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Post by auph10imitated on Mar 11, 2019 11:25:59 GMT -5
Harlem Heat announced. Another 2 time 2 time HOFer in this year, could they be more obvious that they are running out of living people. Natural Disasters or Midnight Express would have been good enough choices here since they dont seem in a hurry to put Demolition in. I'm curious, if they did do Midnight Express, I wonder which incarnation they go with. Obviously not the pre-Bobby Eaton and Cornette one, no shit, but do you go with Condrey or Stan Lane? I'd prefer the latter, personally, plus Stan worked for WWF, even if it was in a non-wrestling role. I would put Eaton, Condrey and Lane in and have Cornette induct them (so Cornette can have his own induction, which I think will be this year anyways)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 11:28:31 GMT -5
Now we can hope for the nWo B-Team to get inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 11, 2019 11:29:11 GMT -5
I'm curious, if they did do Midnight Express, I wonder which incarnation they go with. Obviously not the pre-Bobby Eaton and Cornette one, no shit, but do you go with Condrey or Stan Lane? I'd prefer the latter, personally, plus Stan worked for WWF, even if it was in a non-wrestling role. I would put Eaton, Condrey and Lane in and have Cornette induct them (so Cornette can have his own induction, which I think will be this year anyways) That'd work, though I could see them having reservations, just in so far as Bobby and the rest would always argue for equal payment for Cornette to what they got, that he was a member of the Express, but I think Cornette himself would probably be fine with the arrangement.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Mar 11, 2019 11:32:13 GMT -5
Harlem Heat announced. Another 2 time 2 time HOFer in this year, could they be more obvious that they are running out of living people. Natural Disasters or Midnight Express would have been good enough choices here since they dont seem in a hurry to put Demolition in. Oh yeah. I was trying to think of living midcard talent that was popular from 1985-2000s and wrestled for WWE and I didn't make it far.
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Post by edgestar on Mar 11, 2019 11:34:55 GMT -5
Last time Booker was inducted, was in NY/NJ. Stevie Ray gave him a great introduction, and Booker gave an awesome speech. I am very happy that they are going in as a team, this year. I still do want commentary Booker to be inducted. He gave us "lookin real JACKED"!!
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Post by Milkman Norm on Mar 11, 2019 11:50:59 GMT -5
Btw is Triple H going in with DX? I assume he is and I assume he's gonna go in as a solo star later. It seems a little odd that he'll already be a HOF when he headlines a class.
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Post by chronocross on Mar 11, 2019 11:52:31 GMT -5
Good for them, they both deserve it. Harlem Heat was one of my favorite tag teams back during that era of WCW and glad Stevie Ray is getting acknowledgment.
Any update on the Hart Foundation being inducted?
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Post by Milkman Norm on Mar 11, 2019 11:57:29 GMT -5
I dunno. If they do that's 2 deceased inductions in the same year. Generally WWE only like to do one per year.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Mar 11, 2019 11:57:38 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 11:58:14 GMT -5
Interesting. I mean, great to see since Harlem Heat was a damned significant tag team, but it's like they took that rumored (still not officially announced right?) Hart Foundation induction and said "what other tag team could compare to that one that we could do instead?" I'm curious, if they did do Midnight Express, I wonder which incarnation they go with. Obviously not the pre-Bobby Eaton and Cornette one, no shit, but do you go with Condrey or Stan Lane? I'd prefer the latter, personally, plus Stan worked for WWF, even if it was in a non-wrestling role. Would they just induct all of them as 1 entity? I thought that's what they did with the Freebirds, IIRC. I dunno. If they do that's 2 deceased inductions in the same year. Generally WWE only like to do one per year. Perhaps putting someone deceased in as part of a group kinda negates that, since there are other living people who can get the focus diverted to them? That said, Chyna is *by far* going to get, and has gotten, the main focus of the DX HOF induction.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Mar 11, 2019 12:00:31 GMT -5
I'm wondering if he'll just make a brief comment and save his speech for his solo induction.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 11, 2019 12:04:18 GMT -5
Btw is Triple H going in with DX? I assume he is and I assume he's gonna go in as a solo star later. It seems a little odd that he'll already be a HOF when he headlines a class. I could see Triple H potentially having this be his sole induction, if only because plenty of people who suggest the only reason he'd get in was due to the McMahon connection, despite having become WWF champion the first time before he so much as dated Stephanie yet, if I recall, as well as being one of the most significant opponents of Rock, Foley, and Austin by that point. But optics are optics, and inducting yourself is always going to raise eyebrows.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 12:40:40 GMT -5
Question:
......should the Hall of Fame just do a special ceremony one year for deceased wrestlers? Or perhaps treat it like the WWE Legacy inductions (one big group of historically noted people, mostly outside the WWE/F/WF rosters, every few years)?
