WWE has made the decision to start very soon on construction for a physical Hall of Fame. Officials are still looking for a city to house the Hall of Fame and carry the financial burden of running it but Orlando, Florida is a possibility. WWE is in the process of purchasing legendary memorabilia for displays in the new Hall of Fame building.

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WWE has notified the presenters and inductees for the Hall of Fame that they will be on a strict time schedule. Presenters will have a three-minute introduction and inductees will have ten minutes to speak.

Steve Austin will headline the one-hour Hall of Fame special on USA Network on Saturday and Ricky Steamboat could be the other featured inductee according to Jim
Ross.

"The 2009 WWE Hall of Fame show on USA will center around Stone Cold Steve Austin and perhaps Ricky Steamboat considering Ricky is directly involved with WM25 in the 'Legends Match' vs. Chris Jericho," Ross said on jrsbarbq.com.

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During this week’s edition of ECW on Sci Fi, WWE announced that long-time ring announcer Howard Finkel is the final inductee for this year’s WWE Hall of Fame. Below is the complete Hall of Fame Class for 2009:

* “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
To Be Inducted by: Vince McMahon

* Ricky Steamboat
To Be Inducted by: Ric Flair

* Bill Watts
To Be Inducted by: Jim Ross

* The Funks: Terry & Dory Jr.
To Be Inducted by: Dusty Rhodes

* Koko B. Ware
To Be Inducted by: The Honky Tonk Man

* The Von Erich’s
To Be Inducted by: Michael Hayes

* Howard Finkel
To Be Inducted by: Mean Gene Okerlnd

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Ring announcer Howard Finkel has been confirmed as an inducted into this year’s WWE Hall of Fame class. He will join Stone Cold Steve Austin, Terry, Dory Funk, Jr., Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, “Cowboy” Bill Watts, Koko B. Ware and The Von Erichs as 2009 inductees to the WWE Hall of Fame. The 2009 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will take place the night before WrestleMania 25 on Saturday, April 4, 2009 from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

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For some odd reason or another, WWE didn’t announce the Von Erichs as the next Hall of Fame members on last night’s RAW, despite being in Texas. Instead, WWE announced it on their website late last night. Michael Hayes will be inducting the Von Erichs. There’s still one or two Hall of Fame announcements to come over the next two weeks.

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There was some surprise within WWE and the wrestling industry when it was announced that Koko B. Ware would be going into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. It’s said that even The Honky Tonk Man expressed shock when he was called by WWE officials about inducting someone and found out it was going to be Koko. There’s a feeling that WWE could have picked a Superstar more deserving of the honor.

Furthermore, one source says that RAW writer Brian Gewirtz made the humorous pitch to induct Koko into the Hall. The story goes that even Vince McMahon was caught off guard by the pitch but decided on it when Gewirtz brought up the idea of creating the link between Koko’s induction and the Legends of WrestleMania video game

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Ric Flair will likely be inducting Ricky Steamboat into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. The rumor going around WWE, while not confirmed, is that Vince McMahon will be inducting Steve Austin. Given the history Austin and McMahon have, it fits.

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Word coming from within WWE is that Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year and Ric Flair will be doing the honors. So Flair will not be inducting Austin. Within WWE, there are people saying they want Bret Hart to induct Austin but as of this writing, Hart hadn’t been asked. One reason Vince has thrown Hart’s name out there is because it ties into the WrestleMania angle with Austin and Hart’s history and another reason is that Vince has always stayed behind-the-scenes at the Hall of Fame and it will mean more and could be seen as the final stamp of approval on Austin being WWE’s biggest star in history in their eyes because Austin would be the only one Vince would do something like this for.

Steamboat and Ted DiBiase got a lot of votes internally for last year’s Hall of Fame but Vince usually takes those with the most votes into consideration before making his final decision. There’s still talk that the Funks and Von Erichs will be inducted this year.

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STAMFORD, CONN., January 13, 2009 – World Wrestling Entertainment® announced today that the most popular Superstar in the history of the WWE, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, will be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place on April 4th at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas during the weekend of the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania.

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin, the man who revolutionized an industry, holds every all-time WWE record, including live attendance, Pay-Per-View buys, licensing and merchandise.

Tickets go on sale for the Hall of Fame Ceremony this Saturday, January 17th and are available through: http://www.houstontoyotacenter.com, the Toyota Center Box Office, or by calling 1-866-4HOUTIX.

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