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There's a school of thought that you don't blow your load early, because then you won't have anything left later. The Spiderman game on Nintendo64/Playstation did this, as its roster of villains included Venom, Dr Octopus, Carnage, The Lizard, Rhino, and Mysterio, with guest appearances from the likes of Marvel A-Listers Daredevil, Punisher, and Captain America. Activision, clearly thinking there would never be a sequel, went for the most balls to the wall Spiderman game ever. Of course it sold great, so a sequel was made. What did that game have? Hammerhead, Beetle, an out of control bi-plane, and Electro as the main villain.



Which brings us to a relevant wrestling topic: The WWE Hall of Fame. The ceremony is coming up soon and it's always nice to honor the past. Except when it's not. It's kind of a joke, isn't it? And not because it's a hall for professional wrestling. Just the sheer amount of inductees in it. Here's a complete list. In 2004, the first year the Hall of Fame was brought back after an eight year hiatus, there were eleven inductees. Subsequent years have leveled off at seven, but let's compare that to major sports. The baseball hall of fame averages out to about four inductees a year, and the hockey hall of fame caps the induction off at four players a year. But these are organizations with a hundred years of history and a much larger talent pool to pick their legendary performers from. Four players out of the hundreds in the big leagues during a player's tenure is a far way off from seven personalities from realistically, two hundred people at most signed under a national wrestling contract. So although everyone enshrined in the WWE Hall of Fame is certainly hall worthy (this year's class of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ricky Steamboat, and The Funks are all no brainers), the overloading is leaving the WWE scrambling to fill their Hall of Fame undercard.

Yes, the rumors are true. Koko B. Ware is going to be in the hall of fame.

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He of Quizno's ticket sales will be joining the sacred (?) fraternity populated by the likes of Nature Boy Ric Flair, Nature Boy Buddy Rogers, and American Dream Dusty Rhodes. And we're not crapping on Koko because he wore ugly suspenders or carried a parrot to the ring that will surely outlive him.

(Side note: Is the reason the Hall of Fame so overpopulated due to wrestler mortality rates? Does Vince want to guarantee an attendance from these men, so he prematurely books them ASAP?)



Seriously though, we're not crapping on Koko. He is a perfectly fine mid-carder. He was good in the ring, had a good song on the 1987 WWF album, but he's not legendary. He's not worthy of the fame. Let's look at the accomplishments of his fellow classmates:

• Stone Cold Steve Austin- Six time WWF World Champion, two time WWF Intercontinental Champion, 1996 King of the Ring, three time Royal Rumble winner, two time WCW US Champion, sold SO much merchandise.
• Ricky Steamboat- one time NWA World Champion, four time NWA US champion, one time WWF Intercontinental Champion.
• Funks- combined two time NWA World Champions, one time WWF tag team champions, two time ECW champions, and won dozens of tag titles together.
• Koko B. Ware- Held several regional NWA titles.

Now, like we said. Holding several regional NWA titles is a nice career. But this isn't in the same realm. It just isn't. Still, it's not the Birdman's fault. He was bestowed with this honor and accepted it with grace. We can't all have the integrity of Mr. T. But since the WWE Hall of Fame inducted so many people so early what we're stuck with is Koko B Ware being the midcarder at a legitmate legends night. Thus, we here at LOL, Wresslin' are calling it. Marty Janetty for HOF '10!