The following names will added to the WWE Hall of Fame the night before WMXX:
Pete Rose Jesse Ventura Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Greg “The Hammer” Valentine Sgt. Slaughter Superstar Billy Graham Tito Santana Don Muraco Harley Race Junkyard Dog Big John Studd.
They join such past luminaries as:
Andre The Giant Chief Jay Strongbow Gorilla Monsoon Freddie Blassie Arnold Skaaland Bobo Brazil Buddy Rogers Antonio Rocca Ernie Ladd Ivan Putski Pedro Morales George Steele The Fabulous Moolah The Grand Wizard Killer Kowalski Jimmy Valiant Jimmy Snuka Pat Patterson Johnny Valiant Mikel Scicluna Captain Lou Albano Vince McMahon Sr.
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I kinda like they're throwing Pete Rose in there. It might the only hall of fame he ever gets into. I have a twinge of nostalgia for Sanata, Valentine and Muraco.
And if you're not going to induct Iron Mike, how about just putting the loaded forearm protector in? You know, like when the baseball hall showcases a guy's bat or spikes from a momentus game. How about some love for the forearm protector?
I remember Bruno Sanmartino and Vince really biting into eachother on Larry King back when the sexual harrassment allegation were in the news. Does their bad blood go back to that time, or even further back?
Originally posted by beefncheddarAnd if you're not going to induct Iron Mike, how about just putting the loaded forearm protector in? You know, like when the baseball hall showcases a guy's bat or spikes from a momentus game. How about some love for the forearm protector?
Now that would kick major arse, we can have the forearm protector, Valentine's shin guard, hell even Virgil's face mask. Yes I said face masks, how could we forget, the one fuckinG NASA designed for Brutus Beefcake.
I don't really find much interest in who is not in, well I do, but we all know the reasons are all political. But how about who is in, Harley Race? Unfortunately the only times I got to see Harley Race, was in WWF; I know he beat JYD at WM3, I remember a wicked table spot with Hogan on SNME, WWF showing VERY weird pictures of his face in clouds every week that made me think he was dead, him being eliminated early in a couple survivor series, losing to Haku at the Royal Rumble...then he was gone. Yeah, Did he have a good run with them in the 70's that I am unaware of.
If Vince wants to extend the olive branch, why not induct them whether Bret shows or not? Even a man that proud would come if Owen and Stu were inducted too.
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Originally posted by beefncheddarAnd if you're not going to induct Iron Mike, how about just putting the loaded forearm protector in? You know, like when the baseball hall showcases a guy's bat or spikes from a momentus game. How about some love for the forearm protector?
Now that would kick major arse, we can have the forearm protector, Valentine's shin guard, hell even Virgil's face mask. Yes I said face masks, how could we forget, the one fuckinG NASA designed for Brutus Beefcake.
I don't really find much interest in who is not in, well I do, but we all know the reasons are all political. But how about who is in, Harley Race? Unfortunately the only times I got to see Harley Race, was in WWF; I know he beat JYD at WM3, I remember a wicked table spot with Hogan on SNME, WWF showing VERY weird pictures of his face in clouds every week that made me think he was dead, him being eliminated early in a couple survivor series, losing to Haku at the Royal Rumble...then he was gone. Yeah, Did he have a good run with them in the 70's that I am unaware of.
I gotta believe Harley's going in based on his NWA contributions, since Vince really only signed him to make him look bad.
I think putting Pete Rose in so that you can get a 20 second mention on ESPN with a "by the way, it's fixed" joke attached demeans all the other inductees. I know as wrestling fans we tend to just bend over and take it like whores, but come on. Let the hall of fame have a bastion of class.
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Originally posted by AWArulz I don't know about SD Jones (quickest Squash in wrestlemania history), but Iron Mike is the Greatest Jobber of Alltime and deserves to be in there.
I know that old-timers can and maybe should give me crap for this, but does Don Muraco REALLY deserve to be in there? He was a decent wrestler, but never really great, and after Wrestlemania I he was very average. Is he getting in because of the Snuka cage match or something?
This is one "Rock" who might not deserve his induction.
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Originally posted by TorchslasherI know that old-timers can and maybe should give me crap for this, but does Don Muraco REALLY deserve to be in there? He was a decent wrestler, but never really great, and after Wrestlemania I he was very average. Is he getting in because of the Snuka cage match or something?
This is one "Rock" who might not deserve his induction.
Don Muraco deserves in the Hall of Fame on two merits:
1) For being one of the great IC champions ever
but more importantly...
2) For giving us the comedy platinum (not gold, but PLATINUM) that was FUJI VICE~~~ and hopefully at least one of those segments ends up on the WM XX dvd.
Originally posted by VanillaSkyOk, since Muraco is one of my all time favorites, I have to ask...
What is Fuji Vice?
Ah, for the second time in a week, I get to kick it old school
Fuji Vice was a series of clips on the old Tuesday Night Titans talk/variety/clip show that the WWF used to run on USA Network. One of the running premises they used to have was Don Muraco and Mr. Fuji while Muraco was feuding with Hogan, going out to Hollywood as well to prove that he too could be an actor. The result was a mini-movie that the WWF produced entitled Fuji Vice, which was like Miami Vice...only with Muraco as Crockett and Fuji as Tubbs. The quality of the segment was so bad that it's fucking brilliant, since Muraco spends half the episode trying not to break up on camera and the other half was a contest between Muraco and Fuji as to who had the worse genuine acting skills.
It's on the "Best of TNT" video from Colesuem if you can ever find it...but just for the Fuji/Muraco segments it's highly reccomended.
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