Moderator: "Welcome one and all to another installment of The Wrestling Council. In today's installment we have four hard-hitting topics that will cause our panel to reach back into the deep recesses of its mind and deliver a well-thought out response.
Today, we are joined by three men who are in the on-line wrestling radio game. With us are: "Mr. Wikipedia" Daris Brown, "Mr. Angelina Love" Demetrus Stokes, and "Mr. 411" Joe Burgett.
Now that pleasantries are over, let us begin, shall we?"
1) Which has a better chance of happening first: Shelton Benjamin becoming a world champion or "Macho Man" Randy Savage being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame?
Daris: "Randy Savage will definitely be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame before Shelton Benjamin becomes world champion for many reasons. First of all, Vince is a business man and will eventually push aside personal feelings to make money off eager Macho Man fans.
And secondly, the WWE has plenty of young talented wrestlers (John Morrison, CM Punk, Jack Swagger, etc.) who are more of the total package to risk putting the belt on Benjamin. Plus, Benjamin isn't over enough, like Jeff Hardy, to put the title on him despite his faults."
Demetrus: "While I think neither will happen anytime soon, if I had to choose, I would go with Savage being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. It seems the WWE has lightened their "anti-Savage" stance as we are seeing the release of his DVD.
Don't know how true the rumors about Savage and Stephanie McMahon are, but Vince tends to always put what's good for business over personal matters. The fans' voices will eventually be heard.
I just don't feel that Shelton Benjamin has the "total package" to be World Champion. He is extremely talented, we know that. His mic skills are average at best, and no matter how many times his character is repackaged, he just can't get over. I know someone will say well Jeff Hardy has poor mic skills, this is true, however, Hardy is extremely (no pun intended) over and he sells merchandise. Benjamin is just not on that level in my opinion."
Joe: "That's easy; Macho getting into the HOF. Why is it so easy?
Well, Benjamin is one of the best athletes the WWE has ever had. Let's get that out in the open; however, what his fans, like AkD, fail to see is that he can never seem to work in any WWE storyline. They give him short-term ones, by that I mean they end at a PPV and we don't hear from that particular rivalry again. He is not good on the mic, he is better than some, but not nearly as good as it could be.
John Morrison is going over so much on Benjamin because of the fact they want Morrison to be pushed. They want Morrison to look like the best athlete in the WWE to take that away from Benjamin, why? Because they know they can work with Morrison, they can't work with Benjamin. He has all the tools when it comes to the wrestling end of things, that is for sure, but he doesn't have much of anything else.
Morrison is getting the push because he is both good on the mic and in the ring, they know they can also use him in storylines, too. Morrison has a past of pretty good storylines, in both the tag team and singles wrestling. He was a former ECW Champion, after all.
Benjamin has been an IC and US Champion, but they can never use him as a main guy, because he will never fit that spot.
Now to Macho, it looks as if Vince has begun to forgive Savage for his past a bit. He has the new DVD out now, he is also in the new SmackDown vs. RAW video game, and he has been put on WWE.com's WWE alumni list. So obviously, he will have to be in the Hall one of these days.
The Wrestling Observer said that Savage will most likely not be in this upcoming HOF, but it is highly likely he could be in 2011. It is obvious if you ask me, the answer simply is that Randy Savage will be in the WWE Hall of Fame faster than Shelton Benjamin will be a World Champion in the WWE."
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