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Hillbilly Jim joins 2018 WWE Hall of Fame class

Posted on by Joseph Currier

With today’s addition of Hillbilly Jim, there are now five acts confirmed for this year’s WWE Hall of Fame class.

Through an announcement on Bleacher Report, WWE revealed this morning that Jim will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during WrestleMania weekend in New Orleans. He joins Goldberg, The Dudley Boyz, Ivory, and Jeff Jarrett in this year’s Hall of Fame lineup. Jarrius “JJ” Robertson will also receive the 2018 Warrior Award.

“I didn’t have that on my mind whatsoever,” Jim told Bleacher Report about finding out the news. “For a moment or two, I was knocked back on my heels. Basically, I was speechless. It was a whole lot for me to digest quickly.”

Before coming to the WWF in 1984, Jim had a stint in Memphis wrestling as “Harley Davidson.” His in-ring career effectively ended in the early 1990s, though he’s often been involved with WWE in other capacities since then. He managed The Godwinns later in the decade and was most recently part of WWE’s “Legends’ House” reality series that aired on the Network in 2014.

Jim’s last match was in the gimmick battle royal at WrestleMania X-7 in 2001.

Jim wasn’t one of the names included on the early lists for the 2018 Hall of Fame class. The induction ceremony will take place at the Smoothie King Center on Friday, April 6th.

Goldberg to headline 2018 WWE Hall of Fame class

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Confirming what had been expected, WWE announced this morning that Goldberg will be inducted into their Hall of Fame over WrestleMania weekend in New Orleans.

WWE revealed the news via ESPN. “At the end of the day, any business, any venture that you embark upon, you want some type of acknowledgement,” Goldberg told ESPN.com. “You always try to make it to a top. There’s no reason to do anything unless you want to be the best.”

Goldberg returned to WWE television for the first time in nearly 13 years towards the end of 2016. His in-ring return came after he was chosen to be the cover star of that year’s video game, and things went better for Goldberg this time around than they did during his initial stint with the company in 2003 and 2004. He squashed Brock Lesnar in his first match back, then their program continued until WrestleMania as Goldberg dropped the Universal Championship to him.

Goldberg cut a post-show promo on the Raw after WrestleMania where he didn’t close the door on stepping back into the ring. Before his WWE stints, he was the last true superstar that WCW produced.

Dave Meltzer had confirmed in the most recent edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Goldberg would be the headliner for this year’s Hall of Fame class and wrote that the announcement was expected to be made soon. Goldberg being inducted into the Hall of Fame this year was first reported by freelance journalist Brad Shepard on Twitter.

The 2018 Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at the Smoothie King Center on Friday, April 6th.