Arnold Schwarzenegger to Be Inducted Into WWE® Hall of Fame
January 26 2015 - 12:03PM
Business Wire
WWE announced today that pop-culture icon Arnold Schwarzenegger
will be inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame at
a ceremony to be held on Saturday, March 28 at SAP Center in San
Jose, CA as part of WrestleMania® Week.
Former Governor of California from 2003-2011 and the star of
such blockbuster films as Predator, True Lies, Kindergarten Cop and
the wildly successful Terminator franchise, Schwarzenegger is a
longtime WWE fan dating back to the 1970s, appearing at many Monday
Night Raw® and SmackDown® events through the years. A seven-time
Mr. Olympia winner, he is the founder of the Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sports Festival, the world’s largest annual sports weekend, which
hosts 200,000 attendees and more than 18,000 of the world's top
athletes. He also appeared at the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony at
Madison Square Garden, inducting his friend Bruno Sammartino. Most
recently, Schwarzenegger guest starred on the March 24, 2014
episode of Monday Night Raw opposite WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan®
and WWE Superstar The Miz®. Schwarzenegger's decades-long health
and fitness crusade is a perfect fit with WWE.
“We are honored to induct Arnold Schwarzenegger into the WWE
Hall of Fame,” said WWE Executive Vice President of Talent, Live
Events and Creative, Paul “Triple H” Levesque. “His
larger-than-life on- and off-screen presence translated perfectly
into the world of WWE, resulting in many memorable moments.”
Tickets for the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony at SAP Center are currently available through
www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. All
tickets are subject to service charges and facility fees.
WrestleMania 31 takes place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA
Sunday, March 29 at 7pm ET live on WWE Network and
pay-per-view.
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Media:WWEAdam Hopkins,
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