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Post by Wildfire on Apr 8, 2007 20:13:13 GMT -5
So, what do you think? I think it should be long enough so that there's little chance the guy could come back once elected.. so I picked 5 years.
Of course, in wrestling, especially the GWF, you never know when a guy is gonna come back.
The other thing is what about guys that go to cPc or aCe? While I'm not sure anyone that is active either fed is worthy, but there should definately be a rule.
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Post by Joe on Apr 8, 2007 20:17:10 GMT -5
Five years is a pretty acceptable number, as it is hard to see anyone being re-introduced as a wrestler after six years. Well, except for Spike and, hopefully, Saboteur.
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Post by Big Bri on Apr 8, 2007 21:31:06 GMT -5
Why does the person have to be retired?
Look at the Rock N' Roll HOF. Most of the (alive) inductees still put out albums and tour. It's not like a few extra active years will somehow tarnish their pre-induction achievements that got them into the HOF in the first place.
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Post by Pete Beck on Apr 8, 2007 21:41:37 GMT -5
I went 3 years...
While i understand the idea is to make sure an individual is "out" of the federation...5 years is a long time to wait based on the current game release schedule of 1 set per year.
Let's look at this...who has come back after being gone three years...Spike and Lance At-Las (did i miss any). Spike was in the HoF before he came back...and he should have stayed away as his return was not up to his prior standards (not to mention his picture was kinda lame...) Lance At-Las...is he in the HoF already (i want to say yes...as i would have voted for him)...his return is also lackluster and he run in aCe isn't really endearing him to HoF standards.
I really don't think 5 years is necessary...Tom is hesitant on bring guys back and Mark and Kris are pretty up front about who they are going to pursue...Euritar and Mensar being prime examples were back in before their 3 year hiatus, although neither would likely be considered HoF'ers for the GWF...Euritar if he had been brought into NB would have definitely been a consideration, but being dropped while holding the title...doesn't bode well for him.
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Post by kaz on Apr 10, 2007 9:59:33 GMT -5
I do agree on 3 years, although longevity and accomplishments of a career, even when still active, shouldn't be overlooked either. Look at Ric Flair, there is talk of him going into the HOF next year and he's still active, but look at his accomplishments over his entire career.
Also, I think there should be different wings (GWF, CPC, DX, a.C.e., LOW, ect) according to accomplishments and length in each fed.
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Post by Mike M on Apr 10, 2007 10:42:18 GMT -5
I think that 5 years is fine, especially when you consider the backlog of deserving candidates available at this time since we are starting from scratch. It won't kill me to wait another year or 2 for Thunder to be available.... it's likely that he wouldn't get in on the first couple of ballots anyway (or even more) if he's competing with the likes of Thantos, Chaos, Omega, Star Warrior, Wolf, Morpheus, Spike, the original Glads, etc.
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Post by steefposton on Apr 10, 2007 17:37:04 GMT -5
I agree that 5 years is good. The one thing it does, is take away a little of the "emotion" of a player/wrestler that is still wrestling or recently retired and gives everyone a chance to "step back" and take a look at the wrestler's career more objectively. Look at things like the Pope and Mother Theresa. Everyone wanted to make them a saint the day they died, but after several years, people can be more objective.
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