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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.
Kintaro Ohki came from South Korea to train under his hero Rikidozan, and he was able to sit under the learning tree of the most significant Japanese wrestler ever. Ohki would not reach the heights of Antonio Inoki, but he was an elite performer who was in the main event for years. Ohki's biggest contributions would be raising the profile…
Like many “evil” Japanese wrestlers of the 1970’s, Tor Kamata was not actually from Japan, but was from Hawaii.
Oh boy.Bill DeMott was a decent wrestler and had a long run in WCW where in the promotion’s later days, he was a United States Champion and leader of his own faction. In the WWE however he wasn’t given much of a role, at least in the ring anyway.
The brother of Stanislaus Zbyszko, Wladek had a good career in his own right where he wrestled and defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis for the Boston version of the AWA Heavyweight Title. That win was disputed, but it made him, and he would go on to face Lewis multiple times and became a headliner across the world, literally as he competed…
Tracy Smothers was a southern wrestler through and through but while that was what he was best at, he was a capable talker and brawler and better than he got credit for as an overall in-ring performer. Smothers first gained national attention as one half of the Southern Boys with Steve Armstrong, but his best work took place in Smoky…
In terms of actual fame, “Count” Billy Varga eclipsed many of his contemporaries as he appeared on many television shows and movies in the 50’s and 60’s often playing…what else? A wrestler! In the ring however Varga was a draw in the California and Hawaii area and held his fair share of championship belts. This would include the NWA World…
Devil Masami was one of the great Japanese Joshi performers of the early, and she was a true trailblazer of women's wrestling. She was physically strong and fast and was the perfect size to be believable against any opponent regardless of their skill set. She should get more credit as she went up against the best in the business and…
Neff Maiava was not the most accomplished wrestler in the world or really even in the state of Hawaii, but he was arguably the first Polynesian star of note who could main event regularly.
In some ways Ron Harris & Don Harris were a journeyman tag team, but the identical Harris Twins did have a certain level of success in the two largest wrestling promotions in North America. They were at their biggest in the WWE, as Skull & 8-Ball, members of, and then appropriated the name as the Disciples of Apocalypse. In WCW,…
El Satanico was a significant star in EMLL/CMLL for over two decades and was the leader of a heel group called Los Infernales that would help put trios wrestling in the forefront in his promotion. He won a myriad of singles and tag titles but what Sataico will be best remembered for (and should be) is that he is one…
Silver King was a lot more than one of the many Mexican luchadores who were signed by WCW in the late 1990s, but he was so much more than that. Before the man who fooled us with his stocky physique appeared on the American scene, he was a successful tag team and singles wrestler in his native Mexico. Along with his…
While the run of Tony Anthony in the WWE as T.L. Hopper and Uncle Cletus was not exactly stellar, “The Dirty White Boy” had a long and prosperous career as a single and in tag teams throughout the America South. Perhaps his best run was in Smoky Mountain Wrestling where he was the promotion’s Heavyweight Champion three times.
The Warlord was one of the greatest physical specimens in the history of professional wrestling in terms of strength. He was not overly mobile or technically gifted but when you tried to imagine what a wrestler would like in the late 80’sand early 90’s it was The Warlord that you imagined.
The WWE Hall of Fame has to date not inducted a referee (we aren't counting Teddy Long), and the belief by many is that if they do it would be Earl Hebner. If that doesn't happen, then perhaps it would be Nick Patrick who was the son of Jody Hamilton who wrestled professionally as The Assassin. Patrick trained to be…
If you were to go by titles, there would not be much of a Hall of Fame case for Cavernario Galindo, as he only captured one major title (Mexican National Light Heavyweight), but when you were a gimmick like Galindo you didn’t need them. Galindo was not a handsome man, as he had a face full of scars and a…
One of the earlier high flyers of Lucha Libre, Lizmark signed with EMLL in 1978, and he would become a singles star there winning multiple titles. He became the second wrestler (Gory Guerrero being the first) to hold all three NWA World Titles in the different weight classes (Welterweight, Middleweight and Light Heavyweight). Like many wrestlers, Lizmark would jump to…
Paco Alonso is the grandson of Salvador Lutteroth, who we would argue is one of the most important men in Mexican wrestling. Alonso began working for EMLL in 1975, and by 1987 he took over the promotion. Now named CMLL, Alonso oversaw a promotion that has seen over 80 million people cross through a turnstile and while he does keep…
This is a long shot, but anyone who has followed New Japan knows of the booking prowess of Gedo, who has written the best wrestling television regardless of promotion in the 2010s. A former junior heavyweight star in both Japan and Mexico, Gedo might have the best wrestling mind of anyone, and perhaps (though not likely) that might be honored here.
In terms of training, Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker is easily in the top twenty-five ever, but in regards to in-ring accomplishments, we realize that is a stretch to put him on here even if we were the extend this list to 2,000.
Doug Furnas was a power lifter from Oklahoma and in Japan, he would form a tag team with Philip Lafon from Montreal. Wrestling-wise they became a well-oiled machine and would win the All-Japan Tag Team Titles five times before showing off their tandem skills in the United States. Furnas and Lafon signed with the WWE in 1996, and while their start…