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WWE Hall of Fame
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In professional wrestling, the WWE Hall of Fame (formerly WWF Hall of Fame) is an institution that honors selected former and current employees of World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly the World Wrestling Federation) and other figures who have contributed to wrestling and sports-entertainment in general.
The Hall of Fame was created in 1993 with the induction of WWF alumnus André the Giant, who had died earlier that year. The Hall inducted additional members annually thereafter until 1996 with the 1994 and 1995 ceremonies held as part of the King of the Ring weekend, then went dormant until it was revived in 2004 to commemorate the company's twentieth WrestleMania event.
Since living inductees appear at a Hall of Fame acceptance event, induction is contingent upon the candidate being on good terms with WWE. As a result several notable alumni have not been inducted, including Bruno Sammartino, who has called the Hall of Fame a farce because there is no actual building and because non-wrestlers such as Pete Rose are inducted.[1] 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 such as Harley Race, Verne Gagne and Nick Bockwinkel, achieved much or all of their success outside of WWE, though the companies where they did achieve their success have been assimilated by WWE.
- June 9, 1994, Omni Inner Harbor International Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
- June 24, 1995, Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- November 16, 1996, Marriott Marquis, New York, New York
- March 13, 2004, The Hilton, New York City, New York
- April 2, 2005, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California
- April 1, 2006, Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, Illinois
- March 31, 2007, Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan
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| History | Black Saturday • Monday Night Wars • Montreal Screwjob • The Invasion • Brand Extension • WWE Video Library |
| Programming | Raw • SmackDown! • ECW • Current programming • Former programming • Pay-per-views |
| Developmental territories | Ohio Valley Wrestling • Florida Championship Wrestling |
| Former and defunct developmental territories | Deep South Wrestling • Heartland Wrestling Association • International Wrestling Association • Memphis Championship Wrestling |
| Subsidiaries | WWE Films • WWE Niagara Falls • WWE Records • WWE Video Games • WWE Home Video • WWE Books |
| Defunct subsidiaries | Coliseum Video • World Bodybuilding Federation • The World • XFL |
| Other wrestling organizations acquired | World Championship Wrestling (history) • Extreme Championship Wrestling |