WWE Hall of Fame 2012: Mike Tyson to be inducted in Miami
by Geno Mrosko on Jan 30, 2012 1:19 PM EST
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The latest edition to the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2012 is none other than "Iron" Mike Tyson.
WWE.com has the story:
Boxing legend and pop culture icon "Iron" Mike Tyson will be inducted into the WWE's 2012 Hall of Fame class on March 31 in Miami, WWE announced to major media markets throughout the nation Monday. Among the most decorated pugilists in history, Tyson established his place in WWE lore in 1998 when he served as a special "outside enforcer" for the WWE Championship main event of WrestleMania XIV between Shawn Michaels and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Indeed, WWE is no stranger to inducting celebrities for the sake of increasing visibility and this is no different. Tyson, though, was arguably the biggest get for the company, considering he played a major role in helping turn the tide during the Monday Night Wars. WCW was dominating at the time, Vince McMahon paid an unbelievable amount of money to Tyson to get him to come in and do a program from Royal Rumble all the way to WrestleMania, where he would help Stone Cold win the title for the first time, and ratings soared.
An interesting aspect to this story is that WWE wanted to announce it on their own terms but the bloodhounds at TMZ got to it first even getting a quote from Tyson who said, "I am honored to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. I was the youngest heavyweight champion of all time, but the most fun I ever had in the ring was with WWE."
Tyson will be going in alongside Edge, The Four Horsemen and Mil Mascares. It's also expected that Yokozuna will be announced soon, though WWE has not made that official. The ceremony takes place on March 31 in Miami at the American Airlines Arena the night before WrestleMania 28.
Presumably, Tyson will be announced as going in on tonight's episode of Raw, which you can follow along with during the live blog right here.
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This is actually a pretty awesome addition to the celebrity "wing."
That Austin/Tyson/DX angle was awesome AND it has aged really well.
Truth. His role in that feud..........
is always timeless. You can never get enough of that.
by E-ROC on Jan 30, 2012 1:41 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
So now..
WWE let’s rapists into its HOF. Huge black eye for the company. Linda’s campaign should have nixed this idea.
Suum Cuique
by Rawuncutnxrated on Jan 30, 2012 1:59 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Jimmy Snuka killed a woman.
He’s a HOFer, isn’t he?
Wrestling has a very seedy underbelly. No one will care about this.
Really?
Do you really need to ask why?
One guy(Benoit) killed his family a few years ago and was a WWE wrestler at the time. The other guy(Tyson) is not a WWE wrestler and where I dont deny his crime was horrible people have gotten over it and begin to embrace “the new Tyson” that we see on his pigeon show, at UFC events, and in the Hangover movies.
The same can not be said for Chris Benoit. I’m not arguing that it’s right but yeah the public perceptions of Tyson and Benoit are like night and day at this point.
Yes, I really need to ask why.
…because it’s a legit question.
Didn’t Hogan roll over on Vince during all the steroid trials & whatnot? If you’re going to have a moral high-ground, at least make it consistent.
I think the whole point of a moral high ground
Is based on inconstancies. I do think Benoit will get something someday. Just not in this decade or the next.
I'm big, I'm white, I'm Irish, and G*d damnit people like me!
by C. J. Bradford on Jan 30, 2012 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
Thank you!
I'm big, I'm white, I'm Irish, and G*d damnit people like me!
by C. J. Bradford on Jan 30, 2012 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
Also Tyson still maintains his innoncence on the rape charge
"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill
Christ stop with this fake outrage nonsense
by Chris Cutrer on Jan 30, 2012 3:24 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Eh
He was a meaningful celebrity, but inducting him in on the basis of one story and a match or three is very eh. But, then again, it’s not like the WWE Hall of Fame is legitimate or anything, so…
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
Ryder or Riot #WWWYKI
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 30, 2012 2:47 PM EST reply actions
To be fair, Tyson’s apparence helped create a record PPV buyrate and set in motion the greatest run of business any wrestling company has ever done. I don’t think you can overstate the role Tyson had in all that.
by timbo_slice on Jan 30, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’m pretty sure you can overstate it… and just did.
Suum Cuique
by Rawuncutnxrated on Jan 30, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah
It’s not like Stone Cold versus Shawn MIchaels had anything to do with it, or the rest of the card (which I remember as being pretty good and excited for, at the time- Golddust versus Mark Mero, the Undertaker finally fighting Kane, a huge brawl with basically every tag-team they had at the time)
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
Ryder or Riot #WWWYKI
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3rd Place- 2011 AAOP Contest | 1st place- 2012 AAOP Contest
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 30, 2012 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
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