Not in Hall of Fame News

One of the greatest and most respected professional wrestlers passed away this week as Black Jack Mulligan passed away at the age of 73.  Born Robert Windham, Mulligan was a former star at UTEP and had a cup of coffee in the NFL.  Encouraged by Wahoo McDaniel to try his hand at professional wrestling, Mulligan was meant for the business.  A native Texan, Mulligan played up that persona and was christened Black Jack Mulligan when he entered the then named World Wide Wrestling Federation.  As Black Jack Mulligan, he would done a black hat, a black glove and would use…

Lock it in. As is tradition, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has announced this year’s class hours before the NCAA Championship Game. As previously reported, Yao Ming is in and there is no surprise that he will joined by two major former stars.  Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson, who hold the numbers one and two spots respectively on our Notinhalloffame.com Basketball List got in on their first try.  Shaq is a former four time NBA Champion, a former MVP, two time scoring champion and a fifteen time All Star.  O’Neal is without question the most dominant center of his…

It has been reported by multiple sources that Yao Ming will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The greatest star in the history of Chinese Basketball, Ming began his career in the Chinese league and was the first pick in the 2002 NBA Draft.  Ming was an eight time All Star who averaged 19 Points and 9.2 Rebounds per year.  Ming retired in 2011 following a series of injuries his feet and ankles. Ming, who was ranked #3 by us at Notinhalloffame.com, will be the International representative and is almost single handedly responsible for elevating the game…

Another day, another series of news about the WWE Hall of Fame. While it was speculated that Regis Philbin would be this year’s celebrity WWE HOF inductee, it was announced that rapper, Snoop Dogg will be the one receiving the honor. Snoop, the cousin of WWE Diva, Sasha Banks has made numerous appearances on WWE Television.  He appeared on two Wrestlemnias’, most notably as the Master of Ceremonies in the Wrestlemania 24 “Lumberjill Match” and was also seen on RAW knocking out former WWE Superstar, Chavo Guerrero. While this would not be one we here at Notinhalloffame.com would have chosen,…

There is more news in the WWE Hall of Fame front as the Dudley Boyz have been revealed as the inductors for Jacqueline. While in terms of WWE storylines, Jacqueline and the Dudleys had little interaction however the “brothers” were friends of Jacqueline and it was her choice to have them as her inductors.  It was also reported that Ted DiBiase will induct the Big Boss Man.  The two feuded in the WWE in 1990 and were in the UWF together previously.  The WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will be held this Saturday.