2012 WWE HOF - Savage

[Dream Machine]

with the unfournate passing of Randy Savage, I think it is safe to say that the Macho Man will get a post-mortem induction into thw 2012 WWE Hall of Fame.

I cannot see WWE being able to ignore Savage, his rightful place in the HOF, especially with WrestleMania being in Miami and because the fans will now be demanding it more now than ever before.

 

[UnBEARaBULLfan]

It wouldn't surprise me if Vince doesn't acknowledge this tragedy at all, but at the same time I think he knows it would be the right thing to do. A legend has past and it is time to give him the respect he has deserved over the past ten or so years. He deserves one of the best video packages to be shown ever, and deffinately his spot in the HOF, not just WWEs HOF but every wrestling HOF there is.

 

[NoChanceInHell]

Savage was never inducted before because he couldn't agree to terms and was on bad terms with Vince. Is that correct?

So now that he has passed Vince can just induct him into the HOF w/out anything?

sorry if my post is confusing to anyone but I'm not sure if wrestlers have to give Vince their sign off to get in, once they are asked.

thanks

 

[silrock316]

As I said in another thread if Vince does not give him a video tonight or Raw on monday I will no longer watch WWE, I will only watch TNA.

Savage was a huge part of me loving wrestling. I use to color on my sheets to make his capes and I got punished many a night because of him. It will be totally a spit in the face of Savages legacy and the legions of fans he had.

I tend to think he will get his package and a HOF nod. If not, I hope there is a shit load of fans like me that will stop watching a heartless pricks product.

 

[Charismatic Enigma]

His family would have to agree to it, but I can't see why they wouldn't.

I think it was already very likely going to happen before his passing anyway, with him signing a deal for WWE to produce new toys for them and him appearing in the new All-Stars video game, and them putting out a DVD of his career not that long ago. It seemed like he had already mended with Vince. I think the only reason it didn't happen this year was because he is a headline name and with Shawn already getting inducted, it was better to hold off on Randy's induction until next year where he would be the headliner. It's very sad, but I'm sure he will go in next year without question.

 

[Karaoke Superstar]

I think Vince's relationship with Savage has improved considerably over the years. They have collaborated on a DVD and such. Plus, say what you will about Mcmahon but I don't think he will allow his pride and any bad feelings left over get in the way of giving a true legend the honor he deserves after death.

 

[The Suplexer Perfecter]

With the probability of a ton of "Savage Hall of Fame" signs coming, or any other Savage signs, it will be even harder for WWE to ignore it.

But as we all know it's up to Vince. We can certainly hope he'll get in.

 

[Macho_King]

I agree that i think the relationship between Savage and the WWE has improved greatly and they would have inducted him in the future no matter what. maybe they were waiting for the big one IE WM 30 in New York. But now with this tragedy he may be inducted with Elizabeth next year for all we know. Im sure WWE will run a tribute for Randy on Smackdown tonight or Raw on Monday for sure. Maybe both. They have already released a statement earlier today and have a trib video on WWE.com

RIP Macho man Randy Savage one of my all time favorites and maybe the best ever.

 

[Savior with faith 101]

Do they really need to put him in this year? For all we know they may already have decided on next years "1st ballot" inductee. For me id be happy if they have a tribute at the PPV on sunday, assuming its too late to add it to Smackdown tonight.

But as for the Induction, they can do it whenever they want, as long as he does go in at some point. The HOF seems quite empty without the Macho Man. One thing is for sure though, if he doesnt go in next year, they better have a huge name for their 1st ballot or it may well be overshadowed by the calls for Macho Man.

 

[justinept]

Sadly, his death actually makes it more likely for him to be inducted this year than if he were alive. If the WWE didn't want co-headliners with HBK and Savage, as one poster mentioned, then why would they want co-headliners with Savage and The Rock?

...Anyone that doesn't think The Rock is getting inducted in Miami ... the night before he wrestles in the Main Event ... is just dumb.

But I digress - Savage's death unfortunately makes it easier for the WWE to simply induct him without a ton of fanfare, similar to what they did for Eddie Guerrero. Eddie's induction in no way stole the spotlight from Bret Hart that night.

