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[Comrade Khan]

I don't have the time or desire to go back and watch old wrestling that I have no attachment to

I can barely keep up with the new wrestling

read a wikipedia article, ive watched like 3-5 matches tops from them, still know how important they were to the business. saying ''nobody knows these japanese guys'' is just spreading willful ignorance. i think we can better than that with our hall of fame. there's wrestling outside of america and it should continue to be honored and respected

 

[Hoss]

Just for trivia sake, the next 5 guys who just missed the cut were Danielson, Steamboat, The Rock 'n' Roll Express, Jericho and Trish.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Misawa and Kobashi are pretty well considered the greatest workers of the late-90s and early 2000s. Almost a mythic level of talent between the two of them.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Just for trivia sake, the next 5 guys who just missed the cut were Danielson, Steamboat, The Rock 'n' Roll Express, Jericho and Trish.

Jericho ,is this the hall of marks or the hall of fame

 

[JakeYourBooty]

read a wikipedia article, ive watched like 3-5 matches tops from them, still know how important they were to the business. saying ''nobody knows these japanese guys'' is just spreading willful ignorance. i think we can better than that with our hall of fame. there's wrestling outside of america and it should continue to be honored and respected

people know who they know but I am gonna back out of this now because I find it to be quite condescending and getting into it on here isn't what I wanna do

Also not saying that’s your intention it’s just how I’m taking it at this time so this is a me issue

 

[Comrade Khan]

people know who they know but I am gonna back out of this now because I find it to be quite condescending and getting into it on here isn't what I wanna do

I don't think asking someone to read up and learn about someone in a top 10 is condescending, nor do I think having high standards for a hall of fame is a bad thing. I thought calling two legends '' these japanese dudes'' is pretty rude when I was only saying who I would vote over. I never talked badly about Henning either, so I felt I would use this opportunity to make you think twice about your stance. If that was offensive to you, I apologize

 

[Comrade Khan]

like one dude was the face of a company and literally influenced some of your favorites today

 

[JakeYourBooty]

I don't think asking someone to read up and learn about someone in a top 10 is condescending, nor do I think having high standards for a hall of fame is a bad thing. I thought calling two legends '' these japanese dudes'' is pretty rude when I was only saying who I would vote over. I never talked badly about Henning either, so I felt I would use this opportunity to make you think twice about your stance. If that was offensive to you, I apologize

I added to my original post but I’ll repeat I’m sure it wasn’t your intention it’s just how I took it, it’s a me thing…

I was just saying why Hennig could get in it trashing any of the Japense wrestlers but people aren’t as familiar and aren’t going to do research to on them for an induction on a forum is all

 

[Comrade Khan]

well I'll be here to annoy them and tell them why he is important just like last year we pushed other Puro's through

 

[Hoss]

What I'll say on the topic is that I personally want this HOF to be a reflection of the tastes of the members of this board. I don't police who gets selected at all, at the end of the day it's up to each individual to vote for who they feel deserves it. Some people clearly vote based on legacy, some based on who they personally like. Some choose workrate gods, some choose big personalities. Some people's lists are pretty fucking random.

I certainly don't think there's any need for discord considering that the finalists are indeed a healthy mix of different eras and styles of pro wrestling, as I'd hope they'd be.

I'd love if everyone did familiarize themselves with the finalists at least, but at the end of the day, I'm also not expecting someone who has never seen a Kobashi match before to be persuaded to vote for him over people they've been watching their whole lives, no matter how much they try to study them in a short period of time.

Realistically, there are members here that are 100% gonna leave all the Japanese stars off their top 5, and there are also members here that are 100% gonna have Kobashi, Misawa and Toyota as their default top 3, with Vader probably number 4 All that to say, I think things will work themselves out in the end and it's gonna be a banger class no matter what.

 

[Comrade Khan]

plus I made a pact with Chris that we were getting Misawa in no matter what this year so it's happening

 

[Comrade Khan]

at least that skinny fat bitch CM Punk didn't even make the top 15

 

[Hoss]

at least that skinny fat bitch CM Punk didn't even make the top 15

He didn't get a single nomination. Which is crazy. Again, there were 78 nominees

 

[Comrade Khan]

He didn't get a single nomination. Which is crazy. Again, there were 78 nominees

yo let's fucking go

 

[Comrade Khan]

jokes aside that actually is very shocking