{"id":134708,"date":"2022-03-07T09:58:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T15:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=134708"},"modified":"2022-03-07T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T15:58:24","slug":"vader-announced-as-inductee-into-the-2022-wwe-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/03\/07\/vader-announced-as-inductee-into-the-2022-wwe-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Vader announced as inductee into the 2022 WWE Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1002650003\" 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>Vader will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2954075\">Bleacher Report<\/a> is reporting that Vader (Leon White) will enter the Hall of Fame with The Undertaker on April 1.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: As first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BleacherReport<\/a>, Vader will be posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame\u2019s Class of 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEHOF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEHOF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TUhbKIzUgQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/TUhbKIzUgQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L3lizCgCcl\">pic.twitter.com\/L3lizCgCcl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1500852535715897347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vader made his wrestling debut in 1985. Vader is a former WCW World Champion, IWGP Heavyweight Champion, and AJPW Heavyweight Champion. He worked for the WWE in the mid-90s and worked with premiere talent like Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, and others.<\/p>\n<p>White passed away in 2018 after a long bout with pneumonia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/03\/06\/update-on-steve-austin-wrestlemania-plans\/\">Update on Steve Austin WrestleMania plans<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2627620867\"><div id=\"pwtor-2016040145\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Vader will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2022. Bleacher Report is reporting that Vader (Leon White) will enter the Hall of Fame with The Undertaker on April 1. BREAKING: As <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/03\/07\/vader-announced-as-inductee-into-the-2022-wwe-hall-of-fame\/\" title=\"Vader announced as inductee into the 2022 WWE Hall of Fame\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":134709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[1453,1844,71,1050],"class_list":["post-134708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-hall-of-fame","tag-vader","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-hall-of-fame"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2022\/03\/WWE-HOF-Vader.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134710,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134708\/revisions\/134710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}