Muhammad Ali will take his rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame.
WWE has begun announcing names for the Hall of Fame ceremony. The biggest name is Paul Heyman, as Philadelphia is the home of ECW, followed by The US Express (Mike Rotunda & Barry Windham) and Bull Nakano.
On Monday, WWE announced via Variety that Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time, will be honored this year.
Ali dabbled in wrestling throughout his life, including an exhibition bout with Antonio Inoki in Tokyo in 1976. He later appeared for WWE, where he challenged Gorilla Monsoon and most notably served as a special guest referee for the main event of WrestleMania I in 1985, which saw Hulk Hogan and Mr. T face off against Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff.
Ali was also a guest at the WCW Collision in Korea pay-per-view event held in North Korea in 1995. Ali passed away in 2016 at the age of 74.
More names will be confirmed in the coming weeks. The ceremony takes place following SmackDown on April 5th at the Wells Fargo Center on WrestleMania weekend.
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