 2 Manias not there)

LT should also be in the Celebrity Wing but my guess is they will wait till after all his legal issues in recent years die down to do it.

[Bobo]

Does nobody have an opinion on Ali being in the HOF? He was guest referee at WM 1 right? They still show the footage in every WM retrospective promo and he is without a doubt the most high profile celebrity to be involved with WWE in an event capacity.

Floyd Mayweather certainly deserves an induction one day

[CSL]

the Freebirds aren't in yet because it's basically a rib on Michael Hayes at this point, one he openly acknowledges. Dallas would be a good place for them to go in however if they have 31

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

ERAG match obviously.

[Droford]

Savage
Jake Roberts
Rock
Undertaker
Sting
DDP
Steiners (as a tag team)
Goldberg
Kevin Nash
Scott Hall
Paul Heyman

Then you have current guys like mark henry & golddust who have hung around long enough despite not doing anything major that still might get a nod..

[Vastardikai]

Scott Hall (inducted by Kevin Nash or DDP)
Kevin Nash (inducted by Shawn Michaels or Scott Hall)
Kevin Sullivan (inducted by the Undertaker or Bray Wyatt)
Mark Lewin (inducted by Kevin Sullivan or the Undertaker)
The Spoiler (inducted by the Undertaker or Kevin Von Erich)
Danny Hodge (inducted by Bill Watts or Jim Ross)
Gene LeBell (inducted by Roddy Piper, the Rock, or Rhonda Roussey)
Andy Kaufman (inducted by Jerry Lawler or Danny DeVito)
Cyndi Lauper (inducted by Wendi Richter or Roddy Piper)
Goldberg (inducted by Hulk Hogan or Steve Austin)
Adrian Street (inducted by Goldust or Mick Foley)
William Regal (inducted by Daniel Bryan, Dave Taylor, or Finlay)
Finlay (inducted by William Regal or Batista)
Jim Cornette (inducted by Jim Ross or Zeb Coulter)
Midnight Express (inducted by Jim Cornette or Ricky Morton)
Demolition (inducted by Road Warrior Animal or Hulk Hogan)
Lance Russell (inducted by Jerry Lawler or Jim Ross)
Rock n Roll Express (inducted by Jim Cornette or Ric Flair)
Bradshaw (inducted by Ron Simmons or Zeb Coulter)
Paul Heyman (inducted by Vince McMahon or CM Punk)

[Swiss Ultimate]

Seriously, can you imagine how great the acceptance speech would be for New Jack?

[Chimera]

The Sandman.

[Brigstocke]

Savage
Jake Roberts
Owen Hart
William Regal
Rick Rude
Natural Disasters
Steve Blackman

[#1-norm-fan]

Killer Kowalski

I had to double check because the idea of Killer Kowalski not being in is insane. He got inducted in '96 though.

[#1-norm-fan]

It is pretty crazy that Lou Thesz isn't in though. The man has a press named after him, for fucks sake. A PRESS!

As for guys who haven't been menioned: The Honky Tonk Man and King Kong Bundy should definitely be in.

[Theo Dious]

Andy Kaufman, just so that they can do a "HE'S ALIVE AND HE'S HERE TO ACCEPT THIS GREAT HONOR" tease. In all seriousness though, he needs to be in there due to being one of the first (if not THE first) Hollywood crossovers in wrestling. I wonder if they could get Letterman to induct him.

[Theo Dious]

Also I doubt he would accept it (I think he's on record saying he wouldn't) but Jim Cornette is deserving at least.

[#1-norm-fan]

FUCK yes, Andy Kaufman needs to go in.

Tony Clifton could even accept it on his behalf.

[weather vane]

Macho Man
Sting
Vince McMahon
Undertaker
John Cena
Chris Jericho
CM Punk
Jim Johnston
Kane
Big Show
Brock Lesnar
Batista
Elizabeth
Lex Lugar
Randy Orton
Rey Mysterio
Rob Van Dam
Rick Martel
Owen Hart
Rick Rude
Demolition
The Steiners
Jim Neidhart
Dynamite Kid
Rock n Roll Express
Midnight Express
Jim Duggan
Jake Roberts
Kevin Nash
Scott Hall
Andy Kaufman
Davey Boy Smith
Jim Cornette
Paul Heyman
Eric Bishoff
Mr. T
DDP
Bruiser Brody
Bill Goldberg
The Freebirds

Lots to go still really...

[Schlomey]

Jake the Snake

whoever else the fuck they want under him.

[Vastardikai]

Brooklyn Brawler
Red Rooster
Battle Kat
Fantasio
Tekno Team 2000
Rob Bartlett

:shifty:

[Rollermacka]

I had to double check because the idea of Killer Kowalski not being in is insane. He got inducted in '96 though.

Where can I go to see a list of all the inductees of the past? There's alot of guys whose accomplishments may not have been in the WWE (like in AWA or WCCW) that deserve recognition for their contributions to professional wrestling.

[XL]

Wikipedia?
Wwe.com?

[XL]

That probably came across quite sarcastic, but, honestly, I don't know how to answer that question without it sounding that way.

[#1-norm-fan]

Where can I go to see a list of all the inductees of the past? There's alot of guys whose accomplishments may not have been in the WWE (like in AWA or WCCW) that deserve recognition for their contributions to professional wrestling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame

wwe.com is too "busy" for me.

[#1-norm-fan]

Assuming Jake and Paul Bearer go in this year, here's what my inductees for next year would look like...

Headliner: The Rock (Inducted by Steve Austin)
Lou Thesz (Inducted by Bruno Sammartino)
"Ravishing Rick Rude (Inducted by Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat)
The Honky Tonk Man (Inducted by Jimmy Hart)
The Fabulous Freebirds (Inducted by Kevin Von Erich)
Celebrity Wing: Andy Kaufman (Inducted by Jerry "The King" Lawler)

[Bobo]

Muhammad Ali