The WWE has announced that WWE Hall Of Famer Harley Race suffered two broken legs after a bad fall at home in Troy, Missouri. Race reportedly fractured his right femur in addition to suffering breaks in his left fibula and tibia. He also has a spiral break of his left ankle.
Race required surgery to relieve the swelling in his legs and also received four blood transfusions. You can check out the WWE’s full statement on the matter here:
“Harley Race injured in fall
“WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race has broken both legs after a fall in his home in Troy, Mo. on Tuesday, WWE.com has learned.
“Race sustained a fracture to his right femur and suffered breaks in his left fibula and tibia, as well as a spiral break of his left ankle. The WWE Hall of Famer required emergency surgery to relieve the swelling in both legs late Tuesday night. He subsequently received four blood transfusions and underwent surgery on Friday to reset the fractures.
“WWE wishes Harley Race the best on the road to recovery.”
The 2017 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony aired live on the WWE Network at from the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. A red carpet pre-show will aired immediately beforehand at 7 PM ET on the WWE Network. Join the discussion here on SEScoops.com and on the SEScoops app by commenting with your opinions!
Here’s the full lineup for the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017:
Kurt Angle
The Olympic gold medalist and former WWE World Champion will be inducted by John Cena.
“Ravishing” Rick Rude
The late Rick Rude will be inducted by Ricky Steamboat.
Beth Phoenix
The Glamazon will be inducted by Natalya.
Diamond Dallas Page
DDP will be inducted by Eric Bischoff.
Teddy Long
Former SmackDown general manager Teddy Long will be inducted by both JBL and Ron Simmons.
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express
Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson will be inducted by Jim Cornette.
Eric LeGrand
Eric LeGrand will be presented The Warrior Award by Dana Warrior.
Several former WWE performers have arrived in Orlando and will be attending the ceremony, including Scott Hall, Ric Flair, Sting, Shawn Michaels, and Edge & Christian.
WWE announced today that both JBL and Ron Simmons will be inducting Teddy Long into the WWE Hall of Fame. Simmons, a fellow Hall of Famer, was managed by Teddy Long in WCW during the early 1990’s.
The 2017 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony takes place on Friday night, March 31st from Orlando, FL.
If you’re a fan of WWE’s curated “Collections” of themed matches and angles, then we have some good news for you. As reported on Saturday by Steve Coulson of WWE Network News, Monday (November 7th) will see the release of two new additions to the Collections bucket: Austin vs. McMahon Part II and Randy Savage: Cream of the Crop. Here are the official descriptions for each collection:
Austin vs. McMahon Part II:
One of the greatest rivalries of all time rages on as the next chapter in the saga between the tyrannical Mr. McMahon and the defiant Stone Cold Steve Austin unfolds. Beginning with WrestleMania XV, follow The Rattlesnake and The Boss throughout their journey of ups and downs, Black Weddings, Greater Powers, celebrations, farewells, and more, culminating with the stunning fallout from WrestleMania X-Seven. Relive these unforgettable matches and moments in this exclusive WWE Network Collection!
Randy Savage: Cream of the Crop:
Get ready to freak out and let the madness begin with this WWE Network Collection celebrating the storied career of Macho Man Randy Savage. From unforgettable moments and interviews, to both rare and classic battles against Macho Man”s greatest rivals, there is only one place to find these eclectic moments from the Hall of Famer”s legendary run in sports entertainment!
For those that witnessed Monday Night Raw last night, the WWE opened the show with a graphic of Chyna under complete silence. Then, nearly two-thirds into the show, the WWE finally aired a tribute video to Chyna, which was very-well done.
The response from the WWE Universe was welcomed, especially after the flack the company got for not making Chyna’s recovery a priority in the darker days of her life.
After complaints about how the WWE wouldn’t even mention Chyna, the new conversations is beginning Chyna not getting into the WWE Hall of Fame. While that’s still several months away, it’s only a hot topic right now because she passed away.
While being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame is a huge honor, it doesn’t define the wrestler. That’s what Mick Foley said on his Facebook page when asked if Chyna should be inducted next year.
