All purpose WWE Hall of Fame 2008 Thread

[Mother]

chunkylover53 said:

Does anybody besides me think Stone Cold will be inducted next year? Considering it'll be in his homestate of Texas and all.

Seems to be the plan I'm assuming. Not that I dont want Austin in there, but there are so many other people they should induct first, putting these guys in ASAP such as Guererro and Flair just seem so out of place for me, there's no transition time between then and now and for me to look at someone as a wrestler one day and the next day they're in the HOF, I don't like that. Take some time off TV and build it up, people like suprises and Flair's career ender is no suprise.

And who's really going to believe that this is Flair's retirement? I still believe that 6 months down the road, WWE will push for Flair coming back, it's just embarassing.

[chunkylover53]

toht said:

chunkylover53 said:

Does anybody besides me think Stone Cold will be inducted next year? Considering it'll be in his homestate of Texas and all.

Seems to be the plan I'm assuming. Not that I dont want Austin in there, but there are so many other people they should induct first, putting these guys in ASAP such as Guererro and Flair just seem so out of place for me, there's no transition time between then and now and for me to look at someone as a wrestler one day and the next day they're in the HOF, I don't like that. Take some time off TV and build it up, people like suprises and Flair's career ender is no suprise.

And who's really going to believe that this is Flair's retirement? I still believe that 6 months down the road, WWE will push for Flair coming back, it's just embarassing.

There's no order to get in the Hall of Fame. Plus, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has been out of ring action long enough to be considered for the Hall of Fame. Wouldn't hurt my feelings if he was in now.

[Mother]

chunkylover53 said:

There's no order to get in the Hall of Fame. Plus, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has been out of ring action long enough to be considered for the Hall of Fame. Wouldn't hurt my feelings if he was in now.

I am fully aware there is no order to it, I wouldn't have made the comment above if I didn't think otherwise. Even though he's been out of the ring, we've seen him on plenty of occasions, if Austin gets it next year, Mick will get it after that, then say Undertaker, Triple H, Michaels, and Cena all following in coming years.

Sure there's no order, but it doesn't mean I have to be happy about it. Why call it a HOF it you don't want to treat it like one?

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toht said:

chunkylover53 said:

There's no order to get in the Hall of Fame. Plus, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has been out of ring action long enough to be considered for the Hall of Fame. Wouldn't hurt my feelings if he was in now.

I am fully aware there is no order to it, I wouldn't have made the comment above if I didn't think otherwise. Even though he's been out of the ring, we've seen him on plenty of occasions, if Austin gets it next year, Mick will get it after that, then say Undertaker, Triple H, Michaels, and Cena all following in coming years.

Sure there's no order, but it doesn't mean I have to be happy about it. Why call it a HOF it you don't want to treat it like one?

Taker, HBK, HHH, and Cena will all get in the year they retire... but thats not gonna be for awhile... not in the following year anyways... Taker/Michaels are gonna be around for a couple more years before they retire... HHH around for at least 5 (i'm guessing... he is in rough shape but seems to love doing it) and Cena will be around for a long time whether people like it or not... none of them will go into the hall of fame while still wrestling... i doubt that anyways

[lildude8218]

*Possible Spoiler?*



Hulk Hogan revealed he may be at this year's WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony to induct legendary Florida promoter Eddie Graham into the WWE Hall of Fame.

[Drillbit Taylor]

Next year will probably revolve around Texas Wrestlers. Brody, Bosch, Million Dollar Man, The Funks and the Von Erichs

[MolotovMocktail]

I thought DiBiase was from Mississippi. Though if he gets in, I won't open my yap.

What's Hogan's connection to Eddie Graham? Did Graham train him or something?

[Mac]

molotovmocktail said:

I thought DiBiase was from Mississippi. Though if he gets in, I won't open my yap.

What's Hogan's connection to Eddie Graham? Did Graham train him or something?

Well, he makes his summer residencs in Hyannisport, Massachusetts so he can go in next time its in Boston.

[seano]

molotovmocktail said:

What's Hogan's connection to Eddie Graham? Did Graham train him or something?

The only connection I can see is that they're both from the Tampa area.

[lildude8218]

molotovmocktail said:

What's Hogan's connection to Eddie Graham? Did Graham train him or something?

Hogan went to the University of South Florida but spent most of his time in the gym instead of studying. At that gym he met Mike Graham, son of Eddie Graham, and Mike later introduced Hogan to Hiro Matsuda, who trained him.

After a year of training, it was Eddie Graham who booked Hogan in his first match, against Brian Blair.

[mattperiolat]

Happy about the Grahams. Hopefully this will lead to a CWF DVD in the near future.

So...

