Vince Sr's limo driver is in the Hall of Fame, it doesn't matter who goes in.
WWF Hall of Fame: Class of 1994 inductee James Dudley was so much more than just Vince Sr.'s limousine driver.
Dudley began working for Jess McMahon (Vince Sr.'s father) in the early 1950's,
when Jess was a co-owner of the Capitol Wrestling Corporation.
Jess passed away on November 22, 1954 at the age of 72.
When Vince Sr. and his partners broke away from the National Wrestling Alliance to form the
World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1963, Dudley continued to work for Vince Sr.
Dudley performed many different jobs, from carrying buckets of water to counting ticket sales.
Dudley was a close friend of Vince Sr. for so many years.
In particular, he drove Vince Sr.'s limousine and also served as his bodyguard.
Dudley had said that he thought of Vince Sr. as a father figure.
Vince Sr. later increased Dudley's responsibilities with the company several times and eventually assigned him to manage
Turner's Arena in Washington, D.C., which made Dudley the first African-American to hold such a position in the United States.
So, Dudley was the first African-American to run a major United States arena.
Dudley also managed several wrestlers, including WWF Hall of Fame: Class of 1994 inductee Bobo Brazil in the WWWF.
Shortly before Vince Sr.'s death in 1984, Vince Sr. told his son, Vincent Kennedy McMahon,
who had taken over control of the promotion (then known as the WWF),
"Whatever else you do, you take care of James Dudley".
Very shortly after Vince Sr.'s death in 1984,
Dudley was put back on the company payroll at age 74 and subsequently received several gifts from Vince Jr.
to show appreciation for Dudley's contributions to the company.
Dudley was surely way more deserving of a Hall of Fame induction than Torrie Wilson will ever be.
Dudley's contributions to the McMahon family were surely far more respectable than what Torrie Wilson's
contributions to the professional wrestling industry will ever be.