Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Godfather is official. I wonder if the Hoes go in with him. One of his hoes is already in the HOF. Thinking about it, maybe they're going to induct a member of the Bone Street Krew every year to keep Taker happy. So, Savio goes in next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Shango vs Taker at mania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Godfather is official. I wonder if the Hoes go in with him. One of his hoes is already in the HOF. Thinking about it, maybe they're going to induct a member of the Bone Street Krew every year to keep Taker happy. So, Savio goes in next year? No, Penis Godwin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Godfather is official. I wonder if the Hoes go in with him. So did Godfather have a more mediocre career or did Koko? What a dreadful class. The class is two names deep and one of them is Sting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I hope they are putting shane o mac in their hof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Godfather getting in the WWE HoF is the equivalent of Jonathan Stewart getting in the NFL HoF. Completely average guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 He was getting pops equal to Austin and Rock for years. They never figured out how to harness that for story lines. But he was more than over enough to warrant it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Godfather is so fucking embarrassing for WWE. It's fine. They have a lot of embarrassing things in their history. They make new ones every day. He's sexist, racist, exploitative. He's one of those things that made me hate being a wrestling fan in 1999 when I was 18 and I don't feel any better about it now. Again, it's fine. Just another thing. Except for the fact that they're trotting him out and putting him in the hall of fame. They're glorifying him as a babyface in 2016 and it's hugely counterproductive to almost all of their corporate aims and everything that they try to do in NXT and slowly, increasingly, maybe on the main roster with women. Such a stupid, senseless decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 He played the hell out of that character though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidNatural Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Godfather is official. I wonder if the Hoes go in with him.So did Godfather have a more mediocre career or did Koko? What a dreadful class. The class is two names deep and one of them is Sting. The Godfather going in confirms the leaked list from a couple of pages ago. I know that it's a worked HoF but the standards should be higher than "he was a good guy and was loyal." Freebirds? Absolutely. Sting? No question. And I can wrap my head around JBL since he was a main eventer for awhile. I wish that there was a wrestling hall of fame that didn't have major flaws. The WWE one is random and loose. The WON hof is marred by the different vote totals per region and the insanely low age eligibility. The one in Texas is loose and too segmented. It's a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Godfather is so fucking embarrassing for WWE. It's fine. They have a lot of embarrassing things in their history. They make new ones every day. He's sexist, racist, exploitative. He's one of those things that made me hate being a wrestling fan in 1999 when I was 18 and I don't feel any better about it now. Again, it's fine. Just another thing. Except for the fact that they're trotting him out and putting him in the hall of fame. They're glorifying him as a babyface in 2016 and it's hugely counterproductive to almost all of their corporate aims and everything that they try to do in NXT and slowly, increasingly, maybe on the main roster with women. Such a stupid, senseless decision. They danced around what he did well enough, I mean he was a cartoon pimp, not some guy beating a woman demanding his money, Its not like WWE is alone is glorifying pimps. It still happens today. I'm not going to begrudge Godfather for being super successful with a seemingly random stupid Vince Russo idea. I'm watching 1999 WWF and it is interesting watching Val and Godfather go to the end of the year. Godfather is still really over while Val seemed like a relic of a different time by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Godfather is official. I wonder if the Hoes go in with him.So did Godfather have a more mediocre career or did Koko? What a dreadful class. The class is two names deep and one of them is Sting. The Godfather going in confirms the leaked list from a couple of pages ago. I know that it's a worked HoF but the standards should be higher than "he was a good guy and was loyal." Freebirds? Absolutely. Sting? No question. And I can wrap my head around JBL since he was a main eventer for awhile. I wish that there was a wrestling hall of fame that didn't have major flaws. The WWE one is random and loose. The WON hof is marred by the different vote totals per region and the insanely low age eligibility. The one in Texas is loose and too segmented. It's a shame. But on the contrary,it was announced as well as this induction that the APA will be inducting Godfather (which likely means JBL will not be inducted this year.) This could either mean "the list is false", or more likely "JBL was the second headliner and Bryan's retirement will have him replace JBL on the list", but either way, it seems likely JBL's out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Is it *just* The Godfather going in, or Charles Wight? If Mr. Wight altogether, he deserves it fr being such a company man that he did not 1, but 3 cringe worthy gimmicks over the course of his WWF employment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Maybe they could have different people induct each gimmick. Professional cage fighter phil brooks could come back to introduce Kama. