List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame

This is a list of members of the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was created in 1993 and went dormant in 1996 for eight years before returning in 2004.

Induction is dependent upon whether the candidate is on good terms with WWE, and former WWE wrestlers who often criticize WWE or currently work with a different promotion have not been inducted. Others, such as Bruno Sammartino are alienated from the promotion and refuse to be inducted, despite having been asked several times.cite web|last=MacKinder|first=Matt|title=Sammartino: McMahon is 'a sick-minded idiot|publisher=SLAM! Sports|url= http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/04/16/4035027.html|date=2007-04-16|accessdate=2007-05-06]

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 achieved much of their success outside of WWE.cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/03/27/1508048.html|title=A virtual tour of the WWE Hall of Fame|publisher=SLAM! Sports|accessdate=2007-04-29] New members are inducted annually, in a ceremony held the night before and in the same city as that year's WrestleMania. Usually inductees are officially inducted at the ceremony by a high profile wrestling personality whose participation in the ceremony is highly publicized. As of 2008, there have been a total of 68 inductees, with 60 members inducted individually and four tag teams inducted.cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/|title=WWE Hall of Fame|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-04-24] Thirteen of the inductees have been inducted posthumously.

Inductees

References

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*cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/halloffame/wwe/|title=WWE Hall of Fame, includes list of inducters|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2007-04-26 ;Specific

ee also

*Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
*WCW Hall of Fame
*Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/ The WWE Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/halloffame/wwe/ WWE Hall of Fame] at onlineworldofwrestling.com

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