Hall of Fame Thread
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Hall was the first real anti-hero in WWE. Razor got over big-time despite the fact that his character didn't actually change. People saw how he embraced his "dark side" and had a good time being a bad guy and, due to his enormous charisma, cheered for him, particularly during his feud over the "real Intercontinental Championship" with Shawn Michaels. The fact that the feud ended with arguably the greatest ladder match in WWE history at Wrestlemania cemented his spot in WWE lore. This is combined with the fact that he was a big, good-looking guy who knew how to work, draw heat, and work the crowd made him one of the top talents in WWE at the time (a lot of people will argue that he's the best WWE wrestler to never have won the WWE Championship).
Then he went to WCW and formed part of the genesis of the greatest pro wrestling angle of all time. He was a huge part of the original nWo. That could be forgotten by WWE-only viewers (obviously I know you're not one of those) as his WCW exploits were completely ignored by WWE in the HoF promo. His personal story about having come through his drug and alcohol problems and has now, apparently, turned his entire life around is just an example of a truly great personal interest story.
If you just look just at his work in WWE or just at his work in WCW, it's marginal whether he is HoF-caliber. Combining his work in both promotions, though, he's a definite guy who deserves to be there.
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Even though this has nothing to do with his on-screen presence or work, it's also worth mentioning in his favor that Hall is generally regarded by those who know him as one of the best creative minds in the business. He came up with the idea for the Razor Ramon character (he claims Vince thought the character idea was "genius"), he came up with the idea for Sting's character to transform into being The Crow, and Bischoff states in his book that Hall along with Nash came up with most of the ideas for the New World Order (spray painting N-W-O on people's backs, the low-budget looking commercials with the audio skipping around, etc.) It should also be said that Hall was cutting his own promos back when guys were still allowed to come up with their own material for promos.
Hall was also one of the people backstage along with other Kliq members like Nash and Michaels who was pushing for the WWF to go towards an edgier product at the time, something that wouldn't end up happening until Stone Cold started to come to prominence a couple of years later (ironic considering the decision was made based on the realization that a more adult, edgier product was the only way to compete with WCW, which had been made into a monster thanks to the NWO angle, of which two-thirds consisted of Hall and Nash in it's inception.)
I'd be surprised if when HHH takes over, he doesn't hire Hall as one of his bookers, or at least occasionally seek out his input on certain things.
Hall was also one of the people backstage along with other Kliq members like Nash and Michaels who was pushing for the WWF to go towards an edgier product at the time, something that wouldn't end up happening until Stone Cold started to come to prominence a couple of years later (ironic considering the decision was made based on the realization that a more adult, edgier product was the only way to compete with WCW, which had been made into a monster thanks to the NWO angle, of which two-thirds consisted of Hall and Nash in it's inception.)
I'd be surprised if when HHH takes over, he doesn't hire Hall as one of his bookers, or at least occasionally seek out his input on certain things.
Part of Hall's charm is that he never ran with the strap...he never sold out
Let me preface 'sold out' by saying there is nothing wrong with selling out.
However, guys like Hall are stifled creatively when asked to lead the company
He'd have to cater and water his 'dark' side down and Hall struggles with that
Being alcoholic, I'm sure he has had struggles with his dark side
Creative and clever people are offended by being bland. Kudos to Scott 4 keeping it classy
Let me preface 'sold out' by saying there is nothing wrong with selling out.
However, guys like Hall are stifled creatively when asked to lead the company
He'd have to cater and water his 'dark' side down and Hall struggles with that
Being alcoholic, I'm sure he has had struggles with his dark side
Creative and clever people are offended by being bland. Kudos to Scott 4 keeping it classy
I hope CM Punk inducts Lita
Why do these two posts sound so perverse to me? So perverted?
Oh, I know because of Edge. Well, In that case, maybe Edge and Trish can both 'induct' Lita on stage at the same time. A threesome isn't bad
Benoit, Chavo and Rey all 'inducted' Eddie at the same time. That didn't turn out bad --- err, maybe necrophilia was bad
Benoit died from it, Rey's knees died from it and Chavo's career died from it
On second thought, Trish/Edge 'inducting' Amy on stage is a fantastic idea
It'll most likely be Carlito, Primo and Epico inducting him. His sons and his nephew.
That would be really cool. It also makes me happy that the HoF is a "not in character" zone, so I don't have to see Epico and Primo pretending to be matadors.
wk
tbf, primo and epico are still on the roster page as well as the matadors last time I looked. They could pull double duty :dawg: