After the induction of "Macho Man" Randy Savage, is there anyone living that has a universal scream of support to get into the WWE Hall of Fame? If you go through the promotion's world heavyweight championship history, Ivan Koloff, Diesel and Sid are the only champions prior to the Monday Night War who aren't in the Hall and are relatively inactive talents.
Ivan Koloff would probably be the best option, but maybe they're waiting for Mania to be in the Southeast again and put him in with Nikita. Sid Vicious is years away (perhaps before Michael Hayes). Was British music outlawed in the locker rooms of Bill Watts and the Crocketts? Kevin Nash may make it as compensation for the entire contract suspension. It's good to be Paul Levesque's friend because Vince McMahon would stubbornly try to get him inducted as "Big Daddy Cool" no matter how single-named wrestlers make the hall seem tacky.
I guess tackiness is actually a celebratory status in wrestling. Lita isn't in as Amy Dumas, Edge isn't Adam Copeland, and Sunny and Yokozuna were just tacky gimmicks. That's why I appreciate it when a woman wrestler comes from Shimmer or Shine. At least I know there is a Brittany Knight behind the Paige.
Tammy Sytch was a great manager, but the name came with the gimmick that inspired Chris Candido's moniker. So if security takes your sign away, tell them to respect the dead (and CM Punk). Yokozuna was a Samoan portraying a Japanese champion. How can you not call that tacky? I'm just saying it's tacky to just be associated with a foreign word instead of owning it. Why not THE Yokozuna? Ed Farhat was THE Shiek. At least that way we at least try to discover the meaning instead of the word just thinking it was just a foreign sounding name. If it can educate the youth, you have to be for it.
With tacky being what pro-wrestling is all about, you have to be behind the "Celebrity Wing" of the Hall. If we can't come up with any living wrestlers to add, at least add some speeches to the ceremony, and not take the spot light off Savage, lets turn to the (relatively) untrained. But, I'm at a lost when we start thinking of possibilities.
Maria Menounos is hosting this year's Hall of Fame Ceremony. I think Pee Wee Herman will need to enter the Rumble to earn the merit. Jeremy Piven is three months from needing to promote "Entourage." I don't know about Seth Green since I don't know when the next "Robot Chicken" season is to air (and I thought "Game of Thrones" was the only reason I may need to get Xfinity).
I have checked Netflix (and that was the extent of it) and the choice for the celebrity inductee is simple, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, the costar of "No Holds Barred."
The man who played Zeus should actually be the face of the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame. This man's stardom is owed to WWE Films, and since the WWE is all about celebrating itself, it makes perfect sense. Self congratulations Vince McMahon would probably like because of his resistance towards the Savage induction. It would also be a nice cherry on top of the Macho sundae because he was Macho King's only true tag partner.
The only celebrity more deserving of the Hall of Fame is Keith David. He is a constant narration contributor to the WWE ("The Monday Night Wars" in particular). More importantly, with Roddy Piper, was part of the greatest fight scene in all of movie history from "John Carpenter's They Live."
The Pro-Wrestling Movie Star Hall of Fame (Class of 2015):
Perhaps I should have saved this for next week's blog since I am running out of inspiration from NHB. If that proves to be the case, at least I can get back to emphasize the shilling of "Main Event of the Dead [(c) 2011-2015]," my action zom/com screenplay that I promise will out Troma "Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies. (send you suggestions on how to promote the project to russthebus07@gmail.com).
Now this Hall of Fame is based on performances, not the actual wrestlers, because lets face it, NHB denied Hogan any lifetime achievement. Do we need to discuss "Hell Comes to Frog Town," affect on Piper? Then again, that flick receives Netflix better feedback than Mr. Hogan's Opus. Thankfully, it's not streaming...yet.
Fezzik from "A Princess Bride:" The Rock has yet to provide a performance to show his pride in being from the wrestling world. Andre the Giant was cast because he was a wrestler, and actually plays a former carnie in this film.
Thunder Lips from "Rocky III:" When a role is worth losing your position in a company, it has to be remembered. I think the installment of the series was the worst (not a bad film and still enjoyable), but without it, their is no catalyst for Hulkamania.
Slag from "Escape from New York:" The character personifies a love that genre directors have for the wrestling business. Again, Ox Baker is another wrestler portraying a wrestler. I wonder if there is any fan fiction for this character.
Nada and Frank from "They Live:" A professional wrestler in a political satire, who would have thought that was possible? Piper's performance is so solid, he should have pulled a "Rock" and abandon his ring name. At least that would get him auditions instead of assumptions...and dealing with Vince over and over again. Keith, some advice for your dance partner.
Blain from "Predator:" Jesse Ventura has the best resume of supporting character (next to the final inductee), but Blain has his best line: "I ain't got time to bleed."
"Zeus from "No Holds Barred:" This thespian had to become a pro-wrestler to play this iconic role. If he didn't play it, who was going to get buried.
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