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WWE announced the location of the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Monday as WrestleMania 42 takes place in Las Vegas next month.
This year, WWE will host the festivities at Dolby Live at Park MGM near T-Mobile Arena. The event will take place on April 17 at midnight ET and 9 p.m. PT. In 2025, the event took place at the Hôtel de Fontainebleau.
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WWE personalities Stephanie McMahon and Triple H arrive on the red carpet at Microsoft Theater on July 10, 2019. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)
The organization has announced four inductees so far.
Stephanie McMahon, AJ Styles and the tag team duo known as Demolition, Ax and Smash will be among those honored.
McMahon, the granddaughter of WWE co-founder Vincent J. McMahon and the daughter of former Chairman Vince McMahon and wife of WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, was announced as the first member of the Class of 2026. She has worked in the ring in various roles from performer to manager to commissioner and was a women’s champion at one point in her career.
Outside of the ring, McMahon briefly served as CEO and chairwoman and co-CEO with Nick Khan before leaving WWE in January 2023. She is now the host of the show “What’s Your Story?” podcast and has welcomed fans to various premium live events.
Styles’ WWE in-ring career seemingly ended when he lost to Gunther at the Royal Rumble. His impact on professional wrestling extends far beyond the WWE ring. He was one of the few professional wrestlers who made a name for himself outside of WWE when he competed in Total Nonstop Action (TNA) wrestling. He worked at the company until 2014.
AJ Styles enters the arena during WrestleMania at AT&T Stadium on April 3, 2022. (Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports)
He made his WWE debut at the 2016 Royal Rumble, preparing for dream matches against John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Shinsuke Nakamura, Randy Orton and others. He finished his career as a two-time WWE Champion, three-time United States Champion, two-time Tag Team Champion and Intercontinental Champion. He was the 15th WWE Grand Slam Champion.
Demolition was one of the hottest teams in WWE during the 1990s. Ax and Smash were three-time tag team champions and hold the record for the most combined days as champions.
Tag teams have been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as groups in three of the last four classes. Rick and Scott Steiner were inducted in 2022, Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham’s US Express entered the hall in 2024, and The Natural Disasters of Earthquake and Typhoon heard the call last year.
Professional wrestling fans can get pre-sale access on March 9 at 1 p.m. ET, with tickets available to everyone starting March 10 at the same time.
Jacques Rougeau drop kicks Smash of Demolition during a WWF match on January 1, 1988 at the Nassau Coliseum in New York. (B Bennett/Getty Images)
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WWE said additional inductees would be announced in the coming weeks.
WrestleMania 42 will take place at Allegiant Stadium on April 18-19.
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