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The Hall of Fame has many worthy, and many cringe-worthy, wrestlers, announcers, and personalities already enshrined. Who's left that you would put in?

I only just learned about him today, but my vote would go to Sputnik Monroe, who helped desegregate the Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, and started the dominoes falling as promoters realized the enormous buying power of African-Americans to sports events.



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#2 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.65
Let's see: The Bruiser. Ruled every fed he was in, including the AWA.

to the modern:
Arn Anderson should be in on his own
Of course, Randy Savage





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#3 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.70
Vader. Really not sure why he isn't going in this year. Considering that WWE owns WCW, all WCW accomplishments are under their umbrella (and they've recognized them in the past). Maybe it's because DDP is going in and they figured they filled their WCW quota.
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#4 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.93
Certainly Jim Cornette deserves to be in the Hall of Fame and I'll second Arn. I've always preferred him over Flair.

Also, Savage was inducted posthumously in 2015. I believe the story is Triple H and Lanny brokered the deal? I'm all for inducting him a second time though.

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#5 Posted on | Instant Rating: 2.90
I agree with Vader. While he's still alive.



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#6 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.46
Andy Kaufman needs to be in, post-haste. Celebrity wing, obviously, but overdue.
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#7 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.03
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#8 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.53
Just doing quick run throughs of the alumni sections of WWE.com, I'd say just to pick ten:

Chyna
Vader
Christian
DDP
Jim Cornette
Rick Rude
The Steiners
RVD
Tazz

Really though, there's dozens that I can see WWE qualifying as HOFers in the future, from those down to Batista and Dean Malenko. It all depends on what they are trying to fill in.
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#9 Posted on | Instant Rating: 9.61
Celebrities:
Kaufman (for wrestling overall), Lauper (for wrestling overall and WWE; I can only assume she turned it down or something?) and Regis Philbin, who seems like the weirdest omission from the Celebrity Wing given that he's still out there and would probably genuinely enjoy the chance to go in

Cornette and the Midnight Express should go in, and I put them in the "HHH will eventually figure this one out" column. Demolition should be in, but they probably fall outside even "HHH makes this right" status given lawsuits and their relative age.

Heyman feels like a lock when he's ready.

Bischoff will eventually go in and also feels like a "HHH fixes this later" guy.

For Rude, I wonder whether it's a) leaving DX in the lurch or b) dying young or c) dying young AND leaving DX in the lurch that's kept him out.

Steiners deserve to go in, but I imagine Scott being Scott (and not officially being retired?) if the hold-up. If anyone with power in WWE is reading this, I would pay $10 just for Scott Steiner's Hall of Fame speech.

DDP will probably be this year. Christian gets in eventually if Edge asks and/or they go back to Toronto. I'd put them both in.

To me, the strangest WWE Hall of Fame omission was King Kong Bundy. Still alive, never really worked for a competitor, main evented WrestleMania II in a singles match vs. Hogan, had actual crossover success on TV in his day and still carries a name that people would know and remember as soon as they heard it on the level of George The Animal Steele, which would put him at the B-Level, at minimum, among "wrestlers where, if you say the name, even non-fans can immediately picture him" types. It's weird how he just faded away from the company the way he did.

He won't go in now since he joined that big 2016 lawsuit against the company, but for years and years, he should have been in and I never saw any heat or personal problems before last year that kept him out. I still don't know how he didn't go in at WrestleMania 29 in 2013 when they were back in NY/NJ.
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#10 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.04
I don't think there's anything for Bischoff and WWE to work out. He's been on Legends with JBL and they've done a DVD about him since his TNA run. They seem to be on good enough terms.



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#11 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.85
I was about list off several old-timers but then just noticed the new 'legacy inductee' thing. So the likes of Lou Thesz, Ed Lewis, Frank Gotch, etc. are all already technically HOFers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame#Legacy_inductees

If I recall, Bundy didn't want to sign the legends contract that comes with a HOF induction, which is why he's still not in. Honky Tonk Man the same reason.



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#12 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.36
Wait a few more years and there's no question Jon Stewart is going into the Celebrity Wing.
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#13 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.21
Bruiser Brody is a less obvious name that immediately comes to mind for me, mostly because I'm still scarred by the terror I felt watching him and Abdullah the Butcher beat the shit out of each other with a trash can about 15' from me on Christmas Eve when I was 7 years old.

