Steve Yohe

You have one member who votes. Al least one. ----Yohe

Maurice Tillet was the biggest draw of 1940, 1941, & 1942....and beat even major star in the sport (Lewis, Thesz, Sonnenberg, Casey, Sexton, ETC) and can't get in. Primo Carnera was the biggest draw of 1947, never had a chance of getting in. Dano O'Mahoney was a huge draw in 1934 & 1935....snd he was the guy who beat Jim Londos clean....and then defeated Ed Don George for the AWA World Title. What did they have in common? Historians & Dave consider them bad workers. At least the WON is consistent. It's also very hard for performers from the "wrestling dark ages" to get in. Longson & Sexton didn't get in on the first ballot, and Orville Brown is a no brainer that sits waiting. There is a lot to bitch about, but the WON HOF is still the best & maybe the only HOF.----Steve Yohe

It should be noted that Buddy Rogers was probably the greatest babyface of the 1940's. He didn't turn heel until 1948 in Los Angeles. He introduce a style of working that was a lot of stand up and bouncing off the ropes. He created that style of flying wrestling, with flying scissors & atomic drops. Also did bumps over the top rope to the floor. So he wasn't just the Ric Flair of the 50's....he was the Ricky Steamboat of the 40's. Up until the mid-50's his training came from swimming, but he then turn to weight lifting....which led to more injuries. Slowed him down some too. By the time he was NWA Champ in 1961, the time period most membered today, he was hurting pretty bad & on his down side. The great working Rogers, was probably in the early 50's when he incorporated flying babyface moves with all the heel stuff he created himself. The wrestle copied by everyone from that period wasn't G. George, it was Rogers. He was the most copies wrestle in the history, even by those who don't know who he was today. This is my first port here & I hope I wasn't out of line.---Steve Yohe