The WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025 took the stage at WrestleMania 41 for the traditional WrestleMania curtain call, minus one fairly muscular, suspiciously absent Lex Luger—who reportedly chose WrestleCon over WrestleMania, which is like skipping your own wedding to hang out at the open bar across the street.
The ceremony had all the pomp, nostalgia, and polite applause you’d expect from a night where past greatness is put on a pedestal—and current feuds are momentarily placed on mute.
Let’s run it down:
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Triple H, WWE’s CCO and full-time Dad of the Company, headlined the class with a ceremonial entrance fit for royalty. Cue the motorhead, cue the spotlight, cue a faint smell of baby oil and executive decisions.
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Michelle McCool, inducted by her real-life Hall of Fame husband The Undertaker, probably got more pyro than most midcarders.
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The Natural Disasters were represented beautifully, with Fred “Typhoon” Ottman and John “Earthquake” Tenta’s family taking the stage. Tenta’s daughter, Joanna, wore her father’s ring, which didn’t just hit emotional—it body-slammed feelings.
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Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (yes, a match got inducted) was enshrined as the first-ever “Immortal Moment”, with CM Punk doing the honors and resisting the urge to make it about himself. We think.
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The Legacy Wing brought in legends like Ivan Koloff, Dory Funk Sr., and Kamala, because even the ghosts of headlocks past deserve their flowers.
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And then there was Lex Luger—who, despite being inducted by Diamond Dallas Page and given the nod, was not on stage. Reasons? Unknown. But theories range from schedule conflict to “accidentally locked in the tanning bed.” Who’s to say?
As Levesque closed the segment by personally shaking hands with each inductee, it felt like the merging of eras—past greatness meeting current corporate power, and all of it under the WrestleMania lights. It was heartwarming, dramatic, and slightly awkward if you were the one folding Luger’s chair.