Not in Hall of Fame News

Legendary Dallas Cowboys Quarterback, Troy Aikman will finally have his number retired, but not in Texas.  The Cowboys do not retire numbers, but his collegiate alma mater, UCLA does.  It was announced today that his number 8 will become the ninth number retired by the UCLA Football program. Aikman actually began his College career at the University of Oklahoma with Barry Switzer in 1985 and found himself as the starter as a rookie.  Aikman would unfortunately suffer a broken ankle in an October game, causing him to miss the season and prompting the Sooners to utilize Jamelle Holieway, who was…

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will celebrate the career of the Everly Brothers this October 25 at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square with a tribute concert celebrating them as this year’s “Music Masters Honorees”.  There will be a week’s worth of tributes to the Everly’s leading up to the concert which will have Country Singer/songwriter, Rodney Crowell. Crowell will have an incredible list of talent to work, all of which who have credited the Everly Brothers as major influences on their career.  This lineup includes Vince Gill, Graham Nash, Peter Asher, Shelby Lynne, Emmylou Harris and Albert Lee. Don Everly…

Last November, The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame announced Rocky Balboa as their inaugural inductee.  The Class of 2014 will be decided on an online vote, which will conclude on November 30th of this year.  The opening round began with over 300 Athletes and 100 Contributors in the Preliminary Round, which was reduced to 50 Fictitious Athletes and 30 Fictitious Contributors in the Semi-Finalist Round.  After three months of voting open during the Semi-Finalist Round, the 15 Athletes and the 11 Contributors with the most votes have advanced to become the Finalists for the Fictitious Hall of Fame Class of…

Shortly after the San Diego Padres controversially renamed their area where they honor past stars, “Selig Hall of Fame Park”, a very uncontroversial moment occurred today for Baseball fans in Southern California. Trevor Hoffman, one of the most accomplished Relief Pitchers in Baseball’s history, officially became the ninth man inducted into the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame today.  Hoffman, who is second all time in career Saves, had 552 of his 601 as a Member of the Padres, a team in which he spent sixteen seasons with. Hoffman would represent the Padres six times as an All Star, twice…

We owe all of you an apology, as we have been a little slow in revamping our WWE Celebrity Rankings.  With that being said, we are very pleased to announce the new top ten personalities who should be considered for the WWE Celebrity Wing. Before we go into the new list, the Celebrity List of the WWE Hall of Fame could very well be exponentially more controversial than the performer list.  Inductees like Drew Carey and William “The Refrigerator” Perry, who have only appeared on one WWE show, does not exactly scream Hall of Fame in any capacity.  The most…