“Joanie”, I said. “Being inducted into the Hall of Fame was one of the greatest nights of my life – but it doesn’t define me. Don’t let it define you. You’re a legend in our business, no one can ever take away from you the things you’ve done. Don’t let anyone have the power to tell you whether or not your career was worthy of the Hall of Fame. It was! There will never be another Chyna”
So next year, when the announcements are made, if Chyna is not an inductee, don’t be sad. The real Hall of Fame is inside all of us. It’s a Hall of Fame based on the way superstars made us feel, the smiles they produced, the memories they created for us, the legacies they forged that will stand the test of time. By that standard, Joanie Laurer – Chyna; the 9th Wonder of the World was inducted into the Hall that really matters – our hall of memories – a long, long time ago.
Is the Hardcore Legend right? As an inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame, he has every right to comment on this situation.
Whether Chyna gets inducted or not, that doesn’t take away from the impact she had on the WWE, as well as women in pro wrestling.
– WWE’s one-hour special on the Hall of Fame on USA Network averaged 1,677,000 viewers. The special aired on Thursday night after SmackDown. Inductions for Sting, Snoop Dogg and The Fabulous Freebirds were shown.
– WWE tapes RAW on June 6th at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. Tickets go on sale April 15th. Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, New Day and The Wyatt Family are all confirmed for the event.
– Brock Lesnar is booked for WWE’s house show on June 29th in Hawaii. This will be Lesnar’s first non-televised appearance since March, although there’s talk that the event could end up being a WWE Network special. Reigns, Chris Jericho, AJ Styles, Kevin OWens, Shinsuke Nakamura, Asuka and Bray Wyatt are all advertised for the event.
– WWE heads to Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan on July 1st and 2nd, and it’s likely all or most of the names above will be on those shows as well.
The 2016 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place tonight at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX at 6:30 PM local time. We received this picture from a fan showing a first look at the stage for this year’s ceremony:
Here are the inductees for this year’s ceremony:
* Sting
* The Godfather
* The Fabulous Freebirds
* Big Boss Man
* Jacqueline
* Stan Hansen
* Joan Lunden (Warrior Award)
* Snoop Dogg (Celebrity inductee)
Make sure to check back at 8 PM ET. this evening for the best WWE Hall Of Fame induction ceremony live coverage on the web.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Since the TMZ story broke about Sting retiring, he has on multiple occasions, since then, denied the report. Sting is set to enter the WWE Hall Of Fame this Saturday on The WWE Network.
It’s a bit strange that this wasn’t officially announced yet, but it’s hard to argue with the evidence: Dave Meltzer is reporting at F4WOnline.com that it looks like WWE may have found a way to quickly get some major historical figures into their hall of fame at this Saturday night’s induction ceremony. A WWE Hall of Fame class of 2016 shirt being sold at the WrestleMania store at AT&T Stadium includes not just the announced inductees, but also a “WWE Legacy Award” with Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Frank Gotch, George Hackenschmidt, Lou Thesz, Mildred Burke, Pat O’Connor, and “Sailor” Art Thomas all listed under that heading.
As of this writing, WWE has not said anything else about the new Legacy Award. The obvious inference, though, is that the company is addressing the long-held criticism that they won’t ever put in a number of deserving inductees due to the unofficial “quota” on deceased inductees for each year’s ceremony. This would be a simple way to solve that problem: Induct several missing historical figures each year as a group. If there’s something else to it, who knows? But it’s hard to think of any alternative scenario besides the one outlined here.
While the pre-television era wrestlers included here (Lewis, Gotch, and Hackenschmidt; Thesz and Burke straddled both eras) were never really considered realistic candidates to be inducted. Thesz not being in had been controversial for many years. It goes a bit deeper than that, though: When he and Wahoo McDaniel passed away within two weeks of each other in April 2002, neither death was acknowledged on WWE programming. The uproar online was significant enough that WWE eventually ran a quick feature honoring both. Given the alleged “death quota,” nobody ever really expected him to go in the Hall of Fame, especially after when happened in the first place when he passed away.
