Strummer Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 that was a high profile match for sure but it was more about setting up the Mega Powers than highlighting Bret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted March 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Al said: Did Anvil ever have a singles match as high profile as Bret’s SNME match against Savage? Not a singles match but he was on Warrior's team without Bret at the '89 Survivor Series, and that went last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye12 Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 11 hours ago, Al said: Did Anvil ever have a singles match as high profile as Bret’s SNME match against Savage? He had his own single's match with Savage on the May 1989 SNME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microstatistics Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 How is Vader STILL not in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted March 31, 2019 Report Share Posted March 31, 2019 On 3/27/2019 at 2:19 PM, Microstatistics said: How is Vader STILL not in? some other seemingly obvious guys have taken forever to get in, but i have another theory... possibly overreacting, but he's had sexual harassment accusations against him and Prichard's podcast talked a good bit on how he fancied himself a ladies' man and often got handsy with them. wonder if they'd be scared of that in this climate, considering other recent events like the backlash to Nolan Bushnell winning an award Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted March 31, 2019 Report Share Posted March 31, 2019 I hope that's not the reason. Not to say that if the accusations are true, they should be ignored. If they're true, by all means, keep him out. But I searched "Vader Leon White sexual harassment" and "Vader Leon White sexual" and then I threw in the words "handsy" and "allegations" and everything else I could think of and...there were zero hits. I tried as hard as I could to dig up this dirt (which I'd never heard before) and couldn't find anything about it. It doesn't mean its not true or that if he was inducted, we wouldn't hear more about it...but where there's no smoke, there's no fire? Aside from whatever Bruce described on his podcast (which does sound pretty damning), its not like there are infamous road stories about Vader's sexual appetite. Those stories would be easy to track down. The internet is full of them - some directly from the horse's mouth (search "Scott Levy Raven sex" - but not on a work computer - if you need proof). A couple years ago we all got video evidence of some of the consensual debauchery young wrestlers get into. But of all the road stories about Vader out there, none describe him as sexual aggressive. So, if that is what is keeping him out, I'd be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 On 3/25/2019 at 2:51 PM, C.S. said: I am guessing he isn't in this year, because they started the HOF announcements with DX and ended with Hart Foundation. Seems like appropriate bookends. Beefcake being announced after would be weird. I eagerly look forward to being quoted when I'm wrong though. Edit: I wonder if Harlem Heat got the spot rumored/planned for Brutus "the fucking Barber" Beefcake? That would make sense, because I don't think there were any rumors about Harlem Heat going in before it happened, were there? I'll quote myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye12 Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Good to see Honky, Anvil and Brutus both go in this year and get closer to filling out the 80s guys that deserve to be recognized. It's also a great year for the NWO. I've kind of thought to myself that even though the big 3 didn't get a second induction yet, it seems like every inductee has NWO ties. Started with Syxx and HBK, then Stevie and Booker, then Bret and now the Disciple! NWO 4 Life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 I was a big "Barber" mark when I was a kid and just enjoyed wrestling for what it was, so I am pretty excited for this induction. Hoping maybe we'll see a little Struttin' and Cuttin' for old times sake!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Given the popularity of The Barber during his prime in WWF, I believe it makes sense for him to be inducted. However, I can't help but feel it was done at the expense of Bam Bam Bigelow - who should've been inducted in his home state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted April 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Nobody in the celebrity wing then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 7 hours ago, flyonthewall2983 said: Nobody in the celebrity wing then? wow yea, ridiculous that Lauper still isn't in. she seems to be on good terms w/ them so don't think there's a deeper story there either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 32 minutes ago, funkdoc said: wow yea, ridiculous that Lauper still isn't in. she seems to be on good terms w/ them so don't think there's a deeper story there either She might have some heat over comments she once made about how she thought getting involved in wrestling hurt her career. LT would have been a perfect pick for the celebrity wing this year, but he's another one with sexual misconduct issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpetCrawler Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 19 hours ago, NintendoLogic said: She might have some heat over comments she once made about how she thought getting involved in wrestling hurt her career. Out of curiosity, when did she say this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 