WWE Hall of fame class of 2014

Kenny Nardozza


The class of the 2014 WWE Hall of Fame is shaping up to be one of the greatest of all time.   Three legends have already been announced and in my mind are long overdue for the honor.   This all happens on April 5, 2014 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana the night before Wrestlemania XXX.  One of the most important nights of the year in the WWE Universe, it is now circled on my calendar.  As I will now be able to watch the WWE Hall of Fame Induction ceremony LIVE for the first time ever, thanks to the forthcoming WWE Network that drops on February 24th. The Hype right now is through the roof! Here is a look at the WWE 2014 Hall of Fame class inductees.

The Ultimate Warrior - The Ultimate Warrior was the first wrestler announced for the 2014 Hall of Fame class.  I was elated when I saw he was finally going to be inducted.  The Ultimate Warrior is a former One-time WWF Champion and two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion.  He even ended Wrestlemania VI with a clean win over Hulk Hogan and became both the WWF and Intercontinental Champion.  The Warrior's victory list is like reading a who's who in professional wrestling. Honestly, he should have been inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame a long time ago.  However, his relationship with owner Vince McMahon has been strained over the years.  In Vince's eyes, the Warrior never lived up to his potential.  The WWE even released a DVD titled, The Self Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior, and in it ends with the consensus that the Warrior was a nobody, nothing more than a mere flash in the pan.  At least somebody within the WWE had the foresight to squash the real life feud between the WWE and the Warrior and place him where he needs to be, immortalized in the Hall of Fame along side some of his greatest opponents; Hulk Hogan, Sgt Slaughter and Rowdy Roddy Piper.  Warrior needs to be enshrined in a place that once noted him as "one of the most intense and physically impressive competitors to ever appear in the WWE." After Warrior's induction, Macho Man Randy Savage will now become the biggest omission in the Hall of Fame

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Jake the Snake Roberts:  The second inductee in the 2014 class is Jake the Snake Roberts. Although, Roberts never held any major titles in the WWE, he is still considered a legendary wrestler.  He is hailed as the inventor of the DDT and before hitting it big in the WWE, he held several regional championships.  Jake's popularity in the WWE hit a fever pitch.  What would you expect when you create a cerebral, dark, psychotic wrestler who proceeded to rest his snake Damien on top of his prone enemies.  Jake the Snake embodied the cold blooded snake that he would set in some of his unlucky opponents mouths. He even created the 'Snake Pit' which was sort of a rip off of 'Piper's Pit'.  Yet fans clamored for 'The Snake'.  Even when pitted in matches against baby-face heroes such as Macho Man and Hulk Hogan, fans went wild for Jake, chanting for the 'DDT'.  Management even went as far as to never let Jake have a major title feud with Hogan, they were afraid that Hogan would be booed out the building. Remind you of somebody from the current WWE project? YES! Anyway, Jake the Snake deserves to be immortalized if only for being a survivor.  It's no secret that Jake has his demons but is successfully battling them thanks to a little help from his friends, particularly Diamond Dallas Page, who will be inducting him into the Hall of Fame.   Perhaps the greatest thing ever said about Snake Roberts is, "Many believe he was far ahead of his time, a precursor to The Attitude Era."

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Lita:  Amy Dumas the woman known as Lita, is the third inductee thus far in the class.  Lita certainly is worthy to get the call to the hall.  After all she is a Four-time WWE Womens Champion and had an epic feud with actual best friend Trish Stratus, who was inducted last year.  I have no doubt that Trish will induct Lita or perhaps it could be one of Lita's ex-boyfriends.  She did have relationships with Matt Hardy, Edge Adam Copeland and CM Punk during her tenure with the WWE.  She even went so far as to participate in a live-sex celebration with Edge in a Raw main event spot.  Lita won over legions of fans during her run in WWE's Attitude Era.  She simply couldn't be missed, exploding on the scene as this hardcore chick rocking a nasty tattoo on her arm.  Lita had a nice arsenal of moves and she wasn't afraid to take a bump.  I can still remember the Dudley Boys slamming her through tables and her getting broken in half by devastating spears time after time. She also helped out the careers of other wrestlers such as Essa Rios, Edge and Christian and the Hardy Boys.  In my opinion, my favorite Lita match was when she was a main event feature on Raw in a match for the WWE Women's Championship against Stephanie McMahon.  Lita won the title for the first time that night and little did she know would become one of the most successful divas of our generation.  Lita has even garnered success outside of the ring forming a punk rock band known as The Luchagors.  Now on April 5, 2014 she is set to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, becoming the seventh woman to achieve the honor.

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