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LAS VEGAS – The WWE Hall of Fame class of 2026 is as star-studded as ever. Several superstars who made an indelible impact on the professional wrestling business will be inducted Friday night.
Stephanie McMahon, AJ Styles, the Demolition team, Dennis Rodman, Sid Eudy and Bad News Brown will be this year’s inductees.
The ceremony will take place at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas at 9 pm PT, one day before the first night of WrestleMania 42 takes place.
Read below for a quick overview of the year’s inductees.
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Stephanie Mc Mahon
Stephanie McMahon looks on in the ring during Monday Night RAW at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on March 30, 2026. (Craig Melvin/WWE)
Stephanie McMahon, daughter of WWE founder Vince McMahon, became one of the biggest heels of the Attitude Era, joining the business as a valet to several wrestling colleagues, including her father. She also became an authoritative on-screen spokesperson who resonated with pro wrestling fans, whether she was a heel or a babyface.
She helped spark the women’s wrestling revolution in WWE and evolve the division from on-screen eye candy to main event superstars.
Outside of the ring, McMahon held several prominent positions within the company itself. She was executive vice president, chief brand officer, president and co-CEO of WWE before finally leaving the company in 2023. She has made sporadic appearances since then, hosting some premium live WWE events to welcome fans.
McMahon is married to WWE chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque.
AJ Styles
AJ Styles enters the arena during WrestleMania at AT&T Stadium on April 3, 2022. (Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports)
The “phenomenal” AJ Styles is one of the most prolific wrestlers of his generation and one who didn’t need to come to WWE to make a name for himself. Styles was a superstar in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) for several years and was a fan favorite in Japan before deciding to cross the line and make the jump to WWE.
Styles made his WWE debut at the 2016 Royal Rumble and immediately embarked on a feud with John Cena. For about 10 years, Styles was a mainstay player on the WWE roster. He was a two-time WWE Champion, three-time United States Champion, Intercontinental Champion, and two-time Tag Team Champion. He was also the 32nd Triple Crown champion and 15th Grand Slam champion WWE has ever had.
He retired from professional wrestling after his loss to Gunther at the Royal Rumble.
Demolition
Jacques Rougeau kicks Smash of Demolition during a WWF match on January 1, 1988 at the Nassau Coliseum in New York. (B Bennett/Getty Images)
Demolition was one of WWE’s most popular tag teams in the 1990s.
Ax and Smash were three-time tag team champions and hold the record for most combined days as champions. The two had epic rivalries with Rick Martel and Tito Santana, Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid’s British Bulldogs, and the Hart Foundation with Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart.
Teams have been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as groups in three of the last four classes. Rick and Scott Steiner were inducted in 2022, Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham’s US Express entered the Hall in 2024, and The Natural Disasters of Earthquake and Typhoon heeded the call last year.
Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman poses with Hulk Hogan during WCW Bash on the Beach at the Ocean Center on July 13, 1997, in Daytona Beach, Florida. (WWE Archive)
Dennis Rodman is probably known for his on-court performances in the NBA, but his appearances in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) became some of the most talked about moments during the “Monday Night Wars” between the company and WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Foundation).
Rodman briefly aligned himself with the New World Order (NWO) with Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. He even walked away from the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls during their dynastic years.
Rodman made his New World Order debut with Hogan on “Monday Nitro” on March 10, 1997. He also appeared on Uncensored that same month. His first match came in July 1997 at Bash at the Beach. During the Bulls’ 1998 playoff run, Rodman skipped practice to appear with Hogan on Nitro.
Sean Waltman, who was a member of the New World Order with WCW, recalled Rodman’s appearances on Pak Gazette Digital in 2023.
“He was a good guy,” Waltman said of Rodman. “He was just a little socially awkward, shy. It wasn’t like he was very talkative. He was cool. It was great to have him there. The guy was so into it. He skipped practices during playoff games to appear on Nitro.”
Sid Eudy
Sid Eudy, also known as Sid during his WWE career, watches during Superstars of Wrestling at the Portland Civic Center on August 19, 1995 in Portland, Maine. (WWE/Getty Images)
No matter what name pro wrestling fans knew him by, Sid Eudy was a menace in the ring and will finally take his rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame.
Eudy, who died in 2024, wrestled under different names including Sid, Sid Eudy, Sid Justice, Sid Steele, Sid Vicious, Sycho Sid, Vicious Warriors and Lord Humongous. He performed in WWE when it was still the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the United States Wrestling Association, Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and on the indies.
He was a two-time WWF Champion, two-time WCW Heavyweight Champion, and WCW United States Champion.
Bad news brown
Bad News Brown watches at the Miami Arena on August 9, 1990 in Miami, Florida. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)
Bad News Brown may not have been a household name among pro wrestling fans, but he had some epic matches in his time in WWE.
He was known for maintaining a serious or tense look. He feuded with Randy Savage and had a major match at WrestleMania VI against “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. Brown never won a championship in WWE. However, he was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2007 and was a four-time Stampede North American Heavyweight Champion.
Before his professional wrestling career began, Brown was an Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and took home two gold medals at the 1967 and 1975 Pan American Games.
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Hulk Hogan against André the Giant at WrestleMania 3
Hulk Hogan battles Andre The Giant during WrestleMania III at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan on March 29, 1987. (WWE/Getty Images)
It is perhaps the most iconic moment in professional wrestling. Hulk Hogan will face André the Giant at WrestleMania 3 for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. This is arguably the moment Hogan became larger than life.
Hogan would try to hit Andre the Giant early in the match, but to no avail. Andre nearly pinned him when he fell on top of him. But as the match progressed, Hogan was sent into the ropes and hit Andre with a clothesline that took him down. Hogan fought with Andre, picked him up and took him down. The crowd went wild and Hogan would retain the title.
Hogan died in 2025 and André the Giant died in 1993. But their moment in professional wrestling history will be immortalized forever.
