WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024

Paul Heyman

1 OF 6

1. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley, The Miz and more paid tribute to Heyman in the video package highlighting his career.
2. Much of the crowd acknowledged Roman Reigns on his way to the ring, including Nia Jax, who looked very happy to shown her Bloodline support.
3. Reigns explained that he did not want to be the man to hype Heyman as he knew he could not do his Wise Man justice, but he respected Heyman too much to say no.
4. Reigns: “He taught me if we’re not learning, we’re not growing.”
5. Reigns: “The only thing you need is to do is be yourself, to believe in yourself. The moment that you start doing that, you will need for nothing.”
6. Heyman came out to the ECW theme and hugged RVD, Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray on his way to the ring.
7. Heyman: “You’re [expletives removed] right I deserve it.”
8. Heyman said he had become a “Paul Levesque guy” and hoped that his daughter could even be half the woman that Stephanie is, though he did joke that Stephanie had married “the wrong Paul”.
9. He told his children to “pursue your dreams, pursue your happiness”.
10. Heyman wished that his father and Cody’s father (Dusty) were here to see this.
11. Heyman: “The reality to this man in 1993 was this industry sucked.”
12. Heyman put over the impact of ECW on professional wrestling as a whole. His response to those that believed ECW was dead needed to be completely censored.
13. The Advocate was not afraid (for better or worse) to bring up Brock Lesnar.
14. Heyman: “Only you can stop yourself from living out your dreams. Only you can let them cancel you.”

Bull Nakano

2 OF 6

1. Kofi Kingston, JInder Mahal and CM Punk talked up the greatness of Nakano in her video package.
2. Blayze initially said that Nakano inspired a generation of “Sports Entertainers” then shifted that to “Professional Wrestlers”.
3. Nakano talked about the hardest part of working with WWE: transportation. She put over the friends that helped her get through those struggles.
4. Nakano: “It was in the ring that I felt truly alive.”
5. Nakano: “If there is such a thing as being reborn, I would want to be Bull Nakano again and be in a WWE ring.”

Muhammad Ali

3 OF 6

1. Taker: “Muhammad was and always will be the legend amongst legends.”
2. Lonnie: “A role model and inspiration to us all. He lived his life with purpose and continues to inspire.”
3. Lonnie: “Muhammad loved all people, and they loved him right back.”
4. Lonnie: “It could be argued that Muhammad was the original global Sports Entertainer.”
5. The People’s Championship is an obnoxious gold belt with the Brahma Bull on the front.
6. The crowd was uncertain how much to boo The Rock in this moment, though the response grew more aggressive as he began to speak.
7. Rock: “I said to them ‘I mean that [calling myself The People’s Champ] out of respect.”
8. Rock: “With all the nicknames I am lucky enough to have, The People’s Champion will always be the one that’s closest to my heart.”

The U.S. Express

4 OF 6

1. The Miz, Shawn Michaels, CM Punk and Cody Rhodes spoke with deep respect to the way that The U.S. Express defined tag team wrestling.
2. While Taylor is best known as Bo Dallas to the WWE Universe, he came out as his father’s son for this night alongside his sister.
3. Taylor made sure to acknowledge his brother Windham, and the Fireflies came out for him in the crowd.
4. Rotunda talked about how his sports journey began at 8 years old in Philadelphia, focusing on American football until he met great wrestling mentors.
5. The two put over Dusty Rhodes as the man that brought the two brothers together as a tag team.

Thunderbolt Patterson

5 OF 6

1. Kofi and Xavier teased coming out as just a two man crew before Big E arrived.
2. Kofi wanted to focus on the saying that meant the most to Patterson: “I love people”.
3. Xavier brought up Patterson’s inspiring work as a union organizer.
4. Big E focused on how Patterson’s work in combating racism made New Day’s success possible.
5. On Patterson’s way to the ring, he hugged Gerald Briscoe. He put over Briscoe and others that helped him succeed and kept him alive.
6. In the video package, many admitted to what they stole from Patterson including New Day, Road Dogg, and Cody Rhodes on behalf of Dusty Rhodes.
7. Patterson: “I was taught that what you say and what you think comes back to you.”
8. Patterson called his journey “spiritual warfare”, and he said it was “time to stop killing people” and “start treating people the way you want to be treated”.

Lia Maivia

6 OF 6

1. Ana Tuisila did the narration for Lia’s video package, including a promotion for “Young Rock” where she plays Lia.
2. Rock: “[All promoters] would send their talent to my grandmother.”
3. Rock: “When it comes to the Rhodes family, I have nothing but respect.” “But when it comes to what we’re gonna do [at WrestleMania], it’s not business. It’s personal.”
4. The Great One almost got into it with a fan at ringside that told him that “it’s over” at WrestleMania.