Today, we mourn the loss of one of the greatest minds in professional wrestling, Kevin Sullivan. His contributions to the sport will always be remembered.  He was 74.

From Boston, Sullivan began his wrestling career in the early 70s and competed across the United States in his first ten years, though usually in the mid-card.  He broke through the main event in the early 80s in the Florida territory, where he developed a demonic cult leader character and led a stable called the Army of Darkness.  He feuded with the top babyfaces of the territory, including “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes and Barry Windham.

In 1987, Sullivan joined Jim Crockett Promotions, where he stayed three years, primarily as the leader of the Varsity Club and feuded with Jimmy Garvin, and later Rick Steiner.  He bounced around independents and entered WCW as Cactus Jack’s tag team partner and later as the leader of the Three Faces of Fear and then the Dungeon of Doom, a group obsessed with ending Hulk Hogan.  Behind the scenes, he served as one of the bookers for the promotion.  He retired in 1997 and concentrated on booking afterward, though he was fired before the end of the promotion in 2001.

In our last Notinhalloffame update of those to consider for the WWE Hall of Fame, Sullivan was ranked at #42.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to Kevin Sullivan's fans, friends, and family.

We have a major update at Notinhalloffame: Our Country Music Hall of Fame section of those to consider for that institution has been updated.

First, thanks to Aaron James Freeman, who put this all together.  We appreciate all the work you did for us!

You can take a look at the two sections:

Modern

Veteran

Thank you all for your continued support, and look forward to seeing much more from us at Notinhalloffame.com.

One of the more interesting Quarterback careers has ended as Nick Foles has announced his retirement.  

It will be official at Philadelphia’s home opener against the Atlanta Falcons on September 16.

The Eagles drafted Foles in the Third Round in 2012, and the former Arizona Wildcat saw action as a rookie due to Michael Vick’s concussion.  His sophomore had a similar start, as he began the year behind Vick in the depth chart, but a hamstring injury to Vick brought Foles to the starter’s role, where he finished the year with a Pro Bowl and a 27-2 TD-INT Ratio.  Foles regressed in 2014 and was traded to the St. Louis Rams, but that lasted only one year, and he was benched during the season in favor of Case Keenum.

Foles asked for and was granted his release.  He signed with Kansas City, where he was Alex Smith’s backup. After a year, he rejoined Philadelphia and was Carson Wentz’s backup.  Wentz was having a career year and was in MVP consideration, but a torn ACL in Week 14 brought Foles back as their starter.  It looked like the Eagles season was over, but Foles had other ideas. 

Foles led the Eagles to wins in the last two regular season games, and in the playoffs, the QB took his squad to wins over Atlanta and Minnesota.  This placed Philadelphia in the Super Bowl against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, but Foles would lead his team to victory with a three-touchdown/373-yard performance with a receiving touchdown to boot.  Foles was named the MVP of the game, and the City of Brotherly Love finally had their first Super Bowl.

Wentz would reclaim his starting job the next season, and Foles saw limited action.  However, in a game where he started following another Wentz injury, he tied the NFL record with 25 straight completions.  Over the next four years, he bounced around the NFL with stops in Jacksonville, Chicago and Indianapolis. 

Foles overall threw for 14,227 Yards and 82 Touchdowns, which are not close to Hall of Fame numbers, but is a Super Bowl Champion and Super Bowl MVP.

We will add a Nick Foles Football Future Profile in the future here at Notinhalloffame.com, and we wish him the best in his post-playing career.

And thus we come to the lady known as the “Queen Of Rockabilly”, and to earn that nickname she got an early start. Her dad (Tom Jackson) played in local bands; by 4, Wanda was singing with the bands and by 6, Tom had gotten her into guitar lessons. A few years later, she was ignoring classes to focus on her music. She won a contest and got her own 15 radio segment. When she was a teenager, her radio show was heard by Hall-Of-Fame inductee Hank Thompson. Thompson got her a record deal and her first big hit song while still in high school. After joining a tour with up-and-comer (and eventual 1998 Hall Of Fame inductee) Elvis Presley, Wanda started incorporating more rock-and-roll styles. When she signed a new record contract, she recorded both country and rock music. This allowed her transition to rockabilly and got a number of hits. Although her mainstream success faded out when the British Invasion came in, she got a couple more country hits after that. Then once hits dried up, she began recording Christian music. Because of her wide-ranging career success, the number of halls-of-fame she has been inducted into are numerous, including Oklahoma Hall of Fame, International Gospel Hall Of Fame and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2009. But no Country Music Hall Of Fame induction yet and she would be a great selection to induct while she is still alive.