Does Umaga deserve to be in the WWE Hall of Fame?

[hijuko]

For me, yes ! Even though he only stayed 3 years, he had a good in-ring for his size and had very memorable matches against John Cena, Triple H and Jeff Hardy.

[sungod2020]

Given that it already has guys who accomplished less than he did, having him in wouldn't lessen it's credibility.

[fw91]

If we lived in a world where WWE has standards for induction? No. But when looking at others who are in? Sure, whatever.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Umaga and You-manga both deserve it.

[Mozenrath]

I was a big fan at one time, but honestly, eh? Even setting aside the Shelly Martinez stuff or him injuring people by being almost as reckless as Nia Jax, one could name like a few dozen people more deserving who aren't in it yet. If he was added, I wouldn't call it a blemish on the HOF or something, but I also don't feel like it's some glaring omission.

[MiLB Fan]

If WWE does induct him, it better happen at 10:40.

[Duke Cameron]

No.

[Natural Born Farmer]

I was a fan, but no.

Short tenure, he did have some great matches but so did plenty of other guys.

No real lasting impact or anything. That isn't a HOF career.

[thegatewaydrug]

Yes. But Regal would need to induct him... even if he's given only 3 minutes.

[Tiger Millionaire]

It's Schrodinger's Hall of Fame where both everyone and no one deserve to be in it at the same time.

[The Ichi]

Not if that Shelly Martinez story is true.

[Cyno]

The WWE HOF already has enough alleged sexual predators in it. It doesn't need another.

[tirtefaa]

There is literally zero criteria for going into the HOF, so there's no reason to even ask.

Actually, I take that back...here's the criteria;

Is it good optics?

Is the person(s) being considered not named Bill Eadie?

[Alice Syndrome]

Not if you Google what he did to Shelly Martinez

[pinja]

I remember Umaga from failing to make Steve-O stop laughing. Don't know, is that worth an induction?

[XIII]

In ring Umaga is one of my favorite characters of all time, dude brought it. His match with Cena at I think a Royal Rumble is a classic.

But with the allegations against him it will be hard to put him in without getting a bunch of scrutiny that they definitely don’t want if someone decides to push the issue.

[cassonova]

By WWE's metrics sure, but by most other criteria, not really. This is, of course, ignoring Shelly's story.

[Triangle Lancer]

My stand-by answer:

"Why the hell not?"

[The Ichi]

Sept 3, 2022 15:29:37 GMT -5 tirtefaa said:

There is literally zero criteria for going into the HOF, so there's no reason to even ask.

Actually, I take that back...here's the criteria;

Is it good optics?

Is the person(s) being considered not named Bill Eadie?

Whilst I stand by my earlier answer, I agree with you that people put too much stock into the "criteria" of getting into the kayfabe HOF.

Here's the criteria: worked for WWE for more than a cup of coffee.

That's it.

[Mozenrath]

Sept 3, 2022 16:53:55 GMT -5 The Ichi said:

Sept 3, 2022 15:29:37 GMT -5 tirtefaa said:

There is literally zero criteria for going into the HOF, so there's no reason to even ask.

Actually, I take that back...here's the criteria;

Is it good optics?

Is the person(s) being considered not named Bill Eadie?

Whilst I stand by my earlier answer, I agree with you that people put too much stock into the "criteria" of getting into the kayfabe HOF.

Here's the criteria: worked for WWE for more than a cup of coffee.

That's it.

Even then, it's not always a requirement, hence Verne Gagne.

That said, it's not as if WWE's alone in their HOF bullshittery. Most famously, the baseball one is honestly always going to be marred by their treatment of Shoeless Joe Jackson.