Thesz was in the first class of the WCW Hall of Fame, but in the 15 years since WWE bought WCW and the 12 years since the WWE Hall of Fame was restarted, WWE never adopted WCW’s hall as their own. That would have been a quick way to add Thesz and McDaniel, among others.
One would think that the Legacy Award will be officially announced on this week’s edition of SmackDown. We should know that any moment now, as the show has already aired in Canada. If it’s not announced on SmackDown, this may just be a small gesture that WWE is making without a lot of fanfare.
At a couple different points tonight, the official WWE Games Twitter account tweeted these animated GIFs to hype Tuesday’s release of the Hall of Fame downloadable content pack for WWE 2K16, which is out this Tuesday:
It was already known that 1991 versions of Ric Flair and Tatsumi Fujinami plus a relevant match replay mode were in the Hall of Fame pack, but they had two matches that year. It seemed like it made more sense for 2K to base it off their match from Superbrawl in St. Petersburg, Florida, but from the above footage, it looks like they didn’t. Instead, 2K picked the OTHER Flair-Fujinami match, from the NJPW Tokyo Dome show that year, which is known as both WCW Japan Supershow and NJPW Starrcade ’91 In The Tokyo Dome. So that means that the arena that comes in the pack is an ersatz Tokyo Dome, faithfully recreated by 2K Sports. They can’t call it that (and I don’t believe WWE games ever name real venues), but 2K does a great job with the presentation of the arenas and this should be no exception.
Here’s the full lineup for the DLC pack, which, if this is any indication, should also include at least two more WCW arenas and some early ’90s WWF arenas along with period appropriate versions of the wrestlers:
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Jake “The Snake” Roberts
Rikishi vs. The Rock
Alundra Blayze vs. Paige
Larry Zbyszko and Arn Anderson vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and Dustin Rhodes
Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Ric Flair
The Bushwhackers (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) vs. The Natural Disasters (Typhoon and Earthquake)
The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) vs. Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)
The latest rumored names to be inducted at the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame include former WWE women’s champion Jacqueline, The Godfather, JBL, Stan Hansen, and Regis Philbin. PWInsider reports that there is also still talk of The Fabolous Freebirds (Michael “PS” Hayes, Buddy Roberts, Jimmy Garvin, & Terry Gordy).
So far Sting is currently the only confirmed inductee for the ceremony, which takes place on WrestleMania 32 weekend.
This year’s WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place on Saturday, April 2 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. The ceremony kicks off at 6:30 PM local time. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.
On Monday’s RAW, JBL introduced a new video package highlighting Sting’s career to make his Hall of Fame induction announcement official. It was first announced by WWE.com on Monday afternoon that Sting was the first inductee in the class of 2016.
This year’s WWE Hall of Fame ceremony takes place the day before WrestleMania 32, April 2nd, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. Tickets will go on sale Friday, January 15th at 10 AM ET/9 AM CT.
Don’t expect to see the Stinger step back into the ring any time soon though. In December, Sting revealed on Ric Flair’s podcast that he injured his neck during his match against Seth Rollins at Night of Champions and requires surgery.
– WWE Network has a one-hour Money In The Bank “Kickoff Show” scheduled to begin at 7pm EST. next Sunday night. The “Kickoff Show” panel will consist of Renee Young, Byron Saxton, Corey Graves and Booker T.
– WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley is celebrating a milestone birthday today, as the Hardcore Legend turns 50 years old. Foley was born on June 7, 1965. Also celebrating birthdays today are Howard Finkel (65) and former TNA Knockout Taeler Hendrix (26).
– WWE recently posted the following video of Superstars and Divas playing with puppies.
Tickets for the 2015 WWE Hall Of Fame ceremony are scheduled to go on sale to the general public on Saturday, January 17th at 11:00am EST. The 2015 WWE Hall Of Fame ceremony will be held at the SAP Center in San Jose, California on March 28th.
As far as a pre-sale is concerned, WWE usually offers a pre-sale event. Whenever any pre-sale information becomes available, including code words needed to purchase tickets in advance, we will be sure to update you.
