Posted January 5, 20169 yr comment_5718721 Looks like Vader is the first inductee to be revealed...well Leon White is displaying a HOF image on his Twitter account anyway!
January 5, 20169 yr comment_5718755 This could be the list. Vader Stan Hansen Fabulous Freebirds (Hayes, Gordy, Roberts, and maybe Jimmy Garvin) Owen Hart Cyndi Lauper Demolition (Ax & Smash)
January 5, 20169 yr comment_5718803 I don't know how WWE can hold this in Texas and not have the 11 Time WCW Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat inducted. It's time for Booker T to become the second 2 time inductee.
January 5, 20169 yr comment_5718807 I want Vader to shoot at his HOF speech about, you know, basically his entire WWF run. Then announce he's coming back to fight Brock at Summerslam. A man can have dreams, dammit.
January 5, 20169 yr comment_5718932 I think every year Cyndi Lauper should get the celebrity induction, but I could see this year it being Lemmy.
January 6, 20169 yr comment_5719155 They should just let Michael Hayes sing "Badstreet USA" on a loop for his speech.
January 6, 20169 yr comment_5719211 I would hope WWE wouldn't have the balls to induct Owen in the HOF after pissing off his wife with the DVD release. The HOF is all about good PR and there's no reason for them to stick their proverbial dicks in that particular hornet's nest.
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720091 The first inductee is Sting. https://twitter.com/WWE/status/686608793082265600
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720106 Because he was so big in Texas...this also basically takes Taker out of the running. Unless they try and set it up for next year.
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720119 If Florida gets another Mania, then the Rock will be a definite.
January 11, 20169 yr comment_5720126 Lemmy Donald Trump's Hair Mr McMahon Random Dead Kid Zeus Stephanie McMahon Brutus Beefcake Shane McMahon Muffy Mower
January 12, 20169 yr comment_5720213 Vader makes a lot of sense to go in next to Sting. They used to sort of loosely theme the class around the headline inductee it seemed. Maybe this is the year they forgive Rick Rude and bury his induction behind Sting, Vader, and a few Texas-centric inductees.
January 12, 20169 yr comment_5720242 I think Stan Hansen and the Freebirds (Hayes, Gordy, Roberts, & Garvin) are locks. Watching the Austin podcast, and Flair mentions Ken Patera. Patera should definitely get inducted. 2nd IC champion, was the world's strongest man, etc.
January 12, 20169 yr comment_5720247 I think Rude will be a lock for next year because Minnesota. Freebirds definitely. Hansen would be cool, but it seems that they limit the local thing to just one inductee. I would imagine WWE would have cold feet about Patera because of the McDonald's thing. Unless there's a blindspot I've missed, he has not been someone they've reached out to for things like documentaries or such before.
January 12, 20169 yr comment_5720254 I would imagine WWE would have cold feet about Patera because of the McDonald's thing. Unless there's a blindspot I've missed, he has not been someone they've reached out to for things like documentaries or such before. Patera was in the Giants documentary, on behalf of Big John Studd.
January 12, 20169 yr comment_5720262 And since the McDonald's thing was part of his face turn, I don't think it'd be an issue.
January 13, 20169 yr comment_5720371 I would imagine WWE would have cold feet about Patera because of the McDonald's thing. Unless there's a blindspot I've missed, he has not been someone they've reached out to for things like documentaries or such before. Patera was in the Giants documentary, on behalf of Big John Studd. He's on the Hogan-Piper Rivalries episode too IIRC. I mentioned him previously as a potential candidate, could have Mark Henry induct him as a fellow former Olympian strongman.
January 21, 20169 yr comment_5722322 I saw a recent video where some of the names were leaked. They are:The GodfatherJohn Bradshaw LayfieldJacquelineRegis PhilbinFabulous Freebirds (Hayes, Gordy, Roberts, & Garvin) There could be more. Probably Stan Hansen, Tenryu, & Rick Acberger aka the sign guy for the warrior award.
January 22, 20169 yr comment_5722350 I hate to bandy about phrases that I don't even really believe apply to something like the WWE HOF, but Godfather is a new low. I did figure they would include Garvin just so Hayes wouldn't have to go solo, and I look forward to seeing his bald airline pilot self showing up just for the jarring dissonance from the Gorgeous One.
January 22, 20169 yr comment_5722355 Does Jacqueline have any significance other than that one UK PPV where her top got ripped off? Should be interesting for them to put a HOF video when 9/10ths of her run can't be shown on current WWE PG TV.
January 22, 20169 yr comment_5722362 Godfather would be a ridiculous choice from a corporate standpoint.
January 22, 20169 yr comment_5722365 I hate to bandy about phrases that I don't even really believe apply to something like the WWE HOF, but Godfather is a new low. I did figure they would include Garvin just so Hayes wouldn't have to go solo, and I look forward to seeing his bald airline pilot self showing up just for the jarring dissonance from the Gorgeous One. Godfather had a perfectly respectable career with a wide variety of gimmicks - Papa Shango, Kama: The Supreme Fighting Machine, Kama Mustafa, The Godfather, and The Goodfather - two of which were pretty over (Shango and Godfather). He's easily comparable to Rikishi and miles ahead of Ware (at least WWE-wise). Calling it a "new low" is not only ridiculous, it's inaccurate. Does Jacqueline have any significance other than that one UK PPV where her top got ripped off? Should be interesting for them to put a HOF video when 9/10ths of her run can't be shown on current WWE PG TV. This is silly too. You act like she was a stripper. Out of all the ladies at the time, she was the one who did that kind of shit the least. She's a former WWE Women's Champion (I think), and as Miss Texas, she was Chyna before there was a Chyna - meaning a woman who defeated men in the ring, not any of the other stuff.
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