@dizzyhippos: Thanks for reading and for the comment. The inclusion of GOAT jobber Johnny Rodz makes it readily apparent that Vince and his capos make the call as to whom is inducted (though for his contributions to enhancing and building talent, I could see Rodz being inducted under the Legends category rather than as an honored individual).
@redwing42: Honestly, Valentine and Tito were the best of the group to me as well.
What worked against Valentine IMO was that while he was a reliable worker and worked body parts as well as anyone ever, he just wasn't particularly interesting to me neither when I was a kid nor even as an adult who feels like he knows what "good" wrestling looks like. Also, I can't get the image of Valentine in Rhythm and Blues with his hair dyed black out of my brain.
As far as Tito goes, he was a great mechanic but was super-bland. His high point for me was when he was in Strike Force with Rick Martel. I thought they were well-suited as a team and were split up too soon after Martel returned. Oh, and if I had a dollar for every "flying burrito" from Ventura...
I don't know if I agree with the idea that the series has an overall lack of quality, but they have zero variety. The only one that was different (SFA), wasn't as good as the game it was aping. Essentially Dan discounts the game because it hasn't evolved in 20 years, but that's never been the series m.o. anyway. This game is a 3, just like all the others.
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