WWE Hall of Fame 2025 Discussion

[Chili]

Mickie James? The same Mickie James who is being replaced on that WWE new star show by Michelle McCool because her stupid husband requested it. Not a chance she was getting in before Michelle.

[2Xtreme_lives]

Im surprised Victoria isn't in as of yet. I would like to Jazz in the Hall Of Fame too

[air_raid]

2 hours ago, SaitoRyo said:

Mickie James, Victoria and Melina come to mind immediately. I'd also argue Sable, considering what a massive star she was during the Attitude Era, but that's never going to happen for a variety of reasons. 

Sable is a weird one for me. If they smoothed things over from 99 to the point she returned in 2003, not sure what the stumbling block is today. Apart from hubby being a wrong un and not on the "invite" list at present.

13 minutes ago, 2Xtreme_lives said:

Im surprised Victoria isn't in as of yet. 

Me too, she seemed to be persona non grata for years, but then turned up in a Rumble so obviously no longer the case.

[Chili]

6 minutes ago, air_raid said:

Sable is a weird one for me. If they smoothed things over from 99 to the point she returned in 2003, not sure what the stumbling block is today. Apart from hubby being a wrong un and not on the "invite" list at present.

Me too, she seemed to be persona non grata for years, but then turned up in a Rumble so obviously no longer the case.

A lot of these women that vanish and suddenly turn up again might possibly be connected to the former owner in my opinion, and I have absolutely no proof, just the timings. Good for them though, get acknowledged and some paydays.

[SaitoRyo]

24 minutes ago, air_raid said:

Sable is a weird one for me. If they smoothed things over from 99 to the point she returned in 2003, not sure what the stumbling block is today. Apart from hubby being a wrong un and not on the "invite" list at present.

There was a thing a few years back when Torrie Wilson was inducted where she was basically told 'do not, under any circumstances, mention Sable in your speech'. 

They never highlight her and hardly even mention her. I think it's a combination of her role being very 'of its time' and Brock, who values his family's privacy and lives a very quiet life away from wrestling, basically not wanting the mother of three of his children to be highlighted as a sex symbol on global television. 

Now that Brock has been implicated in the Grant lawsuit and is probably done with WWE, I'd say there's next-to-no chance of Sable being inducted. It could also be a case of decision makers not valuing her contributions and thinking she's HOF worthy, too. 

[DavidB6937]

3 hours ago, boyfriend said:

Jesus the Michelle McCool induction is nothing short of disgraceful isn't it? I loved LayCool back in the day, but she only had a couple of year run in the business and that's it. I'm too lazy to Google other worthy female inductees what aren't in yet but jay'z smacks of nepotism.

Disgraceful? Off the top of my head they've got Stacy Keibler, Queen Sharmell and Torrie Wilson in there fairly recently, so is putting Michelle in there disgraceful?

[The King of Old School]

There's so much shite in the Hall of Fame that for me it's lost all credibility anyway.

 

[Merzbow]

Layla was the star of that team, she had genuine comedy chops and deserved far better content than that piss poor bullying angle,

[Supremo]

The amount of women from a very certain time period who suddenly got cameos or Legends deals this past year, they could make a whole wing for the Hall of Fame. The Four Horsemen went in together, didn’t they? No reason the Twenty Six HushMoneyWomen can’t.

[Chili]

1 hour ago, The King of Old School said:

There's so much shite in the Hall of Fame that for me it's lost all credibility anyway.

 

I mean it was only launched because WCW set one up and Andre just carked it.

[air_raid]

2 hours ago, Chili said:

A lot of these women that vanish and suddenly turn up again might possibly be connected to the former owner in my opinion, and I have absolutely no proof, just the timings. Good for them though, get acknowledged and some paydays.

The rumour was that Vic was Benoit's side piece while he was on the road and she found herself shunned by the rest of the locker room when they found out. Because you know, wrestlers are always taking the moral high ground.

[Chili]

1 hour ago, air_raid said:

The rumour was that Vic was Benoit's side piece while he was on the road and she found herself shunned by the rest of the locker room when they found out. Because you know, wrestlers are always taking the moral high ground.

By ironic coincidence there was chat and scuttlebutt that someone who is loving life was associated with him too.

[Hannibal Scorch]

From Andrew Baydala, insane ticket prices announced for the event

 

“Today, #WWE kicked off presales for the 2025 Hall of Fame tickets at Fontainebleau, Las Vegas. Prices start at $200 per ticket for upper-level seats, with floor seating from $500 per ticket up to $2000 per ticket (non-VIP).“

[andrew "the ref" coyne]

On 3/12/2025 at 1:31 AM, air_raid said:

The rumour was that Vic was Benoit's side piece while he was on the road and she found herself shunned by the rest of the locker room when they found out. Because you know, wrestlers are always taking the moral high ground.

I recently found out a talented female wrestler here in Aus isn't getting a chance at another promotion because she had an affair with a married man.

The fact said promotor himself has cheated on his wife, and has had domestic abusers, sexual assaulters and a alleged rapist in his roster is irrelevant obviously.... 

Honestly it's a gross business.

[RedTwoster]

On 3/11/2025 at 2:31 PM, air_raid said:

The rumour was that Vic was Benoit's side piece while he was on the road and she found herself shunned by the rest of the locker room when they found out. Because you know, wrestlers are always taking the moral high ground.

I think it’s worth saying that she has denied this in very strong terms.