These Are the Inductees For the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025
These WWE icons will be honored during WrestleMania weekend in 2025 for their many achievements in sports entertainment!
WrestleMania 41 weekend will be here before the WWE Universe knows what hit them — and as any fan knows, there’s much more to the iconic weekend than just two nights of unforgettable in-ring action.
The annual Hall of Fame ceremony has long been one of the weekend’s highlights, and you can’t have a Hall of Fame ceremony without inductees — so here’s a list of every honoree scheduled to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025!
This list will be updated as more names are announced.
Paul “Triple H” Levesque
Announced January 30, 2025
Paul Levesque, better known to the WWE Universe as Triple H, is the first official inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025!
Boasting one of the greatest in-ring careers of all time — he memorably feuded with everyone from The Rock to Stone Cold Steve Austin to Shawn Michaels — Triple H amassed almost too many World Championships to count. Savvy fans know that in addition to his impressive in-ring resume, Triple H was involved in some of the most iconic behind-the-scenes moments in WWE history, like the infamous Curtain Call and the Montreal Screwjob. Of course, nowadays he’s WWE’s Head of Creative, the mastermind behind all of the storylines playing out on a near-daily basis.
It’s a well-deserved honor for one of pro wrestling’s very best!
The best part? Triple H was wholly unaware that he’d be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year — he was surprised by retired legends The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels on January 30, 2025, in an unforgettable moment that none of the men will ever forget.
After crashing a WWE corporate meeting ahead of the 2025 Royal Rumble, both men revealed that they made an executive decision as the longest-tenured members of the WWE locker room. With Triple H’s wife, Stephanie McMahon, standing backstage waiting in a mix of confusion and excitement, Undertaker and HBK didn’t waste any time:
The smile crossing Triple H’s face when he realized what was happening tells it all. There is possibly no current person on Earth more suitable for induction into the WWE Hall of Fame — from his in-ring work to his behind-the-scenes magic to his unrelenting corporate hustle — there has never been a WWE Superstar quite like Triple H!
The shocking — albeit not at all undeserved — announcement sets the bar pretty high for the rest of the Class of 2025, which is already turning out to be one of the most impressive groups of inductees in WWE history.
All that’s left now is to wait for Triple H’s induction speech during WrestleMania 41 weekend.
We have a feeling it’ll be one for the ages.
Michelle McCool
Announced February 14, 2025
It seems like Triple H wanted to repay The Undertaker for surprising him in January with a Hall of Fame nod because, in an epic moment on ESPN on February 14, Triple H announced that The Undertaker's real-life wife, Michelle McCool, would be heading into the Hall of Fame herself!
The former four-time WWE Women's Champion was nearly brought to tears when the announcement was made, as it was clear to viewers that she definitely didn't expect to receive such an honor. Longtime fans are well aware of the Superstar's impact on the women's locker room throughout her career, as she was involved in countless classic matches and feuds on Raw and SmackDown.
In the eyes of many fans, there would not be a top-notch women's division in WWE today if not for people like Michelle McCool paving the way back in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Armed with the devastating Faithbreaker (essentially AJ Styles' famous Styles Clash), McCool was a force to be reckoned with as she memorably feuded with Superstars like Mickie James and Beth Phoenix while also consistently teaming with her tag partner, Layla.
Lex Luger
Announced March 7, 2025
In the eyes of millions of fans, this particular Hall of Fame induction is long overdue. As one of the most popular wrestlers ever, Lex Luger won countless titles over several decades, including winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Hollywood Hulk Hogan in the mid-'90s. Luger's larger-than-life physique made him impervious to fans' jeers when he was a villain and made him seem like a real-life action hero when he had the fans' support.
His primary WWE run from 1993 to 1995 was marked by his All-American "Total Package" persona, and in a way, it makes perfect sense that Cody Rhodes would be the person to surprise Luger with the news of his upcoming Hall of Fame induction!
The WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025 just added another timeless Superstar whose contributions to the business will never be forgotten. It couldn't happen to a better person.
