goodhelmet Posted March 21, 2016 Report Posted March 21, 2016 Besides Michael Hayes (who I will mark out for if he goes off on keeping prayer in school), there isn't one other nominee I feel like I need to hear speak. What is the story here? Quote
ButchReedMark Posted March 21, 2016 Report Posted March 21, 2016 Did the full cut of Why Can't the Children Pray in School? ever show up? His song and video Freebird Road was the absolute dog's bollocks, a true success for the art of music, the medium of video, and the world of wrestling, and Pray seemed like it could have been even greater. Which is a true compliment when you consider that what occurs at 2:37 of the Freebird Road video is, without argument, the greatest moment in wrestling history. Quote
victory Posted March 21, 2016 Report Posted March 21, 2016 At first I wasn't liking this year's list. Now with Hansen along with Sting and the Birds. I'm looking forward to watching it. Quote
Fando Posted March 22, 2016 Report Posted March 22, 2016 The Hansen induction/Inoki acceptance speeches at the 2010 HOF are pretty rough. Crowd's gonna be into this though. Quote
flyonthewall2983 Posted March 23, 2016 Report Posted March 23, 2016 Vader will be the one to induct him. Quote
flyonthewall2983 Posted March 23, 2016 Report Posted March 23, 2016 https://twitter.com/WWE/status/712341073331408896 Quote
Matt D Posted March 23, 2016 Report Posted March 23, 2016 I feel like that's a rib on Michael Hayes Quote
C.S. Posted March 23, 2016 Report Posted March 23, 2016 Refreshing to see New Day honoring Michael Hayes, who has always been progressive when it comes race relations. Kofi: Now, y'all, we've heard the rumors too. Xavier: What rumors, Kofi? Kofi: The rumors about Michael calling people the "N" word. Big E: (Exaggerated) The "N" Word? Kofi: Yeah, but that "N" word is... Big E, followed by all: New Day Rocks! New Day Rocks! New Rocks! Quote
The Thread Killer Posted March 23, 2016 Report Posted March 23, 2016 When I saw that the New Day were inducting The Freebirds, I almost choked on my Diet Coke. I wonder if Hayes will come out wearing the Confederate Flag cloak after they introduce him, and then tell them that he's better at being black than they are. Quote
WingedEagle Posted March 23, 2016 Report Posted March 23, 2016 If the 'Birds come out and tar & feather New Day I'll give up the Network and commit to buying every show on PPV forever. Quote
Fando Posted March 23, 2016 Report Posted March 23, 2016 Now all we need is for the twitter rumor about the "big plans" with The New Day for Mania to be true and we will officially be living in the Twilight Zone Quote
victory Posted March 23, 2016 Report Posted March 23, 2016 I thought you guys were joking about New Day inducting the Birds. I checked The WWE site and sure enough it's not a joke. I thought Kevin Von Erich was supposed to. I wonder what happened to that or if that was just a rumor I read. Quote
fakeplastictrees Posted March 23, 2016 Report Posted March 23, 2016 Wow! I mentioned this before when The Freebirds were inducted during Black History month, but SURELY this is a rib on fucking Michael Hayes. People talk about a political hit on Roman Reigns? Fuck that. Something is going on with WWE and P.S. Hayes. What's the story on this? Quote
shakla Posted March 24, 2016 Report Posted March 24, 2016 I assume the New Day/Freebirds deal is a way for WWE to make like the "Freebird Rule" was this revolutionary development in wrestling history. It's a cool trick that's been used once in awhile, but I think wrestling would have survived if there wasn't an unofficial rule about a stable having the ability to switch up tag team matchups. Typical revisionism we get every HoF ceremony. Quote
goodhelmet Posted March 24, 2016 Report Posted March 24, 2016 Now all we need is for the twitter rumor about the "big plans" with The New Day for Mania to be true and we will officially be living in the Twilight Zone What's this all about? Quote
Fando Posted March 25, 2016 Report Posted March 25, 2016 https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/710952017213181953 Quote
