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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Jun 13, 2022 8:19:54 GMT -5
The only qualifier for getting into the HOF is if Vince likes you so.... it could maybe happen if he chills out for a few years.
It never will but I mean it potentially could
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Post by kevin on Jun 13, 2022 9:03:28 GMT -5
It's not going to happen anytime soon but it very well could happen. They were very high on him at the beginning. He was brought in to be a big deal fairly quick and in a fairly short time he did rack up a lot of accolades. Now since his second release from WWE there was a lot of bad press on him but that will fade with time. Besides the bad press the only thing against him is longevity. Unlike say a Sheamus, Kofi or Dolph he only had a few years in the company. Still I do not think it would be surprising if in a decade or so he is put in it.
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Post by Spiderf 4 on Jun 13, 2022 9:44:35 GMT -5
Del-ete him. Ri-hire? *crickets* Rio-away forever. That's what Alberto can do.
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Jun 13, 2022 9:44:51 GMT -5
Torrie Wilson is in it, so everyone is welcome. Last time I checked, Torrie Wilson doesn't have the problems ADR has.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jun 13, 2022 9:51:56 GMT -5
Alberto giving his HOF speech to dead silence would be quite funny, but nah, F that guy.
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Post by ayumidah on Jun 13, 2022 10:07:50 GMT -5
I get the disturbing feeling that with Paige leaving soon, his attempts to get WWE's attention will get even more obnoxious. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Vince made him an offer to return, just to show how pettily "it's only business" he can be. Yeah I was thinking about that, especially with HHH and Stephanie's power in the company limited/nonexistent right now. ADR always made it a point to say Vince liked him and HHH did not. Hm.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jun 13, 2022 10:18:58 GMT -5
You could certainly argue it based on his accomplishments but, like, f*** him. Yea, kinda sums it up. He’s got a better claim than most tbh but it’s a phony hall and he’s a bitch so f*** him
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 13, 2022 11:12:04 GMT -5
Torrie Wilson is in it, so everyone is welcome. I thought Sharmell usurped the Koko Torrie Rule. On one hand, if ADR's misdeeds were publicized enough (i.e. beyond wrestling news), then I doubt it. WWE is known for avoiding certain people like this. But the more publicity it has, the better chance you have for this to be so. (Benoit of course being the Patron Demon of this trope) On the other hand, and we've done this spiel dozens of time in the Sunny thread: WWE HOF has kept other malcontents in there, unless and sometimes despite being called out by the media or other sources. Among them, they have other domestic nightmares (Tyson, Austin, Savage, that celeb who talked about grabbing women by somewhere...)
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Post by mo on Jun 13, 2022 11:38:44 GMT -5
In terms of accomplishments dude’s basically a “first ballot” HOF. I think he’s pretty much ruined his chances by being a goof but nothing would surprise me.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jun 13, 2022 12:28:11 GMT -5
Hey, they gotta get their monies worth of his $300.000.000.000.000 contract! But, I don't think it's his destiny to be inducted.
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Post by The Ichi on Jun 13, 2022 12:34:43 GMT -5
Is it that time of the month where we pretend there's any criteria to being in the HOF besides "be in the company at one point and have more than one title run"?
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Post by TOK Is the Target Demo on Jun 13, 2022 12:44:35 GMT -5
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Vince made him an offer to return, just to show how pettily "it's only business" he can be. Yeah I was thinking about that, especially with HHH and Stephanie's power in the company limited/nonexistent right now. ADR always made it a point to say Vince liked him and HHH did not. Hm. Guys on the outs with WWE have said some form of that for years, whether it was HHH or Johnny Ace or Prichard or JR or Brisco or Strongbow. That's Vince's management style and I can't say it isn't a successful one but very few people who say this actually come back when the person they think is responsible for their lack of success is no longer in the position of influence.
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Post by Timeless Hayterade on Jun 13, 2022 12:47:16 GMT -5
We now go live to the crowd if that ever happens:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2022 13:28:14 GMT -5
Del Rio wishes he was as over as Torrie Wilson was in WWE.
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Post by mo on Jun 13, 2022 13:35:36 GMT -5
Is it that time of the month where we pretend there's any criteria to being in the HOF besides "be in the company at one point and have more than one title run"? Yeah, kayfabe accomplishments or not, they’ll pretty much let anyone in as long as you’re not a dumbass. Which Del Rio is.
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Post by john84 on Jun 13, 2022 13:41:29 GMT -5
I don't have any desire to listen to ''It is my destiny!'' about a 100 times so no thanks lol. And that's not even getting into other stuff.
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Post by XIII on Jun 13, 2022 14:02:36 GMT -5
Bexar County Jail Hall of Fame maybe
Whatever happened to his criminal case did the victim not show up or is that still ongoing?
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Post by tirtefaa on Jun 13, 2022 15:51:40 GMT -5
I thought Sharmell usurped the Koko Torrie Rule. I genuinely don't know how you can be any more entry level than Sharmell from this point forward. I mean even someone like Braden Walker can lean on his time as half of AMW. So maybe I guess...Dink the Clown? As far as Alberto goes, I think he should go in in 15 to 20 years when he is hopefully older and more mature.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 13, 2022 17:30:04 GMT -5
I thought Sharmell usurped the Koko Torrie Rule. I genuinely don't know how you can be any more entry level than Sharmell from this point forward. I mean even someone like Braden Walker can lean on his time as half of AMW. So maybe I guess...Dink the Clown? As far as Alberto goes, I think he should go in in 15 to 20 years when he is hopefully older and more mature. Dink has work in the Montreal circuit to go by. For what it's worth his act with Doink was heavily pushed in the New Generation era, so I can see them go as a package deal. (Now if Doink went in, do we just give it to Ray, or do we acknowledge Matt and put them in as a tandem?)
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jun 13, 2022 17:30:37 GMT -5
On the bright side, for Alberto, I am sure CYN is going to have its own HOF somehow.
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