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Compared to the other Halls of Fame that we discuss on our website, this one is hands down the most fun and the hardest to calculate. Keep in mind, that there is no actual WWE Hall of Fame where fans can go and see their heroes. There are no set criteria to get in the WWE Hall of Fame. Wins and losses don’t exactly matter when the matches are predetermined. It does not even seem to matter if you even wrestled for the WWE as some of their inductees never drew a paycheck from Stamford. This is as subjective as they come so with that we made a criterion of our own which did incorporate (in no particular order) impact, ability, innovation championships won, legacy and their use in the WWE. The only two rules we set was that the wrestler in question was not currently an active competitor on a full-time basis unless that wrestler was 46 or over. Once a wrestler becomes 46 that individual moves from the Futures to the Main List at the time of revision.Until Then, Whatcha gonna do when Notinhalloffame.com runs wild on you!
Sincerely,
The Not in Hall of Committee.
While Hayabusa was not often seen in large wrestling promotions, the legend of the man born Eiji Ezaki cast a large shadow.
Many of the people reading this might think of Miguel Perez as a member of Los Boricuas, Savio Vega’s militant Puerto Rican group from the Attitude Era. While Miguel Perez Jr. was a very good wrestler who probably deserved a better opportunity in the United States than he did get, but he was the son of a major star form…
A journeyman wrestler in the eyes of many, Ed Wiskoski became a successful commodity in the industry when he adopted the gimmick of a South African mercenary. Wiskoski played a “Polish Prince”, a “Maharaji” but once he decided he was an African racist in the American Wrestling Association, he struck gold in the last half of the 1980’s.
Penny Banner had quite a life as she not only was a championship wrestler, but she dated Elvis Presley. Later, she was married to fellow wrestler Johnny Weaver and competed in the Senior Games. With her pin-up looks and kick ass skill, Banner was an NWA World Tag Team Champion and was the inaugural AWA Women’s World Champion. She would…
There aren’t many wrestlers who looked as imposing without doing more than just standing there, than the Missouri Mauler, Larry Hamilton.
We have to WAY BACK for this one. In the late 1800s, William Muldoon was recognized as the World’s Greco-Roman Champion. He would defend that championship against all comers and retired undefeated. While his work in the ring bared little resemblance to what it would become this is a bona fide pioneer and more than worthy of Legacy Wing consideration.
A fixture in the Light Heavyweight division for two decades, Danny McShain would win the NWA Light Heavyweight Title ten times. McShain would also win a myriad of other championships throughout his career and the legitimate tough guy was an underrated heel from his day.
Frank Sexton was one of the top stars in the 1940s where he would win multiple championships. Sexton's apex was in Boston where he became the AWA World Heavyweight Champion two times, the second reign lasting five years. He would also win championships in Montreal, Toronto, Ohio and San Francisco.
Often a debate may ensue as to who is the best wrestler pound for pound. Mike Shaw may have tipped the scales at nearly 400 pounds, but pound for pound he was saddled with the worst gimmicks in wrestling history. A far better wrestler then he was allowed to show, Shaw was an escaped mental patient, a demented monk and…
With a decade plus tenure in the WWE and a won/loss record that resembles NBA expansion franchises, Sho Funaki was a great entertainer and a decent worker. Funaki is one of those wrestlers whose winning percentage does not reflect what he did in the ring. Initially a member of Kaientai in Japan, and then in the United States, Funaki was…
Best known for her long run in the World Wrestling Federation in the 1980’s, Velvet McIntyre was a good face female wrestler who was one of the better high flyers of her day. Wrestling barefoot, McIntyre received numerous title shots, and actually was a champion for a week, albeit in an unacknowledged one week run on a tour in Australia.
Although he was best known as the promoter of the Kansas City territory, St. Louis territory and multiple time president of the National Wrestling Alliance, Bob Geigel was a very successful wrestler in his own right and held multiple championships in various territories across the United States. Geigel would mainly focus on the Central States area, where he would hold…
“The Butcher” Paul Vachon may have been in the shadow of his brother Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon, but despite being the latter’s tag team partner, Paul Vachon held his own in the tandem. Vachon would hold many tag belts (many with Maurice) and would adopt the same type of vicious heel style. With that said, his stint in the WWE…
We would have loved to have seen what Vince would have done with “The Handsome Half-Breed”, Gino Hernandez. In World Class Championship Wrestling, he established himself as one of the best heels in the business and his combination of skill, slime and arrogance had the chemical make up of what could have been a legend. Sadly, Hernandez succumbed to the…
The son of legendary wrestler, Verne Gagne, Greg Gagne has an intriguing WWE Hall of Fame Case. Gagne had a very unimposing physique and his lack of size hindered his marketability, but he was legit tough and an underappreciated worker. As many sons of promoters did at the time, Gagne stayed in Minnesota, but was an upper card wrestlers for years…
A champion rower for his native Ireland, Steve Casey would go on to greater success in the wrestling ring becoming one of the first Irish champions. An incredibly gifted athlete, Casey would win the NWA and Boston version of the AWA Championship multiple times.
Crash Holly may have been undersized regardless of the era, but he became the “Houdini of Hardcore” and became the face of the Hardcore division. He pluckily fought any competitor regardless of his weight disadvantage and when he won the WWE Hardcore Championship and boldly stated that he would fight any contender 24/7, he unleashed a new era in the…
One of the few professional wrestlers to defeat Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Gus Sonnenberg was also a former NFL Champion and a fixture in the American Northeast wrestling scene. Sonnenberg was a major fixture in the New England area, which can’t hurt him in regards to what is essentially a Hall of Fame based in Connecticut.
The Headbangers were a decent tag team in the fames Attitude Era of the WWE. Mosh and Thrasher took their hybrid Heavy Metal/Goth hybrid to the largest wrestling organization and secured a solid spot and even won the Tag Team Championship. It wasn’t easy, as they were saddled with lame gimmicks before they debuted as the Headbangers, but once they…
Before there were the Crush Gals and the Jumping Bomb Angels (who for many were the first Japanese female wrestlers that many American saw), there was the Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato & Maki Ueda). They were massive stars that crossed over in the pop singing world, and they changed the way that women wrestlers were marketed and thought of in…