C.S. Posted March 28, 2016 Report Posted March 28, 2016 And the Jimmy Miranda Warrior Award goes to... Joan Lunden http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-hall-fame/wwe-hall-fame-2016/article/joan-lunden-warrior-award-wwe-hall-fame-2016 Quote
Slasher Posted March 28, 2016 Report Posted March 28, 2016 Giving Charles Wright a gimmick like Papa Shango in the 90s and committing to a certain kind of push is like giving a minor leaguer t-ball at bats in the MLB but I still give him credit for doing reasonably well until they cooled off on him. Not a HoF guy though. Quote
cm funk Posted March 28, 2016 Report Posted March 28, 2016 https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/710952017213181953 This is very silly I'll eat my hat if the "big plans" with New Day involve HH. No way, no how......that's not happening I'm expecting The Rock to help out New Day to cement their face turn. IIRC remember when Rock was on RAW the one time in the build up to Mania? Who did that involve? New Day and League of Nations. What else would he possibly be doing on the show? Also, this whole "redacted" thing is very obnoxious, Bixenspan. It wasn't even funny the first time I'm more wondering, when it comes to Mania, what's up with Austin and HBK? You know they'll be there because it's Cowboy Stadium and it's WM, but they haven't even been teased in the build up. I assume they'd do "surprise" run-ins in the Taker-Shane HIAC, and I'm expecting Vince to eat a Stunnner.......but who knows? Quote
cm funk Posted March 28, 2016 Report Posted March 28, 2016 Also, on that wonderful troll post of "who was a bigger draw, Bossman or Brock?".......lol You know that Hogan was the draw there, right? Hogan could have drawn with practically any decent big man at that point. Ray Traylor? Big fan of his, very good worker, very talented, and a great character. Hogan also drew big with Kamala and Earthquake. No diss, because I'm big fans of those guys......but how much you think Hogan vs. Brock in the 80's would have drawn? How much would the program with Hogan and Brock in '02-03 have drawn if Hogan hadn't walked out because he wasn't getting his loss back? This is the same dude who was trying to bring Yoko into WCW for years just so he could "revenge my loss, brother" and succeded in bringing Warrior in who was like "pin me, pay me" at the time. Also the same dude who would never put Bret over..... Quote
Matt D Posted March 29, 2016 Report Posted March 29, 2016 Because certain opponents didn't draw better against Hogan than others? Quote
cm funk Posted March 29, 2016 Report Posted March 29, 2016 Of course. The point is, there were literally hundreds of wrestlers who would have drawn huge with Hulk in the 80's. And if you think Brock Lesnar.....who is more like The Incredible Hulk than "Hulk Hogan" is......... The idea that Ray Traylor is a bigger draw than Brock Lesnar is just........only at PWO Nice troll btw. You baited me Quote
Slasher Posted March 29, 2016 Report Posted March 29, 2016 I realize it could be red herrings but I thought Austin, HBK and Batista turned down appearances for Mania? Austin and Shawn seem like eye raisers when it comes to that due to where the show is but I really don't think the company had real good ideas for them to appear. Austin gives Vince a stunner? Ok sure. Then what? Shane wins? Why would Austin want that either? Shane is a McMahon too so he'd be one of his mortal enemies too. Say Austin comes, attacks Shane because we really need Authority around, then turns around and stuns Vince as he's celebrating? How does this make this any better for the fans? He just helped heels remain in power. HBK would make more sense getting involved to ensure his best friend doesn't gotta get removed but Shawn isn't really interested in doing anything that could be seen as heelish anymore. He learned his lesson with the Daniel Bryan thing. I don't remember if he got involved with the Sting match but that was revealed to be a wink wink big circle jerk for nostalgia that no one took seriously...even Sting. So that wouldn't count. Quote
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