Current WWE Inductees
When we began this website, The Undertaker was one we debated on ranking as he was still a semi-active performer. As we are re-writing this, the Taker just completed his emotional retirement match against Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 33, and reminded us all again why this one of the most important wrestlers in our generation.
We always found this induction a little curious. Not because we think that they don’t belong in the Hall, but we think they may have been better off to be inducted separately as they certainly had a longer career apart than together. Collectively, they captured the WWF World Tag Team Title in 1974 and would…
Okay, we are struggling with this one. Fritz Von Erich should be in for his wrestling career and for the way he made World Class Championship Wrestling the must watch program in Dallas. Kerry Von Erich is a former Intercontinental Champion and NWA World Champion, but had he not been inundated with drug issues, he…
Afa and Sika were the first ever three time WWE World Tag Team Champions and are the heads of the Samoan wrestling clan. They were agile big men who played the role of ruthless savages flawlessly. Although the Wild Samoans did compete individually, their greatest success was clearly as a duo, and we can argue…
At one point, Tito Santana could have made a claim to have been the best Mexican-American wrestler that the WWE ever had. A consummate professional, Santana held both the Intercontinental and World Tag Team Titles twice and was a popular draw for Vince for nearly ten years. Few wrestlers were ever as dependable as Tito…
A former bodybuilding champion, “Mr. U.S.A.” Tony Atlas transitioned flawlessly into the world of Professional Wrestling. Atlas was one of the few African American stars of the late 70’s and 80’s and won multiple championships throughout the NWA. In the WWF, along with Rocky Johnson he became one half of the first black Tag Team…
A wrestler himself from the carnival days, Joseph “Toots” Mondt joined the camp of the legendary Ed “Strangler” Lewis and became a jack of all trades in the business. He would help develop a new style, stars of the business and would become an active promoter; especially in the Northeast. In time, he would become…
Torrie Wilson may not have been much of a wrestler, but when you look like her, you didn’t have to be. With her sexuality, personality and All-American good looks, she was one of the best valets ever in a major wrestling promotion regardless of whether she was a heel or face. Very few women could…
Triple H takes a lot of heat for marrying Vince McMahon’s daughter. Many have stated that his success in the largest wrestling federation is attributed to that. Many of his peers however have gone constantly on record that few have ever worked harder to achieve the success that he did, and despite the criticism he…
Trish Stratus may have started out in the WWE as just another pretty face, but that was certainly not how she left it.
Generally, Vince McMahon has been known to make professional wrestlers bigger stars than his competitors in the South. This wasn’t the case Vader who may have been kicking ass in WCW but was remembered by some in his WWE stint for declaring himself “a fat piece of shit”.
The co-founder of the American Wrestling Association and its multi-time World Heavyweight Champion, Verne Gagne ran one of the most successful promotions of all time. Gagne was the trainer of future legends and was himself one of the most technically proficient wrestlers ever. This was the first induction that showed that Vince McMahon was willing…
Not just inducted because he is the father Vincent Kennedy McMahon, Vince McMahon Sr. was the founder of the original World Wide Wrestling Federation, which would eventually morph into today’s World Wrestling Entertainment. This is about as logical an induction as it comes.
More often than not if you ask people who the greatest Native American wrestler, more often than not the answer is Chief Jay Strongbow. With Strongbow played by an Italian American that answer never seemed right to us. Sometimes the answer would be Jack Briscoe though since he never wrestled with a “stereotypical Native” gimmick,…
We thought hell froze over when Bret Hart got inducted, but the when the recipient of the “New York City Screwjob” got inducted we wondered if Hell collapsed. Considering that Wendi Richter’s last appearance in a WWE ring was losing the Women’s Title to the Fabulous Moolah (which she was not scheduled to do) and…
Hugely popular in his rookie season in Chicago, William Perry participated in the 20 Man Battle Royal at Wrestlemania 2. Perry’s wrestling career after that match was….well….non existent. He was never seen again on WWE television until his Hall of Fame induction which begs the question as to why he was selected as the second…
We are ranking Sean Waltman sooner than we would have originally liked, however the strong rumours that D-Generation X would be inducted as a group. As such, the only man to be a member of DX and the New World Order (we are not counting Shawn Michaels’s brief stint in the WWE version of the…
In a downtime in the WWE in the mid-90’s, Yokozuna was one of the few bright spots. The definition of a monster heel, the 500 plus pound wrestler was the World Champion for nearly a year and despite his large girth was blessed with incredible agility. As part of the legendary Anoi’a family, Yokozuna was…
The Big Cat was a former professional football player and though many of that sport made their way to professional wrestling none had the gridiron pedigree that Ernie Ladd had, as he was a bonafide star with the AFL San Diego Chargers. Ladd used his large size to enter wrestling and became the first truly…
Best known to current fans as the sequined clad manager who threatened to whack “pencil neck geeks” with his cane, Freddie Blassie was actually one of the most vicious competitors in his day. He was especially notorious in the Los Angeles territory and had many of his best matches there. Blassie would later become one…