WWE Hall of Fame (2026)
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The 2026 WWE Hall of Fame was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE that featured the induction of the 27th class into the WWE Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place on April 17, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada at Dolby Live at Park MGM the night before WrestleMania 42. It aired live on the ESPN app in the United States and on YouTube internationally.
The first announced inductee into the Class of 2026 was former WWE executive and on-screen personality Stephanie McMahon, who was revealed via an announcement by the promotion during the Wrestlepalooza event on September 20, 2025. Additional inductees for the Class of 2026 were announced in the months leading up to WrestleMania 42.
Background
On September 20, 2025, during WWE's event Wrestlepalooza, Class of 2022 WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker officially announced Stephanie McMahon as the first inductee of the Class of 2026.
On the February 23, 2026, episode of Raw, Undertaker made another appearance to announce that AJ Styles, who was holding his retirement ceremony that night, would be the second inductee.
On March 2, 2026, Undertaker announced the third inductees as the tag team of Demolition (Ax and Smash). WWE later announced that the ceremony would take place the night before WrestleMania 42 on April 17, 2026, at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada, following the broadcast of their regular Friday night program, SmackDown.
On March 20, 2026, it was reported by ESPN that National Basketball Association (NBA) player Dennis Rodman, known in wrestling primarily for his time in World Championship Wrestling as part of the New World Order in the late 1990s, would be the first celebrity inductee of the Class of 2026.
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