 

[ITALIAN NYC]

He should have been put in years ago and its tragic that this has to happen for them to finally do it. I dont not believe he should go in this year

It just shows that because he died there going to let him in. Id wait to WM 30 in NYC to do it. Just my opinion. He deserves to be top of the class. If the rock goes in this year, deff dont put savage

 

[JWGunslinger]

Definetly deserves to be inducted in 2012, I believe it's a travesty that he hasnt been inducted already and it needs to happen. The man is not only a wrestling legend but a huge pop culture icon as well, and is one of the reasons that I got into wrestling as a kid. Make Randy "Macho Man" Savage the head of the 2012 HOF class, we all know he deserves it, ohhh yeahya we know he deserves it.

 

[Rowdy Robby Piper]

Who would you have inductee him?

I say either his brother Leapin' Lanny Poffo or Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat.

 

[AntiChristDeicide]

Who would you have inductee him?

I say either his brother Leapin' Lanny Poffo or Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat.

Well i would have said Hogan, but you know the story as long as Hogan is in TNA there is no chance of him to be there for Savage. His brother is a good choice. Anyways Savage should be in the hall of fame, hell it should have happened years ago.

 

[harrythem]

Who would you have inductee him?

The saddest thing is that there were 2 people that shot straight to the top of that list...then were removed because, even sadder, they died before he did.

You'd think his brother would be the logical choice but, honestly, due to the well known bad-blood between Vince & Randy, you could see Lanny using HOF to vent his spleen, so to speak, which could be awkward.

Would love to see Flair induct him if he could, due to the long history between the two...then have his wife do the "thank you speech"

Has anyone found any word yet if Gorgeous George has commented on his death?

 

[laddclan]

I would think he might have already been pencilled in for next year. The relationship with WWE and Savage appeared to be improving. Next year seems obvious, they're in Florida, and while Miami is not his home, Florida was. Not sure if they'll get the tribute video up in time for Smackdown, they could probably do a bell count. Save the package for the PPV and Raw on Monday.

 

[Davi323]

I think its almost a lock that Savage will get in for the 2012 induction. Any bad blood that existed between him and Vince had already died down, and the WWE has been bringing him back into the fold. Between the brilliant DVD set, the toy deal and his inclusion in the All-Stars game, I think Savage and Vince must have buried the hatchet at some point.

While I agree that there can only be one headliner, and that is almost certainly going to be the Rock, I think that still leaves room for Savage. Alive Savage would be the headliner, no doubt. But as a post-mortem induction, that would be hard to do. Savage's induction without him there loses some of the glitter. He can be inducted in the middle somewhere, and I would be okay with that. It's simply different now that he is dead.

Now, who should induct him? I think there are two obvious choices, Ricky Steamboat and Lanny Poffo. Personally, as much as I love Steamboat (as my siggy will attest) I think his brother is a much better choice. Lanny is family, and could make it so much more personal than Steamboat could. I think it would be more touching that way.

 

[NegativeFeedback]

I hope Hulk Hogan leaves TNA before March 2012. He would be the best person to induct Randy Savage because of their history. If not, Ricky Steamboat should definitely be the one.

I still don't think he's headlining next year. WWE plans on headlining with The Rock, but I see Randy Savage going in as a BIG #2 though. And no disrespect to Randy Savage, but I don't think a deceased wrestler should headline anyway. It might be a little too depressing.

The Rock as the headliner with Randy Savage as a big #2 would make for a great Hall of Fame next year. Maybe add Trish Stratus and it will probably be THE MOST PACKED Hall of Fame since Hart and Hogan.

 

[SGT_Robinson]

Vince McMahon and his EGO. It is sad that wrestlers have to pass away or have some type of tragedy for Vince to get off of his butt and do something!!!!!

 

[EastCoastFan]

Savage is almost guaranteed to get in now, but who should induct him? Elizabeth and Sherri Martel are dead and I don't think Vince ever entirely forgave Madusa for throwing the WWF Women's title belt in a garbage can on Nitro.

Hulk Hogan? Ricky Steamboat? Others?

 

[S.J. Maximus]

As nice of a gesture it is to induct him into the HoF, I can't help but think about how it only happened because Savage died. HoF inductions mean 100x more when the person is alive to celebrate their career with the WWE and reminisce about their old times. If the WWE does it now it almost looks like they're just trying to make money off of the Macho Madness Legacy before it becomes less valuable.

Regardless, he's one of the greatest faces of all-time and he should be in the HoF, I'm just saying that it's unfortunate that his untimely death is the only reason Vince is considering it.

