The son of AWA stalwart, Larry “The Ax” Hennig; Curt Hennig managed to eclipse the very large shadow that his father cast over him.  Hennig captured the AWA World Title in the late 80’s, but he made his mark nationally when he joined up with the WWE and added the “Mr. Perfect” moniker.  He was a natural to fill that name, as he truly did execute every in ring move “perfectly”.  There was little he couldn’t do in the ring, and he if he couldn’t do it, it wasn’t worth seeing.  Sadly, his induction was posthumous as he passed away four years prior.

The tuxedo clad manager was not just the manager of champions, he was quite a successful one himself.  On five separate occasions, the devious Mr. Fuji was one half of the WWF World Tag Team Champions and did so clad in Japanese flags to antagonize American crowds.  Fuji was actually American born, but he played the so part so well fans would never have believed it.

The long time announcer for the UWF, NWA, WCW and the WWE is considered by many (us included) to be the finest announcer in wrestling history.  Why Jim Ross isn’t announcing on a regular basis now is a crime to us and a multitude of other wrestling fans.  This is one of our favorite inductions.

A legend in Memphis wrestling, Jerry “The King” Lawler did it all in the Mid South Coliseum.  Finally entering the WWF in 1993, Lawler continued to wrestle and would eventually become the main color commentator for the company.  Lawler was not the most athletic wrestler, but he was a master of storytelling in the ring and could manipulate a crowd like few others could.  He is still a somewhat active in ring competitor and is still the main color analyst on WWE broadcasts.  He has a lot more contributions to make to the WWE before his time is over.