John Pollock goes through his picks for this year’s WON Hall of Fame ballot in the various regions and assesses various candidates.
List of Candidates for 2026:
HISTORICAL PERFORMERS ERA CANDIDATES (Seven maximum)
Ole Anderson
Afa & Sika Anoa’i
Bob Armstrong
Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson w/J.J. Dillon
British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith)
June Byers
Wild Bull Curry
Junkyard Dog
Bill Dundee
Cowboy Bob Ellis
Pampero Firpo
Black Gordman & Great Goliath
Archie “Mongolian Stomper” Gouldie
Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart)
Sputnik Monroe
Dick Murdoch
Iron Sheik
Sweet Daddy Siki
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
Mad Dog & Butcher Vachon
Kevin & Kerry & David Von Erich
MODERN PERFORMERS IN U.S/CANADA CANDIDATES (Six maximum)
Dave Batista
Booker T
Mark & Jay Briscoe
Edge/Adam Copeland
Bill Goldberg
Gunther/Walter
Jeff Jarrett
Samoa Joe
Matt & Jeff Hardy
Kane
Becky Lynch
Mercedes Mone/Sasha Banks
Jon Moxley
Kevin Nash & Scott Hall
Randy Orton
Seth Rollins
Trish Stratus
Rick & Scott Steiner
JAPAN CANDIDATES (Five maximum)
Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Hayabusa
KENTA
Masaaki Mochizuki
Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi
Kyoko Inoue
Tam Nakano
Zack Sabre Jr.
Great Sasuke
Meiko Satomura
Io Shirai/Iyo Sky
Tiger Jeet Singh
Yoshihiro Takayama
Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada
MEXICO CANDIDATES (Three maximum)
Angel Blanco & Dr. Wagner
Sangre Chicana
Colosso Colosetti
El Dandy
Los Espantos
El Hijo del Santo & Octagon
La Parka AAA
Mascarita Sagrada
Volador Jr.
EUROPE/AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/PACIFIC ISLANDS/AFRICA (Five maximum)
Dominic DeNucci
George Gordienko
Steve Grey
Billy Joyce
Killer Karl Kox
Andreas Lambrakis
Gilbert Leduc
Ted Boy Marino
Marc Mercier
Le Petit Prince
The Royal Brothers (Bert Royal & Vic Faulkner)
Adrian Street
Tibor Szakas
Jose Tarres
Otto Wanz
NON-WRESTLERS (Seven maximum)
Dave Brown (U.S. & Canada modern)
Zane Bresoff (U.S.& Canada modern)
Bob Caudle (U.S. & Canada historical)
Joe Higuchi (Japan)
Jim Johnston (U.S. & Canada modern)
Salvador Lutteroth III (Mexico)
Larry Matysik (U.S.& Canada historical)
James Melby (U.S. & Canada historical)
Gorilla Monsoon (U.S. & Canada historical)
Rossy Ogawa (Japan)
Reggie Parks (U.S. & Canada modern)
Morris Sigel (U.S. & Canada historical)
Tony Schiavone (U.S. & Canada modern)
George Scott (U.S. & Canada historical)
Kevin Sullivan (U.S. & Canada historical)
Mike Tenay (U.S. & Canada modern)
Ted Turner (U.S. & Canada modern)
Jesse Ventura (U.S. & Canada historical)
Roy Welch (U.S. & Canada historical)
Stanley Weston (U.S. & Canada historical)
Grand Wizard (U.S. & Canada historical)
Koichi Yoshizawa (Japan)
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