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Promoter Ty R. States checking in with my votes for induction into the GWF Hall of Fame. I'd like to take this time to ask my fellow promoters to take the time and send in their ballot.
First off is one of the all-time great tag-teams in federation history. The Ani-Men. Specifically, the Incredible Badger and Battering Ram. This duo dominated the competition throughout their stellar careers.
Badger and Ram are former 3-time GWF tag-team champions. To win the belts, the Ani-Men defeated the Greek Gods, the Gladiators, and Titan Power. All three of those teams are in the Hall of Fame. They ended the Greek Gods record run as longest reigning champions. They had nine title defenses in the three reigns, holding the belts for a total of 49 cards. Badger and Ram won the first ever Iron Team Tournament, at Galacticade ‘90. The added a third Iron-Team Tournament victory two years later, when the format expanded to 10 teams. Badger added a fourth GWF tag title when he teamed with Proteus to defeat the Gladiators.
The Animal Pack beat the Norse Gods in the finals of an 8-man tournament to become the first ever Interplanetary Tag-Team champions. Badger and Ram would win these titles two more times. Their first I-P tag title regin ended after they unified the belts with the GWF tag titles. Badger twice won the I-P tag titles with Proteus, and simultaneously held the GWF tag belts a second time with the Greek God.
Badger and Ram also teamed with Wolf and held the GWF Six-Man tag-team titles on one occasion. They beat the greatest Six-man combination of all-time, the Gladiators.
In singles action, Ram had slightly better success than his partner. Ram is a former GWF Television champion, defeating Bishop Hell for his lone singles title. Badger knew he wasn't a great singles wrestler, so he never concentrated on that. He did compete briefly in the Light-heavyweight division.
My second vote goes to one of the great power wrestlers in GWF history. The Exo-King, later going by the name of King Lear, was a staple in the GWF top 10 rankings and title picture.
He is a three-time GWF heavyweight champion, and the first to ever hold the title in my federation. He showed his intestinal fortitude when at the end of his career as King Lear, he won the heavyweight title, Interplanetary title and Steel Cage titles simulatneously, and then fitingly retired.
He was a two-time I-P champion and one of the rare individuals to hold that title along with the GWF belt. Exo-King twice wore the TV title and the steel cage title once.
He was no stranger to tag-team competition either. The King wore the GWF tag belts on three occasions, twice with his favorite partner Killer Queen. He had the Six-man titles once with Thantos and Bishop Hell.
My final vote goes to probably an overlooked star of the past, who has recently resurfaced to cause havoc for one individual. Ghengis Khan was one of the first tag-team specialist to enter a GWF ring.
Khan began his career as a member of Krakan's Society of Death. He is a five-time GWF tag-team champion, with three different partners. Three times he joined with Krakan, and also won the belts with the Executioner and the Mutant.
Never one for singles action, he never the less won a 25-man battle royal at Galacticmania II to become the first ever Light-heavyweight champion. Ironically, he threw out another long time partner of his, Mitsuko, to win the new title.
Other wrestlers that would prompt me to study their careers for induction in the near future would be Killer Queen, Dragonmaster, and Pulsar Prime. The three detailed earlier are who my votes are for this year.
What follows below is a quick chart listing all titles held by the above nominees for your convenience.
The ANI-MEN
Incredible Badger: 4-time GWF Tag-Team Champion
5-time I-P Tag-Team Champion
one-time Six-Man Tag-Team Champion
Battering Ram: 3-time GWF Tag-Team Champion
3-time I-P Tag-Team Champion
one-time Six-Man Tag-Team Champion
one-time Television Champion
Exo-King/King Lear:
3-time GWF Heavyweight Champion
2-time I-P Heavyweight Champion
2-time TV Champion
one-time Steel Cage Champion
3-time GWF Tag-Team Champion
one-time Six-Man Tag-Team Champion
Ghengis Khan:
5-time GWF Tag-Team Champion
one-time GWF Light-heavyweight Champion