The 2025 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony is scheduled to take place on WrestleMania 41 weekend, April 18, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the BleauLive Theater of Fontainebleau Las Vegas. It will be the 31st anniversary of the annual celebration event.
The 2025 edition of WWE Hall of Fame is scheduled to air live immediately after the final Friday Night SmackDown before WrestleMania 41. For the first time in the event’s history, the Class of 2025 will feature a new “Immortal Moment” category, which will highlight classic WWE matches that have remained etched in our memories forever.
In this article, we will examine the careers and legacies of each inductee, as well as the significance of their induction moment. And what they mean to professional wrestling as a whole. Let’s dive in and get to know these legends better!
Triple H
Some say it was way overdue, while some believe this shouldn’t be his time yet. However, one thing is certain: Paul Levesque absolutely earned this spot — both for his professional wrestling career, which spanned three decades, and for the backstage work he has done to elevate WWE to new heights following CEO Vince McMahon’s ill-fated departure from the company.
The Game’s accolades speak for themselves: 14-time World Champion, inaugural holder of the World Heavyweight Championship, five-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, three-time tag team champion, winner of the Royal Rumble twice (in 2002 and 2016), and the winner of the 1997 King of the Ring.
It will be Triple H’s second Hall of Fame enshrinement after previously being inducted in the Class of 2019 as part of D-Generation X alongside Shawn Michaels (speculating inductor), Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and X-Pac. The King of Kings is truly a befitting headliner for this class.
Lex Luger
On March 7, 2025, during his yoga session at Diamond Dallas Page’s home, Lex Luger was surprised by Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, who broke the news of his Hall of Fame induction in a heartfelt and warming video.
This was a long time coming for the former WCW superstar, who had fallen into a dark place he recently escaped a few years ago. Luger was one of WCW’s biggest names in the ‘90s, winning the World Heavyweight Championship twice and holding the record for a record-tying five-time United States Champion, including the single longest reign for the title.
In WWE, he made his mark as an All-American hero, eventually reaching his peak at Royal Rumble 1994, when he became the first-ever co-winner of the event, alongside Bret Hart. For everything that he had been through in the past two decades, we are glad to see the Total Package finally getting the recognition he deserved.
Michelle McCool
From 2008 to 2016, WWE used the term “diva” to describe their female talents and on-air personalities. This diva’s period was quite infamous for women’s wrestling as a whole due to its mismanagement and neglect of female wrestlers. However, there was one of the few bright spots during this time: Michelle McCool.
Known for her elegance, charisma, and poise, Michelle was a significant figure during the transitional period from the WWE’s branding of the term “women” to “diva.” She is the inaugural WWE Diva Champion, having won the title twice in her career, and became the first female to have won both the Diva and the WWE Women’s Championship.
McCool was perhaps best known for her tag team with Layla, dubbed “LayCool”, which was very memorable among fans of that era. Her clashes with the likes of Beth Phoenix, Melina, and Layla also stood out among the female matchups during that time.
The Natural Disasters
Earthquake and Typhoon (formerly known as Tugboat) joined forces in 1991 to form an enormous, towering duo. Managed by Jimmy Hart, they weighed in at a combined weight of nearly 900 lbs, making them one of the heaviest tag teams in wrestling’s history.
The Natural Disasters were arguably one of the most popular tag teams of the early ‘90s, thanks to their catchy team names, an amusing gimmick, and two physical specimens at the forefront. They won the WWF Tag Team Championship in 1992 from Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase & Irwin R. Schyster) after ditching their manager and turning face for the first time.
This will be a posthumous induction for John “Earthquake” Tenta, who many believe should have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame long ago for his career achievements.
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (WrestleMania 13)
The WWE Hall of Fame has been known for introducing new categories in their events. It began with the celebrity induction in 2004, followed by the Warrior Award to honor the Ultimate Warrior in 2015, and most frequently, the “Legacy Wing” in 2016, which was subsequently retired five years afterward.
A new category, “Immortal Moment,” was announced on March 28, designed to honor groundbreaking showdowns in WWE’s history. The first induction couldn’t be any more worthy, as it showcased a legendary submission bout between Bret Hart and Steve Austin, with Ken Shamrock as the special guest referee, at WrestleMania 13.
There is nothing that hasn’t been said about this match that we haven’t already heard. It is widely regarded as a five-star classic by fans and media alike, notably by long-time wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, who rarely bestows such a distinction on a WWE match.
Bret vs. Austin is said to have sparked the birth of the Attitude Era and the rise of Stone Cold Steve Austin, which culminated the following year when Austin won his first WWE Championship at WrestleMania XIV. It is a moment that should be etched in history forever, and its induction into the WWE Hall of Fame only serves to enhance its legacy.
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