King Silva
King of Kings
Number of posts : 32652
Age : 34
Location : Sacramento, California
Favorite WWE Wrestler : ---
Current and Former:
The Rock, JoMo, Ziggler, Edge, Orton, Y2J, Hardyz, + Rhodes!
Favorite WWE Diva : -------
ALL TIME
# 1} Lita
# 2} Trish Stratus
# 3} Mickie James
# 4} Gail Kim
# 5} Michelle McCool
Favorite TNA Wrestler : ----
Favorite TNA Knockout : ---
Registration date : 2009-09-30
 |  Subject: Will Randy Savage be entered into TNA's Hall of Fame? Tue 05 Jun 2012, 11:18 pm | |
| http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/exclusivesnews/article_62073.shtml
With TNA set to unveil their first Hall of Fame inductee this week at the Slammiversary PPV, one major name comes to mind who has yet to be inducted into WWE's Hall of Fame.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage had a brief stint in TNA during the mid-2000s when TNA brought in numerous former WWE stars to try to boost the credibility of the promotion. Could TNA one-up WWE and CEO Vince McMahon, whose relationship with Savage soured long ago, by inducting Savage posthumously at Slammiversary?
"Leaping" Lanny Poffo, the brother of Randy Savage, told PWTorch exclusively last month in a Torch Talk that Savage established stipulations for any induction, which would have to be met by WWE, TNA, or anyone else.
"Randy wouldn’t go in unless I went in and my father went in. He wanted to go in as the Poffo family. That was his stipulation," Poffo said. Asked if he would uphold Savage's request, Poffo said he would.
Poffo continued, "But let me also add that nobody has contacted me from the WWE, so we’re just speculating. In other words, Randy got the idea to go in as the Poffos right after the Von Erichs went in. Then we went to Olive Garden to celebrate my father’s birthday. It turned out to be his last. He said, 'If anybody wants me in the Hall of Fame, I’m not going in without my father and my brother.' As incoherent as he was at the time, he smiled and he enjoyed it and he understood. And he was very, very happy to hear that. However, let me reiterate. Nobody so far has contacted me for the Hall of Fame, but these are the stipulations I would hold to. We didn’t cremate him against his wishes, so we certainly won’t induct him into the Hall of Fame against his wishes. We’ll do it exactly the way he wanted."
Poffo also described his chief concern about being involved in any Hall of Fame induction - it simply would not be the speech people want to hear.
"If I were to give a speech like that, which I hope I get to do, I would give the best speech that I could give and it won’t be good enough because what the people want is not what I have to give," Poffo told the PWTorch editor Wade Keller. "What the people want is not for this to be a posthumous award but for Randy to give this speech. He’s the best, he’s the one, and he should have given it. So, whatever I give, as good as it is, it won’t be enough."
If not TNA, then would Poffo entertain the idea of inducting Savage into WWE's Hall of Fame considering Savage's rocky past with WWE?
"Life is way too short to harbor negative feelings. Let’s just give the olive branch and let’s patch this thing up and let’s not aggravate it or exacerbate it right now. Whether or not the Hall of Fame ever happens - I don’t know how much time I’ve got on this Earth, so I intend to try to take the high road." | |
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