Grimmas Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Discuss here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 I think Iron Sheik was probably the biggest name / star who had not been nominated and seems like an oversight. Sadly, he's more famous today for getting arrested, taking drugs, and calling people Jabronis, but from 1979 till about 1985 he was probably one of the best workers in the world. Not just because he was a human suplex machine either. He was one of the most over heels in the USA. He impressed the hell out of us on Titans during his 1979 Great Hussein Arab run in WWF, he has a really memorable match with Dominic Denucci (BY FAR the best Dom has looked) and with Backlund, and is probably one of the forgotten stories of that year because Pat Patterson just wowed us more. He also had great and memorable runs in GCW and JCP, and he was over in both of them. I really like this match with Steamboat from 1980: The Slaughter feud is obviously what people remember and it is an all-time classic feud on a level that very few other candidates can boast of. Also some fun stuff in the 1985-6 tag run with Volkoff, although he does DROP OFF A CLIFF as a worker after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El McKell Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 I think Iron Sheik was probably the biggest name / star who had not been nominated and seems like an oversight. Kevin Nash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Fair point! I've just noticed that Pedro Morales has not been nominated either and legitimately he was probably a bigger star than either of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Kevin Nash?pretty sure that one's not an oversight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliott Posted April 30, 2023 Report Share Posted April 30, 2023 The Slaughter feud alone is enough to make me at least want to take a peak at what else he's done before it all falls apart. I know there's some great stuff with Backlund in the 70s too. Anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr JMML Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 I love his feud against Sgt Slaughter, especially the Boot Camp match in 1984. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 The Backlund match from '79 is an excellent match even if the Sheik can't show off his full wrestling prowess since he's a heel. Interesting proto-WWE finishing stretch with both men using a chair sans any sort of ref bump or knock out blow. Backlund using an atomic drop as a finisher is so great, especially the height he gets on it. Huge ovation for Bob too. Vince on solo commentary duty is as good as ever. He's frigging Howard Cosell compared to the coke years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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