"2010 WWE HOF" Thread: Dibiase Sr., W. Ritcher, Mad Dog Vachon, Bob Uecker, G George

[FFDPKnucklehead]

You'll never, ever, ever see Benoit inducted and since Misawa and Hansen were never actually in the WWE, I don't see either of them being inducted.

You're wrong about Hansen never wrestling for WWE. While he's best known for his career in Japan, he wrestled for the then-WWWF in the late 1970s. His lariat gained infamy for supposedly breaking Bruno Sammartino's neck during a match, even though the injury actually occured due to a botched bodyslam. Because of the storyline of the lariat breaking Bruno's neck, promoters worldwide started claiming enormous power for the move.

[Swinny]

You're wrong about Hansen never wrestling for WWE. While he's best known for his career in Japan, he wrestled for the then-WWWF in the late 1970s. His lariat gained infamy for supposedly breaking Bruno Sammartino's neck during a match, even though the injury actually occured due to a botched bodyslam. Because of the storyline of the lariat breaking Bruno's neck, promoters worldwide started claiming enormous power for the move.

Oh, okay. I knew about him breaking Sammartino's neck, but I didn't know it was in the WWWF.

Also, SM, they did the Benoit tribute show BEFORE they knew what actually happened... and immediately apologized for airing it afterward and took a lot of crap for it, despite the fact that everything wasn't finalized before they did it. So... I'm pretty sure them inducting him into the Hall of Fame wouldn't go over well... at all.