{"id":135325,"date":"2025-05-14T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=135325"},"modified":"2025-05-14T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:34:00","slug":"pete-rose-wwe-hall-fame-mlb-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/05\/14\/pete-rose-wwe-hall-fame-mlb-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back at Pete Rose in WWE as Hit King Inches Toward Possible MLB Hall of Fame Induction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pete Rose<\/a> is already a Hall of Famer, in fact, he’s been one since 2004, having been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Now, some 20+ years later and sadly one year after Rose’s passing, he’s eligible for another Hall of Fame, one that would likely mean just a little more to MLB’s hit king. On Tuesday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced that Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and several others, were being removed from the permanently ineligible list and would be eligible for Hall of Fame induction from the Veterans Committee. In his MLB career, Rose was a stud. His career spanned 23 years with three different teams (the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and Montreal Expos).<\/p>\n

Over that span he won three World Series titles, was named to the All Star Game 17x, was a three-time National League batting champion and 2x Gold Glove Award winner for his defensive skills. Among his other accolades: NL MVP, World Series MVP, NL Rookie of the Year, Roberto Clemente Award, and Silver Slugger Award. Rose was named to MLB’s All-Century Team in 1999 and has his number ’14’ retired with the Reds. Of course, none of that denotes Rose’s biggest accomplishment in baseball: 4,256. That’s the amount of hits Rose amassed in his career, a number that still stands to this day.<\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0Manfred Lifts Lifetime Ban On Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Others<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It might leave many wondering why Rose isn’t in the Baseball Hall of Fame already. Well, simply put, he bet on baseball while he was a manager, leading to people to question the integrity of the results of games his team lost. Rose claimed he never bet on the Reds to lose while managing them, but the betting around the league was enough for baseball to institute a lifetime ban and make the legend ineligible for Hall of Fame induction. Tuesday’s decision by Manfred to remove Rose from the list means that veteran sportswriters have the chance to induct the hit king into baseball immortality.<\/p>\n

But…we’re not here to talk about if Rose does or doesn’t deserve to make the National Baseball Hall of Fame. We’re not really here to talk about his career swinging a bat and swiping bases at all. That’s for our colleagues over at Last Word on Baseball. On the week that baseball glory is within Rose’s grasp, we wanted to look back at the post-baseball career he enjoyed, the one that got him into his first hall of fame over two decades ago.<\/p>\n

Pete Rose WWE Hall of Fame, Class of 2004<\/h2>\n