Jake THE Snake Roberts to enter WWE HOF?

[spinachchin]

I hope its not Austin...he inducts someone every year. Its getting old and it takes away from his previous inductions

[spinachchin]

bencrocker said:

seano said:

Exceptions can always be made......

Then again, since he's wrestling in the co-main event the next night, perhaps not.

'Taker is very serious about his character. He didn't even appear on RAW is Owen, I believe.

thats true, and taker is very serious about his charecter...but I'm not sure if not appearing on the Owen tribute was his idea, or Vince's or both...given his name (the undertaker) and his image, its kind of bad taste to make light of death the night after one of his peers tragiclly died. Some people find it to be in bad taste that not only did the WWE go on with the show after Owen died, but they had "The Undertaker" win the WWE championship that night.

[randomranter]

Who should induct him?

Tough one.

Undertaker doesn't make any non-"Deadman" appearances. He was not a part of either Owen, Eddie, or Benoit's tributes (as far as I can recall). If he wasn't willing to break character for those, he's certainly not going to break character for that.

Savage is persona non grata in the WWE. He's a no go. (Personally, I'm one of the biggest Jake marks on the planet, but I'll fully admit that Savage deserves a HOF spot before Jake does. )

I don't think Alice Cooper would make a very good inductor. I've met him personally on a couple of occasions. First, he's not very friendly in real life (to say the least). Second, he's rather quiet. I just can't picture him making a very good induction speech. Having Cooper do it might generate a bit of celebrity buzz, but it would lead to a disastrous induction.

He had another memorable feud with Honky Tonk Man, but he's pretty much unwanted by Vince as well.

Austin? I don't think having a guy who's most well known for beer drinking should be inducting someone who has a long-standing alcohol problem.

A similar thing could be said for Lawler -- Yes, I know that lawler has never had a drop personally, but their feud was centered around Jake's alcohol problems. IMO, it would be tasteless.

What about Rockin' Robin? She's his half sister. Is she on good terms with the WWE? Or more importantly, with Jake? I have no idea at all on that one. Assuming everyone's on good terms, having him being inducted by not only a family member but a former women's champion would look good all around, in a number of ways.

Other than that, I'm about out of ideas..........

Side note: After taking a look over Jake's more memorable feuds over the years, it's sad to think that so many of them are no longer with us. Rick Rude (The feud over Cheryl), Earthquake (who squashed Damian), Andre (over his fear of snakes), Elizabeth (The wedding incident and subsequent feud), Bad News Brown....

[Bobby Womack]

i hope its not austin because he really sucked when he did bretts one

[randomranter]

spinachchin said:

bencrocker said:

'Taker is very serious about his character. He didn't even appear on RAW is Owen, I believe.

thats true, and taker is very serious about his charecter...but I'm not sure if not appearing on the Owen tribute was his idea, or Vince's or both...given his name (the undertaker) and his image, its kind of bad taste to make light of death the night after one of his peers tragiclly died. Some people find it to be in bad taste that not only did the WWE go on with the show after Owen died, but they had "The Undertaker" win the WWE championship that night.

I've always said that they should have switched things around if they insisted on the show going on. Austin should have won that night, and if they really wanted another UT title run, he could have won it in a rematch on the raw after Raw is Owen.

The fans would have left the arena on as "happy" a note as possible, and they wouldn't have to tap dance around UT's third title win, like they do on the UT 3-DVD set from a few years back.

[noclevername]

It will probably just be Shane or someone else making a big deal out of the WWE paid rehab.

Or maybe a CG snake.

[Grotto]

The more I think about it...the more I think Savage would be awesome. IF they could pull back the bad feelings for one night...think about his induction speech....

--He hates the WWE, and they hate him. They already have The Rock showing up. Think about the publicity when they announce Savage.

--He was bitten by a snake. That alone would make for good induction speech fodder.

