2014 WWE List Revision Ideas

We should probably make our class predictions now before they start announcing inductees. I feel like the answer to this years Hall of Fame class can be found within these 30 potential inductees.

The Undertaker, Sting, Dwayne the Rock Johnson, Macho Man Randy Savage, Christian, Diesel, Lex Luger, Ray the Crippler Stevens, John Bradshaw Layfield, Ivan Koloff, Demolition, Miss Elizabeth, Brutus the Barber Beefcake, Rikishi, Big Van Vader, Kamala, Cyndi Lauper, Andy Kaufman, Bob Barker, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Diamond Dallas Page, The Great Khali, Jim the Anvil Neidhart, Mike Rotundo, Sable, Alundra Blayze, Hillbilly Jim, the Nasty Boys, the Godfather, Teddy Long and Vickie Guerrero.




Worst case scenario class (low hanging fruit like 2011)

Sting
Vickie Guerrero
Christian
The Nasty Boys
Diamond Dallas Page
Rikishi
Arnold Schwarzenegger



Best case scenario

Dwayne the Rock Johnson
Macho Man Randy Savage
Big Van Vader
Ray the Crippler Stevens
Cyndi Lauper
Demolition Ax and Smash
The Russian Bear Ivan Koloff



What we'll probably end up with is a combination

Sting
Macho Man Randy Savage
Christian
Ray the Crippler Stevens
Demolition
Rikishi
Arnold Schwarzenegger


There are others I want to see get inducted but I just don't think they're on the table this year.




EDIT: Though I do wonder if they might just go with Savage as the headliner. They don't usually like to end on a note of death but for Savage they could make the exception. If they go with Savage as the headliner, Sting probably won't go in.

Macho Man Randy Savage (inducted by Hulk Hogan)
Christian (inducted by Edge)
Ray the Crippler Stevens (inducted by Pat Patterson)
Demolition (inducted by.... Road Warrior Animal? Mr Fuji? )
The Russian Bear Ivan Koloff (inducted by Nikita Koloff or Bruno Sammartino)
Rikishi (inducted by the Usos)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (inducted by...Jesse Ventura or Triple H)

I don't know if they'd consider Christian a strong enough co-headliner. I'd pick Diesel but he just recently got arrested for an altercation with his son and was pulled from an upcoming RAW. So I don't know if they'd overlook his troubles to still induct him this year.


As for the Undertaker, if they're going to Dallas next year then I would be surprised if they didn't want Taker to headline that class. Sure he was billed from Death Valley, but Texas is his backyard.

Rikishi counts. I included him because he was raised in northern California. A minority is mandatory. They won't have a class without at least one. My issue with Rikishi is that he's low hanging fruit and it would be jumping ahead of Vader, Bundy, Gang, Kamala, Calhoun, Bigelow, Earthquake and so on.



A female isn't always necessary for them though.

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2011 Sunny
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2013 Trish Stratus
2014 Lita



I figure it's more likely that the celebrity will be from California like Arnold or Barker. So my hopes for Cyndi Lauper aren't too high. That said, when is the next time they'll be in New York? She has to go in at some point and it probably won't be New York.

The problem with the rest of the possible female inductions like Alundra Blayze or Sable is that they'd be under the cloud of Miss Elizabeth. If Savage and Stevens are going in this year, WWE probably won't add a third posthumous induction. Plus it might be awkward for her family if she was inducted in the same class as Savage. So I'm not convinced it'll happen for her this round. Yet the fans might easily start chanting her name over the likes of Sable. Does WWE risk it?

They might also induct Diesel too. When I posted the other day, I refrained from adding him to the class because of his legal issues and being suspended from his legends contract. But that's all resolved now. I'm sure they want to induct him as a singles competitor before they induct the NWO.

Sable probably doesn't even need Brock to lobby for her induction. It's inevitable.



BTW, it was just announced today that Mania 32 will be in Dallas. You can already see the candidates for that class lining up with Undertaker, Sting, John Bradshaw Layfield, Mark Henry, Lord Alfred Hayes, Paul Boesch, Dick Murdoch, Stan Hansen, The Fabulous Freebirds, Chuck Norris, Slick, Bruiser Brody, The One Man Gang, Lawrence Taylor, Diamond Dallas Page, Kamala, Ravishing Rick Rude, Chief Wahoo McDaniel, etc

I'm ready to continue to the next step of the revisions. Were we wanting to set up a skype chat, just continue here, or what? Whichever is the most efficient way of handling our ideas.