Not in Hall of Fame News
RRHOF inductees set.
Mar 21, 2015
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Committee Chairman
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony is less than a month away and the inductors have been announced for this year’s inductees. Ringo Starr will be inducted by his fellow bandmate with the Beatles, Paul McCartney. For those of you (myself included) who thought this was a sure way to get McCartney as a prominent part of the celebration, you (we) were probably right. The legendary Stevie Wonder will induct Bill Withers into the Hall of Fame. I can’t tell you how many times I have seen Withers name spelled without the “s” in multiple articles…a testament to…
Tatsumi Fujinami to the WWE HOF
Mar 20, 2015
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Committee Chairman
The WWE Hall of Fame has announced that Japanese legend, Tatsumi Fujinami will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and become along with Antonio Inoki, the second Japanese wrestler inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Fujinami has a past history with the WWE, as he would win the WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship in 1978 and would often appear for them at the fabled Madison Square Gardens and was also at the Showdown at Shea card where he successfully defended the championship against Chavo Guerrero. Internationally, Fujinami made that championship relevant in Japan, where it become one of…
Bas Rutten to the UFC HOF
May 23, 2015
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Committee Chairman
With the revamping of the UFC Hall of Fame, we here at Notinhalloffame.com will be unveiling our first UFC list this fall. With that in mind, and with the new categories that was announced earlier in the month, UFC Owner, Dana White ahs announced (and a surprising way as he did it in person on an episode of AXS TV’s “Inside MMA”), that former champion, Bas Rutten will be inducted into the Pioneer Wing of the UFC Hall of Fame. From the Netherlands, Rutten would begin his fighting career in Muay Thai Kickboxing and would be scouted to join Pancrase,…
Larry Zbyszko to the WWE HOF
Mar 16, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Former AWA World Heavyweight Champion, Larry Zbyszko will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as announced today. Zbyszko was a former WWF Tag Team Champion in the late 70’s, but it was a heel turn on his mentor, Bruno Sammartino that catapulted Zbyszko to the main event. The feud would culminate in a steel cage match at Shea Stadium, where they would place over 30,000 people to the facility. Zbyszko would leave the WWF and become a mainstay in the Minnesota based American Wrestling Association where he would become their Heavyweight Champion, and would in fact be their…
Football List revised: Brett Favre now #1
Mar 15, 2015
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Committee Chairman
As Free Agency, blockbuster trades and shocking retirements are rocking the National Football League we here at Notinhalloffame.com have completed our revisions for the next potential class for the Football Hall of Fame. Annually a major shift in the top ten always occurs with newly inducted players who are to be removed and newly eligible players with serious Hall of Fame credentials. To review, the following players were chosen for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and have been removed from our Notinhalloffame.com list: Junior Seau #1 Will Shields #7 Charles Haley #10 Tim Brown #12 Jerome Bettis #16 Mick…
Shaquille O'Neal to the Orlando Magic HOF
Mar 14, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Regular visitors to our website know that we will be launching in 2016 our fourth section which will discuss and rank the North American franchises from the four major leagues (MLB, NHL, NBA & NFL) and how they honor their past players and contributors. With that in mind, it was announced by the Orlando Magic that former Center, Shaquille O’Neal will become the third member of their franchise’s Hall of Fame. The Magic would draft the big man from LSU with the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA Draft and in his first week as a professional would win…
Patrick Willis Retires
Mar 10, 2015
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Committee Chairman
Speculated yesterday, but made official today, San Francisco 49er Linebacker, Patrick Willis has announced that at the age of 30 he will be retiring from active competition in the National Football League.The news has taken many by surprise in the Bay Area as Willis had previously told media and fans that he was planning to return to the gridiron.Drafted eleventh overall by the Niners in 2007 out of the University of Mississippi, Patrick Willis would make an immediate impact going to his first of seven consecutive Pro Bowls, becoming one of only three defensive players to make seven straight trips…
Maurice Jones-Drew Retires
Mar 06, 2015
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Committee Chairman
After nine seasons in the National Football League, Running Back, Maurice Jones-Drew has elected to formally retire as a player.Chosen in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars, Maurice Jones-Drew would eventually become the face of the franchise and for a three year period would be regarded as one of the top Running Backs in the NFL. Jones-Drew would make the Pro Bowl in three consecutive seasons (2009-11), would be a First Team All Pro in 2011 and would win the NFL Alumni Running Back of the Year Award in both 2010 and 2011.2011 would…
Madusa to the WWE HOF
Mar 03, 2015
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Committee Chairman
It was announced today on Monday Night Raw that former Women’s Champion, Alundra Blayze/Madusa will be going into their WWE Hall of Fame. Blayze first came into prominence in professional wrestling in the American Wrestling Association where she would act as a manager and would win the AWA Women’s Championship. Known as Madusa Miceli, and later simply just Madusa, she would hone her craft in Japan and return to the United States in World Championship Wrestling in 1991 as a member of the Dangerous Alliance, led by Paul E. Dangerously (Paul Heyman). In 1993, she would join the World Wrestling…
RIP: Minnie Minoso
Mar 01, 2015
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Committee Chairman
I woke up today and got an email from Dennis Keith Orlandini, who has begun blogging on our site. He informed that Minnie Minoso passed away, thus making any possible Hall of Fame induction for him posthumous. Minoso was a Golden Era Candidate this past year but failed to generate the necessary support. Rather than give a biography on his life, I am going to ask you to follow this link to an article that Mr. Orlandini wrote that summed up why he should be in the Baseball Hall. RIP: Mr. Minoso, this is a huge loss for Baseball.