– There has been a lot of talk behind the scenes in WWE over the past couple weeks regarding “Macho Man” Randy Savage being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.
During an interview with Steve Austin last month on the WWE Network, WWE Chairman and chief executive officer Vince McMahon said that the legendary wrestler will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Although McMahon revealed during the podcast that Savage will receive an induction at some point, he did not say exactly when the former WWE Champion will receive the honor.
– As seen last night on Raw, Natalya rode a distraction from Paige and defeated Nikki Bella in a reverse of last week’s result, Paige then ran to her Total Divas castmate’s aid and saved Natalya from an after-the-bell ambush by the Divas Champion. Tonight on WWE Main Event, Paige will square off with Nikki in a non-title match. Following last night’s events, Nikki offered her thoughts via Instagram.
She wrote, “As I have had time to think.. To get lost in my thoughts.. Last night on RAW was a disgrace. A kick in the face is a lack of respect. It’s a dishonor to your champion, to your Queen. If you don’t have the WWE Network I suggest you get it bc tonight I will destroy PAIGES of what I thought was my next chapter. Main Event just got heated up. It just got FEARLESS! #FearlessNikki #MainEvent #RackAttack @wwe.”
WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan continues to tease that he’s gearing up for a match at WrestleMania 31 on March 29, 2015. WWE hosted a WrestleMania 31 kickoff event on Friday night at Levi’s Stadium in California, with Hogan taking questions from the fans in attendance.
When asked by a fan if we’ll see Hogan wrestle again, he jumped right into hype mode, stating that he’s training like he’s got a WWE title match coming up, brother.
“Here’s the deal, brother. A very wise man once told me a long time ago – and that wise man was Vince McMahon – and he said, ‘Never say never.’ Right now, I’m back on my feet. I had a bunch of surgeries, a bunch of ‘whoa is me’ stuff, got back on my feet, and then training like I’m training for the WWE Title right now.
“It could happen at any time. Whether it’s a retirement match, whether it’s the beginning of the run, whether it’s a WWE Title spot – a chance to win the title. I’m getting ready like I’m the main event in this place. So, never say never, brother. You never know what’s going to happen.”
– Soon-to-be WWE Hall Of Famer Amy “Lita” Dumas will be featured on tonight’s edition of the CMT show “Tattoo Titans” at 10:30pm EST. Lita will be serving as a guest judge to critique some country music-themed tattoos.
– WWE added the Carlos Colon Hall Of Fame induction video to their official YouTube channel. You can check that out below:
According to one source, the plan as recent as Sunday was for WWE to announce another induction into the 2014 class of their Hall Of Fame at tonight’s RAW.
Whether it’s Paul Bearer, who is generally considered a lock, or Mr. T, who is from Chicago, the site of tonight’s RAW, remains to be seen.
It should be noted that the original intention last week was for the Paul Bearer induction to be announced, however they ended up not making the announcement during the show.
According to one source, Mr. T has verbally agreed to be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame later this year. Mr. T had declined a Hall Of Fame induction from WWE several times in the past.
There is no real update on whether or not the company still intends to induct the entire WrestleMania I main event match itself, one that featured Mr. T and Hulk Hogan (along with “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka) taking on “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff (with “Cowboy” Bob Orton).
Another source has confirmed that Cyndi Lauper is another celebrity that WWE is talking about inducting into their Hall Of Fame.
Future WWE Hall Of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts noted on his official Twitter account recently that he will soon be revealing the man who will be inducting him into the WWE Hall Of Fame. Roberts noted that it “should be obvious” who the inductor is, leading many to believe it will be Diamond Dallas Page.
Regarding the possibility of wrestling another match for WWE, Roberts said “never say never” but noted that nothing is planned as of right now.
The latest sit-down interview between Triple H and Michael Cole has been added to the official WWE YouTube channel. This week’s video, which you can view above, is accompanied by the following description: “The WWE COO announces the entire 2014 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony with be broadcast on WWE Network, and weighs in on the hunt for Randy Orton’s WWE World Heavyweight Title as Elimination Chamber draws near.”