 

[GameOver]

Savage was never inducted before because he couldn't agree to terms and was on bad terms with Vince. Is that correct?

So now that he has passed Vince can just induct him into the HOF w/out anything?

sorry if my post is confusing to anyone but I'm not sure if wrestlers have to give Vince their sign off to get in, once they are asked.

thanks

"Was" obviously they reached some sort of amicable relationship with Savage action figures, a DVD and inclusion in WWE All Stars occuring.

thing is, if he was under a legends contract that would mean WWE owns the rights to his name and likeness, unless ofcourse he got special conditions. I don't think Vince is heartless when it comes to people dying and if they want it, WWE will offer something to the poffo's in terms of being involved in WWE in some form or recieving payments for Savage being used on WWE productions.

as for HOF, well you would think it is now a dead lock that he will go in, but it doesn't meant it will necessarily happen next year, it still depends on his wife/family
maybe do a family induction with Randy, Lanny and there father all together with emphasis on Randy.

as to who to induct him, there's a huge list of possible people. Undertaker was a good friend of his, as was Bret Hart. Molly Holly was involved with Savage for a brief period in WCW, no way in hell they'd bring Hogan in to do it, unless by some huge change he quit TNA and sucked up big time. prime choices would be Steamboat, Ted Dibiase 2 people he had great fueds with or ofcourse his wife or Lanny Poffo

R.I.P Randy, you were my favourite of your generation

 

[Jack-Hammer]

When it comes to the HOF, I think Vince sometimes gets a raw deal. It's true that the man has a huge ego and that net fans like to put in their two cents on who should get inducted and why. The problem is that the internet sometimes, usually more often than not, doesn't find out everything that's going on. This often does include guys that are considered, mentioned and even asked to be in the HOF.

Every year around WM time, someone'll ask why Vince doesn't induct Bruno Sammartino into the HOF. The answer is because Sammartino has refused the offer, an offer that's been made a number of times as I understand it. Who is to say that Randy Savage hasn't done the same thing? Maybe an offer has been put to him in the past only to be refused. We don't know either way at this point.

There's been a lot of animosity between Savage & Vince McMahon for a long time. In years passed, Vince was said to sometimes fly into a rage whenever someone brought Savage's name up. When the WWE put out a Macho Man DVD a few years back, I thought that was a sign that things had improved between them significantly. Then, when Savage's father passed away, he was allegedly pissed off that the WWE didn't make mention of it. So, ultimately, who knows.

As a fan, I would love to see Randy Savage inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. I just hope that his family would allow it to happen. I can't think of any reason why they shouldn't unless he himself made mention to them that he simply wasn't interested.

 

[FitFinlay4Life]

I hope Randy Savage never gets inducted into the WWe HoF *sic*. He hasn't been good enough for Vince since 1994. Whatever spite he had with 'Macho', even when business was involved, he still stopped short of offering an olive branch - to my knowledge, Randy and Warrior are the only two living superstars not allowed to provide a commentary on their own career DVDs, instead we got to listen to Matt Striker and Maria. I hope his wife has the financial security to take the high ground and refuse that they cash in on his name now. He's been inducted by the Professional Wrestling Hall Of Fame, screw Vince and his political, Drew Carey featuring, version.

My love goes to Randy, another shining light extinguished to soon - we'll never see your like again!

 

[jacdnwarrior]

The relationship had mended ? Was Randy Savage a part of the video package they did about his career ? Did he do any interviews for it ? My understanding is they had Maria and some other guy on it talking about his career and he wasn't even a part of it. As far as the video game and the toy figure, didn't those companies approach Randy without Vince's say ? If Randy wasn't even a part of his own dvd to talk about his career, they couldn't have been that close.

I was (and still am) devastated to hear that Randy Savage is gone. I never wanted to see him a part of the long list of performers gone too soon. He was my favourite wrestler. I hoped I would see him inducted into the WWE HoF while he was alive. I hope Vince will do the right thing and induct the Poffo family (Angelo and his sons Lanny and Randy) and Miss Elizabeth into the HoF this year but the truth is, Vince should have done this a long time ago. If he is from Florida, it might be a good idea to do it this coming Wrestlemania.

I would hope Savage's passing would be enough to make Vince see how silly he's been in keeping this grudge for so long. That being said, Elizbeth passed away a long time ago and they haven't inducted her, (the family have asked fans to ask WWE to induct her) , so it's not impossible for Vince to still say no.