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Days after the WWE announced that Stephanie McMahon was the first inductee for their Class of 2026, their subsidiary, TNA, announced that former TNA Knockouts Champion, Mickie James, would be inducted into their Hall of Fame.  James will be inducted on October 12, when TNA will have its Bound for Glory Event, which will take place in Lowell, Massachusetts.  A five-time Knockouts Champion, James won multiple titles in the WWE and is still an active competitor in the independent scene. We here at notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Mickey James for her impending honor.  
For us at Notinhalloffame.com, this is our march toward our Christmas.  The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced the Modern-Era Preliminary Nominees for the Class of 2026, a total of 128 former players, 13 of whom are first-time eligible. To qualify, a player must have retired less than 25 years ago and at least five years ago: This group will be pared down to 25 names this fall by the 50-person Hall of Fame committee. *Means they were a Finalist last year. **Means they are eligible for the first time. Quarterbacks (10): (same number from last year) **Drew Brees:…
1984 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS: Thank you for your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946. We have completed the years up to 1983. For “1984,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1978. We are also following the structure, where players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool. Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the…
Well, the WWE Hall of Fame season began way sooner than normal! Last Saturday, during the ESPN WWE debut at Wrestlapalooza, the Undertaker surprised Stephanie McMahon at ringside with the announcement that she is the first inductee for the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame Class. The daughter of former WWE owner Vince McMahon, Stephanie, became an on-screen character in 1999 and would align with her then kayfabe husband (and eventual real-life husband), Triple H, by the end of the year.  Over the next 20 years, McMahon would have a significant on-again, off-again role in the WWE, mainly as an authority…
1984 PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946. We have completed the first 39 years thus far. For “1984,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1978. We are also following the structure, where players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool. Each voter was asked to select 25…
It is with great pleasure that we have brought back the Notinhalloffame MLB Regular Cup, and let us explain how this works: For every regular-season game, we anointed the top five players with the most points, in descending order: 5-4-3-2-1.  We know the following: The top players for the MLB NIHOF Cup are not always the best in the league, as injuries keep players out of games, and a premium on staying healthy can help pile up points. It also does not hurt to be a top player on an average or mediocre team, as they can amass Cup points…
Days after Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers announced his impending retirement, another L.A. sports icon has announced that he, too, will soon retire. Los Angeles Kings Center Anze Kopitar announced that he will be retiring after the 2025-26 season.  The team captain has played his entire career with the Kings, where he led them to two Stanley Cup Championships and individually won three Lady Byng Trophies, two Frank J. Selke Trophies, and the coveted Mark Messier Leadership Award.  Going into this season, Kopitar has 1,278 Points in 1,454 Games. If Kopitar maintains this pledge to retire, he will…
It was long suspected, but today, Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Clayton Kershaw has announced that this season will be his last. Kershaw debuted for L.A. in 2008, and in the 2010s, he was the most dominant Pitcher in the National League.  From 2011 to 2017, Kershaw never finished lower than fifth in Cy Young voting, with him winning the Cy Young three times, along with the MVP in 2014.  A five-time ERA leader and three-time Strikeout leader, Kershaw currently has a record of 222-96, and will finish his career under 100 Losses.  He is also a member of the 3,000…
It has concluded!!! The Notinhalloffame WNBA Cup has concluded, and it should surprise nobody that superstar A’Ja Wilson has won it all! Here is how it worked! In every WNBA regular-season game, we award descending points (5-4-3-2-1) to the top five players.  At the end of the season, the player with the most points will be awarded the Notinhalloffame WNBA Cup.  However, the winning player must accept their award in person in the Emerald City of Seattle, where the official mascot of Notinhalloffame will give it, Winnie the Mini Daschund. Here are the final standings: 1. A’Ja Wilson, Center, Las…
For the second year in a row, the Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced the preliminary names for the Senior Ballot.  Last year, there were 182 Preliminary nominees, which has been dropped to 162 this year. This group will be pared down to 50 names in the upcoming weeks. The 162 nominees are: *Denotes that he was not a preliminary candidate last year. Quarterbacks (9): Ken Anderson: CIN 1971-86.  Anderson was the consensus MVP in 1981 and the four-time Pro Bowl would pass for 32,838 Yards and 197 Touchdowns.  He was also the 1975 Walter Payton Man of the…