– The RAW “Backstage Fallout” video for this week features several WWE Divas commenting on Amy “Lita” Dumas’ induction into the WWE Hall Of Fame. You can check that out below:
– WWE Hall Of Famer Sgt. Slaughter recently spoke with NOLADefender.com to promote the upcoming WrestleMania XXX event in New Orleans. During the interview, Slaughter jokingly predicted the main event for WrestleMania 40. Slaughter said, “I predict it will be in a spaceship going around Mars. Dolph Ziggler vs. Daniel Bryan. Or Shane McMahon’s children.”
The following are highlights from the latest online blog by WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross:
On last night’s RAW: “Raw can be best described by yours truly as a solid show, not spectacular, but serviceable over the three hour ‘cruise.'”
“Some of the in ring product was good and will mean more with the same level of bouts in the future if the rivalries and the skill sets of the talents continue to be addressed.”
“Appears to be very obvious that many talents need to kick their way out of their comfort zones and tweak a few wrinkles of their in ring presentation. The same sequencing week after week doesn’t make one special.”
“It makes them the same.”
“The same is not wrestling code talk for ‘special.'”
On Roman Reigns: “The follow up on Roman Reigns success at the Royal Rumble was timely. Newly minted, potential main eventers cannot grow on an every other week basis. Reigns needs his weekly moments on RAW to eventually arrive at the Promised Land including a ‘moment’ at WM30. Don’t over think it…Reigns needs to leave NOLA with an enhanced perception. Case closed…per the late Ernie Ladd.”
On The Usos: “WWE has done a really nice job of rehabilitating the TV image of the Usos who seem poised to win the Tag Titles sooner than later. Just a year ago the WWE Tag Team scene was flaccid but it’s making a nice comeback.”
On John Cena vs. Randy Orton: “Admire Orton and Cena working hard and telling a viable story in their main event in a 20+ minute main event. I like these longer main events and even though these two have wrestled countless times, I felt that they had a solid, show closing bout. At the end of the night, I am not quite sure how much momentum WWE World Champion Orton is going to have going into the Elimination Chamber and to a lesser degree for WM30 which may be the game plan.”
On Lita’s Hall Of Fame Induction: “Very proud of Amy Dumas aka Lita who will be inducted in the WWE HOF class of 2014 in NOLA the night before WM30. I had heard this info leaded from WWE a couple of weeks ago but did not want to contribute to spoiling the surprise. I did vividly remember meeting Amy in my Stamford office years ago when she came in for a job interview. She had been bold and brave enough to live alone in Mexico to train and develop a different skill set from other females and she eventually became one of WWE’s biggest stars, male or female, during my time in talent relations. There;s a funny story about her less than dainty shoulder tattoo that played into her job interview that I tell on our RINGSIDE shows.”
WWE has added the latest sit-down interview between Triple H and Michael Cole. In the interview, “The Game” discusses a number of current WWE-related topics.
HHH spoke about Paul Heyman’s demands from Monday’s RAW that his “client” Brock Lesnar be given a title shot or number one contender match. Triple H noted Lesnar must earn his shot like everyone else.
Hunter announced Cody Rhodes and Goldust vs. The New Age Outlaws in a steel cage match for next Monday’s RAW, a match that we already reported earlier today.
Triple H also spoke about Jake “The Snake” Roberts being announced as a 2014 WWE Hall Of Fame inductee. HHH called Roberts one of his personal all-time favorites.
You can watch the latest HHH and Cole interview online at WWE.com.
– The entire cast of the new WWE Network original series “Legends House” appeared in Orlando on Wednesday to film additional material for the show.
– Depending on the agreement between WWE and the USA Network, the 2014 WWE Hall Of Fame induction ceremony may air live and unedited on the new WWE Network. If USA Network plans to air the ceremony on television this year, depending on their arrangement with WWE, the Hall Of Fame ceremony may not air on the WWE Network in its’ entirety until after the USA Network airs their special edited version first.
