7 Bold Predictions For The WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2023

4. The Ministry Of Darkness

Vince McMahon Hall Of Fame
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If you rolled your eyes at the intro to this article, bear in mind that WWE has taken to inducting factions now as an excuse to get the few remaining ticket-selling attractions on the marquee.

And while it's not as though the Four Horsemen weren't "worthy" of the "honour", it really is a very cheeky workaround to the whole "Vince McMahon was very lucky to promote the few stars he did throughout the 21st century" problem.

The nWo, the Fabulous Freebirds and D-Generation X joined them in the ensuing years, when the individual inductees started to run dry, and the trend will - and effectively must - continue for the next several years.

The Ministry of Darkness are a divisive faction.

Some fans are besotted with the spooky nostalgia; others consider it the nadir of Vince Russo's nonsensical bullsh*t. Other North American factions are better deserving, not that that matters, but the Shield can't go in yet. The New Day are still working. The Nation of Domination were a memorable act, but the Undertaker is gonna shift more tickets than Faarooq, even if listening to Ron Simmons say "Damn!" for two and a half consecutive hours is more preferable than attending 1 deadMAN show. The Rock could do something if he works 'Mania this year, but they're surely saving his induction on its own terms.

The Ministry's run did coincide with WWE's best ever run of cable TV ratings, like them or not.

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