--People would tune in/buy tickets just to see what Savage was going to do/say

Vince McMahon has been known to bite the bullet for good publicity. Do you think he could swallow it long enough to get Savage for 20 minutes of HOF Induction? I think it would be huge if he could...

[randomranter]

grotto said:

The more I think about it...the more I think Savage would be awesome. IF they could pull back the bad feelings for one night...think about his induction speech....

--He hates the WWE, and they hate him. They already have The Rock showing up. Think about the publicity when they announce Savage.

Savage isn't all that well-known outside of the wrestling world. The Rock generates extra publicity because he's been relatively successful as an actor. Mayweather generates publicity because he's a big-name boxer. Savage would generate a........"who?" from a lot of non-fans.

While I personally wouldn't mind Savage doing the induction, I very seriously doubt he would draw in viewers/buyers who weren't going to watch anyway.

--He was bitten by a snake. That alone would make for good induction speech fodder.

Actually, I don't think it would. It would obviously have to be mentioned, but I doubt it would be considered "good induction speech fodder".

--People would tune in/buy tickets just to see what Savage was going to do/say

As I said above, I think the people who would buy tickets/watch the show will do it with or without Savage there. I very seriouly doubt Savage would be able to draw in too many other buys.

Vince McMahon has been known to bite the bullet for good publicity.

This wouldn't draw any mainstream publicity, though. It would be a huge buzz in the wrestling world, but would barely be mentioned in the mainstream media, if at all. The people who would be interested in this are probably already planning to watch the HOF anyway.

Do you think he could swallow it long enough to get Savage for 20 minutes of HOF Induction? I think it would be huge if he could...

There was money to be made when he did it for Bret. There's a publicity boost in doing it for the Rock. There's no real upside to doing it for Savage that Vince couldn't get by other means.

[Hiroshi Hase]

randomranter said:

Who should induct him?

Tough one.

Undertaker doesn't make any non-"Deadman" appearances. He was not a part of either Owen, Eddie, or Benoit's tributes (as far as I can recall). If he wasn't willing to break character for those, he's certainly not going to break character for that.

Savage is persona non grata in the WWE. He's a no go. (Personally, I'm one of the biggest Jake marks on the planet, but I'll fully admit that Savage deserves a HOF spot before Jake does. )

I don't think Alice Cooper would make a very good inductor. I've met him personally on a couple of occasions. First, he's not very friendly in real life (to say the least). Second, he's rather quiet. I just can't picture him making a very good induction speech. Having Cooper do it might generate a bit of celebrity buzz, but it would lead to a disastrous induction.

He had another memorable feud with Honky Tonk Man, but he's pretty much unwanted by Vince as well.

Austin? I don't think having a guy who's most well known for beer drinking should be inducting someone who has a long-standing alcohol problem.

A similar thing could be said for Lawler -- Yes, I know that lawler has never had a drop personally, but their feud was centered around Jake's alcohol problems. IMO, it would be tasteless.

What about Rockin' Robin? She's his half sister. Is she on good terms with the WWE? Or more importantly, with Jake? I have no idea at all on that one. Assuming everyone's on good terms, having him being inducted by not only a family member but a former women's champion would look good all around, in a number of ways.

Other than that, I'm about out of ideas..........

Side note: After taking a look over Jake's more memorable feuds over the years, it's sad to think that so many of them are no longer with us. Rick Rude (The feud over Cheryl), Earthquake (who squashed Damian), Andre (over his fear of snakes), Elizabeth (The wedding incident and subsequent feud), Bad News Brown....

In Honky's case from what I understand, Vince has contacted him on several occasions to appear but he just turned him down as he talks about on the shoot w/Raven.

As for who should induct him, they could get Steamboat to do it as they did have a very good feud in 1986.

[Deleted]

So Far:
Alice Cooper
Tommy Dreamer
And
Stone Cold

Probably Stone Cold, Remember, Austin said in WWE Magazine he Wanted to do something special

My Opinion:
Personally, Even though He's under Surgery or Injered (I Don't know Condition), But Bobby "The Brain" Heenan could Do it, after all, In the history of Battle Royals, Who was the Only man to Scare out Andre to Eliminate himself? It was RR 89 Just in case no one knew
Also, Who was the only man to eat Snake-Burgers?

