He was wild, crazy looking and with a thick Argentine accent, Pampero Firpo stood out in what was a very colorful crowd.  Firpo had a natural look of a heel, and wrestled in a style that would predate the Hardcore scene that would popularize wresting later.  Despite his crazy look, Firpo did have a natural charisma that allowed him to have a very successful face run against the Sheik in the Detroit area.  Firpo also popularized the elongated “Ohhhh Yeahhhhh” phrase long before Randy Savage, though if those two words can’t get the Macho Man in, we don’t think it will do much for Firpo.

Tiger Jeet Singh came to Canada penniless from his native India, but he certainly had plans to change that.  With wrestling becoming his meal ticket, Singh would become a star in the Toronto territory and cement himself as the top heel in the region.  Singh would find his real fortune in Japan, where he carved out a name for himself as the wild sword wielding grappler who terrorized fans.  He would get wins over Inoki in Japan and Canek in Mexico in his prime.  Singh has promoted cards all over the world and truly is a star internationally, but he did have limited exposure to the WWE Universe.  That will likely be the primary reason to exclude him from the Hall.

Two Nature Boys in Professional Wrestling seems like a lot, but three seems like overkill.  The third “Nature Boy” was Buddy Landel, who was a talented wrestler who struggled to escape mid card status.  Occasionally, promoters would let his talent prevail and trust him to headline cards and grant him championships, but Landel was deemed unreliable overall and despite his great skill set, he was difficult to trust.  Landel did make the WWE as part of a talent exchange with SMW, but his time there is hardly indicative of a Hall of Fame career.

Like many Native American wrestlers, Jay Youngblood was only portraying one as he was actually Hispanic.   Youngblood found a lot of success in the Mid Atlantic area teaming up with Ricky Steamboat where the pair captured the NWA Tag Title.  Youngblood may have been a very successful tag team wrestler, but in Pacific Northwest Wrestling he was able to flex his solo skills and became their champion four times,  Youngblood was naturally charismatic and had the skills to have been successful anywhere.  Jay Youngblood died due to complications from a ruptured spleen at the age of 30 and it is generally believed that he had a lot left to give to the business.