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Well its not really reports

He said it himself on Twitter

No they are not all first timers. Los Brazos, Crockett Jr, Danielson, McManus, Hashimoto, Lesnar, and Rey on that list were not. So to answer your question, it was Los Brazos this year.

First Ballot HoFers
Kurt Angle
Medico Asesino
Steve Austin
Dos Caras
John Cena
Gedo
Akira Hokuto
Kenta Kobashi
Jushin Liger
Takashi Matsunaga
Shinsuke Nakamura
Manami Toyota
Kazuchika Okada
The Rock
Jim Ross
Kazushi Sakuraba

red sox 777 posted...

People can oppose the vaccine and still vote for Trump. He isn't going to be forcing anyone to get a vaccine.

What do you think DeSantiss angle against Trump will be? Hell paint Trump as a vaccine lover who encourages you to take the poison, and that will resonate with the base

Dave at the time scolding the voters

If anything, Austin, in his first year eligible, is only shocking because he didn't draw the highest percentage of those making it since he figured to be the strongest candidate not only on the ballot, but the strongest candidate since we started doing balloting. If anything, it was a surprise that Austin's percentage didn't challenge the record 95% put on the board last year by Jushin Liger, but apparently the longevity at the top factor worked against him, because more than any other wrestler, Austin is the one who was the key in the WWF's turnaround in three years from being a company losing millions every year, to a company that is more profitable in one year than perhaps any other wrestling company has been in its entire history. No wrestler in history ever sold merchandise like Austin or drew the money he did, and even if he wasn't a strong performer in the ring, a category he doesn't fit into at all, those are credentials pretty hard to argue with.

VeryInsane posted...

Oh ok, context makes a lot more sense now than when I looked it up out of curiosity's sake.

Still, there has to be some other really big names that should be at 100%

The top vote getters by percentage of all time:

Kenta Kobashi. 98%. 2002
Jushin Liger. 95%. 1999
Kazuchika Okada. 92%. 2021
The Rock. 86%. 2007
Kazushi Sakuraba. 86%. 2004
Los Brazos. 86%. 2021
Jim Crockett Jr. 82%. 2021
Bryan Danielson. 80%. 2016
Mick McManus. 78%. 2012
Shinya Hashimoto. 78%. 2000
Manami Toyota. 78%. 2002
Steve Austin. 77%. 2000
Brock Lesnar. 76%. 2015
Rey Mysterio. 75%. 2010

Maniac64 posted...

Why is Charlotte Flair even on there already?

She reached the eligibility threshold of being 35 years old and being an active wrestler in 10 different years

People who fall off can always be put back on the ballot later if theres a push for it, see Orndorff this year

For some more context, here are the top ten vote getters for each category of voter

HISTORIANS
1. Kazuchika Okada
2. Los Brazos
3. George Kidd
4. Enrique Torres
5. Jim Crockett Jr.
6. Don Owen
7. Bobby Davis
8. Rollerball Mark Rocco
9. Los Hermanos Dinamita
10. Sgt. Slaughter

REPORTERS
1. Kazuchika Okada
2. Los Brazos
3. Jim Crockett Jr.
4. Don Owen
5. Mistico/Caristico
6. Big Daddy
7. Kota Ibushi
8. Sgt. Slaughter
9. Stanley Weston
10. Bobby Davis

ACTIVE WRESTLERS/INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS
1. Kazuchika Okada
2. Los Brazos
3. Johnny Saint
4. Mistico/Caristico
5. Ole Anderson
6. Huracan Ramirez
7. Rollerball Mark Rocco
8. Jim Crockett Jr.
9. Don Owen
10. Cima

RETIRED WRESTLERS/INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS
1. Kazuchika Okada
2. James Melby
3. Don Owen
4. Bobby Davis
5. Edge
6. Kota Ibushi
7. Randy Orton
8. Los Brazos
Los Hermanos Dinamita
10. Jim Crockett Jr.

