| Image | Ring name (Birth Name) | Inducted by | WWE recognized accolades |
|---|
 | "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes[4][5] (Virgil Runnels Jr.) | Cody RunnelsandDustin Rhodes | Three-timeNWA World Heavyweight Champion One-timeNWA United States Heavyweight Champion Two-timeNWA World Tag Team Champion Two-timeNWA World Six-Tag Team Champion Three-timeNWA World Television Champion Long-time lead booker for WCW[6] Creator of theWarGames match |
 | "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig | Wade Boggs | Posthumous inductee: Represented by his widow Leonice, his sonsJoe and Hank, his daughters Amy and Katie, his mother Irene, and his fatherLarry "The Axe" Hennig. One-timeAWA World Heavyweight Champion Two-timeWWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion One-timeWCW United States Heavyweight Champion One-timeWCW World Tag Team Champion[7] |
 | Jerry "The King" Lawler[8] | William Shatner | One-timeAWA World Heavyweight Champion 52-timeAWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Three-timeWCCW Heavyweight Champion 28-timeUSWA Unified Champion Longtime color commentator for WWE[9] |
 | Nick Bockwinkel[10][11] | Bobby Heenan | Four-timeAWA World Heavyweight Champion Three-timeAWA World Tag Team Champion[12] |
 | Mr. Fuji (Harry Fujiwara) | Don Muraco | Five-timeWWWF/WWF World Tag Team Champion. Former manager[13] |
 | The Sheik (Edward Farhat) | Rob Van Dam Sabu | Posthumous inductee: Represented by his widow Joyce. Also known as "The Original Sheik", a two-timeWWWF United States Heavyweight Champion, held over 20 NWA regional championships[14] |
 | Jim Ross | Stone Cold Steve Austin | Longtime lead announcer for WWF/E, WCW and other regional promotions Head of WWF Talent Relations during the Attitude Era, signing many well known wrestlers[15] |