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Godfather is so fucking embarrassing for WWE. It's fine. They have a lot of embarrassing things in their history. They make new ones every day. He's sexist, racist, exploitative. He's one of those things that made me hate being a wrestling fan in 1999 when I was 18 and I don't feel any better about it now. Again, it's fine. Just another thing. Except for the fact that they're trotting him out and putting him in the hall of fame. They're glorifying him as a babyface in 2016 and it's hugely counterproductive to almost all of their corporate aims and everything that they try to do in NXT and slowly, increasingly, maybe on the main roster with women. Such a stupid, senseless decision. They danced around what he did well enough, I mean he was a cartoon pimp, not some guy beating a woman demanding his money, Its not like WWE is alone is glorifying pimps. It still happens today. I'm not going to begrudge Godfather for being super successful with a seemingly random stupid Vince Russo idea. I'm watching 1999 WWF and it is interesting watching Val and Godfather go to the end of the year. Godfather is still really over while Val seemed like a relic of a different time by then. I'm fine with Charles Wright going in. He's as deserving as any of the other lower-tier guys. It's patently moronic, hypocritical, and frankly icky for them to induct him as the Godfather. I'm not blaming this on Charles Wright. I'm saying the company is in the wrong. "It still happens today" is an unacceptable excuse for anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Is it *just* The Godfather going in, or Charles Wight? If Mr. Wight altogether, he deserves it fr being such a company man that he did not 1, but 3 cringe worthy gimmicks over the course of his WWF employment. It was announced as "Godfather" but remember, Scott Hall was announced as "Razor Ramon" but went in as Scott Hall. That being said - I don't think Wright cares/is a big enough name to fight with them about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Maybe they could have different people induct each gimmick. Professional cage fighter phil brooks could come back to introduce Kama. Who inducts Papa Shango? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 But on the contrary,it was announced as well as this induction that the APA will be inducting Godfather (which likely means JBL will not be inducted this year.) This could either mean "the list is false", or more likely "JBL was the second headliner and Bryan's retirement will have him replace JBL on the list", but either way, it seems likely JBL's out. Yeah - the leaked list ends up sometimes not being 100% accurate. Like last year - Ray Stevens was on it but then didn't get inducted. And a couple of years ago Cindy Lauper was on the list but got bumped because they were able to get Trump to agree to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarl Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Maybe they could have different people induct each gimmick. Professional cage fighter phil brooks could come back to introduce Kama. Who inducts Papa Shango? the Boogeyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Surely Wade Barrett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Godfather is so fucking embarrassing for WWE. It's fine. They have a lot of embarrassing things in their history. They make new ones every day. He's sexist, racist, exploitative. He's one of those things that made me hate being a wrestling fan in 1999 when I was 18 and I don't feel any better about it now. Again, it's fine. Just another thing. Except for the fact that they're trotting him out and putting him in the hall of fame. They're glorifying him as a babyface in 2016 and it's hugely counterproductive to almost all of their corporate aims and everything that they try to do in NXT and slowly, increasingly, maybe on the main roster with women. Such a stupid, senseless decision. They danced around what he did well enough, I mean he was a cartoon pimp, not some guy beating a woman demanding his money, Its not like WWE is alone is glorifying pimps. It still happens today. I'm not going to begrudge Godfather for being super successful with a seemingly random stupid Vince Russo idea. I'm watching 1999 WWF and it is interesting watching Val and Godfather go to the end of the year. Godfather is still really over while Val seemed like a relic of a different time by then. I'm fine with Charles Wright going in. He's as deserving as any of the other lower-tier guys. It's patently moronic, hypocritical, and frankly icky for them to induct him as the Godfather. I'm not blaming this on Charles Wright. I'm saying the company is in the wrong. "It still happens today" is an unacceptable excuse for anything. I also thought it was in bad taste for them to start the segment with one of their Black History Month bits, only to end it with the Godfather getting inducted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 It's Wright going in under his best known and remembered gimmick. *shrug* It was definitely a gimmick in poor taste, but they are also likely inducting a tag team that decorated themselves in the Confederate flag, so, you know, it gets worse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 It's Wright going in under his best known and remembered gimmick. *shrug* It was definitely a gimmick in poor taste, but they are also likely inducting a tag team that decorated themselves in the Confederate flag, so, you know, it gets worse. Well, if we get down to it aren't they about the same? If you are equating the Confederate Flag with slavery, can't you equate a pimp with slavery too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Hayes probably shouldn't be going in either. Nor should Terry Taylor at any point, for what it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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