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VIDEO: WWE confirms Triple H’s Hall of Fame induction

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Paul “Triple H” Levesque will indeed headline the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025.

After a report of the impending induction leaked Wednesday, WWE confirmed the news of Triple H’s induction on Wednesday evening, including releasing video of Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker announcing the news at a meeting in Stamford, Connecticut at WWE headquarters.

The news was presented as a surprise to Levesque at a town hall meeting on Wednesday also featuring WWE president Nick Khan, and TKO Group CEO Mark Shapiro

Levesque’s wife Stephanie McMahon also made an appearance:

Stephanie noted in a social media post that the news was also a surprise to her, and congratulated her husband:

Levesque is a 14-time World Champion in WWE, and was also inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2019 as a member of D-Generation X. He had his last match in 2019 on a WWE tour of Japan, and officially retired from in-ring competition in 2022 after suffering from heart failure in 2021.

Triple H has served in a variety of front office positions in WWE since his full-time in-ring career wound down in 2010, including multiple executive vice president titles. He has served in the role of chief content officer for the company since September 2022.

Roman Reigns to induct Paul Heyman into WWE Hall of Fame

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Roman Reigns will induct Paul Heyman into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024. 

Prior to main eventing both nights of WrestleMania 40, Reigns will induct his on-screen “Wise Man” Heyman into the Hall of Fame at Friday’s ceremony as revealed during Monday’s edition of Raw. The induction is taking place after SmackDown in Philadelphia this Friday, April 5. 

The ceremony will stream live on Peacock starting at 10 p.m. Eastern time.

Heyman has served as Reigns’ manager in WWE storylines  since August 2020 when Reigns returned from a hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic and turned heel, aligning himself with Heyman.

Appearing alongside The Rock & Heyman in a backstage segment on Raw, Reigns noted that he was off to work on his speech, which Heyman then confirmed as the official announcement of Reigns being his inductor. 

WWE made it official later in Monday’s episode with the above graphic. 

Heyman, Bull Nakano, The U.S. Express (Mike Rotunda & Barry Windham), Thunderbolt Patterson, and Muhammad Ali will make up the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024. 

Reigns & The Rock will face Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins in the main event of night one of WrestleMania 40 on Saturday, then Reigns will defend the Undisputed WWE Universal title against Cody Rhodes on Sunday in the main event of night two.

Ozzy Osbourne to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Ozzy Osbourne will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. 

Our Dave Meltzer reports that Osbourne was part of the combined 2020/2021 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, which was taped last week. Osbourne did not appear in person at the ceremony, but did record a video message for the show. Osbourne’s induction was expected after he was featured in a commercial for the Hall of Fame that aired on SmackDown. 

Osbourne, 72, has made several cameo appearances for WWE over the years, most notably at WrestleMania 2, where he and Captain Lou Albano managed The British Bulldogs in their WWF Tag Team Championship win over Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine. Osbourne performed live at a May 2007 SmackDown taping in Baltimore, and later served as a guest host for Raw in November 2009.

Osbourne joins the 2020 and 2021 WWE Hall of Fame classes comprised of Davey Boy Smith, JBL, Jushin Liger, The nWo, The Bella Twins, William Shatner, Warrior Award winner Titus O’Neil, Molly Holly, Eric Bischoff, Rob Van Dam, Kane, and The Great Khali.

Eric Bischoff to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The 2021 WWE Hall of Fame class has its second member and one that decades ago wouldn’t have ever seemed possible: Eric Bischoff.

Bischoff is a former executive producer, executive vice president and president of WCW, a former executive producer of TNA, and a former executive director of WWE SmackDown. Bischoff also has an extensive on-air resume with AWA, WCW, WWE and TNA, and has also made sporadic cameo appearances for AEW.

Bischoff was informed of his induction on Thursday’s After the Bell podcast with Corey Graves and Vic Joseph. The ceremony will stream on Peacock in the United States and WWE Network worldwide on Tuesday, April 6. 

Triple H tweeted: “@EBischoff has done so much for this industry both in front of and behind the camera, creating some of its biggest characters and events. Now, it’s time to take his place in the #WWEHOF! Congratulations Eric!!”

Jim Ross tweeted: “Congrats to my friend @EBischoff on being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2021! Deserved and earned!”

After last year’s Hall of Fame ceremony was canceled due to the pandemic, this year will see both the 2020 and 2021 classes inducted. Last year’s class was comprised of Batista, the NWO (Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman), Nikki Bella & Brie Bella, JBL, British Bulldog, and Jushin Thunder Liger.

Stan Hansen and Jacqueline Moore last 2016 WWE Hall of Fame inductees

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

The new WWE WrestleMania 32 magazine in the list of the 2016 Hall of Fame class confirmed Jacqueline Moore and Stan Hansen as the final two inductees for this year.

Moore had been on the list that had leaked several months back.  Hansen was not.  Hansen had two runs in WWF, once challenging Bruno Sammartino in 1976, including the match where he broke Sammartino’s neck by dropping him on his head on a bodyslam, which inadvertently ended up making his career when the return match saved the Ali vs. Inoki show at Shea Stadium.

He also had a run with Bob Backlund as champion.

Hansen is generally considered the greatest foreign star in Japan, for his long tenure as a fixture for All Japan Pro Wrestling.

Moore was in as the female inductee that they want in every year.

This would mean that plans for John Layfield were changed, which had been obvious when they announced he would be helping induct The Godfather.