We have another major retirement in the world of sports and it comes to us again from Detroit.  Although Magglio Ordonez will not be a sure Hall of Famer like Nicklas Lidstrom was (who retired from the Red Wings earlier in the week), he will appear on the ballot and does have a career to be proud of.

The native Venezuelan retires with 2,156 Hits, 294 Home Runs and a career .309 Batting Average.  With Six All Star Appearances, Ordonez was a solid contributor in the middle of both White Sox and Tiger lineups for years.  He is unlikely to get past the first ballot, but he does a career worth celebrating.

The owner of TNA Wrestling, Dixie Carter, has announced that they will be beginning their own Hall of Fame.  As the WWE Hall of Fame is a fairly significant part of our website, we are frankly a little curious as to how we should react.

The first inductee will be announced on June 10th, on their next Pay Per View titled "Slammivarsary" to be held in Arlington, Texas.  The WWE Hall of Fame has proven to be a moneymaker for the organization, and many wrestlers consider it to be an honor to be placed in that institution.  In fact, Ric Flair, who was then under contract to TNA was allowed to appear on WWE Television to accept his second (and unprecedented) second induction as part of the Four Horsemen.  TNA has even used existing WWE Hall of Fame rings as part of their storyline.

Of course this raises many questions.  First off, will this be only a celebration of TNA Wrestling or wrestling in general?  At ten years old, Dixie Carter's promotion does have a solid tenure, but is it one worth a Hall of Fame?  Frankly, and we are sure Carter knows this herself, that there really isn't a Hall of Fame like career within the confines of the TNA canon.

Will they have a physical Hall of Fame?  This could be a major step towards legitimacy as the WWE Hall does not actually have a physical space to call their own.  A true facility would give this Hall a credibility that their larger competitor does not have.

And of course the biggest question.... who would go into it?  Perhaps founder Jeff Jarrett?  How about Sting, of whom Dixie could beat Vince to the punch.  The same could be said about Kevin Nash.  Will they look at Hogan?  To us, the most obvious choice is Jeff Jarrett, who did found the promotion and wrestle in multiple main events for the company. 

Now here is our question.   Do we create a section for this on our site, or do we wait and see how this plays out?  Personally, i am opting for the latter as there are far too many questions yet to be answered.   As always, it will be interesting.

...and he is a sure fire Hall of Fame entry and virtually guaranteed to be in our top three when he is eligible.  How can he not be when you look at this resume?

Four Stanley Cups
One Olympic Gold Medal
Twelve All Star Appearances
Seven Norris Trophy Wins
One Conn Smythe Win

Ans this just the highlights!  The Swedish born Lidstrom played his entire NHL career for the Detroit Red Wings and they sure got their money's worth.  His career stat line shows 1,142 career points and a plus/minus of 450.   He will eligible for the Hockey Hll of Fame in three years, and we would be shocked if he was not a first ballot entry.

And it was not an easy decision.  "The Macho Man" Randy Savage passed away last year, and often when these deaths happen a renewed look at their legacies will take place.  With a perfect voting record from all of you, and the belief that Savage's ascension took place at the WWE's greatest heights, it was believed that for this year, he would be placed over Bruno Sammartino who slipped to a close number 2.

This was not the only change on the list as many moved from "Future Candidates" to the regular list.  The highest debut came from the current executive, Triple H at number 6.  It does not appear that the former multi time champion will ever return to regualar in ring duty and the time seemed right for him ti enter the list.  

With Scott Steiner leaving TNA, we decided to take the 50+ "Big Poppa Pump" and reunite with him with big brother Rick and place the Steiners at 33.  Another migration from Future to Regular was Japanese phenom, Jushin "Thunder" Liger who debuts on the list at no. 33. 

other significant changes saw the Guerrero brothers broken up with Chavo Sr. taking over at no.96.  Riki Choshu holds the 104 spot, and forgotten competitors Skandor Akbar, Jos Leduc and Angelo Mosca have been assigned the 162, 188 and 239 spots respectively.  The only other new entrant was Jerry Lynn, who announced his impending retirement, and he is just hy of the top 200 entering at no.201.

As always, we await your opinions and encourage everyone to vote and leave as many comments as they wish!

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