.Disclaimer:I am not a professional writer so if you want to write a smart remark about my grammer you can bite my spell check.
Andre the Giant was the first inductee in 1993 followed by a stellar class in 1994 with Blassie,Brazil,James Dudley,Gorilla Monsoon,the original Nature Boy Buddy Rogers,Arnie Skaaland and Chief Jay Strong Bow.This class was a omage to wrestling past and greats who brought WWWF into the national spotlight.
1995 saw the inductions of the big cat Ernie Ladd and the Longest reigning Womens champion in history of wrestling Moolah and than Pedro Morales,Polish Power Ivan Putski,Antonio Rocca,George Steele and the greatest heel manager of the 70's The Grand Wizard.
1996 saw the rubberband man Super Mario himself Captian Lou Albano head line a class which included Vince Mcmahon Sr,Pat Patterson,Johnny Rodz,Killer Kowalski,Super Fly Jimmy Snuka,Baron Scicluna and the valient brothers.....
than the hall of fame didn't induct anybody until 2004 where the media shit storm began with the induction of Pete Rose and thus the celebrity wing began
the 2004 class the largest of them all Junkyard Dog,Superstar Billy Graham, maybe the greatest manager of all time Bobby Heenan,the magnificant muraco,the king harley race,Tito Santana,Turncoat Sgt Slaughter,Greg Valentine Big John Studd and Jesse Ventura.
all of these men appeared at wrestlemania through the years.
2005 was the best class of them all in my opinion with the inductions of Hulk Hogan,Roddy Piper,Jimmy Hart,Paul Orndorff,Bob Orton,Nikolai Volkoff and Iron Shiek...way to go shieky baby
2006 saw the inductions of Mean Gene,Bret Hart,Verne Gagne,Scary Sherri,your welcome Brutus!
The Black Jacks(not Layfield and Windham..but Windham and Lanza...err Mulligan and Lanza)
Tony Atlas and the Refridgerator....not mine yours but William Perry
2007 saw some deserving canidates join
Mr.Perfect,Nick Bockwinkel,The original Shiek,The American Dweam Dusty Rhodes,Mr Fuji,Good Old JR,The King Jerry Lawler and The Wild Samoans.
2008 woooooooooooooh the nature boy! Ric Flair headlined a stellar class that included the dean of wrestling Gordon Solie,Rocky Johnson,Peter Maiva,the Brisco Brothers,Eddie Graham and the oldest women to give birth to a hand.........Mae Young
2009 saw my favorite boys from Texas the Von Erichs get inducted into the Hall of fame along with Ricky Steamboat,The Funker and his brother Dory,Cowboy Bill Watts,Howard Finkel,Koko B.Ware...yes really.Frankie too.who am I forgetting...oh yes the rattle snake himself Steve Austin
2010 saw The Million Dollar Man get his due finally when he was inducted.Koko got in first?oh well money money money......Antonio Inoki,Arguably Japan's greatest wrestler ever,Mad Dog Vachon,Stu Hart,Wendi Richter,Mr Baseball,not tom sellack but Bob Uecker
2011 saw the induction of HBK Shawn Michaels,the Road Warriors........HO!!!! Jim Duggan and yes Sunny managed to find her way into the hall of fame too...Abdullah the Butcher and his fork,the road warriors and Paul Ellering and cleveland Rocks............Drew Carey....oh my gawd Drew Carey just eliminated himself from the royal rumble!!!!
2012 saw Edge,Mil Mascaras,YokoZuna ,Ron Simmons,The four horsemen...wooooooooooh Ric Flair made the list again...yet no Savage....and the baddest man on the planet and if you piss him off he will bite off your ear Mike Tyson...
2013 saw Mick Foley,Booker T,Bruno Sammartino,Bob Backlund,Donald Trump and Trish Stratus
a strong class
2014 saw the induction of the Ultimate Warrior,Jake the Snake Roberts,Carlos Colon,Scott Hall,Lita,Paul Bearer and Mr T.. As a warrior fan I was glad he finally got it.My heart broke like all the rest of his little warriors when he suddenly departed for the parts unknown...RIP Warrior..Mr T has the record for longest speech in Hall of fame history.
The WWE hall of fame has gone to the waste side lately but finally they are getting it right
Koko B Ware a hall of famer?Really...Man when was the last time the bird man headlined a Wrestlemania PPV...Any PPV really...and no Heroes of Wrestling doesn't count
the tna hall of fame went with a novelty act when it inducted Sting.. and Kurt Angle actually turned down a bid for the hall of fame..while your at it..why not make ric flair a three time hall of famer while your at it.
TNA has potential to make a good hall of fame and wwe can still turn it around.The Dudley Boyz inducted into the hall of fame in 2014..and than leave the company..
its 2014 now and the other night I cringed when they announced they would put Ultimate Warrior into the Hall of fame.Ok I will give the guy credit where its due.He did sell some tickets back in his day and actually was the first one to pin Hogan Clean in years .Personal issues aside wwe welcomed Warrior with a rightful induction to the hall of fame.
Jake Roberts was given a second chance at life and now he is finally in the hall of fame.
Lita revolutionized women's wrestling and she was among the first female wrestlers to do risky moves over risqué.
2015 Hall of fame will now be the home of the madness..Macho Man Randy Savage has been finally inducted into the Hall of fame.Arnold Schwartzenegger was announced as the new inductee in the celebrity wing.Rikishi after returning repackaged from his stints as the Sultan and Fatu of the samoan swat team aka Head shrinkers has also joined the class of 2014.and the bushwackers the great tag team not to win the tag team but fans loved them..
have a good day
I am Hixenbaugh here me roar
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