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WWE Hall of Fame logo, 2004-present.
WWE Hall of Fame logo, 2004-present.

In professional wrestling, the WWE Hall of Fame (formerly WWF Hall of Fame) is an institution that honors selected former and current employees of World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly the World Wrestling Federation) and other figures who have contributed to wrestling and sports entertainment in general. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet,

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History

The Hall of Fame was created in 1993 with the induction of WWF alumnus Andre the Giant, who had died earlier that year. André René Roussimoff (May 19 1946 &ndash January 27 1993 best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and Actor The Hall inducted additional members annually thereafter until 1996 with the 1994 and 1995 ceremonies held as part of the King of the Ring weekend, then went dormant until it was revived in 2004 to commemorate the company's twentieth WrestleMania event. King of the Ring is a Professional wrestling Single-elimination tournament held by World Wrestling Entertainment. WrestleMania XX was the twentieth WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE The ceremony now takes place on the night before WrestleMania, in the same city as that event.

Since living inductees appear at a Hall of Fame acceptance event, induction is contingent upon the candidate being on good terms with WWE. As a result several notable alumni have not been inducted. One notable critic is Bruno Sammartino who said "what's the point to a Hall of Fame? Is it a building I can actually go to? No. Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (born October 6 1935 is an Italian former professional wrestler, best known for being the longest-running champion of the " He added "look at a guy like Pete Rose. Why is he in the Hall of Fame? It's a sham. "[1] The process by which inductees are selected is not transparent; the criteria for induction have never been disclosed. Although the Hall in theory honors those with important WWE careers, since the revival in 2004, some inductees such as Harley Race, Verne Gagne, Eddie Graham and Nick Bockwinkel, achieved much or all of their success outside of WWE, though the companies where they did achieve their success have been assimilated by WWE. Harley Leland Race (born April 11 1943) is a retired American professional wrestler and current promoter Verne Gagne (born February 26 1926) is a former American Professional wrestler, football player Pro wrestling Trainer, and Edward Gossett in Texas at the age of 17 after being trained by Cowboy Luttrell Nicholas Warren Francis Bockwinkel (born December 6 1934) is a former American Professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Nick

Inductees

Main article: List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame

Ceremony dates and locations

Bret Hart accepting his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Bret Hart accepting his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This is a list of members of Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2 1957 is a retired Canadian professional wrestler and Actor.

Television broadcasts

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DVD releases

Since 2005, the Hall of Fame has been packaged as part of the WrestleMania DVD release. The 2004 Hall of Fame was released as its own VHS and DVD. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Future facility

World Wrestling Entertainment has been looking in to constructing or creating a facility for the Hall of Fame. WWE's Executive Vice President of Global Media Shane McMahon has said that the WWE has been storing wrestling memoribilia in a warehouse for years, and all items are categorized and dated in case a facility is created. Shane Brandon McMahon (born January 15 1970 Shane has served as Executive Vice President of WWE Global Media overseeing International Television Distribution Live Event bookings McMahon has stated, "I think it's probably still a couple of years away, but we're really anxious to do it. "[2]

References

  1. ^ Mackinder, Matt. Sammartino: McMahon is 'a sick-minded idiot. Slam. canoe. ca. Retrieved on 2007-05-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance.
  2. ^ Varsallone, Jim. WWE collecting, storing for future Hall of Fame site. Miami Herald. Retrieved on 2008-4-8.

See also

External link

Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This is a list of members of The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame is located in Amsterdam New York and was previously located in Schenectady New York. The WCW Hall of Fame was established in 1993 to honor some of the wrestling greats of the past (most of them appearing in the NWA and Jim Crockett Promotions before The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ("WON HOF" for short is a professional wrestling hall of fame that exists only on paper
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