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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.
Considered one of the good guys of the business and a premier tag team wrestler, Johnny Weaver competed all across the National Wrestling Alliance for many decades. Weaver was a popular grappler who may never have been the top man of a promotion but he was a great hand for whatever area he was in. Weaver has been given credit…
While Angelo Poffo is best known as the father of WWE Hall of Famer, Randy “Macho Man” Savage it can’t be forgotten that he was a decent wrestler in his own right and one hell of an athlete.
As of this writing, Ultimo Guerrero is still on top of the world in CMLL, but we do have a mandatory age of 46 where a wrestler moves to the main list, hence why he is here.
Nepotism runs rampant in wrestling (like almost every other industry) and it has led to some people who have competed in the ring who had no business being in the squared circle. Mike Graham may not have been a superstar on a national level, nor was he the main draw (though fairly high up in Florida) regionally, but the undersized…
A former recognized National Wrestling Association Heavyweight Champion, Danno O’Mahony would become a major draw in the American Northeast due to his skill and Irish heritage. Mahony would unify for a time The NWA and AWA World Title and was the biggest wrestling draw in Boston for years.
Like Leilani Kai, for years Judy Martin could be counted on as a heel to always provide challenges in both singles and tags. Martin would have many shots at the WWE Ladies Championship, but she will always be best known as one half of the Glamour Girls with Leilani Kai.
Phil Zacko is a name that doesn't come up much, but along with Gorilla Monsoon and Arnold Skaaland, Phil Zacko owned part of Capitol Sports which was the precursor to the WWE. That triumvirate had half of the WWWF where Vince McMahon Jr. would buy out his father’s share and worked out a deal to buy the other half in…
The older brother of longtime figurehead president, Jack Tunney, was the longtime promoter for the Toronto territory and was the man who had the vision that made that city a hotbed for professional wrestling, which it still is today. Frank Tunney's negotiations with the NWA and promotion of Whipper Billy Watson should be recognized somewhere. Sadly, it won’t be here.
Despite how much respect that many American wrestling fans have towards Japanese grapplers, it is hard to get noticed if you remain exclusively in Japan. For many wrestling fans, Nobuhiko Takada may be the best wrestler from Asia that they never heard of.
Tony Marino had a decent run in the WWWF and in the NWA. His WWWF performances saw him win the WWWF International Tag Team Title twice, one with Bruno Sammartino, who would bring him into the Pittsburgh territory where he would compete as Battman, and yes we mean that Batman; completely decked out as the Caped Crusader.
The son of wrestler Jack Britton, Gino Brito was a French Canadian who managed a solid run in his native Quebec and under the name of Louis Cerdan was a co-holder of the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Title with Tony “Cannonball” Parisi. Brito would remain a draw in Montreal and run Lutte Internationale, which was the main promotion in…
Before he was Rayo de Jalisco, Maximino Linares Moreno went through a few gimmicks and masks in the, but it was when he came up with the black mask with a lightning bolt that he had a winner.
A major staple in the Pacific Northwest on both sides of the border, Dutch Savage would become a huge name as both a heel (predominately in the 60’s) and a face through the 70’s. He held the Vancouver and Portland belts multiple times, and was not just a huge name there, but would book and promote in those territories. Savage…
Born in Los Angeles, Duke Keomuka was one of many American born wrestlers of Asian descent who played an evil Japanese foreigner.
A former recognized two time World Heavyweight Champion in wrestling, Dick Shikat would join the post World War One circuit and would become a World Heavyweight Champion himself. Shikat should be considered a dark horse candidate in terms of the WWE Hall of Fame and its legends wing.
It may have taken Eric Embry ten years to really get into a position of prominence, but once he did he certainly made the most of it. Embry toiled around in multiple promotions competing in lighter weight divisions, but a couple years after he returned to Texas he would become the booker there. World Class wasn’t the promotion it used…
An exceptional wrestler, yet forgotten combatant (in terms of American folklore) El Solitario was initially billed as the son of El Santo, but would shed that moniker and carve his own niche as a Lucha Libre superstar. He would become a huge star in the upper card for years but as he was not the active in the U.S. he…
We actually have no problem admitting that we liked the “Berzerker” character. John Nord had a lot of success in the AWA where he was essentially a disciple of the late Bruiser Brody, but it was as a demented Viking in the WWE that Nord would achieve his biggest fame. He was big and athletic and delivered a series of…
A well travelled referee (including the WWE), Bill Alfonso will always be best known for his run in Extreme Championship Wrestling, where after a stint as a ref, he became a whistle blowing manager.
Bugsy McGraw seemingly wrestled everywhere in the United States in his long career. Early in his career, he wrestled under a hood, or with various other personas, but it was late in his career as the eccentric Bugsy McGraw that he is best known for. McGraw was the most technically sound wrestler, but he didn’t have to be to make…