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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!
Sincerely,
The Not in Hall of Committee.
A legitimate tough guy, Hard Boiled Haggerty book ended a successful wrestling career with a couple of years in the National Football League and character roles in Hollywood. Haggerty never did anything of note in the World Wrestling Federation, but he was very successful in the AWA, where he captured the one half of their tag straps in the early…
While we wouldn’t want to see that wrestling style, New Jack was a staple in ECW, and yes that is a pun intended, as he would use a staple gun or any other weapon he could find. New Jack claims to have multiple justifiable homicides and based on in ring actions (Vic Grimes, Gypsy Joe, Mass Transit, etc.) we believe…
Jose Estrada Sr. may be best known as an enhancement worker usually working the opening match putting over an up and coming baby face in arena cards for the WWE in the early 1980’s, but Estrada was actually a former title holder in the biggest wrestling promotion in the world. Estrada was the Junior Heavyweight Champion, and though he failed…
The father of all five of the Villanos (I through V), Ray Mendoza was a former boxer who would transition to a twenty-five year career in Lucha Libre. Mendoza would be associated with the NWA Light Heavyweight Title for years and is one of the few wrestlers to have achieved near equal success as a face as he was as…
The gimmick of the Disco Inferno was a goofy one, there is no denying that, but you have to credit Glenn Gilberti for always injecting new life into it so that it could last six years in a solid mid-card role in WCW.
Steve Corino never made it beyond enhancement work or tryout matches to the WWE, but his matches in the dying days of ECW turned many heads. Corino was not afraid to bleed, and many of his matches ended with the proverbial crimson mask. While the WWE passed on him, he won a plethora of singles and tag team titles on the…
Balls Mahoney may be best known for being a “chair swinging freak in ECW” but he did spend time in the WWE twice and was a top guy for Jim Cornette’s Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Mahoney was a hardcore icon and was actually a decent amateur wrestler but it was that style that got him over, and likely led to his…
Al Madril was a fixture for years in Texas but while he was well known there, he appeared in multiple promotions up and down the Pacific. Madril never was in the WWE, but his territorial work still holds a high place in many people’s memories.
A champion across North America, Sweet Daddy Siki found his home in Toronto where he would become a local icon. Siki was not the most decorated wrestler, but he was a flamboyant performer who was influential for many performers, black and white.
Gene LeBell was far from the most successful professional wrestler regardless of what metric you use, however in terms of influence in wrestling and in mixed martial arts he is pretty high up the food chain. LeBell was a legitimate judo star, and he worked with some of the greats including Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris and was a conduit…
You could argue that Bart Gunn really got the shaft by the WWE and as such you forget that he had a decent run. He entered the WWE with his kayfabe brother, Billy, and they would win the World Tag Team Championship three times. When the team broke-up they saw more money in Billy and eventually (albeit in another tag…
While there have been many looks in wrestling that come and go in the wacky world of Professional Wrestling the pretty boy bodybuilder will never go out. The one who was a precursor to a lot of them was Gene Stanlee who looked like he walked straight out of central casting and onto a wrestling television set. Stanlee was not…
There were not that many female wrestlers in the 1960s and 1970s but those that were able to make it was among the toughest women in the world, but few of them could hold a candle to Kay Noble.
While there were many residents of Dudleyville, beyond Bubba Ray and D-Von, the clear number three was Spike Dudley. The runt of the litter was smaller than most of the fans, but he became a top star in ECW and was respected for his willingness to anything to pop a crowd. Dudley joined his "brothers" in the WWE, though he…
The son of the legendary Perro Aguayo, Perro Aguayo Jr. was born to be star in Mexico.
Joe Savoldi had a claim at one time as the World Heavyweight Champion, which was a long way away from his humble beginnings in the hills of Italy. Savoldi immigrated as a pre-teen to Michigan and would later play football under the famous Knute Rockne at Notre Dame. Savoldi fell into Professional Wrestling and was praised for his dropkick, a…
There were a lot of heavy hitters in All-Japan in the late 90’s but Akira Taue, a former sumo turned pro wrestler may have been the “heaviest”.
Forgive us as we will use the term "midget" wrestler as that is what they were called back then and that was the name of the titles that they held.
Gladys Gillem was one of the great early female wrestlers of the first half of the 20th Century where she was often an opponent of Mildred Burke, who was the leading female attraction of the day. Burke needed a new foe, which was Gillem and as she was on the losing end of the ledger she never received the notoriety…
Scott Irwin spent a good time of his career teaming up with his brother Bill Irwin in various promotions either in a mask as the Super Destroyer in the South or as one half of the biker team, the Long Riders. He was a tough customer who may not have been the most talented in the ring but looked like…