WWE Hall of Fame 2026 class features Stephanie McMahon, AJ Styles and Dennis Rodman among inductees

LAS VEGAS – The WWE’s Hall of Fame people of 2026 is arsenic star-studded arsenic ever. Several superstars who made an indelible interaction connected the pro wrestling concern volition beryllium inducted connected Friday night.

Stephanie McMahon, AJ Styles, the tag squad of Demolition, Dennis Rodman, Sid Eudy and Bad News Brown volition beryllium this year’s enshrinees.

The ceremonial volition instrumentality spot astatine Dolby Live astatine Park MGM successful Las Vegas astatine 9 p.m. PT, a time earlier the archetypal nighttime of WrestleMania 42 volition instrumentality place.

Read beneath for a speedy overview of the year’s inductees.

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Stephanie McMahon

Stephanie McMahon looks connected successful the ringing during Monday Night RAW astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York, N.Y., connected March 30, 2026. (Craig Melvin/WWE)

Stephanie McMahon, the girl of WWE laminitis Vince McMahon, turned into 1 of the biggest heels of the Attitude Era ushering herself into the concern arsenic a valet for respective wrestling colleagues, including her father. She besides became an on-screen authoritarian mouthpiece that resonated with pro wrestling fans whether she was a bottommost oregon a babyface.

She helped bring astir the women’s wrestling gyration successful WWE and evolving the part from on-screen oculus candy into main lawsuit superstars.

Outside of the ring, McMahon held respective salient positions wrong the institution itself. She was an enforcement vice president, main marque officer, chairwoman and co-CEO of WWE earlier yet leaving the institution successful 2023. She’s made sporadic appearances since then, anchoring immoderate WWE premium unrecorded events of welcoming fans to them.

McMahon is joined to WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque.

AJ Styles

AJ Styles enters the arena during WrestleMania astatine AT&T Stadium connected April 3, 2022. (Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports)

The "Phenomenal" A.J. Styles is 1 of the astir prolific wrestlers of his procreation and 1 who didn’t request to travel to WWE to marque a sanction for himself. Styles was a superstar astatine Total Nonstop Action wrestling (TNA) for respective years and was a instrumentality favourite successful Japan earlier helium decided to transverse the enactment and marque a leap to WWE.

Styles made his WWE debut astatine the 2016 Royal Rumble and instantly embarked connected a feud with John Cena. For astir 10 years, Styles was a main lawsuit subordinate connected the WWE roster. He was a two-time WWE champion, three-time United States champion, an intercontinental champion and a two-time tag squad champion. He was besides the 32nd Triple Crown champion and 15th Grand Slam champion the WWE has ever had.

He retired from pro wrestling aft his nonaccomplishment to Gunther astatine the Royal Rumble.

Demolition

Jacques Rougeau puts a driblet footwear connected Smash of Demolition during a WWF lucifer connected Jan. 1, 1988 astatine Nassau Coliseum successful New York. (B Bennett/Getty Images)

Demolition was 1 of the hottest tag teams successful WWE successful the 1990s. 

Ax and Smash were three-time tag squad champions and clasp the grounds for the astir combined days arsenic champions. The 2 had epic rivalries with Rick Martel and Tito Santana, the British Bulldogs of Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid and the Hart Foundation with Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart.

Tag teams person been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame arsenic groups successful 3 of the past 4 classes. Rick and Scott Steiner were inducted successful 2022, the U.S. Express of Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham went into the Hall successful 2024 and The Natural Disasters of Earthquake and Typhoon heard the telephone past year.

Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman poses with Hulk Hogan during WCW Bash connected the Beach astatine the Ocean Center connected July 13, 1997, successful Daytona Beach, Florida. (WWE Archive)

Dennis Rodman is astir apt known for his performances connected the NBA court, but his appearances successful World Championship Wrestling (WCW) became immoderate of the most-talked astir moments during the "Monday Night Wars" betwixt the institution and WWE (then known arsenic the World Wrestling Foundation).

Rodman concisely aligned himself with the New World Order (NWO) with Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. He adjacent stepped distant from the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls during their dynastic years.

Rodman made his NWO debut with Hogan connected "Monday Nitro" March 10, 1997. He besides appeared astatine Uncensored aboriginal that month. His archetypal lucifer came successful July 1997 astatine Bash astatine the Beach. During the Bulls’ 1998 playoff run, Rodman skipped signifier to look with Hogan connected Nitro.

Sean Waltman, who was a subordinate of the NWO with WCW recalled Rodman’s appearances to Fox News Digital successful 2023.

"He was a bully dude," Waltman said of Rodman. "He was conscionable benignant of socially awkward, shy. It wasn’t similar helium was existent talkative. He was great. It was truthful large to person him there. The feline was truthful into it. He skipped signifier during the playoff games to amusement up connected Nitro."

Sid Eudy

Sid Eudy, besides known arsenic Sid during his vocation with WWE, looks connected during Superstars of Wrestling astatine Portland Civic Center connected August 19, 1995 successful Portland, Maine. (WWE/Getty Images)

No substance what sanction pro wrestling fans knew him by, Sid Eudy was a menace successful the ringing and volition yet instrumentality his rightful spot successful the WWE Hall of Fame.

Eudy, who died successful 2024, wrestled nether antithetic names, including Sid, Sid Eudy, Sid Justice, Sid Steele, Sid Vicious, Sycho Sid, Vicious Warriors and Lord Humongous. He performed successful WWE erstwhile it was inactive the World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the United States Wrestling Association, Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and connected the indies.

He was a two-time WWF champion, a two-time WCW heavyweight champion and a WCW U.S. champion.

Bad News Brown

Bad News Brown looks connected astatine Miami Arena connected Aug. 9, 1990 successful Miami, Florida. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)

Bad News Brown whitethorn not person been a household sanction with pro wrestling fans, but helium had immoderate epic feuds successful his clip with WWE.

He was known for keeping a consecutive oregon tense look. He had feuds with Randy Savage and had a large lucifer astatine WrestleMania VI against "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Brown ne'er won a title successful WWE. However, helium was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame successful 2007 and was a four-time Stampede North American heavyweight champion.

Before his pro wrestling vocation began, Brown was an Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal astatine the 1976 Montreal Olympics and took location 2 golden medals astatine the Pan American Games successful 1967 and 1975.

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Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant astatine WrestleMania 3

Hulk Hogan wrestles Andre The Giant during WrestleMania III astatine the Silverdome successful Pontiac, Mich., connected March 29, 1987. (WWE/Getty Images)

It mightiness beryllium the astir iconic infinitesimal successful pro wrestling. Hulk Hogan going up against Andre the Giant astatine WrestleMania 3 for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. It’s arguably the infinitesimal Hogan became larger than life.

Hogan would effort to slam Andre the Giant aboriginal successful the match, but to nary avail. Andre astir pinned him erstwhile helium fell connected him. But arsenic the lucifer wore on, Hogan was sent into the ropes and deed Andre with a clothesline that knocked him down. Hogan grappled with Andre, picked him up and slammed him down. The assemblage went chaotic and Hogan would clasp the title.

Hogan died successful 2025 and Andre the Giant died successful 1993. But their infinitesimal successful pro wrestling past volition everlastingly beryllium immortalized.