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Post by nitrothunder on Mar 26, 2011 18:38:43 GMT -5
If any celebrity should have been inducted this year it should have been David Arquette look at his resume:
-former WCW champion
-star of Ready 2 Rumble
-wrestled in a 3 tier cage
-hosted Raw
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 26, 2011 19:08:32 GMT -5
If any celebrity should have been inducted this year it should have been David Arquette look at his resume: -former WCW champion -star of Ready 2 Rumble -wrestled in a 3 tier cage -hosted Raw I would not oppose. It would be much better than Drew Carey. Arquette is a fan who respects wrestling. Arquette reportedly donated all of the money he earned from the PPV he was on as WCW Champion to the families of Brian Pillman and Owen Hart and to Darren Drozdov to help pay for his medical expenses. That was a very classy move and shows that he respects wrestling and wrestlers. Putting the title on him was reportedly Tony Schiavonne's idea and Russo supported it. Arquette didn't lobby for it and if I recall he has said that he didn't think he should have been made champion. |
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Post by The Heenan Family on Mar 26, 2011 20:01:01 GMT -5
I think the problem with inducting David Arquette is that him winning the World Heavyweight title is looked upon as one of the most idiotic things WCW ever pulled off. So WWE honoring him for an event that is largely mocked and laughed at would be WWE owning that failure when they don't have to. Also he was a WCW celebrity and I'm not sure we want the door open to the likes of Dennis Rodman and Jay Leno. If WWE wants to induct celebs, induct the ones that "earned" the induction via WWE participation.
P.S. Not saying what Arquette did with the money wasn't great though.
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Post by Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on Mar 27, 2011 7:36:13 GMT -5
Putting the title on him was reportedly Tony Schiavonne's idea and Russo supported it. Arquette didn't lobby for it and if I recall he has said that he didn't think he should have been made champion. It wasn't really an idea, just a joke. Schiavone joked that they should put the title on Arquette and everybody in the room laughed except Russo. |
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Post by EoE: Workin On My Night Cheese on Mar 27, 2011 8:19:42 GMT -5
Putting the title on him was reportedly Tony Schiavonne's idea and Russo supported it. Arquette didn't lobby for it and if I recall he has said that he didn't think he should have been made champion. It wasn't really an idea, just a joke. Schiavone joked that they should put the title on Arquette and everybody in the room laughed except Russo. I hear that's how a lot of his booking is done... wait until someone cracks a funny and put that on TV. Back to the topic from a page or two back about an actual WWE Hall of Fame building... what would they put in the Drew Carey section. I'm struggling to think of stuff other than the Royal Rumble tracksuit, a pair of glasses and a video of THAT Richard Simmons skit from Whose Line Is It Anyway? on endless loop (which Drew wasn't actually in, but it happened on his show and is hell funny). |
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Post by "The Rated XXX Superstar" Jed on Mar 27, 2011 12:56:08 GMT -5
It wasn't really an idea, just a joke. Schiavone joked that they should put the title on Arquette and everybody in the room laughed except Russo. I hear that's how a lot of his booking is done... wait until someone cracks a funny and put that on TV. Back to the topic from a page or two back about an actual WWE Hall of Fame building... what would they put in the Drew Carey section. I'm struggling to think of stuff other than the Royal Rumble tracksuit, a pair of glasses and a video of THAT Richard Simmons skit from Whose Line Is It Anyway? on endless loop (which Drew wasn't actually in, but it happened on his show and is hell funny). What about footage of his 1-hour draw match with Bruno Sammartino at the Garden in 1983? Or when he won the NWA World Championship from Gene Kiniski in their famous steel cage match in Toronto? |
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Post by Raul on Mar 27, 2011 13:06:54 GMT -5
is there one more name tomorrow night?
it better be Arn Anderson dammit.
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Post by pink on Mar 27, 2011 18:11:27 GMT -5
is there one more name tomorrow night? it better be Arn Anderson dammit. {Spoiler}I'm pretty sure it's going to be the Legion of Doom. |
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Post by "The Rated XXX Superstar" Jed on Mar 27, 2011 18:41:23 GMT -5
is there one more name tomorrow night? it better be Arn Anderson dammit. {Spoiler}I'm pretty sure it's going to be the Legion of Doom. I'd love it if Vince swerved us all and it was somebody goofy like Sam Houston or "Dangerous" Danny Davis. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2011 19:28:04 GMT -5
{Spoiler}I'm pretty sure it's going to be the Legion of Doom. I'd love it if Vince swerved us all and it was somebody goofy like Sam Houston or "Dangerous" Danny Davis. I'm praying for Glacier myself |
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Post by celticjobber on Mar 28, 2011 3:57:30 GMT -5
I think they should induct the Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell), and have Iron Sheik as the presenter.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Mar 28, 2011 18:02:42 GMT -5
is there one more name tomorrow night? it better be Arn Anderson dammit. {Spoiler}It's the Road Warriors.
JR said in his blog today that the HoF announcement tonight is for the second last name to be honoured at the ceremony and that the announcement in Chicago is "appropriate for multiple reasons." |
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Mar 28, 2011 21:46:42 GMT -5
WHAT A RUSH!
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Mar 28, 2011 21:53:55 GMT -5
I was happy that The Road Warriors were going in.
And then they announced Paul Ellering was going in too and it made me even happier.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 28, 2011 22:04:06 GMT -5
I'm very happy WWE is including Precious Paul in the Road Warriors induction.
Who will induct them? Maybe Arn? Arn Anderson wrestled the Road Warrior many times and he works for WWE. Johnny Ace is possible too, but I doubt they would go that route.
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Post by darthpipes on Mar 28, 2011 22:10:26 GMT -5
I heard Dusty is supposed to induct them. Like I said before, I would mark big time if Animal once again stabs him in the eye with a spike.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 28, 2011 22:13:52 GMT -5
I heard Dusty is supposed to induct them. Like I said before, I would mark big time if Animal once again stabs him in the eye with a spike. Oh yeah, that would be very appropriate too thinking back to the mid/late 1980s in the Crockett territory and with the original WarGames matches. However, I kind of wish Arn could do it, because he has never inducted any one yet and I think he could give a more focused, serious sounding induction putting over the Road Warriors. However, Dusty is still a good choice, but we have seen him behind the podium at Hall of Fames a few times now. |
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Post by "The Rated XXX Superstar" Jed on Mar 28, 2011 22:41:04 GMT -5
Very happy to see Paul Ellering going in with them.
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Post by fw91 on Mar 28, 2011 22:52:13 GMT -5
kinda feel bad for Arn not getting in this year, when he was rumored to be a lock. Damn it naitch!
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Post by darthpipes on Mar 28, 2011 23:05:38 GMT -5
I heard Dusty is supposed to induct them. Like I said before, I would mark big time if Animal once again stabs him in the eye with a spike. Oh yeah, that would be very appropriate too thinking back to the mid/late 1980s in the Crockett territory and with the original WarGames matches. However, I kind of wish Arn could do it, because he has never inducted any one yet and I think he could give a more focused, serious sounding induction putting over the Road Warriors. However, Dusty is still a good choice, but we have seen him behind the podium at Hall of Fames a few times now. Arn would be a good choice too. He had a lot of battles with the Road Warriors. Not to mention he's a great talker...he never gave the same promo twice. That's how good he was. When the day comes for him to get inducted, if it's not Flair it should be Tully or JJ. |
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