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0 Subject: WWE Poll stunner

Posted by: Cblack
- Sustainer [211491518] Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 08:44

I was looking at wwe.com and the poll question for today was regarding whether Benoit should be allowed to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. I was floored at the results as 55 % said yes!!!! That is just amazing to me. As a 20+ year wrestling fan, I had thought I'd seen everything, but this stunned me.

WWE already gets poked fun at by having a Hall of Fame anyway. Imagine what the reaction would be if they put a murderer in the Hall!!!!! The media would have an absolute field day with that and I don't think they could just say that ?any publicity is good publicity" this time.

Is anyone else surprised by this????
1Mattinglyinthehall
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      Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 09:22
I guess a little higher than I'd thought but I don't think its that surprising. I think it's a fair question. It boils down to whether you can seperate Benoit's work from what he did. Personally, I'd have to think about it a bit.

I'm more surprised and impressed that WWE would offer the poll in the first place. For several obvious reasons, Chris Benoit is a very sensitive topic for them. Few would blame them if Benoit (much less the notion of enshrining him) was never mentioned in any WWE media again.

But WWE's HOF is still young enough that its not yet quite established exactly what it wants to be. What are its standards for induction and does induction necessarily suggest anything about life outside the ring? If WWE takes their HOF seriously, those questions will have to be answered. Allowing their fans to be heard sounds like a great gesture.
2Tree
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      Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 12:12
I'd have no problem voting Benoit into a wrestling Hall of Fame. as a wrestler, he's one of the greatest ever.

If you were take out people of questionable moral fiber from the WWE HoF, you've have to dump a good percentage of the folks who have been enshrined.

Never mind the fact that Benoit wouldn't even be the first murderer in the Hall.
3Great One
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      Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 12:39
I don't see that poll anywhere and I find it odd that its up there considering they have removed all mention of Beniot from their website, DVD's, tv replays, video packages, magazines and video games (to be released).
4Mike D
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      Fri, Aug 03, 2007, 20:16
Not trying to say this is the same as Benoit by any means, but still, today's NFL news made me think of this thread.

Hall of Fame ready to receive Irvin despite off-field problems


Hall of Fame ready to receive Irvin despite off-field problems

By BARRY WILNER, AP Football Writer
August 3, 2007

CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Of the six players about to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Michael Irvin was the only one to make headlines off the field. Irvin knows that's not a good thing.

The Dallas Cowboys receiver recognizes that his troubles easily could have kept him from the shrine in Canton, where he will be inducted Saturday.

"Mistakes will cost you. That's the reality," Irvin said. "You have to pay the price for your mistakes, but, also, don't give up. Keep going and try to overcome that. That's the reality, too. I like that it worked out the way it worked out."

The way it worked out, Irvin was voted into the hall in his third year of eligibility, joining former "Triplet" Troy Aikman, his quarterback with the Cowboys. In a few years, the third part of that memorable offensive juggernaut, all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith will make it, too.

Irvin knows he made it difficult on himself, his teammates and NFL fans.

"I don't know if (his stats) gets overlooked, but sometimes the good stuff may get overshadowed," Irvin said. "Whether I like it or not, I made those bad decisions and you're going to take all those things into account when you're dealing with me."

A few weeks after the Cowboys won their third Super Bowl with the Triplets leading the way, police found Irvin, marijuana, cocaine and strippers in a hotel room for his 30th birthday party. He pleaded no contest to felony cocaine possession and was put on probation for four years.

It was one of several run-ins with police. And Irvin wondered if he'd burned his chance for making the hall.

"A few days before the vote, a current player called me and said, 'They're just trying to keep you out because once you go in, the rest of us player-boys will, too,' " Irvin said. "I never thought of it like that. I hope they don't think of it like that. I'm not trying to lead the way for bad boys to get in. I'm just trying to deal with my own issues."

The other inductees -- Thurman Thomas, Bruce Matthews, Roger Wehrli, Charlie Sanders and Gene Hickerson -- had no such issues. All were exemplary players for, in the most part, one franchise.

While Irvin had his problems, he also had enviable statistics worthy of enshrinement.

Irvin was the top receiver on those three championship teams, and he made the league's All-1990s team. As a rookie in 1988, he led the league with a 20.4-yards per catch average, and he had 11 100-yard receiving games in 1995, setting an NFL record.

"I never coached a player who had as much passion for the game as Michael Irvin," said Jimmy Johnson, his coach for much of Irvin's career. "He also was the guy who I knew at crunch time I could depend on to come through with a key play."

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