It's WrestleMania season which means a few things. The Royal Rumble has been and gone, some Superstars are about to head into the Elimination Chamber, and the biggest show of the year is on the horizon. It also means WWE higher-ups are busy deciding who should make it into the Hall of Fame this year. As expected, since WrestleMania is in Dallas and he finally retired for real this time, WWE has revealed The Undertaker will become a Hall of Famer this year.
The Deadman Is Going To Be A Hall Of Famer
WWE tweeted the news below shortly after it was broken by The New York Post. The company has given the chance to unveil Hall of Famers to various publications in recent years, and it obviously needed a big one to break that The Deadman will become a HoFer.
As mentioned above, WrestleMania will take place in Dallas this year. Despite being billed from Death Valley, in keeping with The Phenom's gimmick, Texas is The Undertaker's home state, so fitting that this where will be where he is inducted. Next year WrestleMania goes Hollywood, and it might be a while before The Show of Shows returns to Texas, so it really had to be this year if WWE wanted it to happen as close to his hometown as possible.
Who Else Is Going In?
The Deadman wrestled his final match almost two years ago. A Boneyard Match against AJ Styles at WrestleMania 36. Since Taker appeared to retire on a number of occasions before that, many fans weren't convinced he was done for good. Later that year, he appeared at Survivor Series in a segment that was dubbed his farewell ceremony. The event marked almost exactly 30 years since his very first night in WWE.
It will be interesting to see who joins The Undertaker in 2022's Hall of Fame class. Some fans have lobbied for The Phenom to get a class all of his own. If WWE is ever going to do that for someone, then it's fitting that Taker be the one they do that for. It has a whole ceremony to fill though, so it seems unlikely that The Undertaker will have the honor of being inducted alone.