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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.
The Blue Demon was one of the most known Mexican wrestlers of his time and over a two decade period was amongst the top four wrestlers from Mexico. His feuds and collaborations with El Santo are legendary in Mexico and if the WWE Hall of Fame would look to inducting true Mexican legends in addition to Mil Mascaras, Blue Demon…
Flash Funk may not have set the world on fire, but as 2 Cold Scorpio, he was a high flying innovator who danced his way to stardom. He would win the Tag Team belts in WCW, but it was in ECW that he was allowed to shine in singles matches and exhibit other aspects of his personality. The WWE totally…
(Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) A lot of people saw the Fantastics as knock offs of other pretty boy tag teams and gimmick wise that wasn’t too far off. With that said Tommy Rogers and Bobby Fulton were one hell of a tag team and collectively put on great matches with other tandems of their day. They were stars of…
A former two time World Heavyweight Champion, Everett Marshall was a decent draw in the 1930’s and had classics with Lou Thesz. As a former recognized world champion the new wing for the WWE Hall of Fame work in his favour, but where does he fall in that pecking order?
If you look at the managing track record of Harvey Wippleman in the WWE, it isn’t very good. More often than not, his clients were on the losing end of their PPV matches, and the only championship he held as a manager was the WWF Women’s (Bertha Faye) which coincidentally would be a belt he would himself own. However, after…
Chris Kanyon started off his WWE run well, but he fizzled out to enhancement status by the end. This was a shame as although he was not a main eventer in WCW, he was at least allowed to showcase his ample skills. Kanyon developed an offensive move set that defined innovation and more often than not he would usher a…
Don Owen took over the Portland territory in 1952 and for a four decade time frame made it a reputable area for wrestlers. Owen would become known as a great payoff man and develop the area accordingly and if Wrestlemania was ever in Oregon would have a shot. Since it won’t, this is not likely to happen.
Lanny Poffo may not have had the skills or the wins of his older brother (Randy “Macho Man” Savage) had, but there was no question that “Leaping” Lanny Poffo was a talent in his own right. Poffo was successful at the top of the card in regional promotions, but in the WWE he spent four years as a “jobber to…
Marc Mero’s first incarnation in WCW as Johnny B. Badd had such an awful beginning it is hard to imagine he could ever overcome it. Mero actually got over by playing the character so over the top, but while he was doing it fans were really taking notice of the improvement in his in ring skills. By 1994, he was…
We are positive that we are not the only ones who wish that Dan Spivey did not retire in 1995. This was the year that he returned to the WWE as ‘Waylon Mercy”, which was a persona that he held only for months but is still talked about as one of the greatest “what ifs?” in wrestling history today. Prior…
Trained by Karl Gotch, Akira Maeda definitely seemed to have the intention to change the world of Professional Wrestling. Maeda disliked the worked style of wrestling and sought to bring a more realistic style to the ring. Maeda was a big part of the origin of three pseudo shoot promotions in Japan (UFI, UWFI and RINGS) and was himself a…
It may be hard to believe now, but there was a time in the mid 90’s where Ahmed Johnson was the most over babyface in the WWF with the exception of Shawn Michaels. Johnson was big and powerful and with his quiet yet fierce demeanor, fans bought into his street guy made good image. Numerous injuries combined with an ill-advised…
Another star that competed mostly in Texas, “Iceman” King Parsons was one of the top stars in World Class. Parsons was a decent wrestler whose skills with the microphone allowed him to be a face or heel with great ease. With his butt bump and catch phrases, Parsons looked different than anyone else and in a profession full of cookie…
We like to think of Minoru Suzuki as the Chuck Norris of professional wrestling. The older he gets, the more the legend of his toughness grows.
Some people have said that Brad Armstrong was the best wrestler never to make it. This is an unfair statement as Armstrong was a part of the NWA and WCW for a long period of time and never needed to beg for work in the business. With that said, Brad Armstrong was an amazing talent who was one of the…
Many Japanese wrestlers learned early in their career in Mexico, but it was Hiroaki Hamada who first embraced Lucha Lubre, and created a unique style all his own. Hamada wrestled more in Mexico in Japan, and would even marry a Mexican woman, and they had two daughters who would also wrestle professionally, mostly in Mexico. He won multiple titles in Mexico…
A master of the sleeper hold who cut his teeth in the Ohio territory and the Pacific Northwest, Ed Francis would become better known for his role in performing and promoting the Hawaii territory throughout the 1960’s. and the 1970’s.
The San Francisco territory was a vibrant territory and it was under the guidance of Roy Shire, who built the Cow Palace into a West Coast Mecca for Professional Wrestling. While Shire was a major figure in growing the business in Northern California, he did not get inducted during the Wrestlemania festivities in the Bay Area, a clear indication that…
A legend on the Canadian Gridiron and a star in the National Wrestling Alliance, Angelo Mosca may be best known now for a viral YouTube video where he fought on stage with another former CFL star.
Buck Robley did not get a lot of the credit he deserved until he passed away, but one of the great minds of the wrestling business was owned by Buck Robley. The “Colonel” perfected the art of the Cowardly heel, and his “Don’t call me yellow” shtick never got old. Had the tail end of his career got seen in…