Three names joined TNA Wrestling’s Hall of Fame on Sunday night.
LAX member Konnan, Knockout wrestler ODB and X-Division stand-out Amazing Red were inducted at the Yeungling Center in Tampa Bay, Florida on Sunday night, just before this year’s Bound for Glory event took place.
The full 30-minute ceremony can be watched for free here.
Tennessee’s ODB, a mainstay in the Knockout division through the mid-2000s to early 2010s, reflected on the “dirt roads, shady motels, truck stops, sleeping on air matresses, cheap-ass promoters and long car rides filled with some of the greatest conversations and memories of my life.”
“And, somehow, those dirt roads led me right here, tonight, standing in front of you as a TNA Hall of Famer,” she said.
She gave credit to her mother, the “original ODB,” who was in attendance: “I know it wasn’t easy watching your little girl chase her dream, but you never tried to change me. You loved me through every crazy chapter of my life, and a lot of who I am comes from you.”
ODB ended her speech with advice: “Treat people with respect, look people in the eye. You’re no better than anyone else. Your titles, your matches, your gimmicks don’t mean s*** if you’re an asshole. Shake hands, stay humble, work hard. Love y’all.”
“She slapped her ass, took a swig of her flask and said ‘Bitch, I’m doing things my way,'” Traci Brooks, who introduced ODB alongside Al Snow, said about her. “She proved to little girls everywhere, you don’t have to change who you are to fit in. Sometimes you have to let people be exactly who they are.”
Konnan, who led the Latin American Xchange faction in TNA, was not present at the event but was inducted by NXT’s Cruz Montana (formerly Mike Santana).
“This man showed us all what it meant to be a loud and proud Latino in this game,” Montana said. “The few years that I got to spend sitting under his learning tree was probably the greatest blessing I’ve ever been given in this business and in my life.”
Amazing Red, a high-flying cruiserweight who went on three separate reigns with the X-Division title from 2003 to 2010, was visibly emotional while reflecting on his Hall of Fame status.
“I was just a small Spanish kid from Brooklyn just chasing the dream, trying to make this a reality,” Red said, before taking a step back to fight tears.
In a surprising twist, Amazing Red announced mid-speech that he’ll be part of tonight’s X-Division title showdown.
“You really cannot watch pro wrestling in the year 2026 and not see someone or something that drew inspiration from the amazing trail that Red blazed,” Frankie Kazarian, who inducted Red, said. “His fingerprints are all over the industry.”
