According to the Super Lucha Magazine, Mexican wrestling legend Mil Mascaras will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame next year during Wrestlemania XXVIII weekend in Miami, Florida. Mascaras in the real-life uncle of WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio.
The official announcement on the WWE website reads:
“MEXICO CITY — Triple H has announced that Mil Mascaras will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame’s 2012 class in Miami in April! The announcement was made in Mil Mascaras’ native country in front of the WWE Universe in Mexico City Sunday night. Mil Mascaras was the first masked luchador to compete in Madison Square Garden. The Mexican squared circle legend also competed in the 1997 Royal Rumble.”
Mil Mascaras was at Sunday night’s WWE SmackDown tapings from Mexico City, where Triple H made the official announcement in front of the live audience:
