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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Jul 31, 2018 15:51:11 GMT -5
Beth Phoenix, but I say that with reservation because I absolutely loved Beth and her speech was fantastic.
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Post by Ringmaster on Jul 31, 2018 15:53:40 GMT -5
Well in fairness, I'll take HBK over Cena and Roman any day of the week. I've never understood it myself. Was HBK good? Yes. But he, IMO, was never great. A jack of all trades, master of none. I feel like you never seen any of HBK in his prime matches. Maybe you should. |
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jul 31, 2018 16:23:17 GMT -5
Beth Phoenix, by a long shot. If WWE hadn't neglected the women's division up until a few years ago, they would have a larger pool of women's wrestlers to choose from. I think they should have had Foley and Sammartino go in on different years. WWE tries to get a headliner every year, and those are two going in the same year. The Foley/Bruno was really a bad case of timing for Foley. Foley had already been announced as the headliner and then Bruno, after years and years of declining, actually said yes. You can't bump Foley to another year and Bruno is an obvious headliner over pretty much everyone in the company's history. Sucked for Foley that he didn't get to headline (especially with his rapid decline in faculties since that year), but he also said he was so thrilled to be in the same class as Bruno that it didn't really matter to him. |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 31, 2018 18:05:28 GMT -5
I think they spunked their load early having Foley go in not as a headliner. They should have held off on him for longer and had him at the top of a class.
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Post by Starshine on Jul 31, 2018 18:20:21 GMT -5
'WWE Hall of Famer' Koko B. Ware...
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Post by Richard on Jul 31, 2018 18:31:02 GMT -5
I think they spunked their load early having Foley go in not as a headliner. They should have held off on him for longer and had him at the top of a class. To be fair, he was supposed to be the headliner for 2013 with DX under him before Bruno finally accepted the invite. |
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Post by wildojinx on Jul 31, 2018 18:33:29 GMT -5
He is still giving that speech, you know! Mr T would still be going if Kane didn’t end it He'd just now be getting to his great-grandparents. |
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Jul 31, 2018 18:34:03 GMT -5
'WWE Hall of Famer' Koko B. Ware... And in that same vein, Rikishi. |
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Post by edgestar on Jul 31, 2018 20:08:09 GMT -5
(Not saying it wasn't time, or deserved)
Goldberg: I'm gonna keep this short. *talks for 7 months*
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Post by wildojinx on Jul 31, 2018 20:14:32 GMT -5
(Not saying it wasn't time, or deserved) Goldberg: I'm gonna keep this short. *talks for 7 months* It was literally longer than any match in his entire career! |
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Post by BD Punk AKA SUSPENDED! on Jul 31, 2018 20:26:04 GMT -5
To elaborate, I meant so soon. HBK just wasn't a big enough name to headline a class, and he got in way too soon. HBK could headline a HOF class twice. His career from 1988 to 1998 was worthy of headlining as well as his return from 2002-2010. |
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Post by King Devitt: What Plants Crave on Jul 31, 2018 20:27:01 GMT -5
Beth Phoenix, by a long shot. This is always #1 for me. So many other women have done more, or had more memorable careers to me. |
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Post by saneiac on Jul 31, 2018 22:51:30 GMT -5
'WWE Hall of Famer' Koko B. Ware... And in that same vein, Rikishi. I'll add the Bushwhackers to complete my personal trifecta of WTF inductees. |
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Post by One of the Cooler, Candid TOKs on Jul 31, 2018 22:59:02 GMT -5
If HBK can’t headline a class, only a few people can. IMO HBK is the most overrated wrestler in WWE history. It's funny to me to see people complain that Cena and Roman are shoved down throats and overpushed, and then those same people applaud and god tier HBK. HBK changed the entire scope of pro wrestling. He pioneered the light heavyweight style that's become the norm; without Shawn Michaels you don't have a CM Punk, Hiroshi Tanahashi or AJ Styles. |
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Post by Ganon83 on Aug 1, 2018 2:46:54 GMT -5
Beth Phoenix, by a long shot. If WWE hadn't neglected the women's division up until a few years ago, they would have a larger pool of women's wrestlers to choose from. I think they should have had Foley and Sammartino go in on different years. WWE tries to get a headliner every year, and those are two going in the same year. Foley was originally going to be the headliner, but then the Bruno deal kinda fell in their lap and so they kinda had to load the show up. If they could have gone back in time and not announced Foley, they would have done so. Obviously it's good that they didn't wait until the next Mania in New York, as otherwise Bruno wouldn't have been alive for it. So yeah |
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Post by Ganon83 on Aug 1, 2018 2:52:48 GMT -5
Well in fairness, I'll take HBK over Cena and Roman any day of the week. I've never understood it myself. Was HBK good? Yes. But he, IMO, was never great. A jack of all trades, master of none. Michaels could climb into the ropes today in his late 40's and, after shaking the ring rust off, probably be better than 80% of the active roster. He'd at least be the second best seller, after Orton. There's a reason they keep asking him every year to do Wrestlemania. |
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Post by thetower52 on Aug 1, 2018 2:53:12 GMT -5
And in that same vein, Rikishi. I'll add the Bushwhackers to complete my personal trifecta of WTF inductees. The bushwqckers career outside of WWE was well worth the hall of fame |
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Post by mcstoklasa on Aug 1, 2018 3:22:16 GMT -5
To elaborate, I meant so soon. HBK just wasn't a big enough name to headline a class, and he got in way too soon. Oh. I thought you were being sarcastic at first |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 1, 2018 3:26:38 GMT -5
If WWE hadn't neglected the women's division up until a few years ago, they would have a larger pool of women's wrestlers to choose from. I think they should have had Foley and Sammartino go in on different years. WWE tries to get a headliner every year, and those are two going in the same year. Foley was originally going to be the headliner, but then the Bruno deal kinda fell in their lap and so they kinda had to load the show up. If they could have gone back in time and not announced Foley, they would have done so. Obviously it's good that they didn't wait until the next Mania in New York, as otherwise Bruno wouldn't have been alive for it. So yeah I suppose the ideal thing with complete hindsight would have been to induct Sammartino and save Foley for 2019, but at the same time, people would have spent the last five years complaining about Foley not getting in when his in-ring career is clearly finished, and he's spent all this time mostly on good terms with the company. |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Aug 1, 2018 8:43:22 GMT -5
To elaborate, I meant so soon. HBK just wasn't a big enough name to headline a class, and he got in way too soon. HBK could headline a HOF class twice. His career from 1988 to 1998 was worthy of headlining as well as his return from 2002-2010. Since we do faction specific inductions, a third time for DX. |
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