{"id":11556,"date":"2016-02-22T13:46:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T19:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11556"},"modified":"2016-02-22T21:51:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T03:51:05","slug":"11556","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/22\/11556\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE HOF update &#8211; Godfather&#8217;s inductors announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2889691030\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>Update:\u00a0<\/strong>JBL and Ron Simmons (APA) will induct The Godfather into the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame, as announced Monday night on Raw.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Wright, who played The Godfather and Papa Shango, will be inducted into this year&#8217;s\u00a0WWE Hall of Fame class.<\/p>\n<p>WWE officially announced Wright&#8217;s induction <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwe-hall-fame\/article\/godfather-inducted-wwe-hall-fame-class-2016?sf21345607=1\" target=\"_blank\">on Monday afternoon<\/a> following a report by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2618666-exclusive-the-godfather-struts-all-the-way-into-the-wwe-hall-of-fame\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Snowden for Bleacher Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wright joins Sting as the first two HOF inductees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to see the fans and tell them how much I appreciate them. They don&#8217;t forget. I really appreciate everything WWE has done for me and I really appreciate all the fans,&#8221; he told Snowden in an interview accompanying the initial report.\u00a0&#8220;It&#8217;s such a big honor. I never expected to be in the Hall of Fame.\u00a0 Brother, that&#8217;s for eternity man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 WWE HOF ceremony takes place Saturday, April 2 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas the weekend of WrestleMania 32.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEHOF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEHOF<\/a> Godfather. A well-deserved honor for a great career. Proud of you my brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestleMania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WrestleMania<\/a> is gonna be a goood time!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheMarkHenry (@TheMarkHenry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMarkHenry\/status\/701861909105131520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to Godfather Charles Wright on being named to 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a> Hall of Fame class. A great, team player. 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