It's a tricky precedent to set - I'm not sure I'd treat it like the WWE Legacy inductions, which are done in a group with little emphasis on each person included - but considering they have MANY people from the relatively recent WWE/F past who fans are vocally waiting to go in, and could go in solo but don't because "WWE doesn't want more than 1 or 2 deceased inductions per year," should there be something done to address the folks who are this point are perennially ignored / overlooked for various reasons (death being a big one)?
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Mar 11, 2019 12:53:18 GMT -5
I'd put more WCW people ahead of Harlem Heat but that doesn't mean I think they should not be in the hall of fame. I would have thought Edge and Christian would have made it before Harlem. Not mad with the pick, just would never have guessed it.
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Post by edgestar on Mar 11, 2019 12:57:16 GMT -5
I'd put more WCW people ahead of Harlem Heat but that doesn't mean I think they should not be in the hall of fame. I would have thought Edge and Christian would have made it before Harlem. Not mad with the pick, just would never have guessed it. Harlem Heat would probably be looked at, over E&C this year, due to being in NY.
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Post by Error on Mar 11, 2019 13:08:39 GMT -5
I'm wondering if he'll just make a brief comment and save his speech for his solo induction. I wouldn't be shocked if he doesn't have a solo induction until he retired from all his roles in WWE or passes. I think Vince will see the same way.
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Post by auph10imitated on Mar 11, 2019 13:26:26 GMT -5
Will Sherri, Jacqueline, Ahmed Johnson and Clarence Mason go with them?! 🤔
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Mar 11, 2019 14:11:36 GMT -5
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Post by The Heenan Family on Mar 11, 2019 14:20:02 GMT -5
Last week we got our answer to if WWE would be satisfied with having just one female induction if that one was dead, going in with a group, and was a porn star.
This week we got our answer to WWE's living, non-white inductee quota.
But if they're only announcing one induction per week and there's only three weeks left after this (with one being the very week of the Hall of Fame), then Brutus Beefcake, the Hart Foundation, Tazz, Bam Bam Bigelow, a Warrior Award recipient, and a celebrity are not all getting inducted.
Brutus is said to be going in, but he is from and currently lives in Tampa, Florida. Would they push his induction to next year?
The Hart Foundation was said to be going in, but with two tag teams already having been announced, it seems less and less likely. Unless with Michaels and Booker T becoming two time inductees, a third and fourth with Bret and Jimmy Hart becomes less of a big deal to them in one class.
Bam Bam Bigelow was going in last year...until he didn't. Then reports were all about how his induction was being held off until this year because of the location. Will it still happen?
Tazz seems to have been on the short list this year, but probably isn't making the cut. Though he didn't deny being inducted this year on twitter. So we'll see.
If Dana Warrior came to WWE looking for a job, maybe they cancelled the Warrior Award this year? I hope so since I don't want to see her induct her husband for the fifth time.
With so many celebrities that have worked with WWE being associated with New York, it's hard to believe they'd go without one this year. But schedules can be a bitch. Cyndi Lauper deserves it most, Regis Philbin is too old to wait for the next time they're in New York, and Jon Stewart is just the type of eye rolling celeb induction WWE would announce.
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Post by slaughterama on Mar 11, 2019 15:41:04 GMT -5
Btw is Triple H going in with DX? I assume he is and I assume he's gonna go in as a solo star later. It seems a little odd that he'll already be a HOF when he headlines a class. I could see Triple H potentially having this be his sole induction, if only because plenty of people who suggest the only reason he'd get in was due to the McMahon connection, despite having become WWF champion the first time before he so much as dated Stephanie yet, if I recall, as well as being one of the most significant opponents of Rock, Foley, and Austin by that point. But optics are optics, and inducting yourself is always going to raise eyebrows. On the flip side, I could see him going in solo, then also putting himself in with Evolution, The Kliq, The Authority, Triple H & Shawn Michaels tag-team, Hunter & Steph, Jean Paul Levesque, Terra Ryzing, The Cerebral Assassin, and in the celebrity wing, as well.
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