Who should be in WWE's 2016 Hall of Fame class?
Long overdue?There are still six months until WWE inducts another class into its Hall of Fame and the politics began the day after WrestleMania as names have been batted back and forth as to who would get the call.There are plenty to choose from.The biggest talk has been about whether Owen Hart would be added to the hallowed list. The controversy over whether to add another member of the famed Hart Family has had mixed reaction, but of course it has still presented a forum for Bret Hart to make his feelings known.According to John Canton’s story on whatculture.com, Hart wants his brother amongst the greatest on stage next year before WrestleMania 32 in Dallas.“I’m hoping next year at WrestleMania that he’ll be inducted and I’ll be really sorely disappointed if he’s not. It’s really overdue.”He said he was looking forward to the Owen Hart DVD that will be released in December, but that it was too controlled and that WWE had to tip-toe around things so they didn’t offend Owen’s widow Martha Hart. Bret thinks that Martha has made an ass of herself and it has pissed him off because she has tried to erase his legacy.I for one am not a huge fan of putting wrestlers in the HOF for the sake of filling slots. Hart is deserving and should be honored. But I wonder what happens if he is inducted over a more accomplished star and how the wrestling community to will react to that.Nonetheless, here is a list of six stars, sans Hart, who I think should get the call.
#1 Honkytonk Man
There weren’t many who were better Intercontinental champions than Wayne Ferris. The look of Memphis, the Elvis-like outfits, the guitar and the sideburns. He was a classic case of Vince McMahon’s circus in the mid-1980s. And when he had Jimmy Hart by his side, there was something perfect about the way the two interacted in the ring and in interviews.
He wrestled for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as well as World Wrestling Federation (WWF) - now WWE. He is best known for his first run with WWF, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Championship for a record 64 weeks, and lost it to Ultimate Warrior at the inaugural SummerSlam. He is the cousin of former professional wrestler and color commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler.