The Hardcore Hall of Fame is a hall of fame located within 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was established to honor the careers of professional wrestlers and wrestling personalities who contributed to the history of 2300 Arena and hardcore wrestling.

History The Hardcore Hall of Fame was established in October 2002 following the death of former Extreme Championship Wrestling star Rocco Rock, who suffered a fatal heart attack while traveling to 2300 Arena for a match with Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling.

The Triple Threat (Bam Bam Bigelow, Chris Candido and Shane Douglas) were scheduled to be inducted at Francine's Legends of the Arena show in June 2009. However, only Candido was inducted that night after Douglas no-showed the event. Douglas was later inducted in June 2014, but Bigelow remains unenshrined.

Banners commemorating the inductees are on permanent display inside 2300 Arena.

Inductees # ImageYearRing nameInducted by Notes Ref12002220053200742007520086 2009The Sandman72009The Sandman82009The Sandman92009The Sandman102010D. J. Hyde112010Jim Cornette122010Eddie Kingston132011ECW Arena FansGreg Excellent142014Al Snow152014Jason Knight162014Tod Gordon172014Roger Artigiani182015Justin Roberts192015Dean Malenko202021Bubba Ray Dudley212021Stephen DeAngelis222022Jerry Lynn232024David Adams242025Bay Ragni252025Matt Tremont262025Heidi Lee Morgan272025Tony Khan282026John Zandig

Ceremony dates DatePromotionEventInductee(s)RefPro-Pain Pro WrestlingA Night for the FlyboyRocco RockHardcore HomecomingNovember ReignTerry FunkPro Wrestling UnpluggedThe Crazy 8Johnny Grunge, The SandmanCombat Zone WrestlingCage of Death XJohn ZandigLegends of the ArenaLegends of the ArenaEddie Gilbert, Chris Candido, Tod Gordon, SabuCombat Zone WrestlingAcid-FestTrent AcidRing of HonorRing of Honor WrestlingJerry LynnChikaraChikarasaurus Rex: King of ShowTommy DreamerCombat Zone WrestlingNew HeightsECW Arena FansWrestling with DisasterThe Final CutThe Blue Meanie, The Pitbulls, 2 Cold Scorpio, Shane DouglasHouse of HardcoreHouse of Hardcore 10Dean Malenko, Eddie GuerreroBattleground Championship WrestlingBattleground Championship WrestlingThe Road WarriorsMajor League WrestlingWar ChamberCharlie BruzzeseBattleground Championship WrestlingA Tribute to the ExtremeRob Van DamBattleground Championship WrestlingA Tribute to the Extreme 2Team 3DTri-State Wrestling AllianceOne and DoneD. C. Drake, Joel Goodhart, Johnny Hotbody, Tony Stetson, Larry WintersBattleground Championship WrestlingOriginal SinNick GageBattleground Championship WrestlingHot Summer NightsMissy SampsonAll Elite WrestlingAEW DynamiteTazGame Changer WrestlingOne Night OnlyRuckus

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