{"id":156174,"date":"2023-03-29T15:52:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T20:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=156174"},"modified":"2023-03-29T15:52:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T20:52:05","slug":"wwe-announces-new-inductee-into-hall-of-fame-class-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/03\/29\/wwe-announces-new-inductee-into-hall-of-fame-class-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces new inductee into Hall of Fame class of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-22521268\" 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>The WWE announced on Wednesday that referee Tim White will be posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame class of 2023 as the Warrior Award recipient. The company announced the news during Wednesday&#8217;s episode of The Bump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tim White will be posthumously inducted into the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEHOF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEHOF<\/a> as a Warrior Award recipient, as announced today on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWETheBump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWETheBump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Full details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BUXgiDuPAY\">https:\/\/t.co\/BUXgiDuPAY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FsNS3lF85i\">pic.twitter.com\/FsNS3lF85i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1641160511734652928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;White was known as one of the toughest referees in WWE history, officiating the brutal Hell in a Cell Match between The Undertaker and Mankind,&#8221; WWE wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwe-hall-of-fame\/article\/teaser-tim-white-to-be-posthumously-inducted-into-the-wwe-hall-of\">WWE.com<\/a>. &#8220;White was also the official for the Hell in a Cell Match between Triple H and Chris Jericho, where he suffered a shoulder injury that led to his retirement from the squared circle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White joins Rey Mysterio, Stacy Keibler, The Great Muta, and Andy Kaufman as the class of 2023. Those individuals will be enshrined in the hall this week after Smackdown, the night before WrestleMania in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>WrestleMania 39 airs live on Peacock on April 1 and April 2 from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. 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