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Compared to the other Halls of Fame that we discuss on our website, this one is hands down the most fun and the hardest to calculate. Keep in mind, that there is no actual WWE Hall of Fame where fans can go and see their heroes. There are no set criteria to get in the WWE Hall of Fame. Wins and losses don’t exactly matter when the matches are predetermined. It does not even seem to matter if you even wrestled for the WWE as some of their inductees never drew a paycheck from Stamford. This is as subjective as they come so with that we made a criterion of our own which did incorporate (in no particular order) impact, ability, innovation championships won, legacy and their use in the WWE. The only two rules we set was that the wrestler in question was not currently an active competitor on a full-time basis unless that wrestler was 46 or over. Once a wrestler becomes 46 that individual moves from the Futures to the Main List at the time of revision.Until Then, Whatcha gonna do when Notinhalloffame.com runs wild on you!
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The Not in Hall of Committee.
The name of Newton Tattrie, may not be one that the average WWE fan knows, or for that matter, one the fan of the product forty years ago would be familiar with, but as one of the “Mongols”, Tattrie scared fans and had a successful run in the WWWF in the early 70’s.
With a near decade career in the WWE, Santino Marella was the best comedic character the promotion had over that time frame. While Marella was a decent in ring wrestler, his strength was always the laughs he could generate either by performing in the ring or the vignettes and skits he did outside of it. Props also for performing one…
Kensuke Sasaki is best known to North American wrestling fans for his multiple appearances in World Championship Wrestling, where he had a brief feud with “Ravishing” Rick Rude and defeated Sting for the United States Title. In his native Japan, the stocky and powerful Sasaki collected multiple championships and was the first to win the IWGP World Heavyweight, the All…
When looking at the career of “Killer” Karl Kox it seemed like he wrestled in every promotion in the States and won titles in every territory too. That is a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much.
The Tony Schiavone run in the WWE lasted less than a year, and his last few years working for World Championship Wrestling were not inspiring, but he was the voice of the number two promotion for years, and did a very good job at it for years. Should the WWE Hall of Fame look to induct another announcer, this is…
Sometimes it takes a long time for a wrestler to finally make it. For Minnesota native, Jerry Lynn it must have felt like eternity.
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…
The voice of Memphis wrestling for decades, Lance Russell was known for his smooth and business like delivery. Russell was respected for how he treated the business and mostly how he never made himself a central figure, unlike other announcers who did that. Arguably, Lance Russell is the best non-WWE announcer that hasn’t got inducted, but there is little reason…
Yes, this is serious. Ted Turner spent a lot of money trying to make World Championship Wrestling a viable competitor to the World Wrestling Federation and for a time they were regarded by quite a few wrestling fans and reporters as the number one wrestling (“rasslin”) company in the United States. You think Vince didn’t respect Turner? We bet that…
To people who are unfamiliar with the wacky world of Professional Wrestling, would it be probable that they think that all wrestlers look like Ox Baker? With a shaved head, bushy eyebrows and a menacing Fu Manchu, Ox Baker looked every bit his catch phrase of “I Like to Hurt People”. Baker was not the most fluid of wrestlers and…
When Richard Garza broke into professional wrestling he did so with the pedigree of being a legitimate strongman and bodybuilding competitor. He had modest success but when Verne Gagne in the AWA repackaged him as “The Mighty Igor Vodik” he found a persona that fit him like a glove.
While Johnny Saint never made a name in North America, those who followed professional wrestling on an international scope were certainly aware of the wrestling skill of Johnny Saint, regarded as one of the best technical wrestlers of his or any generation. If the WWE Hall of Fame goes by pure skill, he would be a lock. Of course we…
Without speaking any English, “The Japanese Buzzsaw”, Yoshihiro Tajiri got himself over in both the original ECW and the WWE. With a high skilled moveset and undeniable charisma, it can be argued that Tajiri was not given the proper forum to prove his worth in the WWE, but he always got a pop everywhere he went.
It may be forgotten that Matt Borne was at the first Wrestlemania in a losing effort to Ricky Steamboat, but his first WWE run was largely forgettable anyway. Borne had previously competed in Pacific Northwest Wrestling and would later do well in World Class and the USWA but he would later prove his worth on a National scale as Big…
Had the Great Sasuke signed with the WWF (and not TAKA Michinoku) in the summer of 1997, how much higher up the rankings would he be? The WWF was planning to build a division around him, but even though his WWF legacy is two matches (both wins over TAKA), he leaves behind an exciting body of work in Japan that…
The former wife of Dustin Rhodes (Goldust), Terri Runnels had a lengthy stint in the WWF as the valet of her husband. Initially known as Marlena, she would go through various roles as an evil valet and later a backstage interviewer. While she was never a competent in-ring worker, she was a viable entertainer and perhaps is worth a look…
At the top of the card for years in Mexico and the border states, Alfonso Dantes was a tank of a wrestler (hence his nickname of El Tanque) and was also a second generation performer. Dantes was predominantly a heel and the unmasked wrestler (not exactly common in Mexico) feuded with every top star in Mexico in his day. He…
Wrestling can be a bit of a freak show, and some of the cast of characters actually can be described as freaks. One of the earliest men in that category was "The French Angel," Maurice Tillet who stood at only 5'9" but developed acromegaly in his early 20's causing his bones to grow and his features to alter. He got…
Originally ranked by Notinhalloffame.com separately, we thought we would see how “Jumping” Jim Brunzell and B. Brian Blair would fare on this list as a tag team, as with the possible exception of the Rockers, this could be the highest profile tag team that did not win the WWF/E Tag Team Championship.
From the carnival era, John Pesek forewent his initial dream of boxing for the world of professional wrestling. Pesek was not often the largest man, but his dexterity and cunning earning him the nickname of the “Tiger Man” and he would eventually become the World Champion. Pesek was also known within the inner circle for being a true “hooker” as…