In
an interview with The Shoot radio show, Bob “Hardcore” Holly spoke about the WWE Hall of Fame,
saying he thinks Triple H is getting his friends inducted before more deserving
people. Here are highlights:
On why Dolph Ziggler should be a
world champion: “I love this guy. He is the best talent. He has
everything it takes to be number one. They (WWE) sit there and their always
preaching that you gotta have the heart, desire and will. You gotta work your
butt off and on and on and it’s like Sheamus was the world champion within six
months. How did he deserve to be world champion? Don’t insult the fans
intelligence by telling them it takes this this this and this to make it to the
top when it doesn’t. It’s Hunter’s choice or whoever is at the round table. It’s
their choice, but Dolph Ziggler does sells tickets. How many times does Dolph
Ziggler have to step it up and say hey look at me? Every time he’s stepping in
the ring he’s saying look at me look what i can do. That guy steals the show
every single night at house shows, I will guarantee it.”
On the
WWE Hall of Fame: “They try to make that Hall of Fame legitimate. But
if you notice, to me it’s politically driven. A dead giveaway is Hunter wanting
all of his little buddies, his little circle first. He’s taken care of all them.
But the thing is, how can you put Lita in the Hall of Fame? Not saying she
doesn’t deserve to be there, but how can you put her in there before Chyna?
Chyna is the first and only female Intercontinental champion and that’s what
drives me nuts because their trying to make this a legitimate hall of fame and
it’s obvious they pick and choose who they want in there. If this was pro
football or basketball or anything else, Chyna would be in there.” The host then
mentioned her not being selected is likely due to her Adult movie roles and
publicized issues with drugs and alcohol to which Bob replied, “you look at all
the guys who had drug and alcohol problems and they get inducted, come on. She’s
done porn so what, who cares? The thing is, she gave a lot to the business and
she was a big deal. I’m not defending anybody as to what they choose outside of
the wrestling world, but what she gave to the wrestling world was really
big.”
On Daniel Bryan winning the title: “I’m glad he
won the title. He’s another one who worked his tail off and he deserves it. I
don’t care about his size. Some people do but it shouldn’t be that way.
Wrestling isn’t real, so why should it matter? I think he deserves to be world
champion, despite his ups and downs trying to get there. I’m sorry to hear his
dad passed away. With the neck surgery though, he needs to stop doing the
missile dropkick. Every time i saw him doing that i was like that has got to
hurt his neck because it whiplashes your neck. That’s another one he needs to
stop doing in addition to the headbutt. My advice to him is enjoy the ride. If
they strip the title from him and he never gets to the point where he gets it
back, he had it, he made it, enjoy the ride from here on out. He’s still making
good money. His merchandise sales are through the roof. Just enjoy the ride,
have a good career with WWE and don’t do those two
moves.”
