Ken Shamrock Feels He Deserves a Spot in WWE Hall of Fame

Former UFC Superfight Champion Ken Shamrock recently did an interview with NotInHallofFame.com.

In it, Shamrock talked about his time with World Wrestling Entertainment and why he believes he should be inducted into their Hall of Fame and the opinions of fans being pushed to the side:

I don’t know if I can really speak to that. I do feel that I definitely deserve to be in their Hall of Fame based on the things that I did while I was there, being able to change that sport along with other people. I feel I earned that right based on what I was able to do there in a small amount of time.

I’m not sure that I can stand here and boast about that. The fans are the ones that really tell the tale and I think they speak very loudly about where I stand in pro wrestling. I don’t think that there are too many people who would tell you that I don’t deserve to be there.

Obviously, a lot of times the fans aren’t listened to, or their opinions are overlooked a lot. Today’s promoters just push them aside and don’t listen to what they want and they want fans to ‘shut up, sit down and enjoy the show’, because we are going to do whatever we want to do, like it or not, because you are going to come to the show.

I hear it all the time in the WWE. I hear about how fans would like to see certain wrestlers, and obviously you can’t give them everything they want, but you at least have to listen to them and I believe they are being completely ignored. I’ve always said that I think the fans are most important that you have when it comes to the entertainment industry. They are the ones that matter most and they should be heard.

Shamrock competed for WWE from 1997 to 1999, winning one Intercontinental Championship and a Tag Team Championship with the Big Boss Man as a member of the Corporation faction.

Editor’s Note

If you take into consideration Shamrock’s UFC-style influence on the company and being one of the first guys to make that transition, I suppose you can make a strong case for him being in the HOF. I doubt he’ll get in anytime soon, though. It’s a very crowded field. 

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