Also a Good choice would be Vadar, I'm not Exactly Sure, but I Believe they have a history in WCW.

Finally, I Believe Jerry "The King" Lawler should Do It. Jerry + Snakes = Classic Moments

[Hiroshi Hase]

cageking666 said:

So Far:
Alice Cooper
Tommy Dreamer
And
Stone Cold

Probably Stone Cold, Remember, Austin said in WWE Magazine he Wanted to do something special

My Opinion:
Personally, Even though He's under Surgery or Injered (I Don't know Condition), But Bobby "The Brain" Heenan could Do it, after all, In the history of Battle Royals, Who was the Only man to Scare out Andre to Eliminate himself? It was RR 89 Just in case no one knew
Also, Who was the only man to eat Snake-Burgers?

Also a Good choice would be Vadar, I'm not Exactly Sure, but I Believe they have a history in WCW.

Finally, I Believe Jerry "The King" Lawler should Do It. Jerry + Snakes = Classic Moments

As true as the Andre/Jake feud is, Heenan is in no condition to be going anywhere as he's trying to learn how to speak again from what I understand after being in a coma and besides that feud wasn't even that big anyways.

As for Vader, they didn't have a feud in WCW. They faced in WWE on a couple of occasions, but it's too vague and unimportant enough to warrant him to be a speaker/inductor and besides after Vader's last WWE appearance I doubt you'll see him on WWE TV again.

As others have said it could easily be Austin as the whole Austin 3:16 craze started after his match with Roberts, but I'd rather see Steamboat do it.

[Ken Ivory]

randomranter said:

I don't think Alice Cooper would make a very good inductor. I've met him personally on a couple of occasions. First, he's not very friendly in real life (to say the least). Second, he's rather quiet. I just can't picture him making a very good induction speech. Having Cooper do it might generate a bit of celebrity buzz, but it would lead to a disastrous induction.

Be that as it may, I'd have to assume that he'd be in the "Alice" character when doing the speech. When on stage, he's not Alice Cooper the person (as in real life) he's the larger than life character.

Cooper has said himself that the Alice charater only lives when on stage (these days). Once the show is on, I doubt it'd be a disaster.

[tankmcquade]

This sounds doubtful but hey, I would mark for Jake the Snake in the HOF.....

[Avalanche Alvarez]

His snake Damien is going to induct him.
THEN Damien will go nuts, swallow McMahon whole and Triple H and Steff will rule the WWE.

THAT would be a memorable HOF induction ceremony.

[Mother]

kenivory said:

tryme said:

Alice Cooper could induct him giving Vince loves 'celebrities' and they have a WM history....kinda.

I'd mark.

As would I

[The Peoples Elbow]

Hey, I know who could induct him: Macho Ma...oh, nevermind.

[BxB]

The more I think about it. I don't think Mean Gene would be a bad choice. Most of Jake's classic promos involved Gene holding the mic for him. Mean was kind enough to give Jake a shout-out in his HOF induction speech. I think Steamboat should induct Flair along with Arn Anderson and Shawn Michaels.

[nerdinitupagain]

Arn should. He's been Flair's best friend on and off screen in the business for years.

I still hope that TNA will let Sting just attend as Steve Borden in the crowd.

[isthatu]

You can mark Cooper off the list, he's booked to play Seoul, South Korea March 29th. Although I would mark huge for the Cooper character to take the podium to induct Jake.

[JLAJRC]

You could also include Rick Martel, since they had that feud.

Paul Ellering, maybe? Since he briefly managed him early in his career (which I didn't even know about until I watched the Jake Roberts DVD). Plus, they would probably want to save Paul for a future LOD induction.

I did find it funny that Jake didn't mention Rockin Robin or Sam Houston at all on his DVD, since they are related.