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

#2. The Dynamite Kid

The Dynamite Kid: One of the finest performers of the 1980s

The Dynamite Kid is the most recently deceased of the superstars on this list but that makes him no less deserving of a spot in the "Legacy Wing" of the WWE Hall of Fame.

Kid got his start in the wrestling business on the British circuit in the mid-1970s before finding fame working for the legendary Hart family's Stampede Wrestling at the end of the decade.

Incredibly agile and also very strong, Kid successfully merged styles from over the world to become one of the most influential wrestlers of his generation. Signing on with WWE in August 1984, Kid was soon teamed with his real-life cousin, Davey Boy Smith and the company billed the two Brits as The British Bulldogs.

Together they formed one of the best tag teams of the 1980s and captured the Tag Team Championships at Wrestlemania 2 in April 1986 and reigned until January 1987 when they dropped the belts to the Hart Foundation.

Kid's tenure with the company lasted until November 1988 when he and Smith left the company, mainly due to a backstage dispute Kid had with the Rougeau brothers that had turned worryingly violent.

The pair began wrestling for Giant Baba's All Japan promotion before Smith accepted an offer from WWE to return to the company as a singles performer in 1990. That drove a rift between the two men which lasted until Smith died in 2002.

Kid began struggling with a back injury stemming from years of chemically packing on an unnatural amount of muscle onto his five-foot-eight-inch frame and retired as a full-time performer in December 1991.

In 1997, Kid became confined to a wheelchair after he lost the use of his left leg. The Brit became bitter towards many in the wrestling business but stated he did not regret anything about his career, despite the quality of life being a significant struggle for him post-retirement.

Kid died on his 60th birthday on December 5, 2018. His is a tragic tale but his innovative move-set and matches influenced scores of wrestlers during the 1990s and 2000s. For that reason alone, he deserves to be enshrined into the Hall of Fame. Given the number of people in wrestling that he alienated in his later years, the Legacy Wing may be the most appropriate forum to recognize his legend.