LiquidOshawott posted...

The craziest thing is hes the third highest ever, behind Kenta Kobashi at 98% and Jushin Liger at 95%

Makes the baseball crew seem lenient.

In case anyone gets REALLY confused, voting only started in 98

When Dave started the HoF in 96 he just personally inducted everyone he felt should be in by that point, and then in 97 picked up some stragglers people reminded him of that he forgot

Observer Hall of Fame inductees for 2021 were announced today. Four new inductees. Poor Mistico one vote short. Sin Cara botches again!

HALL OF FAME BALLOTING RESULTS

Votes needed for induction into the Hall of Fame: U.S. and Canada modern 275; U.S and Canada historical 173; Japan 178; Mexico 75; Rest of the World 110

PERFORMER VOTES PCT 2020
KAZUCHIKA OKADA 271 92% ----
LOS BRAZOS 107 86% 53%
JIM CROCKETT JR. 237 82% 36%
DON OWEN 176 61% 53%
Mistico/Caristico 74 59.7% 33%
Sgt. Slaughter 265 58% 53%
Rollerball Mark Rocco 106 58% 54%
Bobby Davis 160 56% ---
Kota Ibushi 160 54% 38%
Enrique Torres 149 52% 28%
Stanley Weston 135 47% 39%
Johnny Rougeau 134 47% 25%
Akira Taue 136 46% 39%
Larry Matysik 133 46% 46%
Los Hermanos Dinamita 57 46% ----
Ole Anderson ` 130 45% 37%
Johnny Saint 85 45% 52%
George Kidd 78 43% 31%
Rick & Scott Steiner 182 40% 35%
Sputnik Monroe 111 39% 43%
Morris Sigel 111 39% 19%
Big Daddy 72 39% 35%
Tomohiro Ishii 114 38% 39%
Tetsuya Naito 113 38% 38%
Ted Turner 171 37% 42%
Dominic DeNucci 65 36% 31%
Paul Orndorff 161 35% ----
Jackie Pallo 62 34% 32%
C.M. Punk 152 33% 15%
Jim Johnston 151 33% 36%
Sangre Chicana 41 33% 14%
June Byers 92 32% 18%
Junkyard Dog 148 32% 29%
Edge 146 32% 44%
Huracan Ramirez 40 32% 27%
Johnny Wrestling II Walker 90 31% 27%
Mike Tenay 144 31% 30%
Dorrell Dixon 36 29% ----
Grand Wizard 83 29% 34%
Cowboy Bob Ellis 80 28% 19%
Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson w/Dillon 130 28% 42%
Billy Joyce 52 28% 11%
Randy Orton 125 27% 34%
Reggie Parks 121 26% ----
Tony Schiavone 121 26% 19%
Bobby Bruns 77 26% 22%
La Parka AAA 31 25% ----
Matt & Jeff Hardy 112 24% 24%
Bob Caudle 70 24%` 17%
Pirata Morgan 30 24% 20%
Hayabusa 68 23% 31%
Cima 67 23% 27%
Yoshiaki Fujiwara 67 23% 21%
Octagon 28 23% ----
Bob Armstrong 61 21% 29%
Rocky Johnson 57 20% 28%
Jose Tarres 35 19% ----
Ricki Starr 34 19% 20%
Bill Goldberg 83 18% 28%
George Scott 55 19% 24%
Joe Higuchi 54 18% 20%
Rito Romero 22 18% 17%
Adrian Street 33 18% 19%
Otto Wanz 32 18% 22%
Dave Brown 80 17% 36%
Wild Bull Curry 49 17% 15%
Jerry Brisco 46 16% 18%
Pampero Firpo 46 16% 17%
Meiko Satomura 46 16% 33%
Spyros Arion 29 16% 27%
Blackjack Mulligan 44 15% 10%
Black Gordman & Great Goliath 41 14% 13%
Von Brauners w/Weingeroff 41 14% 15%
Lord James Blears 38 13% 13%
Archie Mongolian Stomper Gouldie 37 13% 15%
Kendo Nagasaki 23 13% 19%
LAnge Blanc 22 12% ----
Killer Karl Kox 22 12% 17%
Trish Stratus 50 11% 10%
Bill Dundee 49 11% ----
Naomichi Marufuji 32 11% ----
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan 31 10% 15%

