Jack-Hammer
02-14-2020, 08:23 AM
As of right now, Batista and the nWo consisting of Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash & Sean Waltman are the only official names set for the 2020 WWE Hall of Fame. According to Dave Meltzer, three additional names look to be headed into the Hall this year: Nikki Bella, Brie Bella and Jushin "Thunder" Liger.
The Bella Twins are a couple of gals you knew would wind up in the HOF someday. Like them or not, they were a couple of significant backstage power players in WWE for years. Nikki Bella was banging John Cena for a long time, was engaged to the guy at one point, and is alleged to have used the influence afforded being Cena's squeeze to have the record setting 301 day run as WWE Divas Champion. Brie Bella had a 70 day run with the title, which was her only title run in WWE if I'm not mistaken, but ultimately met future hubby Daniel Bryan and is now enjoying a happy marriage along with a couple of successful reality TV shows. A bonus of them being in the HOF is this means they'll only very, very, very, very rarely, if ever again, set foot in a WWE ring to wrestle again. Brie's last run with the company was beyond embarrassing and, looking back on it, I'm amazed we forgot to consider her a nominee for this site's Worst Wrestler of the Decade award.
When it comes to Jushin "Thunder" Liger, it'll generate some controversy. Why? Because wrestlers who spent the vast majority of their time wrestling elsewhere. To my knowledge, Liger has only wrestled one WWE match in his career and it was against Tyler Breeze at the first NXT TakeOver event in Brooklyn back in August 2015. I know that he also worked a few shows co-produced by New Japan and WWE back in the very early 90s but that's about it. Liger did hold the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship for the first half of 1997 but WWE doesn't consider that run or any of the other runs made before December 7, 1997 official even though WWE allowed the title to be used almost exclusively in New Japan and Universal Wrestling Association in Mexico for the better part of 16 years. In any event, Liger retired on January 5, 2020 after an in-ring career spanning some 36 years. Liger is considered by most to be THE GOAT among Cruiserweight/Light Heavyweight/Junior Heavyweight wrestlers. It's never a bad thing when a legend is honored but the simple truth of the matter is that he's being inducted by WWE in a transparent effort to sell tickets, to manipulate fans into thinking that they encompass all of wrestling, etc..
The Bella Twins are a couple of gals you knew would wind up in the HOF someday. Like them or not, they were a couple of significant backstage power players in WWE for years. Nikki Bella was banging John Cena for a long time, was engaged to the guy at one point, and is alleged to have used the influence afforded being Cena's squeeze to have the record setting 301 day run as WWE Divas Champion. Brie Bella had a 70 day run with the title, which was her only title run in WWE if I'm not mistaken, but ultimately met future hubby Daniel Bryan and is now enjoying a happy marriage along with a couple of successful reality TV shows. A bonus of them being in the HOF is this means they'll only very, very, very, very rarely, if ever again, set foot in a WWE ring to wrestle again. Brie's last run with the company was beyond embarrassing and, looking back on it, I'm amazed we forgot to consider her a nominee for this site's Worst Wrestler of the Decade award.
When it comes to Jushin "Thunder" Liger, it'll generate some controversy. Why? Because wrestlers who spent the vast majority of their time wrestling elsewhere. To my knowledge, Liger has only wrestled one WWE match in his career and it was against Tyler Breeze at the first NXT TakeOver event in Brooklyn back in August 2015. I know that he also worked a few shows co-produced by New Japan and WWE back in the very early 90s but that's about it. Liger did hold the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship for the first half of 1997 but WWE doesn't consider that run or any of the other runs made before December 7, 1997 official even though WWE allowed the title to be used almost exclusively in New Japan and Universal Wrestling Association in Mexico for the better part of 16 years. In any event, Liger retired on January 5, 2020 after an in-ring career spanning some 36 years. Liger is considered by most to be THE GOAT among Cruiserweight/Light Heavyweight/Junior Heavyweight wrestlers. It's never a bad thing when a legend is honored but the simple truth of the matter is that he's being inducted by WWE in a transparent effort to sell tickets, to manipulate fans into thinking that they encompass all of wrestling, etc..