December 20, 201113 yr comment_5490536 Amusing Hall Of Fame poll results from Dave.com, I'm sure Dylan will find it funny too: --What full-time active wrestler has the strongest Hall of Fame credentials? Kurt Angle 29.1% Kenta Kobashi 25.9% John Cena 17.3% Jushin Liger 15.5% Rey Mysterio 6.4% Randy Orton 1.5% Jeff Hardy 1.4% Masakatsu Funaki 0.9% Hiroshi Tanahashi 0.8% Kensuke Sasaki 0.6% Jun Akiyama 0.3% Yuji Nagata 0.2%
December 20, 201113 yr comment_5490574 It's a shame I don't have access to the board, because i would absolutely roll out a a "500 guys not in the Observer Hall of Fame who are better candidates than Kurt Angle" thread.
January 13, 201213 yr comment_5492284 Interesting polls on the website today Which of these names most deserves to be on the Hall of Fame ballot? Ultimate Warrior 123 19.4% Kerry Von Erich 110 17.4% Rick Martel 70 11.1% Killer Karl Kox 59 9.3% BlackjackMulligan 51 8.1% Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie 49 7.7% Baron Von Rachke 42 6.6% Bill Eadie 41 6.5% Tiger Jeet Singh 39 6.2% Chavo Guerrero Sr. 21 3.3% Dick Slater 20 3.2% Johnny Powers 8 1.3% Which of these names should be added to the Hall of Fame ballot Jake Roberts 210 28.2% Barry Windham 179 24% Rick Rude 120 16.1% Davey Boy Smith 85 11.4% Lex Luger 39 5.2% Scott Hall 26 3.5% Bam Bam Bigelowi 25 3.4% Adrian Adonis 21 2.8% Yokozuna 17 2.3% Sid Vicious 10 1.3% Big Bossman 8 1.1% Scott Norton 6 0.8% Best candidate of this list for the Hall of Fame? Great Sasuke 209 29.6% Kevin Nash 107 15.2% Ken Shamrock 93 13.2% Hiro Matsuda 75 10.6% Akira Taue 74 10.5% Great Kabuki 58 8.2% Yoshiaki Fujiwara 28 4% Bearcat Wright 22 3.1% Minoru Suzuki 19 2.7% Rusher Kimura 14 2% Toyonobori 4 0.6% Michiaki Yoshimura 2 0.3% Which of these teams should be on the Hall of Fame ballot the most Steiner Brothers 317 35.5% Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchardl 295 33% Dudleys 109 12.2% Afa & Sika 47 5.3% The Sheepherders 29 3.2% Black Gordman & Great Goliath 26 2.9% Jimmy & Johnny Valiant 24 2.7% Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 15 1.7% Brute Bernard & Skull Murphy 15 1.7% The Interns 8 0.9% Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson 5 0.6% The Gallagher Brothers 4 0.4%
January 13, 201213 yr comment_5492286 Ah hell, don't make me put together a big data dump for Dave on the High Flyers.
January 14, 201213 yr comment_5492329 Ah hell, don't make me put together a big data dump for Dave on the High Flyers. I thought of you when I saw they actually got some votes.
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492370 Has Dave run more of these polls? Someone said he has and I would be curious to see the other results
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492372 --Which of these names most deserves a spot on the Hall of Fame ballot? Iron Sheik 30.9% Larry Zbyszko 24.7% Don Muraco 16.0% Peter Maivia 8.0% Rocky Johnson 5.6% Bob Orton Jr. 5.2% Stan Stasiak 2.5% Jerry Blackwell 2.5% Cyclone Negro 2.2% Bob Roop 1.9% Victor Rivera 0.3% Blackjack Lanza 0.3% --And of these Paul Orndorff 31.4% Greg Valentine 23.7% Kevin Von Erich 8.0% John Tenta 6.7% Tommy Rich 6.4% Ken Patera 5.8% Badnews Allen 4.8% David Von Erich 3.8% King Kong Bundy 3.8% John Studd 1.9% Fishman 1.9% Dory Dixon 1.3% --And of these Tito Santana 24.5% Jun Akiyama 24.1% Ron Garvin 14.6% Octagon 10.3% Hiroyoshi Tenzan 9.2% Shinjiro Otani 6.5% Rayo de Jalisco Jr. 2.7% Animal Hamaguchi 2.3% Yoshiaki Yatsu 1.9% Umanosuke Ueda 1.5% Mascara Ano 2000 1.5% Kuniaki Kobayashi 0.8%
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492375 Has Dave run more of these polls? Someone said he has and I would be curious to see the other results An 80s WWF star finishes first, often by a large margin, in almost every one.
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492376 That's not surprising. Honestly I may go through each of these candidates with my own thoughts on each this week if I have some spare time as there are guys on these list that I legit think belong on the ballot and others that I think merit a look in comparison to guys who are heavily touted by Dave and co. now. Also I wonder if I should send a file with my Patera stuff to Dave or not. I actually think he might be the best of the American guys not on the ballot after looking over everything (though I could be convinced that JYD and Tommy Rich are better and I'm excluding Jimmy Hart who in my view falls under the category of "whoops!" omisssion) but he's also a candidate that stands no chance if he doesn't have the inside track with Dave or someone else with a bully pulpit. I don't regret the Blackwell research and still think he's an interesting candidate, but Patera is really the stronger pick for a variety of reasons.
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492377 I actually thin I'm excluding Jimmy Hart who in my view falls under the category of "whoops!" omisssion) but he's also a candidate that stands no chance if he doesn't have the inside track with Dave or someone else with a bully pulpit. The time might be right to championing Hart. After the Memphis Heat DVD, Dave was really putting Hart over on the doc.
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492378 Between the names listed on the polls and the people who usually end up winning them, there's definitely some trolling going on. Not sure if it's Dave or the readers doing it. Maybe both, but if you include Kevin Nash on a HOF poll someone's being fucked with for sure.
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492388 And more courtesy Dave "The Poll Masta" Meltzer --Which of these names most belongs on the Hall of Fame ballot? Arn Anderson 49.3% Brian Pillman 9.8% Booker T 9.3% Kevin Sullivan 7.0% Jeff Jarrett 5.0% Diamond Dallas Page 3.9% Koji Kanemoto 3.6% Jim Duggan 3.4% Kamala 3.4% Los Misioneros de la Muerte 2.1% Los Brazos 1.8% Pirata Morgan 1.5% --Which of these men most belongs on the Hall of Fame ballot? Rob Van Dam 25.0% Junkyard Dog 17.8% Big Show 11.9% Bill Dundee 9.4% Honky Tonk Man 8.5% Jerry Brisco 7.3% George Steele 6.0% Nikita Koloff 5.6% Austin Idol 3.8% Ivan Putski 1.7% Tony Atlas 1.5% Jos LeDuc 1.5% --Which of these men most belongs on the Hall of Fame ballot? Magnum T.A. 40.2% Art Barr 13.5% Angelo Mosca 12.0% Yoshihiro Takayama 11.8% Satoshi Kojima 10.1% Cibernetico 4.3% Fuerza Guerrera 3.6% Pierroth Jr. 1.5% Jerry Estrada 1.3% Latin Lover 0.9% Kato Kung Lee 0.4% La Fiera 0.4%
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492398 Every one of these polls is managing to mildly anger me. Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492400 I must admit I was nearly riled when Jaguar Yokota came last in a Female GOAT Poll.
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492405 I must admit I was nearly riled when Jaguar Yokota came last in a Female GOAT Poll. WTF ? Who came first ? Trish Stratus ? Lita ?
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492415 Yeah I'm gonna run down these candidates poll by poll over the course of the next week. Should I keep it in this thread or start a separate one?
January 16, 201213 yr comment_5492419 It's worth a separate thread. From there, I can expand on my point that this is all useless. The WON HOF is becoming a self-serving concept. More people have to be inducted to keep it going, when almost everyone who deserves to be in is already in.
January 17, 201213 yr comment_5492428 I must admit I was nearly riled when Jaguar Yokota came last in a Female GOAT Poll. WTF ? Who came first ? Trish Stratus ? Lita ? IIRC, Toyota came first, Stratus second. Not surprising given how she's been put over as a worker by Meltzer for all these years and being pushed as a legend by Chikara recently.
January 17, 201213 yr comment_5492455 I must admit I was nearly riled when Jaguar Yokota came last in a Female GOAT Poll. WTF ? Who came first ? Trish Stratus ? Lita ? IIRC, Toyota came first, Stratus second. Not surprising given how she's been put over as a worker by Meltzer for all these years and being pushed as a legend by Chikara recently. Well, at least there was someone like Toyota first I guess. Still...
January 17, 201213 yr comment_5492460 Oh, Toyota going first is hard to grumble by given she's always been touted as #1 by Dave.
February 10, 201213 yr comment_5494724 For those wanting to push Fujiwara, one avenue to chase is his impact on training the guys who ended up in UWF 1.0 and 2.0. I know Gotch is given a lot of credit as the godfather of the style... but I've also seen Hisa refer to Maeda and Takada as his "students" and that this was the original Fujiwara Family. Not insignificant, and likely plays to Dave's Pro Wrestling = MMA love. John
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