Rhino & Bob Ryder To Be Inducted Into TNA Hall Of Fame

TNA Wrestling have announced that Rhino and Bob Ryder will be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame later this year. The induction will take place during the Bound for Glory pre-show on Saturday, October 26 from Detroit's Wayne State University Fieldhouse.

Rhino, an ECW legend who also had long stints in WWE, has had three runs in TNA since he first debuted in the promotion back in 2005. The 'Man Beast' won the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship in the main event of the first-ever Bound For Glory, only to drop the belt back to Jeff Jarrett a couple of weeks later. Rhino remained with the company until his exit in 2010.

He then returned for a brief run in 2014 and returned for a second time in 2019. Rhino has been with the company ever since and added two IMPACT Tag Team Title reigns to his list of accolades, holding the belts with Heath.

Bob Ryder was a pioneer of the internet wrestling scene in the 1990s with Prodigy Wrestling and he founded 1Wrestling.com, where he broke multiple major stories including Bret Hart's move to WCW. Ryder then joined WCW himself, hosting WCW Live with Jeremy Borash until WWE bought the company in 2001.

Ryder was later a co-founder of TNA Wrestling with Jeff and Jerry Jarrett. He was TNA's first employee and remained with the promotion until his passing in 2020, serving in numerous roles, including Director of Talent Relations.

TNA established their own Hall of Fame in 2012. Past inductees include Sting, Kurt Angle, Team 3D, Jeff Jarrett, Raven, Mike Tenay, Don West, and Gail Kim.