What more can be said about Ric Flair?  He is considered by many to be the greatest wrestler of all time, and even those who would not anoint him that title would at least put him in their top five.  When Flair was inducted, they gave him the honor of being the first “active” wrestler to be enshrined.  Flair would retire the day after, and though that retirement did not stick, it is difficult to argue that his retirement ceremony was not the most heartfelt in American Sports Entertainment.

Although she had a very long and successful career for many decades, Mae Young is best known for her second career which was essentially comedic appearances for the WWE.  The chances are fairly solid that it was this aspect of her wrestling timeline that got her inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Don’t think that Peter Maivia was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame simply because he was the Rock’s grandfather.  Maivia had significant runs as both a heel and face in the WWF and he was the promoter for the NWA territory in Hawaii.  The defacto leader of the Samoan wrestling clan, it is hard to find wrestlers more respected than the late “High Chief” Peter Maivia.

This has to be considered a surprise induction, considering that Gordon Solie never worked for the WWE.  Solie was an announcer who was dubbed the “Dean” of Wrestling Announcers.  This was due to his complete professionalism on the microphone and his complete command of the English language.  When he spoke, you were compelled to listen as he just sounded important.  His talents made the long time broadcasts in Florida and Georgia sound better than they ever could without him.  He truly was the Walter Cronkite of the business.