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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.
Somehow in the history of professional wrestling the history of Pak Song has been forgotten. Maybe it is because we still don’t know that much about him.
There were not many African American wrestlers who ascended to a high position on the card forty years ago, thus making the accomplishments of Sonny King that much more impressive. King cut his teeth in the vibrant Detroit territory, and would later head east to New York where he teamed with Chief Jay Strong bow to capture the tag team…
While younger readers may remember Jamie Noble as one half of J&J Security, we here at Notinhalloffame.com recall him as a technical machine that could always deliver good matches in the ring and was a technical marvel. Noble is a former WWE Cruiserweight Champion and would later become a champion in Ring of Honor, and defeated no less than CM…
Billy Jack Haynes wore the colors and name of Oregon all over his ring gear, but that part was no gimmick as he was Portland born and raised. Haynes became one of the biggest stars in the Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion and would later take that to the WWE. Haynes was strong and agile and his persona translated well to…
When you think of great Light Heavyweight wrestlers from England, the Dynamite Kid is usually the first one thought of. Prior to the former member of the British Bulldogs, the best Light Heavyweight wrestler from the United Kingdom was Mark “Rollerball” Rocco, who was not only talented but was a decent draw in his native country. His best work (as…
Seemingly toiling around the regional territories of the South for what seemed like an eternity, Jimmy Golden got his taste of the big time in his mid 40’s by following his long time partner and friend Robert Fuller into WCW. He was under Fuller’s (now Col. Robert Parker) guidance and was rechristened Bunkhouse Buck and was placed immediately into a…
A former World Heavyweight Champion, Hungarian, Sandor Szabo would become a legend in California where he was not just a multi-time champion but a booker and celebrity.
Two Nature Boys in Professional Wrestling seems like a lot, but three seems like overkill. The third “Nature Boy” was Buddy Landel, who was a talented wrestler who struggled to escape mid card status. Occasionally, promoters would let his talent prevail and trust him to headline cards and grant him championships, but Landel was deemed unreliable overall and despite his…
Bull Ramos was a very good mid to upper card heel who depending on the region would be a serviceable champion. Ramos is best known for his work in California and Texas, but he also was a four-time Champion in the Pacific Northwest. Short, stocky and powerful, Ramos even had a run against Bruno Sammartino in New York.
A legitimate tough guy, Hard Boiled Haggerty book ended a successful wrestling career with a couple of years in the National Football League and character roles in Hollywood. Haggerty never did anything of note in the World Wrestling Federation, but he was very successful in the AWA, where he captured the one half of their tag straps in the early…
While we wouldn’t want to see that wrestling style, New Jack was a staple in ECW, and yes that is a pun intended, as he would use a staple gun or any other weapon he could find. New Jack claims to have multiple justifiable homicides and based on in ring actions (Vic Grimes, Gypsy Joe, Mass Transit, etc.) we believe…
Jose Estrada Sr. may be best known as an enhancement worker usually working the opening match putting over an up and coming baby face in arena cards for the WWE in the early 1980’s, but Estrada was actually a former title holder in the biggest wrestling promotion in the world. Estrada was the Junior Heavyweight Champion, and though he failed…
The father of all five of the Villanos (I through V), Ray Mendoza was a former boxer who would transition to a twenty-five year career in Lucha Libre. Mendoza would be associated with the NWA Light Heavyweight Title for years and is one of the few wrestlers to have achieved near equal success as a face as he was as…
The gimmick of the Disco Inferno was a goofy one, there is no denying that, but you have to credit Glenn Gilberti for always injecting new life into it so that it could last six years in a solid mid-card role in WCW.
Steve Corino never made it beyond enhancement work or tryout matches to the WWE, but his matches in the dying days of ECW turned many heads. Corino was not afraid to bleed, and many of his matches ended with the proverbial crimson mask. While the WWE passed on him, he won a plethora of singles and tag team titles on the…
Balls Mahoney may be best known for being a “chair swinging freak in ECW” but he did spend time in the WWE twice and was a top guy for Jim Cornette’s Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Mahoney was a hardcore icon and was actually a decent amateur wrestler but it was that style that got him over, and likely led to his…
Al Madril was a fixture for years in Texas but while he was well known there, he appeared in multiple promotions up and down the Pacific. Madril never was in the WWE, but his territorial work still holds a high place in many people’s memories.
A champion across North America, Sweet Daddy Siki found his home in Toronto where he would become a local icon. Siki was not the most decorated wrestler, but he was a flamboyant performer who was influential for many performers, black and white.
Gene LeBell was far from the most successful professional wrestler regardless of what metric you use, however in terms of influence in wrestling and in mixed martial arts he is pretty high up the food chain. LeBell was a legitimate judo star, and he worked with some of the greats including Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris and was a conduit…
You could argue that Bart Gunn really got the shaft by the WWE and as such you forget that he had a decent run. He entered the WWE with his kayfabe brother, Billy, and they would win the World Tag Team Championship three times. When the team broke-up they saw more money in Billy and eventually (albeit in another tag…