WWE Hall of Fame 2024

WWE Hall of Fame (2024)

Promotion WWE
Date April 5, 2024
City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue Wells Fargo Center

The 2024 WWE Hall of Fame was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE that featured the induction of the 25th class into the WWE Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place on April 5, 2024, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the night preceding WrestleMania XL. It was livestreamed at 10 pm Eastern Time on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network internationally, immediately after the airing of WWE's regular Friday night program, SmackDown. Paul Heyman, Bull Nakano, The U.S. Express (Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda), Lia Maivia, Muhammad Ali, and Thunderbolt Patterson were among the inductees.

Ring name- Paul Heyman
Inducted by- Roman Reigns
Former manager and commentator for the American Wrestling Association and World Championship Wrestling
Owner and operator of the former Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion, which was founded in Philadelphia (host city of WrestleMania XL)
Former on-screen general manager of WWE's SmackDown brand
Former color commentator for Monday Night Raw
Manager of Brock Lesnar, Big Show, CM Punk, Rob Van Dam, Kurt Angle, Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Roman Reigns and The Bloodline stable, amongst others.

Ring name- Bull Nakano
Inducted by- Alundra Blayze
One-time WWF Women's Champion
1994 Slammy Award winner for Most Devastating
Recognized as having won women's championships in Japan, Mexico, and the United States.

Ring name- Thunderbolt Patterson
Inducted by- Scott Spears and The New Day
(Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
A fixture in various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories from the 1960s through the 1980s
Recognized as having won championships across North America.

Ring name- Lia Maivia[
Inducted by- The Rock
Posthumous inductee: Represented by her grandson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
One of wrestling's first female promoters. Ran Polynesian Pro Wrestling (PPW), a territory of the NWA in Hawaii in the mid-1980s. Her promotion ran a show called Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling on the Financial News Network.

Ring name- The U.S. Express
Inducted by- Bo Dallas and Mika Rotunda
Two-time WWF Tag Team Champions
Barry Windham – Two-time inductee. Previously inducted in 2012 as a member of The Four Horsemen.
Mike Rotunda, also known as Irwin R. Schyster (Lawrence Rotunda) – Three-time NWA World Television Champion (Mid-Atlantic version), one-time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Mid-Atlantic version) (without Barry), and three-time WWF Tag Team Champion (without Barry).

Ring name- Muhammad Ali
Inducted by- The Undertaker
Posthumous inductee: Represented by his widow Yolanda.
Three-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Olympic Gold Medalist
Competed in "The War of the Worlds" against Antonio Inoki, a match dubbed by WWE as "MMA's first big fight"
Special guest referee in the WrestleMania I main event.
Guest of honor in the Collision in Korea event.