Former Tag Team Champions Discussed For WWE Hall Of Fame

The WWE Hall of Fame class of 2025 is beginning to take shape.

On February 13 it was announced that Bill Eadie & Barry Darsow, better known to fans as Ax and Smash of Demolition, had signed WWE Legends contracts.

The pair began teaming together in January 1987 and they went on to win the World Tag Team Titles three times, with their first reign of 478 days standing as a company record until it was beaten by The New Day in 2016.

Many believed that the new deals might be a precursor to a Hall of Fame induction, and it seems that might be more than idle speculation.

Demolition For WWE Hall Of Fame?

As reported by Fightful Select, the team has been brought up as potential Hall of Fame inductees by the management, however, there’s no word on whether this has been “nailed down.”

It also remains unclear whether Crush will be included in any Hall of Fame nod. Crush spent a year as part of the group and was with WWE for six years in total.

The new Legends deals will allow the company to license and produce merchandise for Ax, Smash, and Demolition for the first time in several years.

There had been a feeling that Eadie and Darsow would never come back under the WWE umbrella after a legal battle with the company in 1997 over name and gimmick rights. In 2016, the duo was involved in a concussion-related class-action lawsuit against WWE.

The news comes after it was announced that Michelle McCool will be part of the Hall of Fame class of 2025. The star spent seven years with WWE as a full-time wrestler between 2004 and 2011, becoming the first woman to hold the Divas and Women’s Championships. McCool will join Triple H who has already been announced as the headline for 2025.