2016 WWE Hall of Fame

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here are a list of legendary wrestlers that i think deserve to be in the Hall of Fame

Owen Hart
The Freebirds
Kamala
Gary Hart
Chyna
Marty Jannety
Stan Hansen
 

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I consider the thing a farce.

I look at who's in there and who's not in there and I shrug my shoulders at it.
 

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Can't believe Owen Hart is just now getting in.

It's a bigger farce that Ray 'The Crippler' Stevens has never gotten in.

He was at one time the largest drawing wrestler in the country who drew everywhere he went and actually worked for Vince. He also had a tremendous influence with his in-ring style (when he was younger) which was emulated by Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Shawn Michaels and others.




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I'm not sure which is the bigger joke - the WWE HOF the NFL HOF or the R&R HOF.
 

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It's a bigger farce that Ray 'The Crippler' Stevens has never gotten in.

He was at one time the largest drawing wrestler in the country who drew everywhere he went and actually worked for Vince. He also had a tremendous influence with his in-ring style (when he was younger) which was emulated by Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Shawn Michaels and others.




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Agreed.

Sometimes Vince wants to recognize non-WWWF/WWF/WWE guys and sometimes he doesn't.

Not to have Lou Thesz in there is blasphemy.

But yeah Ray Steven should be here.
 

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Maybe teh Freebirds, after that really. I am sorry but it should be about accomplishments. What is Marty Jannety know for oh yeah Shawn Michaels Partner with the Rockers oh and being kicked through a plate glass window by Shawn Michaels. I wonder if Shawn has some dirt on the WWE seems a lot of his friends are making it in. Owen Hart, maybe he did have nice run up til his death, but the Blue Blazer thing while I understand why they did it...
 

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Maybe teh Freebirds, after that really. I am sorry but it should be about accomplishments. What is Marty Jannety know for oh yeah Shawn Michaels Partner with the Rockers oh and being kicked through a plate glass window by Shawn Michaels. I wonder if Shawn has some dirt on the WWE seems a lot of his friends are making it in. Owen Hart, maybe he did have nice run up til his death, but the Blue Blazer thing while I understand why they did it...

Gary Hart should definitely be in there. He was easily a top-5 manager of all time and IMO, only second to Heenan (although Cornette is close).

He was a draw as a manager because he could work in the ring and was enough to get the '5 minutes with Gary Hart if his wrestler loses' stipulation.

He was also a fantastic booker of World Class in the 80's and helped propel them to international prominence in the 80's. The only problem with Gary Hart is that he never worked for the McMahon's. But, they've take others that never worked for the McMahon's and put them in the HoF.

Stan Hansen was a huge draw in Japan and also drew in St. Louis when it was the largest wrestling city in the country.

The Freebirds should be in, although Michael PS Hayes is the only one that remains. I will always have the argument that Michael Hayes may have been the greatest mic worker in wrestling. His ability to work both heel and face on the mic and show a large variety of emotion along with his ability to use the mic to draw fans to the show was incredible.





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Gary Hart should definitely be in there. He was easily a top-5 manager of all time and IMO, only second to Heenan (although Cornette is close).

He was a draw as a manager because he could work in the ring and was enough to get the '5 minutes with Gary Hart if his wrestler loses' stipulation.

He was also a fantastic booker of World Class in the 80's and helped propel them to international prominence in the 80's. The only problem with Gary Hart is that he never worked for the McMahon's. But, they've take others that never worked for the McMahon's and put them in the HoF.

Stan Hansen was a huge draw in Japan and also drew in St. Louis when it was the largest wrestling city in the country.

The Freebirds should be in, although Michael PS Hayes is the only one that remains. I will always have the argument that Michael Hayes may have been the greatest mic worker in wrestling. His ability to work both heel and face on the mic and show a large variety of emotion along with his ability to use the mic to draw fans to the show was incredible.





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Yep. All those guys should be in.

It's a disgrace that Bruiser Brody not there and he actually did wrestle in the WWWF.
 

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lets not forget Hansen was in No Holds Barred......
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lets not forget Hansen was in No Holds Barred......
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Hansen was a maniac in the ring.

He and Brody may have been the best tag-team ever.

His style was more suited to Japan than it was the US. He couldn't see worth a damn and always tried to work close with this opponent which meant a lot of kicking, punching and close area tactics. Promoters weren't going to get a long match with Hansen involved.
 

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I read the other day that the plan is for Owen Hart and The Freebirds to be going in this year. Particularly the Freebirds since WM is in Dallas and they were huge in the Dallas area for a long, long time.
 
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