announced that Hogan will induct Beefcake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 19 minutes ago, Strummer said: announced that Hogan will induct Beefcake Who else, really ? Beefcake owes his entire career to Hogan. Now, Das Racist at the HoF, well... Maybe he should induct Harlem Heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 Going into the Legacy Wing this year, according to PWInsider: -Bruiser Brody -Wahoo McDaniel -Luna Vachon -SD Jones -Professor Toru Tanaka -Primo Carnera -Joseph Cohen (MSG Network founder) -Hisashi Shinma (former WWF President) -"Playboy" Buddy Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 That's (besides Carnera) quite a young group for the legacy wing. The youngest person (or rather the person with the latest birth date) so far was Hiro Matsuda, who was born in 1937. Most of those people were younger then him (in the case of Luna by 25 years). I suppose they won't put any wrestlers, who have passed away, into the hall of fame anymore, unless they were huge names (for the younger fans, that is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted April 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 Vader for Legacy Wing 2020, you heard it here first folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 5 hours ago, Robert S said: That's (besides Carnera) quite a young group for the legacy wing. The youngest person (or rather the person with the latest birth date) so far was Hiro Matsuda, who was born in 1937. Most of those people were younger then him (in the case of Luna by 25 years). I suppose they won't put any wrestlers, who have passed away, into the hall of fame anymore, unless they were huge names (for the younger fans, that is). Yeah, I been surprised by a lack of Luna, even posthumously, before this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 I always assumed the Legacy Wing was like their equivalent of the Veterans' Committee for the NFL HOF, basically a place to slot old timers most of today's fans wouldn't have heard of but deserve recognition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Robert S said: That's (besides Carnera) quite a young group for the legacy wing. The youngest person (or rather the person with the latest birth date) so far was Hiro Matsuda, who was born in 1937. Most of those people were younger then him (in the case of Luna by 25 years). I suppose they won't put any wrestlers, who have passed away, into the hall of fame anymore, unless they were huge names (for the younger fans, that is). Cohen and Shinma are still alive, first ones not to be posthumously honored. I imagine Cohen has moved on from The Garden, but that does seem rather odd to honor him in Barclays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 Also Cohen is second inductee without a Wiki page (one of last years who was from the 19th Century). Can’t wait for “snarky” videos or whatnot mocking him, when its possible he was instrumental in getting the house shows televised on the network or something like that! Weird that Shinma got in before Jack Tunney. I mean I can see he had more IRL impact on the product, but due to the explosion of TV in the Rock ‘n Wrestling era, I’d thought Tunney would be the first kayfabe figurehead (yeah Gorilla, Sarge, Stooges, Shawn, and Trips (yet anyway, that’s part of his own eventual solo package) are not in based on any sort of kayfabe figurehead for TV and live event purposes positions) to be inshrined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpetCrawler Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 20 minutes ago, SteveJRogers said: Can’t wait for “snarky” videos or whatnot mocking him, when its possible he was instrumental in getting the house shows televised on the network or something like that! He was, which is why it's well deserved IMO. He also had a major hand in the USA Network, which is another reason why a lot of those Northeast house shows got simulcasted or aired via tape delay on there too. I'm honestly kinda shocked he doesn't have a Wikipedia article because so many late 70s/early 80s sports television/programming moves have his fingerprints all over them, and he's the person who created the first ever national cable sports broadcasting contracts for the NBA, NHL, etc. You'll hear very little bad words about him, he's a well regarded people person. To bring it back to wrestling, later on he moved over to Los Angeles' Z-Channel to help with their re-haul and wanted to make a pay station for Los Angeles-area sports. One of his first moves was to get televised house shows to air on there too. It didn't last long but he did get Jesse Ventura to do guest commentary spots on random matches throughout the shows. He absolutely warrants inclusion and I'm glad he made it in but also kinda surprised about it. I don't normally get to watch the Hall of Fame in full and might miss it this year too but I will absolutely set aside time to watch if they do a video on him (and SD Jones... and Buddy Rose... and... ). Do they do anything for the Legacy inductees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 23 minutes ago, CarpetCrawler said: I don't normally get to watch the Hall of Fame in full and might miss it this year too but I will absolutely set aside time to watch if they do a video on him (and SD Jones... and Buddy Rose... and... ). Do they do anything for the Legacy inductees? They each get a small narrated video. At his age, unless he’s a NYC area resident, I don’t see Shinma showing up, but it would be interesting if Cohen is there to accept the honor live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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