WWE Hall Of Fame May Witness Major Change, Confirms Triple H

Triple H has conceded that the WWE Hall of Fame could yet be in for a major change in the coming years.

First introduced in 1993 as a way to honour the late, great, Eighth Wonder of the World, André the Giant, the WWE Hall of Fame has grown over the years to become a key part of the company’s calendar.

The early years of the event saw trailblazers such as Buddy Rogers, Gorilla Monsoon, Bobo Brazil, Pedro Morales, Antonino Rocca, and Captain Lou Albano inducted, among others, between 1994 and 1996. The Hall of Fame then disappeared, going on a hiatus until WrestleMania 20 in 2004.

That began the tradition of holding the Hall of Fame ceremony over WrestleMania weekend, with fans able to attend and pay their respects to those stars being inducted.

The WWE Hall of Fame has had its fair share of criticism over the years, with many resenting the fact that WWE sees itself as the sole arbiter of who in the entire wrestling business is worthy of being honoured. Politics, no doubt, played its part in it taking until 2013 for Bruno Sammartino to be inducted. Sammartino was WWE’s star of the sixties and seventies, but a falling out with Vince McMahon led to very public criticism from the Italian star of the creative direction the company took.

Perhaps there was no bigger touchstone to the criticism of the WWE Hall of Fame than the night Sammartino was inducted, as that was the same night the company inducted Donald Trump into the Celebrity wing of the Hall of Fame.

Others have criticised the fact that, unlike the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo, Iowa, there is no actual physical WWE Hall of Fame where fans can visit and pay their own tributes to the heroes of the past.

But could that be set to change?

Triple H Hints At WWE Hall Of Fame Change

Speaking to Complex, Triple H noted that a physical Hall of Fame is something the company is keeping an open mind on:

You know, people always ask us all the time about a brick-and-mortar Hall of Fame. That might still be something in the future.