Who should be in WWE's 2016 Hall of Fame class?

Long overdue?There are still six months until WWE inducts another class into its Hall of Fame and the politics began the day after WrestleMania as names have been batted back and forth as to who would get the call.There are plenty to choose from.The biggest talk has been about whether Owen Hart would be added to the hallowed list. The controversy over whether to add another member of the famed Hart Family has had mixed reaction, but of course it has still presented a forum for Bret Hart to make his feelings known.According to John Canton’s story on whatculture.com, Hart wants his brother amongst the greatest on stage next year before WrestleMania 32 in Dallas.“I’m hoping next year at WrestleMania that he’ll be inducted and I’ll be really sorely disappointed if he’s not. It’s really overdue.”He said he was looking forward to the Owen Hart DVD that will be released in December, but that it was too controlled and that WWE had to tip-toe around things so they didn’t offend Owen’s widow Martha Hart. Bret thinks that Martha has made an ass of herself and it has pissed him off because she has tried to erase his legacy.I for one am not a huge fan of putting wrestlers in the HOF for the sake of filling slots. Hart is deserving and should be honored. But I wonder what happens if he is inducted over a more accomplished star and how the wrestling community to will react to that.Nonetheless, here is a list of six stars, sans Hart, who I think should get the call.

#1 Honkytonk Man

Honky Tonk Man had a record IC title reign

There weren’t many who were better Intercontinental champions than Wayne Ferris. The look of Memphis, the Elvis-like outfits, the guitar and the sideburns. He was a classic case of Vince McMahon’s circus in the mid-1980s. And when he had Jimmy Hart by his side, there was something perfect about the way the two interacted in the ring and in interviews.

He wrestled for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as well as World Wrestling Federation (WWF) - now WWE. He is best known for his first run with WWF, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Championship for a record 64 weeks, and lost it to Ultimate Warrior at the inaugural SummerSlam. He is the cousin of former professional wrestler and color commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler.

#2 Rick Rude

Rick Rude was an effective heel in the WWF

Women wanted to be with him. Men wanted to be him. I rank Rude as one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time based on pure ability and the fact he was one of the best heels of all time. In the early 1980s, he and Kerry Von Erich had the best bodies in the business and had sneaky strength.

Besides, he had one of the best pornstaches in wrestling history.

Rude wrestled from 1982 until his 1994 retirement due to injury, with a final match following in 1997. Among other accolades, he was a four-time world champion (three-time WCW International World Heavyweight Champion and one-time WCWA World Heavyweight Champion), a one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, and a one-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion.

On November 17, 1997, during the Monday Night Wars, Rude became the only person to appear on WWF Monday Night Raw and WCW Monday Nitro on the same night (as Raw was taped, while Nitro aired live).

#3 Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens is consensually agreed to be one of the greats

This was supposed to be last year, but WWE has a rule about inducting wrestlers posthumously. Only one at a time. Stevens was one of the best heels in the late 1970s and early 1980s and made a living for the majority of his career in the San Francisco area and the Mid-Atlantic region of the NWA.

There are few names in the wrestling industry that are looked upon as fondly as Ray "The Crippler" Stevens. Fans loved him - when he wasn't making them hate him - and his fellow wrestlers thought he was just about the closest thing to the perfect wrestler that ever existed.

His last major runs came in the WWWF and Mid-Atlantic, where he helped shape future stars like Jimmy Snuka and Ric Flair. Stevens retired for good in 1992.

#4 Demolition

Demolition were a hugely successful Road Warriors rip-off

The WWF version of The Road Warriors. But don’t think for a second that Ax, Smash and Crush took a backseat to any tag team in the business. They were tough as nails and were a fixture in tag team wrestling during the height of Hulkamania.

Demolition were three-time Tag Team Champions, and hold the records for both the single longest tag title reign and the most combined days as reigning champions.

In an era where tag teams were part of the company machine, the face paint and battle gear were a real selling point with fans who needed their own fix of domination. Having Mr. Fuji as their manager was a perfect contrast to the rough style they portrayed in the ring. Fuji’s tuxedo and top hat was polar opposite to the message they were trying to convey.

#5 Ivan Koloff

Ivan Koloff was probably the greatest foreign heel of all time

How Uncle Ivan is not in the Hall of Fame is beyond me. One of the greatest foreign heels of all time in the business. He made his mark in WWWF before moving on to the NWA.

On January 18, 1971, "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff defeated Sammartino in Madison Square Garden for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship by pinfall after a kneedrop from the top rope, ending Sammartino's seven and two-third years’ reign on top. Koloff lost the title only 21 days later to Pedro Morales, essentially being used as a "transitional" champion (as he was used to move the title from Sammartino to Morales without having the two faces work against each other), much like Stan Stasiak and The Iron Sheik would be in later years. After the loss, Koloff remained a contender for the title, but never reclaimed it, and left the WWWF in 1972.

During the 1970s and 80s, Koloff found success in the NWA, winning many regional tag and singles titles in the Georgia, Florida, and Mid-Atlantic territories.

#6 Chyna

The Ninth Wonder of the world

This will be the controversial pick of the list.

No one exemplified how professional wrestling can make anyone a star like the first female wrestler to hold a men’s title. But the “Ninth Wonder of the World” did just that.

A founding member of the stable D-Generation X, she held the WWF Intercontinental Championship (the only female performer to do so) twice and the WWF Women's Championship once. She is also the first woman to participate in the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring events, as well as to become number one contender to the WWF Championship.

With pinfall victories over several prominent male wrestlers – including multiple-time world champions Triple H, Chris Jericho and Jeff Jarrett – Chyna has left a lasting legacy as ‘the most dominant female competitor of all time’