WWE Hall of Fame 2019: 5 Superstars who should be inducted into the "Legacy Wing"

Who will be inducted into the
Who will be inducted into the "Legacy Wing" of the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame?

#3. Ivan Koloff

Ivan Koloff with the WWWF Championship circa 1971
Ivan Koloff with the WWWF Championship circa 1971

It is an absolute travesty that Ivan Koloff does not have a spot in the WWE Hall of Fame. Had he not passed away in February 2017, there is every likelihood that we would have been enshrined in the main ceremony in 2017 or 2018.

He is more than worthy. Koloff is most famous for being the man to end Bruno Sammartino's record-breaking seven-year reign with the WWWF Championship (the forerunner to the WWE Championship, currently held by Daniel Bryan).

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On January 18, 1971, Koloff defeated Sammartino to lift the strap to the sound of stunned silence in Madison Square Garden. Sammartino famously stated that he believed he had gone deaf due to the lack of noise. Koloff's reign was a transitional one as he dropped the title to Pedro Morales the following month.

However, Koloff enjoyed a long career before and after his title run for an array of companies and was over everywhere he went.

This induction is long overdue and it should happen in 2019.

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