Flair
Maivia/Johnson
Mae Young

21 days = 3 weeks to 'Mania, so 3 more announcements. We think Roberts is one, plus the Grahams. One more... who will it be? Anderson? Steamboat? DiBiase? Someone else?

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mattperiolat said:

Happy about the Grahams. Hopefully this will lead to a CWF DVD in the near future.

So...

Flair
Maivia/Johnson
Mae Young

21 days = 3 weeks to 'Mania, so 3 more announcements. We think Roberts is one, plus the Grahams. One more... who will it be? Anderson? Steamboat? DiBiase? Someone else?

Just Eddie is getting iducted. They already inducted Billy, I don't think Mike or Luke are HOF material. Jerry is getting overlooked I guess, but he also wasn't a booker in Florida or president of the NWA.

There's a rumor about Jack and Jerry Brisco going in though.

[mattperiolat]

lildude8218 said:

mattperiolat said:

Happy about the Grahams. Hopefully this will lead to a CWF DVD in the near future.

So...

Flair
Maivia/Johnson
Mae Young

21 days = 3 weeks to 'Mania, so 3 more announcements. We think Roberts is one, plus the Grahams. One more... who will it be? Anderson? Steamboat? DiBiase? Someone else?

Just Eddie is getting iducted. They already inducted Billy, I don't think Mike or Luke are HOF material. Jerry is getting overlooked I guess, but he also wasn't a booker in Florida or president of the NWA.

There's a rumor about Jack and Jerry Brisco going in though.

I do think it will be Eddie and Mike since they are chiefly responsible for CWF. As for the Briscos, I do think it is past due, just dunno.

Is it me, but aside from Roberts, Flair and the Rock showing up to induct, the class of 08 is a little... bland? Not saying anyone is unworthy, just not a lot of sizzle. Maybe I've been spoiled by past years inductions, I dunno.

[jreynolds1944]

Ric Flair

Peter Maivia

Rocky Johnson

Mae Young

Honky Tonk Man

Demolition (Bill Eadie & Barry Darsow)

Ted DiBiase

Ricky Steamboat



And for 2009....they are considering the following list:
Howard Finkle, Owen Hart, Rick Rude, Tiger Mask, Bruiser Brody, Von Erich Family

[Mother]

awataurne said:

Taker, HBK, HHH, and Cena will all get in the year they retire... but thats not gonna be for awhile... not in the following year anyways... Taker/Michaels are gonna be around for a couple more years before they retire... HHH around for at least 5 (i'm guessing... he is in rough shape but seems to love doing it) and Cena will be around for a long time whether people like it or not... none of them will go into the hall of fame while still wrestling... i doubt that anyways

I didn't say Cena and taker would be going in the following year, they would be going in the following YEARS, I feel that there are a lot of names on the roster right now that will be retiring within the next couple of years and it could pave the road for at least about 10 years, where Cena could be willing to "hang it up" or that WWE thinks he's "worthy enough as he is" to go in. Could be random speculation by my standpoint, but there's little evidence to support there's any real system to the HOF and as long as there isn't, WWE will do as they damn well please and we'll be stuck eating Cena sandwiches.

[Wrath Draven]

Well, if they do induct Steve Austin next year, how long until they induct The Rock...left WWE same time frame as Austin

[Mother]

impactplyr said:

Well, if they do induct Steve Austin next year, how long until they induct The Rock...left WWE same time frame as Austin

If he accepts, I'm sure they'd induct him soon.

And again, I've got absolutely no beef with these guys going in, I love Rock and Austin, but there's so many other guys I would rather mark out for that I haven't seen in YEARS.

There were people who did wrestle before the Attitude era afterall guys like King King Bundy and Randy Savage would be such awesome moments to see unwind. More special than some of the people they induct nowadays.

[Mac]

Well since this isnt really the most legit HOF, Im sure they'll put Rock off for awhile to try to maximize his exposure the best they can. They already managed to bring him in this year by nominating two members of his family, I think they'll put him off for awhile as the big name star of a HOF down the road.

[chunkylover53]

toht said:

impactplyr said:

Well, if they do induct Steve Austin next year, how long until they induct The Rock...left WWE same time frame as Austin

If he accepts, I'm sure they'd induct him soon.

And again, I've got absolutely no beef with these guys going in, I love Rock and Austin, but there's so many other guys I would rather mark out for that I haven't seen in YEARS.

There were people who did wrestle before the Attitude era afterall guys like King King Bundy and Randy Savage would be such awesome moments to see unwind. More special than some of the people they induct nowadays.

Chronologically that makes sense to induct 80s stars before 90s stars. But if you really want to start from the beginning, then you would have to induct George Hackenschmidt. So then you would have awhile to wait for even 70s stars. I do agree the Hall of Fame should have more Federation Years inductees. i'm still hoping for my Jake Roberts induction.

[seano]

And the next inductees:

The Briscoes.