Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart WrestleMania 13 match to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame

For the first time ever, a match will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

During SmackDown, it was announced that the match between Bret Hart and Steve Austin from WrestleMania 13 would be inducted as a “WWE Immortal Moment.” Announcers said that both Austin and Hart would be at the ceremony for the induction.

The bloody brawl that took place in Chicago on March 23, 1997 saw Hart win the match after applying the sharpshooter on Austin, who didn’t submit but passed out, giving special guest referee Ken Shamrock no other option but to end the match. It would begin Hart’s final run with the company as a heel, later forming the Hart Foundation stable. Despite Austin’s loss, it started his own babyface run that led to him winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 14 the following year.

The match was given a five-star rating in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, and also won Match of the Year in the 1997 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards.

Those already announced for this year’s ceremony include Triple H, The Natural Disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon), Lex Luger, and Michelle McCool. It was reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Shamrock’s name has also been mentioned for the ceremony.