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LAS VEGAS – WrestleMania 42 is the most expensive item on pro wrestling fans’ checklist this weekend in Las Vegas, but before the bell rings, WWE will dedicate its 2026 class to the Hall of Fame.
Included this year are AJ Styles, Stephanie McMahon, Sycho Sid, Bad News Brown, Dennis Rodman, the tag team duo known as Demolition and Hulk Hogan’s match with Andre the Giant from WrestleMania 3.
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Jade Cargill enters the arena before facing Iyo Sky on SmackDown at SAP Center in San Jose, California on April 10, 2026. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
Jade Cargill, the current WWE Women’s Champion, is also excited about the Hall of Fame festivities. She told PK Press Club Digital that she was a big fan of WWE’s Attitude Era and hoped to meet “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.
“I hope he’s there because I want to meet him,” she told PK Press Club Digital in a recent interview. “He’s one of the people, besides Paul Heyman and Booker T, Paul Heyman. I was like I have to meet him. How has this guy survived this long? He’s larger than life. He’s just a natural with it. I have to meet him, I have to take a picture with him, talk to him, I have to do it.
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Stone Cold Steve Austin speaks during WrestleMania 41 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 20, 2025. (WWE/WWE/Getty Images)
“And Stone Cold is the other person. I really hope he’s in the Hall of Fame. He was there last year. But I couldn’t love it, there were so many people around him. And just seeing Stephanie (McMahon) get her flowers is unique. I love it for her.”
Austin was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009 as a wrestler. Last year, he was inducted into the Immortal Moment Wing. His match with Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13 was inducted last year. He is one of eight wrestlers who are in the Hall of Fame multiple times.
WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill performs in the ring during SmackDown at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona on March 13, 2026. (Bradlee Rutledge/WWE)
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The WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will take place at Dolby Live at Park MGM Friday night at midnight ET.
