10 People WWE Should Remove From The Hall Of Fame
7. Fabulous Moolah
Time may not heal all wounds, but it will cause untreated ones to fester. When The Fabulous Moolah was inducted into WWE's second formalised Hall of Fame back in 1995, it was an invite-only ceremony to honour the old boys club (at least, those who weren't currently working in Atlanta or named Bruno).
Moolah was very much part of that club.
WWE's hagiography of Moolah commenced that night in Philadelphia's Marriott Hotel, even before her legacy had received an unexpected late career boom thanks to her Attitude-era Golden Girls double act alongside Mae Young. As time passed, the real picture of Moolah as less than fabulous and rather, a deeply troubling proxy-pimp for her charges became ever clearer.
By 2018, the company grossly overestimated Universal ignorance regarding their legend, blindsided by the backlash which greeted the decision to name WrestleMania 34's Women's Battle Royal in Moolah's honour. After embarrassing themselves with a gushing video package lauding Moolah as a champion of female empowerment when anecdotal evidence suggested she was anything but, snowballing opposition to the name eventually forced WWE to relent and rebrand - though not before chief sponsors Snickers stuck their oar in.
Despite the company indirectly acquiescing to the wider consensus on her reputation, Moolah remains in their Hall of Fame. She was inducted over quarter of a century ago - long enough, WWE hope, that people barely remember she's in.