Former WWE and TNA Champion Kurt Angle will be the headline member of the Class of 2017 WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania 33 weekend in Orlando, Florida, as first reported by ESPN.com on Monday afternoon.
BREAKING: @RealKurtAngle to be inducted into @WWE Hall of Fame. @BCampbellESPN gets immediate reaction to the news. https://t.co/kaE7vkmZol pic.twitter.com/6nOhh4cDzk
— WWE on ESPN (@WWEonESPN) January 16, 2017
WWE also confirmed the report with the following on Twitter.
BREAKING: As first reported by @espn, @RealKurtAngle will be inducted into the #WWEHOF Class of 2017! https://t.co/VEog7qdACs pic.twitter.com/nwnZWt1eDu
— WWE (@WWE) January 16, 2017
Kurt Angle to be inducted into the Class of 2017 WWE Hall of Fame
This will be Angle’s first appearance with the WWE since his departure from the company back in 2006. Angle went on to work for TNA from 2006 to 2016.
Tickets for the Class of 2017 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which will air live on WWE Network on March 31, will go on sale this Friday (January 20), with an online pre-sale set for this Wednesday (January 18).