Ben Watson, who last played with the New England Patriots, has announced that he is retiring from the NFL.  This is his second retirement, as he called it a career after the 2018 season before as a member of the New Orleans Saints.  He came out of retirement when he signed with the Pats last year.

Drafted with the last pick of the first round in 2004, Watson won a Super Bowl ring as a rookie.  While that would be the only championship hardware he would obtain, Watson enjoyed a long and productive career.  Five times he would have at least 500 Yards, and he would also enjoy runs in Cleveland, New Orleans and Baltimore.

Watson retires with 547 Receptions, 6,058 Receiving Yards and 44 Touchdowns.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Ben Watson the best on his post-playing career.

With all of the Hall of Fame related news being about the physical buildings shutting down, it is nice to talk about something else for a change.

In an interview with Tokyo Sports, Jushin “Thunder” Liger said that he will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.  This was confirmed by the WWE later today.

Born Keiichi Yamada, Liger made his debut in 1984, and after wrestling around the world, he took on the Liger persona in 1989.  Immediately, he took over the Junior Heavyweight division, and was renowned for his innovative high-flying style.

Liger would win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title eleven times, and would also with the unifying J-Crown in 1996.  Tournament wise, he won the Best of the Super Juniors three times. North American fans were treated to Liger in WCW, where he won the Light Heavyweight Title from Brian Pillman.

He officially retired from wrestling at this year’s Wrestle Kingdom show at the Tokyo Dome.

In the WWE umbrella, Liger only wrestled once.  He beat Tyler Breeze at one of their Takeover shows in 2015.

In our last update of the Notinhalloffame WWE list, Liger was ranked 28 of those to consider for the WWE Hall of Fame.

We will be revising out list after Wrestlemania (if it happens).

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Liger for obtaining this honor.

As the Coronavirus spreads across the world, the Halls of Fame are closing along with it.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, announced today that it is closed as of today, with a potential reopening planned on March 27.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame, located an hour south of the Rock Hall in Akron, will be closed on the 16^thof March, and like the Rock Hall, is pegging March 27 as the day that the doors may open again.

In Cooperstown New York, the Baseball Hall will close its doors tomorrow indefinitely.  

The Country Music Hall in Nashville, Tennessee, closes on the 16^thwith the 31^stslated as a potential date for patronage to resume.

In Toronto, Canada, the Hockey Hall closed today and has a scheduled reopening of April 6.

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, was already closed for renovations.  It is not scheduled to reopen until May, 1.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com, remain open!

Coronavirus is affecting our little niche in the Hall of Fame world, as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced that this year’s induction ceremony has been postponed indefinitely. There is no date set for a possible rescheduling.  

In a statement with Rolling Stone, Rock Hall President had this to say:

“We are very disappointed to announce the postponement of this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Our first concern is to the health and safety of our attendees and artists and we are complying to the direction of the local and state authorities and common sense. We look forward to rescheduling the ceremony and will make that announcement at the earliest convenience.”

The virus has caused cancellations of concerts, sports leagues and the shutdown of theme parks.  Wrestlemania is still scheduled next month in Tampa, as is the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. We expect that to be cancelled soon.