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Compared to the other Halls of Fame that we discuss on our website, this one is hands down the most fun and the hardest to calculate. Keep in mind, that there is no actual WWE Hall of Fame where fans can go and see their heroes. There are no set criteria to get in the WWE Hall of Fame. Wins and losses don’t exactly matter when the matches are predetermined. It does not even seem to matter if you even wrestled for the WWE as some of their inductees never drew a paycheck from Stamford. This is as subjective as they come so with that we made a criterion of our own which did incorporate (in no particular order) impact, ability, innovation championships won, legacy and their use in the WWE. The only two rules we set was that the wrestler in question was not currently an active competitor on a full-time basis unless that wrestler was 46 or over. Once a wrestler becomes 46 that individual moves from the Futures to the Main List at the time of revision.Until Then, Whatcha gonna do when Notinhalloffame.com runs wild on you!
Sincerely,
The Not in Hall of Committee.
At the turn of the 20th century, Tom Jenkins was a top Heavyweight contender, and he would hold the prestigious American Heavyweight Championship three times. Jenkins would have memorable matches against Frank Gotch and Dan McLeod and was one of the top wrestlers of the first decade of the 1900s.
Buff Bagwell’s one week stint in the WWE may have been a disaster, but Buff Bagwell had a ten year run in WCW where he won many titles, became an entertaining performer and was on the cusp of main event stardom. It didn’t happen, but he did a lot more in World Championship Wrestling than most people remember.
The Canadian flagbearer in the 1928 Olympics, Earl McCready would go on to be one of the most successful collegiate wrestlers of all time, winning the NCAA Title for the University of Oklahoma three years straight (1928-30). McCready would become a major star in the professional ranks in Canada and the United Kingdom winning the British Empire Title three times.
A former WWF Women’s Champion, Rockin’ Robin was the face of the women’s division for a time in the then named World Wrestling Federation. While that is the good news, the fact is that as the face of the champion, the title was abandoned and the women’s division went into hibernation for over a decade. That fact does the half-sister…
Oliver Humperdink had a few decent runs as a wrestler, but it was as a manager that he made his biggest impact. Humperdink was very successful in Florida and was a long time heel manager there. He did reach the WWE as a face manager of Bam Bam Bigelow and Paul Orndorff, but he was largely mute in that role…
From GoDaddy.com commercial spokesgirl to WWE Diva, Candice Michelle parlayed her looks to a WWE Women’s Championship. Michelle was far from a great wrestler when she began, but she did work at her craft to become a passable woman’s wrestler and credible champion.
The WWE may be the elite in every capacity, but when they put a jockstrap on the head of poor Peter Polaco they showed that their wardrobe team can certainly swing and miss. Polaco would have a lower card spot as Aldo Montoya, but it was in ECW where he had a gimmick that matched his skills.
An Olympian in 1984, Hiroshi Hase would go on the New Japan where he first gained traction as their Junior Heavyweight Champion. Hase would win that championship twice, but he would move up the ranks to heavyweight where he would be one of the promotion's top tag team wrestler winning the belts on three occasions, two with Kensuke Sasaki and…
As the son of Afa of the Wild Samoan, Samu reached the big time early as the third member of the Samoan clan and even helped to defend the WWF World Tag Team Title when Sika was on the shelf for a bit. Despite his young age, he was not out of place and held is own against much more…
He may not be remembered as much as he should be, but in his day Cyclone Negro was a very good heel and one of the more successful Hispanic wrestlers of all time. Negro was from Venezuela, and the barrel chested brawler found success throughout the territories across the United States as well as Japan and Australia. To this day,…
Dump Matsumoto was one of the most vicious “puroresu” female heels of all time and throughout the 1980’s she was not just a destroyer of female babyfaces in Japan but a serious ratings draw on television and an arena filler. If the WWE Hall of Fame ever looks to induct a female combatant, they could do a lot worse than…
Arguably one of the most underrated wrestlers that put on the trunks under the WWE umbrella, Tyson Kidd was the last graduate of the famous Hart Dungeon, and with his marriage to Nattie Neidhart, he is on the fringe of wrestling royalty. He would join the WWE in developmental in 2006, and along with his longtime friend, Harry Smith would…
Often confused with Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Evan Lewis was a pioneering wrestler in his own right who would win multiple championships in the late 1800s including the American Catch-as-Catch-can, American Heavyweight and American Greco-Roman title. Lewis would become a draw in the Midwest, and he is credited for creating the rear naked choke, which gave him the nickname of "Strangler"…
Like the Von Erichs who have six members in the WWE Hall of Fame, we present the Duseks, who have six notable family members…well, four and two kayfabe ones.
Johnny Powers challenged Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship many times in the early 60’s in Pennsylvania and Toronto and he main evented in Minnesota, Detroit and Texas but his biggest contribution was as a promoter in the Cleveland area with the NWF promotion.
A sentimental favorite for many ECW fans, Stevie Richards went from “clueless putz” to a certified ECW Heavyweight Title contender. Amidst the parodies and comedy routines lied a very good in ring wrestler who while he never really found his niche in the WWE (though he did work there for a few years) will always be remembered in Philadelphia…and should…
Negro Casas came into Lucha Libre with an excellent pedigree as the son of Pepe Casas (and the brother of two other Luchadores), and he proved to be the most talented of the clan. A natural from the start, Casas would win a plethora of championships in Mexico both as a single and tag team, and his rivalry/friendship with El…
Some fans may remember a Kendo Nagasaki who competed in various promotions in North America as a mid card heel. However, in the United Kingdom the original Kendo Nagasaki was a white British man named Peter Thornley who was actually the biggest draw in England for years. Thornley was not a well built man, nor was he technically skilled, but…
Earl Caddock was one of the greatest amateur wrestlers of all time as he was a three-time winner of the National AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) title before becoming a professional. Caddock would defeat Joe Stetcher for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1917 and would later beat Wladek Zbyzsko who won a tournament for the vacant title when Caddock refused to…
Tony “Cannonball” Parisi may be remembered now mostly as lower card wrestler in the WWE in the early 1980’s, but decades before the Italian-Canadian had done very well in the Toronto area and the then named World Wide Wrestling Federation, capturing various championships there and was used as a link to Bruno Sammartino where he was billed as his cousin.