2007 WWE Hall of Fame Inductees

The WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2007 will be inducted the night before WrestleMania 23 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. Check it out at Midnight EST, this Saturday March 31 on USA..check your local listings.

Here are quick rundowns on the inductees, along with links to their Wikipedia entries for more info on them:


Dusty Rhodes "The American Dream"

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (born Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. on October 12, 1945) is an American professional wrestler. Rhodes currently works with World Wrestling Entertainment. In late 2005, Rhodes signed a WWE Legends deal and was brought onto the Creative Team as a "creative consultant", starting on September 8, 2005. He made an appearance on WWE Homecoming in which he, along with other legends, beat up the young and cocky Rob Conway, to whom Rhodes delivered a Bionic elbow. Read Wikipedia entry...


Mr. Fuji (Harry Fujiwara)

Harry Fujiwara (born May 4, 1935), known best by the ring name Mr. Fuji, is a former all time heel professional wrestler, who is best known for his work as a manager. As a manager, he would often throw salt in the eyes of face wrestlers. Although he was billed as Japanese, he was in fact a Japanese-American born in Hawaii. Read Wikipedia entry...


Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig)

Mr. Perfect - Curtis Michael Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), also known by his ring name Mr. Perfect, was an American professional wrestler who competed for the American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling promotions. He was the longest-reigning WWF Intercontinental Champion of the 1990s and one of the most famous wrestlers of his time. Read Wikipedia entry..


Nick Bockwinkel

By 1975, Bockwinkel had become one of the biggest stars in the AWA, and captured his first of many AWA World Heavyweight Championships, at the age of 40, ending Verne Gagne's seven year reign. Unlike most wrestlers, who peak in their early thirties, Bockwinkel reached his peak, both professionally and in ability, well into his forties. As AWA Champion, Bockwinkel had notable feuds with the likes of Billy Robinson, Dick the Bruiser, The Crusher, Mad Dog Vachon, Jerry Lawler, and most famously, Verne Gagne and Hulk Hogan. He last held the Title in 1987, at the age of 52, dropping the championship to another second generation wrestler, Curt Hennig. Bockwinkel retired in 1987, ending a career that spanned four decades. Read Wikipedia entry...

Jim "JR" Ross

James William (Jim) Ross, also known as J.R., or Good Ol' J.R. (born January 3, 1952), is a professional wrestling executive currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working on its RAW brand as their play-by-play commentator. To many peers, Ross is considered to be one of the best wrestling announcers in history and has been called the voice of World Wrestling Entertainment. Read wikipedia entry...


Jerry "The King" Lawler

Jerry O'Neil Lawler (born November 29, 1949) is a professional wrestler and wrestling commentator, known throughout the wrestling world as "The King". He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working and wrestling on its RAW brand as the color commentator. He also wrestles and occasionally commentates for the Memphis Wrestling promotion. Read Wikipedia entry..

The Sheik (Edward Farhat)

Edward George Farhat (June 7, 1924 – January 18, 2003) was a professional wrestler best known as The Sheik (or The Original Sheik to distinguish him from the wrestler the Iron Sheik of the 1980s). He was the owner and operator of Big Time Wrestling, one of the most successful promotions during the 1960s. He is also one of the originators of what would eventually become the Hardcore wrestling style. He was also the uncle of ECW wrestler Sabu. Read Wikipedia entry...


The Wild Samoans were the tag team of Afa & Sika in Mid-South Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).In interviews the duo would rarely speak, only grunting in a primitive dialect that only manager Capt. Lou Albano could understand. Completing their wildman image, the duo engaged in outrageous behaviour such as nose picking, and eating raw fish in interviews. On the March 23, 2007 edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown!, it was announced that the Wild Samoans will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in the Class of 2007. Read Wikipedia entry..