WWE has announced that an iconic match will be honored with the Immortal Moment Award at the 2026 Hall of Fame Ceremony.
The Immortal Moment Award was introduced at the 2025 ceremony, with Stone Cold vs Bret Hart from WrestleMania 13 being the inaugural recipient.
WWE has announced that Hulk Hogan vs Andre The Giant from WrestleMania 42 will be honored with this award.
The following announcement was shared by the company:
The legendary WrestleMania III clash between WWE Hall of Famers Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant will be recognized as the WWE Immortal Moment Award during the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony in Las Vegas.
The latest inductee into this year’s WWE Hall of Fame, the Immortal Moment joins Stephanie McMahon and AJ Styles in the Individual category, Demolition as a Group inductee, Sid in the Legacy wing and Dennis Rodman as the Celebrity name.
WWE Recognizes The Body Slam Heard Around The World
March 29, 1987, saw Hulk Hogan put the WWF World Heavyweight Championship on the line against the Eighth Wonder of the World, Andre The Giant.
The match at the Pontiac Silverdome would see Hogan win with “the body slam heard around the world”, hoisting the heavyweight up before planting him on the mat and finishing him off with a leg drop, retaining the title in the process.
The upcoming induction marks the third time that Hogan will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, having become a member of the Class of 2005 on his own and as part of the nWo in 2020.
With this posthumous induction, Hogan becomes the second star to hold three WWE Hall of Fame inductions alongside Bret “The Hitman” Hart.
A controversial figure, particularly throughout the later years of his life, for many Hulk Hogan simply was professional wrestling, being one of the most recognizable stars in both WCW and the now-WWE throughout his storied career.
Andre The Giant, who passed away in January 1993, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in that year, with his own career being well-remembered and the WWE going to honor him in the form of a titular Memorial Trophy that has been contested regularly in a Battle Royal since WrestleMania 30.
Both Hogan and Andre would see their celebrity shine beyond WWE through movies and television.
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