KrisZ Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Enuhito of wweinfo.blog.jp fame tweeted out earlier that Tatsumi Fujinami will be going into the HOF this year as well. Interesting choice as he didn't work a lot here other than random MSG shows as WWF Jr. champ but he was the best WWF Jr. champ ever and one of the best workers of the 1980's in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'm fine with The Sheepherders/Bushwhackers, honestly. They deserve it. I hope in the video package they show when they showed up in ECW though. That was tremendous! That heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidebottom Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I've been vocal about the HOF in general. Like a lot of HOF's across many forms of entertainment and sports the choices are baffling and the criteria is ambiguous. Therefore I've never understood when people get upset and endlessly debate things. That being said ( ) my feelings on the Bushwackers going in are that they were a very popular tag team during the peak of their run. The sort of personalities parents of kids would remember. Was never a fan of the Sheepherders work or style, but the role they were cast in within the WWF they did well. Should they be in the HOF? I'd say no. But this particular HOF I'm confident most people will get a go around. This is the induction that also makes me think now more than ever, Tatanka will go in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'm wondering honestly why Haku hasn't been inducted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 It would take a little research, but I would hazard a guess that the Bushwhackers are top five in the amount of matches worked together as a team in WWE history. How many teams worked exclusively as partners in the company for eight years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookeighana Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 It would take a little research, but I would hazard a guess that the Bushwhackers are top five in the amount of matches worked together as a team in WWE history. How many teams worked exclusively as partners in the company for eight years? I did some tag team stats on my blog a few years ago: https://sites.google.com/site/chrisharrington/mookieghana-prowrestlingstatistics/wwf_tag_title_data I looked at a CageMatch 1963_2013 file that I put together in the 2014. The tag teams that performed together the most in that dataset (which is incomplete, especially in the pre-1992 era where I prefer to usually use History of WWE data) were: Hart Foundation: 686 matches Bushwhackers: 658 matches Dudleyz: 643 matches Hardyz: 542 matches Demolition: 539 matches (this was for Ax & Smash) Rockers: 477 matches Legion of Doom: 474 matches Smoking Gunn: 451 matches British Bulldogs: 436 matches Fabulous Rougeaus: 421 matches APA: 410 matches Christian & Edge: 344 matches Usos: 339 matches (this data was only through 2013 so there's more like 536 matches now) Harris Bros (various incarnations): 335 matches Godwinns: 317 matches Nasty Boys: 306 matches New Age Outlaws: 302 matches (again, this was only through 2013 so there's more like a dozen or more matches they've had in the past two years for WWE) Rikishi & Samu: 301 matches Killer Bees: 294 matches Headbangers: 291 matches Wild Samoans: 285 matches Bolveshiks: 277 matches Too Cool: 270 matches Cade & Murdoch: 270 matches Beverly Bros: 257 matches These are hardly "official" numbers, but they give you a relative sense. Guys before 1992 probably have at least 10% of their matches missing from those years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Damn it, someone already made a Family Matters joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 When I got that notification my first thought was "What the hell is the Bushwhackers connection to the Bay Area?" I thought they tried to pick people who had some sort of connection to the area. They already inducted Peter Maivia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButchReedMark Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 New Zealand's near the Pacific Islands, maybe WWE thinks they're the same thing. Like how they thought Australia and New Zealand were the same thing during the Bushwhackers run. And how Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are much of a muchness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Bennett Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I laughed when I turned on the 6pm news the other day and saw "Bushwackers to be inducted into Hall of Fame" as one of the headlines. Slow news day I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButchReedMark Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Wrestlingirrelevant, but how much does that arsehole Steve Hansen get on there? The arsehole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steenalized Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Damn it, someone already made a Family Matters joke. Not a joke, but that is the first thing that pops into my mind when I think of the Bushwhackers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Thank you for the data, mookieghana. It's one of those things you wouldn't expect given they never won titles and got their WWE start very late in their careers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 apparently in 89-90 they were heavily rumored to be getting a tag title run because of how over they were with the kids. it came up a good bit in the WON while they were feuding with the rougeaus. i guess they eventually decided they didn't need the belts to stay over, so they became the tag-team equivalent to jim duggan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidebottom Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Larry to go in... http://www.wwe.com/classics/wwe-hall-of-fame/larry-zbyszko-wwe-hall-of-fame-2015-inductee-27189380 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Larry to go in... http://www.wwe.com/classics/wwe-hall-of-fame/larry-zbyszko-wwe-hall-of-fame-2015-inductee-27189380 And he'll be inducted by Bruno. http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/larry-zbyszko-wrestlings-living-legend-to-enter-wwe-hall-of-fame-20150316 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Larry to go in... http://www.wwe.com/classics/wwe-hall-of-fame/larry-zbyszko-wwe-hall-of-fame-2015-inductee-27189380 Check out last week's Pro-Wrestling Super Show as Timbo, KrisZ and myself break down Larry's career! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Did anyone else catch Michael Cole using the phrase "pro wrestling" while announcing Larry's induction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayfabe1984 Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Did anyone else catch Michael Cole using the phrase "pro wrestling" while announcing Larry's induction? Yep, and I'm pretty sure either Vince or Kevin Dunn probably had some sort of aneurysm after he uttered that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Larry to go in... http://www.wwe.com/classics/wwe-hall-of-fame/larry-zbyszko-wwe-hall-of-fame-2015-inductee-27189380 And he'll be inducted by Bruno. http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/larry-zbyszko-wrestlings-living-legend-to-enter-wwe-hall-of-fame-20150316 This is cool, but it doesn't really make sense. Bruno doesn't like to travel much, and he was never a big star in the bay area. I think it's ridiculous that Ray Stevens isn't going in......because if not this year then when? The guy is a legend in that part of the country, and his induction would get WWE all sorts of legit mainstream press. It would be in newspapers. It would be on tv. They should want that. I don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steenalized Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 The word last year for Danny Hodge not going in despite his huge popularity there was that too little footage exists. Stevens could be in the same boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Not complaining, but adding Fujinami was quite the random move. What's WWE's gain in doing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steenalized Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Recognition in the Japanese media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 That's not something I see Vince caring a whole lot about, for several reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 That's not something I see Vince caring a whole lot about, for several reasons. They're launching the Network in Japan, so something like this should help it somewhat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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