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Originally Posted by Sixx
Muhammad Ali - ok, but Liberace?
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My argument against Ali going on besides whether or not he would be able to physically attend, he still does public appearances I think. The issue is that inducting Ali is an "event" in itself and WWE seems to style the HoF each year as revolving around one major inductee followed by the rest e.g. Warrior, or HBK, or Savage or Nash etc. Ali would perhaps remove the spotlight from that.
You'd argue Tyson and Schwarznegger were "big" personalities too who didn't necessarily remove the spotlight from the major inductee but those guys (with the greatest of respect) aren't on the same level as Muhammad Ali. It's like inviting the President or the Queen to a party and not putting them on the top table or making them the chief guest etc. Ali isn't a sideshow.
Liberace- more his involvement with WM 1 and also maybe it would be timely as it would be the first HoF post legalisation of gay marriage and WWE could jump on the bandwagon by portraying themselves as champions of equal rights etc. Indeed, Liberace never got the full credit he deserved as an entertainer (outside of WWE circles) because of his sexuality and times have (hopefully) changed.