I think the Midnight Express and Jim Cornette will eventually go in together. That way they can give the devil his due while still somewhat slighting him. When asked about being inducted, Cornette was relatively non-dickish about it, which makes me believe he wouldn't do anything to make them regret it.

As much of a fuckup as he's been, I think Sid probably deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

Big Show will obviously go in once he's ready to hang up his boots. More than any obvious inductee, I think I most look forward to hearing his speech.

I doubt it would ever happen, but I'd pop for a Barry Horowitz induction.
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#14 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.18
I think there's a similar topic in the One Question forum, so I'll go with what I put in there: Jim Johnston.

As far as in ring talent goes, I can see Tommy Dreamer going in sooner or later.



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#15 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.93
There's a lot of ECW names being thrown out there. Even though RVD was pretty big for a hot minute there, I think the first ECW inductees should probably be the Dudleys (unless they're waiting another year or two to make sure Bubba doesn't have another comeback).



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#16 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.21
    Originally posted by Spank E
    As far as in ring talent goes, I can see Tommy Dreamer going in sooner or later.


The only WWE show I ever attended was a Smackdown house show during the original brand split. Rey Mysterio had gotten injured shortly before that (the same week, I believe) and Ric Flair had walked out on the company that week as well, so star power was extremely lacking.

I had low expectations for the show and it didn't help that Dave Taylor was the biggest name in the opening tag bout (at the time, Zack Ryder did become a bit more famous after the Brett Majors run.) From a technical standpoint, the card was horrible. CM Punk vs Elijah Burke was the only match with good wrestling. Matt Hardy & MVP vs Deuce & Domino probably could have put on a decent match but they were primarily concerned with the angle of Hardy & MVP repeatedly trying to one-up each other. The main event was Batista vs Great Khali, which currently ranks below the main events of every indie card I've gone too, including the time I drove 350 miles to see AJ Styles vs Shannon Moore and neither of them ended up working the show. (Styles was there but injured, Moore had a family emergency. Billy Gunn wrestled a local jobber to cap off the card.)

But when Tommy Dreamer came out, I was surprised at how happy I was too see him. I hadn't even given him a second thought, never watched the originally ECW (the first ECW match I ever saw was Raven vs Terry Funk in an I Quit match where whichever one of them won attached a pair of vice grips to their opponents testicles to make them give up. Because of that, I mistakenly thought ECW was a comedic satire and not actual wrestling.) but something about seeing Dreamer legitimately moved me. I think it's just the fact that his love for the business really is apparent in everything he does. He wrestled Big Daddy V, so I'm sure the match sucked, but seeing Tommy Dreamer was awesome and he definitely deserves a spot in the Hall of Fame once he's ready to hang up his boots.
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#17 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.54
    Originally posted by AWArulz
    Let's see: The Bruiser. Ruled every fed he was in, including the AWA.




Get Bruiser superfan David Letterman to induct him!

Did you know that he called his house band The World's Most Dangerous Band in his NBC days as a tribute to The World's Most Dangerous Wrestler?
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#18 Posted on | Instant Rating: 0.22
Owen Hart( not likely but he does deserve it)
Vader
Lex Lugar
The Midnight Express
Demolition
Rick Rude
The Great Muta
Sid Vicious
DDP
Goldberg
Paul Heyman
Jeff Jarrett ( not likely)
Shane Douglas ( Not Likely )



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#19 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.97
    Originally posted by InVerse
    I think the Midnight Express and Jim Cornette will eventually go in together.


Soooo, which version of the Midnight Express? Eaton and Condrey? Eaton and Lane? Both versions? Condrey and Rose? Just kidding.

(edited by Reverend J Shaft on 18.2.17 1105)
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#20 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.21
    Originally posted by Reverend J Shaft
    Soooo, which version of the Midnight Express? Eaton and Condrey? Eaton and Lane? Both versions? Condrey and Rose? Just kidding.


Eaton obviously goes in. Condrey was working in NXT fairly recently, so I imagine he'd go as well. I think Stan Lane is deserving as well, the only reason I would think they'd exclude him is if they intended to induct the Fabulous Ones. I could see them including Randy Rose & Norvell Austin purely to cut down on how much time Cornette is allowed to speak.

Speaking of tag teams, the Killer Bees are probably deserving but I imagine lawsuits have made that a non-chance for the moment.
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