Professional wrestling thread

Austin is inducting Ross ...that was confirmed in the commercial that followed the Ross announcement last night.

 

I thought that too, or perhaps Heenan (though then that'd leave Bockwinkel with pretty much nobody). Scott Hall seems unlikely, if hilarious.

 

I'm sure they'll trot out Hogan or Slaughter for the Sheik.

 

Eddie Vedder or Springsteen might be available too.

I'd get Nikolai Volkoff.....

 

I think we're confusing the original Sheik (Ed Farhat, legend of Detroit) with Iron Sheik (who wants to fuck B. Brian Blair in the ass while in the camel clutch to teach him respect the old-school way).

I think most if not all of Sheik's contemporaries are dead. Didn't he and Freddie Blassie have a long association? But Blassie's dead too.

 

Meltzer said it's a pretty good bet Sabu will be inducting The Sheik. I mean he did train Sabu and RVD.

 

He's the logical choice, but hasn't Sabu been in the WWE doghouse forever? But there's really nobody else better than his nephew.

 

Oh, the original Sheik? He was the fucking man, saw him headline many a card at Maple Leaf Gardens as a young 'un.

 

And unfortunately, I forgot to tape the show following RAW on my DVR, just in case it went past. So yeah, I missed that.

 

Here's who I'd like to see induct them (but won't happen):

Jim Ross - Vince, Linda, Stephanie and Shane McMahon
Jerry Lawler - Jeff Jarrett, Austin Idol, Jimmy Hart or Bill Dundee
Dusty Rhodes - The Four Horsemen, Nikita Koloff
Curt Hennig - Anyone from the AWA days (yes, even Hall)
Mr. Fuji - Mr. Saito or anyone he managed in WWF
Wild Samoans - The mother hen of all those chicken heads they'd bite off during interviews
The Sheik - Anyone who called themselves Sheik (Adnan El-Kaissey, Ken Patera, Iron Sheik)
Nick Bockwinkel - Verne Gagne (who would use the time to still put himself over instead of Nick)

 

It's probably going to be Flair because Hennig was Flair's manager during Flair's first WWE run in the early 90's. That's just me.

 

I am interested to see who else now will get in from non WWF/E places. Sting and the Von Erichs seem like the only non-WWFE guys who will test that theory (although Kerry was there and Kevin's recent dealings with Vince help his family's cause).