WWE Hall of Fame 2024
WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024 Induction Ceremony is scheduled to take place on April 5, 2024. The event will take place at at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA, after SmackDown episode on the same day during WrestleMania 40 weekend.
Paul Heyman, Bull Nakano, Muhammad Ali and The US Express are announced to be WWE Hall of Fame Inductees for the Class of 2024.
EVENT INFO
Promotion: World Wrestling Entertainment
Date: April 05, 2024
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue: Wells Fargo Center
Start Time: 10:30 pm ET
Network: Peacock, WWE Network
Broadcast Type: Live
LIST OF INDUCTEES
Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman is one of the most famous managers of all time, apart from being the former owner of ECW, a commentator, and a part of the creative team in WCW and WWE. However, his career in pro wrestling started as a photographer at the age of 14. He soon made his way into managerial and creative roles with some independent promotions before joining WCW. He managed The New Midnight Express in WCW in 1988 before the Dangerous Alliance in 1991 and 1992. Heyman joined ECW in 1993 and became owner of the promotion in 1995 to start a new Extreme wrestling revolution. He remained in his role as head booker and owner of the promotion until it filed for bankruptcy in 2001.
Heyman then joined WWE RAW as a commentator while also starting to work backstage. After working as a writer for SmackDown in 2002, Heyman became the on-screen manager for Brock Lesnar which remains his most famous role to date in WWE. He later went on to manage CM Punk also for about a year in 2012-2013 before returning as a manager for Lesnar. During COVID-19 pandemic, Heyman took his latest onscreen job as the “Wiseman” to The Tribal Cheif Roman Reigns and has been part of some of the best storylines and promos in recent years.
Bull Nakano
Bull Nakano is one of the most decorated women’s wrestlers from Japan. Nakano started her career in All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling promotion in 1983 at just 15 years old. It took her just one year to win AJW Junior Championship at the age of 16, and just another year to win AJW Championship. She is the longest reigning AJW Champion ever with a 917-day title reign. Her first association with WWE came in 1986 in a tag team match. She joined the promotion in 1994 and worked for WWE(WWF at the time) and WCW until 1996. Due to her injuries, she had to retire in 1997. Since 2017, she had been seen in managerial roles in different promotions.
The US Express
The US Express team is a 2-time WWF Tag Team Champions which was mostly active between 1983 and 1987. Real-life brother-in-laws Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham, the team was first seen in Florida territory before being signed by WWF in 1984. The team’s gimmick was also changed to that of two partiotic Americans upon their arrival in WWF. They won the WWF Tag Team titles for the first time in January 1985. They were part of WrestleMania I in 1985 in a tag team title match where they lost to The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, before winning them back two months later. The team had stints in other promotion in 1986 before the reuniting breifly in 1987 in WWF once again.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was not only a great boxer and sports icon, but also one of the most influential figures of his time. A 3-time WBA & WBC , and thus undisputed, Heavyweight Champion, Ali is considered the greatest heavyweight champion of all time with a record of 56 wins and 5 losses. His involvment in pro-wrestling started with a mixed rules bout against Antonio Inoki. Ali later became the special guest referee in the main event of WrestleMania I where Hulk Hogan and Mr. T defeated Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff.