Less than 10% of all votes from a region and dropped from next years ballot: Hollywood Blonds (Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown w/Sir Oliver Humperdink), Buddy Colt, Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane & Steve Keirn), Nikki Bella, Charlotte Flair, Kamala, Rick Martel, Jon Moxley, Seth Rollins, Ultimate Warrior, Kyoko Inoue, Katsuyori Shibata, Takashi Sugiura, Psycho Clown, John DaSilva, Roger Delaporte & Andre Bollet, Takaaki Kidani, Stephanie McMahon

Dropped from next years ballot due to the 15 year/50 percent rule: Johnny Mr. Wrestling II Walker

Will be dropped next year if not getting at least 50 percent: Sgt. Slaughter, Enrique Torres, Rocky Johnson

Added to next years ballot: Argentina Rocca & Miguel Perez, Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood, Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada, Jack & Jerry Brisco, Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch, Roy Welch, Shingo Takagi, Rossy Ogawa

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

Lmao good point.

Like, okay. Let me put on my maximum cynic hat. There's a whole narrative about Never Trumpers and other conservative moderates that the election hinged on. I don't know if this is true nor do I particularly care - the important part here is that there's a whole class of pundits and political machinery that operate around it being true (dark shoutouts to The Lincoln Project's grift). For a lot of these people Trump's COVID response was the last straw, and this is another part of the narrative that Trump would have been reelected if not for COVID. Also, everyone has been making the assumption that Trump will return to politics soon.

Trump keeps going on these pro-vaccine spiels that keep popping up in the media (so weird!). It's all calculated to try and get back into favor with these guys and score points with credulous liberals. It really is his normal brand of PR, and we all know PR is something Trump is actually good at. You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to him.

That will help him in the general. It will hurt him with his base against DeSantis if he becomes the GOP darling of CNN while DeSantis becomes the preferred candidate of Fox, OAN, and such.

My feeling is the opposition to the vaccine has become a monster he can no longer control, but hes surprised me before

I eagerly await the GOP Primary debates where the efficacy of the vaccine will be the wedge issue

Too little too late IMO

I dont care who makes the topics but I do care about being plagiarized

Abolish the filibuster

StealThisSheen posted...

I've watched very little wrestling in 2021.

Which leads me to a question I've probably already asked but forgotten, is there an easy way to catch up on AEW?

Honestly no

The last few weeks (10?) of Dynamite/Rampage will be on the TNT app (maybe TBS app now for the most recent Dynamite).

After that they cycle to the B/R app which is a mess and in different states of disrepair based on platform

I sincerely hope some sort of AEW archive app is in the cards for 2022

Tom Bombadil posted...

What would you put above NXT, though?

NXT UK
Rampage
ROH
Maybe SD, its a toss up

Maniac64 posted...

Was Eddie Kingston's debut in 2021? Cause if so its that.

No

NXT 2.0 the third biggest disappointment, but NXT still the second best weekly show?

Those last 9 months of black and gold NXT must have been pretty great

LiquidOshawott posted...

I think the fact that everyone rebounded after the exploding ring pretty nicely makes it not the winner

Like Eddie is probably the second most over face on the roster right now

Undertaker rebounded pretty nicely after he floated to heaven after a casket match, it still probably wins 1994

I feel like the spirit of the award is to vote for the shittiest things that happen ON screen

My top 3

1.) Alexa/Lilly/Fiend
2.) Exploding ring
3.) WWE movie tie-ins

Dom for Tag

Hook for HoF