WWE Hall of Fame live notes: Kurt Angle headlines 2017 inductee class

Submitted by br26 on Fri, 2017-03-31 15:57As part of WWE's WrestleMania weekend, Friday's Hall of Fame ceremony kicks off five straight nights of WWE-branded action in Orlando, FL, even though tonight won't feature any in-ring competition.
Starting at 8 PM EST, I'll be your companion through tonight's show on WWE Network, giving you bullet points and any need-to-know fun facts from the ceremony at the Amway Center.
Historian and MLW podcaster Matt Farmer will have some insight on the ceremony from a different slant, coming either later tonight or early Saturday.
Here's who is being inducted and by whom:
– Kurt Angle, inducted by John Cena
– “Diamond” Dallas Page, inducted by Eric Bischoff
– “Ravishing” Rick Rude, posthumously inducted by Ricky Steamboat
– The Rock 'n' Roll Express, inducted by Jim Cornette
– Beth Phoenix, inducted by Natalya
– Teddy Long, inducted by Ron Simmons
Additionally, former Rutgers football player Eric Legrand ..