WWE Hall of Fame (2010)

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WWE Hall of Fame (2010)
Promotion WWE
DateMarch 27, 2010
City Phoenix, Arizona [1]
Venue Dodge Theatre
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WWE Hall of Fame (2010) was the event which featured the introduction of the 11th class to the WWE Hall of Fame. The event was produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on March 27, 2010 from the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. The event took place the same weekend as WrestleMania XXVI. The event was hosted by Jerry Lawler. A condensed one-hour version of the ceremony aired on the USA Network that same evening. [2] In March 2015 the ceremony was added to the WWE Network. [3]

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Inductees

Individual

ImageRing name
(Birth Name)
Inducted byWWE recognized accolades
The Million Dollar Man - Ted DiBiase.jpg "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase Ted DiBiase Jr.
Brett DiBiase
Four-time Mid-South North American Heavyweight Champion
Creator and two-time holder of the non-sanctioned Million Dollar Championship
Three-time WWF World Tag Team Champion
1988 King of the Ring. [4]
In 2019, Dibiase would win the 24/7 Championship
Antonio Inoki IMG 0398-2 20121224.JPG Antonio Inoki
(Kanji Inoki)
Stan Hansen Founder of New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Two-time WWWF/WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Champion
One-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion [5]
Wendi Richter (cropped).jpg Wendi Richter Roddy Piper Two-time WWF Women's Champion
One-time AWA Women's Champion
One-time NWA United States Women's Champion
Two-time NWA Women's World Tag Team Champion [6]
Maurice Vachon 1973.jpeg Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon Pat Patterson Five-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion [7]
Gorgeous George.jpg Gorgeous George
(George Wagner)
Dick Beyer Posthumous inductee: Represented by his ex-wife Betty Wagner [8]
One-time holder of the Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
Portrayed as a flamboyant, arrogant, charismatic villain, George is credited with helping establish wrestling on television in the 1940s and 1950s [9]
Stu Hart Bret Hart Posthumous inductee: Represented by Bret Hart and all Stu's other living children Smith, Bruce, Keith, Wayne, Ellie, Georgia, Alison, Ross and Diana.
Established Stampede Wrestling in Calgary 1948, and ran it until 1984.
Ran "The Dungeon" wrestling school and trained numerous WWE wrestlers.
Patriarch of the Hart family. [10]

Celebrity

ImageRecipient
(Birth name)
OccupationInducted byAppearances
Bob Uecker 1962.png Bob Uecker Actor
Baseball announcer
Dick Ebersol Guest interviewer/ring announcer at WrestleMania III and IV [11]

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