
WWE Hall of Fame 2015: Greatest Career Moment of Every Inductee
This Saturday night, World Wrestling Entertainment will welcome the latest class of inductees into its Hall of Fame.
The headliner, the late "Macho Man" Randy Savage, will finally take his place among the all-time greats, those icons he shared the grandest of stages with over the course of his career.
Kevin Nash, one of the biggest and most notorious stars of the 1990s, will be the co-headliner, while deserving stars the likes of Tatsumi Fujinami and Larry Zbyszko will see their decades of influential work celebrated for the masses to appreciate.
With fans watching across the world via the WWE Network, their legacies will forever be preserved, their greatness enduring as they are enshrined in the most prestigious collection of wrestling talents ever assembled.
To celebrate the men and women who will be honored Saturday night, enjoy this look back at the greatest moments of their individual careers.
"The Living Legend" Larry Zbyszko
1 of 8The protege of the great Bruno Sammartino, it was only a matter of time before a young Larry Zbyszko chased the glory and fame that came with being a top Superstar in the world of professional wrestling.
He would shock the world by turning on Bruno, then going to war with The Living Legend in a steel cage at one of the Showdown at Shea events.
In what would be the biggest and most talked-about match of his career, Zbyszko fell just short of defeating his mentor. That did not stop him from stealing and using the "Living Legend" nickname for the next 30 years, though.
One look at Zbyszko's career, and fans will see numerous achievements and angles that have helped him earn the honor that will be bestowed upon him this weekend.
A former AWA World Heavyweight champion, member of The Dangerous Alliance in WCW and one of the voices of that company's Monday Nitro program, there is still nothing that will ever be more memorable or celebrated than his betrayal and feud with Sammartino, culminating in that huge cage match in 1980.
Rikishi
2 of 8In the summer and fall of 2000, then-WWE commissioner Mick Foley made it his goal to find the man responsible for running down "Stone Cold" Steve Austin at the previous year's Survivor Series, sidelining him for nearly 12 months.
Foley searched long and hard for the culprit before making his way to the ring following a huge Raw tag match. It appeared as though he would put the blame on The Rock, Austin's rival babyface and the top star in the industry in The Texas Rattlesnake's absence.
But he did not. Instead, he revealed that Rikishi was responsible for the vehicular assault on Austin, and the big man did not deny the claims.
"I did it for The Rock," he claimed. He did it for the Samoan people so that they could ascend to the top of the company rather than just stay beneath Austin.
The feud that would ensue did little to help Rikishi's newfound status as one of the top heels in the industry, but that moment in time shocked the audience. No one ever expected that the fun-loving rump-shaker would be capable of nearly ending the career of the greatest rebel WWE had seen since "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
The Bushwhackers
3 of 8To fans of World Wrestling Entertainment, the Bushwhackers were a comedy act, two goofballs from New Zealand who waved their arms, talked nonsense and provided a break from the more serious action on the remainder of the card.
Prior to arriving at Vince McMahon's company, they were an internationally recognized team, one of the best and most violent on the planet.
Their work in Oregon had gained them notoriety in the States, but their feud with The Fantastics remains their best.
The UWF, owned and operated by Hall of Famer "Cowboy" Bill Watts, was home to their greatest matches and moments.
Consummate heel competitors capable of defeating the best in tag team wrestling by hook or by crook, the team deserves greater recognition for their accomplishments and contributions away from WWE.
Alundra Blayze
4 of 8Alundra Blayze, known to some as Madusa, had a tremendous in-ring career that saw her compete in Japan, capture the WWE Women's Championship, wage war with Bull Nakano in a rivalry that still ranks as one of the best WWE has ever produced between two women and even win the WCW cruiserweight title.
For all of her accomplishments, her greatest and most enduring moment occurred in 1995, as Blayze made her return to WCW, the WWE women's title in hand.
In one of the greatest examples of Eric Bischoff's determination to do very real harm to his competition, Blayze was told to dump the championship in the trash, something she did but later admitted to having great reservations about.
It was the greatest shot of them all in the early portion of the Monday Night Wars, at least up to that point, one that Blayze has never, and may never, live down.
Tatsumi Fujinami
5 of 8One of the godfathers of New Japan Pro Wrestling, it was against a fellow WWE Hall of Famer that Tatsumi Fujinami had his greatest moment.
In 1990, the reigning IWGP champion battled defending NWA champion Ric Flair in a match in Tokyo, Japan.
A shocking conclusion saw Fujinami defeat Flair, making history by becoming the first professional wrestler to ever simultaneously hold the two championships.
It was a major accomplishment, one that is somehow underrated and criminally underappreciated in the annals of pro wrestling history.
The two legendary competitors would do battle against at February 1991's inaugural Super Brawl pay-per-view. Flair would regain his title but there was no denying just how much Fujinami's title reign meant to his legacy and to the fans in his native land.
Kevin Nash
6 of 8In 1994, "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel had been thriving as an in-ring competitor. A strong showing at the 1994 Royal Rumble gave way to more television exposure, not to mention runs with both the intercontinental and tag team titles.
A split from Shawn Michaels led to a babyface turn at that November's Survivor Series, and just days later the big man would find himself standing across the ring inside the historic Madison Square Garden, the challenger in a WWE Championship bout against Bob Backlund.
In a shocking eight-second span, Diesel caught Backlund with a knee to the midsection, then planted him with the Jackknife powerbomb to pick up his first heavyweight championship.
It was a moment no fan could see coming, making it that much more special.
Diesel would hold the title for a year before dropping it to Bret Hart, a Superstar who would prove to be one of his finest opponents.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
7 of 8In September 1999, Arnold Schwarzenegger was looking to recover following a few less-than-stellar box-office returns. He hoped that his major motion picture release End of Days would give his film career a shot of adrenaline.
To help promote the film, he appeared on an episode of SmackDown. He was interviewed, then sat in on commentary during the night's main event. It was there that he got physical, blasting Triple H with a backhand, followed by a series of hard rights and lefts.
He celebrated with Steve Austin to close out the show on a night in which he had also been awarded an honorary WWE title.
It was a moment that still ranks as one of the most memorable in the long and illustrious history of the blue brand and provides the basis for Schwarzenegger's induction into the celebrity wing of WWE's Hall of Fame.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage
8 of 8"History beckons the Macho Man!" Randy Savage exclaimed before heading out in front of 93,173 fans inside suburban Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome.
Never before had he performed in front of that many fans, but he would certainly make sure each and every one of them remembered the match he and Ricky Steamboat were about to deliver with the WWE Intercontinental Championship at stake.
For 15 minutes, the legendary in-ring workers captivated the audience with countless near-falls, each looking to put the other away and leave the building with the title.
After a year in which Savage tormented both Steamboat and George "the Animal" Steele, it was poetic justice that his two enemies wound up working together as well as they did to bring Savage's title reign to an end.
The loss did not hurt Savage. In fact, the Macho Man became a much bigger star than he was previously, earning the respect of the fans for the five-star classic they had just witnessed.
Ultimately, he would ride that performance to a WWE Championship victory a year later, becoming one of the most popular, beloved and recognizable stars in the entire industry.






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