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Who should induct the Ultimate Warrior into the HOF?

First off, Ultimate Warrior does not belong in the HOF. He simply didn't have that huge an impact on the industry or a particularly long career. You can always argue the merits of HOF Inductees but Warrior isn't even close. His career was extremely short, his handful of comebacks were lackluster disasters, he influenced no other performers, and we haven't even got into the criticisms that he was uncommitted to the industry, didn't get along with other wrestlers, or that he was not only very limited in skills but dangerously sloppy in the ring. The stories of him failing to protect Bobby Heenan and carelessly dropping Ric Flair on his head are well known, and not the kind of thing you ever hear about guys like Hogan, Lex Luger, or numerous other guys who may not have been the best in ring performers of all time.

As for who would induct him, well he has no friends in the industry, seemingly everyone he worked with didn't like him. Savage & Rude are both passed on, Heenan hates him, he didn't get a long with Flair, Brett Hart has criticized him many times, his vitrol towards Hogan is almost legendary, I guess someone like HHH who had little contact with him could do it.

The bigger question, if you open the HOF to Warrior, based on maybe a year plus of him being way over with the audience, how do you keep out Goldberg, who had a longer career, was just as big at his apex if not bigger, who was champion in both WCW & WWE, who beat both Hogan & HHH for World Titles, and was way more talented in the ring (though hardly Ricky Steamboat here) than Warrior ?

Also, how do you keep out Lex Luger, one of the biggest stars in the 1990s in both WWE & WCW, who wrestled some classic matches against Flair, Hart, & Sting, defeated Hollywood Hogan for the WCW Title on the 100th Nitro, main evented SummerSlam, starred on numerous Starrcades and WrestleManias, was a member of The Four Horsemen, etc

And what about Sid Justice/Viscious ? Yes, his ring skills were limited and his dedication to the industry was often questioned (just like Warrior) but he was a major attraction much longer than Warrior in both WWE & WCW and main evented against many of the biggest names in the industry during those years including Hogan, Flair, Vader, Undertaker, HBK, etc.

You really open yourself to serious criticism if you let in a guy like Warrior with such A small career and so many major detractions if you keep those guys out.