It's time for the Hall of Fame! Dylan is joined by the Emerald Flowshow and WON Hall of Fame voter Gerard di Trolio to discuss this year's ballot, with particular spotlight on the new candidates on this year. Every single region is covered as he reveals his ballot, with perhaps one Dylan swaying him on somewhat? Buckle up and check out our look at a wrestling history perspective for over 3 hours, with a couple of tangents on the Blue Jays, Gerard showing up to Sweet Daddy Siki's karaoke nights, and who could be next on the pipeline to be placed on the ballot in the future. It was another edition at the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame for the year 2025. Below is the full ballot and list of candidates:

I FOLLOWED THE HISTORICAL PERFORMERS ERA CANDIDATES (Six 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

Cowboy Bob Ellis

Pampero Firpo

Black Gordman & Great Goliath

Archie "Mongolian Stomper" Gouldie

Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart)

Sputnik Monroe

Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch

Iron Sheik

Sweet Daddy Siki

Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood

Mad Dog & Butcher Vachon

Kevin & Kerry & David Von Erich

I FOLLOWED THE MODERN PERFORMERS IN U.S/CANADA CANDIDATES (Six maximum)

Mark & Jay Briscoe

Edge/Adam Copeland

Bill Dundee

FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheleer)

Bill Goldberg

Samoa Joe

Matt & Jeff Hardy

Becky Lynch

Drew McIntyre

Mercedes Mone/Sasha Banks

Jon Moxley

Kevin Nash & Scott Hall

Randy Orton

C.M. Punk

Cody Rhodes

Seth Rollins

Sabu

Trish Stratus

Rick & Scott Steiner

I FOLLOWED WRESTLING IN JAPAN CANDIDATES (Three maximum)

Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Yoshiaki Fujiwara

Hayabusa

Masaaki Mochizuki

Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi

Zack Sabre Jr.

Meiko Satomura

Io Shirai/Iyo Sky

Tiger Jeet Singh

Yoshihiro Takayama

Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada

I FOLLOWED WRESTLING IN MEXICO CANDIDATES (Three maximum)

Angel Blanco & Dr.Wagner

Sangre Chicana

El Dandy

Dorrell Dixon

Gran Hamada

Los Infernales (El Satanico & Pirata Morgan & MS 1)

El Hijo del Santo & Octagon

La Parka AAA

Mascarita Sagrada

Volador Jr.

I FOLLOWED WRESTLING IN EUROPE/AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/PACIFIC ISLANDS/AFRICA (four maximum)

Spyros Arion

Dominic DeNucci

George Gordienko

Steve Grey

Billy Joyce

Les Kellett

Killer Karl Kox

Gilbert Leduc

Ted Boy Marino

The Royal Brothers (Bert Royal & Vic Faulkner)

Adrian Street

Jose Tarres

Otto Wanz

NON-WRESTLERS (Seven maximum)

Dave Brown (U.S. & Canada modern)

Zane Bresoff (U.S.& Canada modern)

Bobby Bruns (Japan)

Bob Caudle (U.S. & Canada historical)

Joe Higuchi (Japan)

Jim Johnston (U.S. & Canada modern)

Larry Matysik (U.S.& Canada historical)

James Melby (U.S. & Canada historical)

Bill Mercer (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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