{"id":64052,"date":"2020-03-03T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T20:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=64052"},"modified":"2020-03-03T15:46:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T20:46:02","slug":"report-the-apa-slated-for-2020-wwe-hall-of-fame-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/03\/03\/report-the-apa-slated-for-2020-wwe-hall-of-fame-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: The APA Slated for 2020 WWE Hall of Fame Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wrestlevotes<\/strong>, the Twitter account who has broken multiple Hall of Fame announcements over the years (including this year) has revealed another name reportedly expected to be announced for this year&#8217;s 2020 Class of the WWE Hall of Fame. While <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/02\/18\/jbl-wwe-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it was reported<\/a> that <strong>JBL<\/strong> would be entering this year, it appears now he won&#8217;t be going in as a singles wrestler (yet) but in fact will be going in as part of the tag team <strong>APA<\/strong> (which would make <strong>Ron Simmons<\/strong> the next 2x WWE Hall of Famer).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last HOF lineup I had heard was The nWo, Batista, Liger, Bella Twins, Bulldog and The APA. So unless WWE added someone last minute, which is more than possible, I would assume Bradshaw &amp; Ron Simmons are the HOF guests on Backstage tonight on FOX.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestleVotes\/status\/1234927081940803585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Justin &#8220;Hawk&#8221; Bradshaw<\/strong> (later JBL) and Ron Simmons were finding themselves in a rut by the end of the 1990s, but the pairing of the two as the enforcers for the <strong>Undertaker<\/strong> and his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/06\/07\/ministry-of-darkness-20-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ministry of Darkness<\/strong><\/a>, as the <strong>Acolytes<\/strong>, won over the hearts of the WWE Universe with their rough and tumble approach in the ring.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64056\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64056\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/03\/Acolytes01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/03\/Acolytes01.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/03\/Acolytes01-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The duo had a 7-year run together (not including sporadic reunions at big shows), first as the Acolytes, and then as the <strong>Acolytes Protection Agency (APA)<\/strong> once their union with the Ministry ended. As mercenaries for hire, the APA were frequently pulled away from the poker games to take people out for other WWE Superstars, with a gimmick that ran wild at the end of the Attitude Era and in the early days of the Ruthless Aggression Era. In total, the APA become 3x WWE World Tag Team Champions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64055\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64055\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/03\/739fe5bea9e19f810425341c38d44b84-e1583268356979.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So far WWE has announced a few inductees, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/12\/09\/wwe-reveals-first-names-2020-hof\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Batista, nWo<\/strong><\/a> (Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall &amp; X-Pac), and<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/02\/24\/bella-twins-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> The Bella Twins<\/strong><\/a>, with New Japan legend <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/02\/12\/liger-bella-twins-wwe-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jushin &#8220;Thunder&#8221; Liger<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/02\/18\/report-british-bulldog-entering-2020-wwe-hall-of-fame-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;British Bulldog&#8221; Davey Boy Smith<\/strong> <\/a>still reportedly set for induction.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. WWE fan? Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>\u00a0to fulfill all of your WWE needs!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wrestlevotes, the Twitter account who has broken multiple Hall of Fame announcements over the years (including this year) has revealed another name reportedly expected to be announced for this year&#8217;s 2020 Class of the WWE Hall of Fame. 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