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WWE announced Monday the location of the Hall of Fame induction ceremony as WrestleMania 42 is set to take 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 Fontainebleau Hotel.
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WWE personalities Stephanie McMahon and Triple H arrive on the red carpet at the Microsoft Theater on July 10, 2019. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)
The organization has so far announced four inmates.
Stephanie McMahon, AJ Styles and the tag team duo known as Demolition, Ax and Smash will be among the honorees.
McMahon, the granddaughter of WWE co-founder Vincent J. McMahon and 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 worked in the ring in various roles from performer to manager to commissioner and was the women’s champion at one point.
Outside the ring, McMahon briefly served as CEO and chairman and co-CEO with Nick Khan before stepping away from WWE in January 2023. She now hosts the “What’s Your Story?” podcast and has welcomed fans to various premium live events.
Styles’ in-ring career with WWE seemingly ended when he lost to Gunther at the Royal Rumble. His influence on pro wrestling goes far beyond a WWE ring. He was one of the handful of professional wrestlers to make a name for himself outside of WWE when he participated in Total Nonstop Action (TNA) wrestling. He was with the company until 2014.
AJ Styles will enter the arena at WrestleMania at AT&T Stadium on April 3, 2022. (Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports)
He made his WWE debut at the 2016 Royal Rumble, setting himself up 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 an Intercontinental Champion. He was WWE’s 15th Grand Slam Champion.
Demolition was one of the hottest tag teams in WWE in the 1990s. Ax and Smash were three-time tag team champions and hold the record for 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, US Express by Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham entered the Hall in 2024, and The Natural Disasters of Earthquake and Typhoon heard the call last year.
Pro wrestling fans can access the presale on March 9 at 1 p.m. ET, with tickets available to all starting March 10 at the same time.
Jacques Rougeau drops a kick on the 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 will be announced in the next few weeks.
WrestleMania 42 will take place at Allegiant Stadium on April 18th and 19th.
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