The Hall of Fame is one of the few things in wrestling these days that gets me excited. Its fun to try to guess who is going to go in and see who actually does. I love old school wrestling so the Hall of Fame is a lot of fun.
Here's my thought on this year: Since its in Detroit the Hall of Fame may feature stars from the last WrestleMania in Detroit, WrestleMania III. But probably not all of them.
Here are my guesses:
Ricky Steamboat - Inducted by Ric Flair
Steamboat was part of the best match at WM III, WWE IC Champ, NWA World Champion, WCW US Champ, and many, many more
Randy Savage - Inducted by Dusty Rhodes
One of the 4 biggest stars in the WWF from 1987-1991, 2 time WWE Champ, one of the best IC champs ever, 4 time WCW Champ, the other half of the best match WM III
Jake Roberts - by the Undertaker
A huge star in the 80's/early 90's, fought the Honky Tonk Man in WM III
King Kong Bundy - by Jimmy Hart
One of the WWE's most famous big men in its history, wrestled in the midget tag match against Hilibilly Jim at WM III
Mr. Fuji - by Cowboy Bob Orton
3 time WWF Tag Team Champion, used in many comedic bits during the late 70's/early 80's, managed Bob Orton & Don Muraco at WM III
Bob Uecker (celebrity) - by Mean Gene Okerland
Celebrity ring announcer, commentator and interviewer at both WM III and IV, he put more humor and effort into his being at guest at Wrestlemania's than any other celebrity
Lord Alfred Hayes - by Bob Heenan
A huge part of the WWE in the late 70's/80's. He past away in 2005. A former NWA tag team champion as well.
Bob Backlund - by Superstar Billy Graham
3 time WWE Champion. The companies big baby face before Hulk Hogan came back in '84
They had 8 inductees last year so I'm guessing they'll stick with that again this year. I can't wait until they start announcing them and showing those video packages.
As far as a couple guys who have been mentioned often in this thread so far:
In order to be put in the WWE Hall of Fame, the person has to agree to be put in it. The WWE won't put people in it who refuse to go in. Therefore, the Ultimate Warrior and Bruno Sammartino will not be in the Hall of Fame unless a big change of heart happens which I really hope happens in the case of Bruno Sammartino. There's also a chance Savage will not be in this years Hall of Fame for the same reason but I still putting him as a guest. If they can get Bret Hart to change his mind they can get Savage.
I'm out.