The Icon Sting will get his rightful place in WWE

Sting announced first inductee WWE Hall of Fame's 2016 class

Sting was the standard-bearer in WCW. (WWE)

One year after making his long-awaited debut with the company following three decades of work in the industry, Sting has been announced as the first member of the WWE Hall of Fame's Class of 2016.

“We are truly honored to have Sting take his rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame,” said Paul Levesque, a WWE executive vice president who is better known by the in-ring moniker Triple H. “His contributions to our industry are unprecedented, and we look forward to celebrating his incredible career with fans all over the world.”

Sting began his professional wrestling career in 1985, grew into the top star in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the 1990s and stood atop of the organization until its eventual sale to WWE in 2001.

Along the way, he had memorable long-term rivalries with Ric Flair and the nWo, winning six WCW world titles and numerous other belts. Sting's character also underwent a much-needed metamorphosis during his career. He started out as a high-energy good guy with multi-colored face paint but became a dark, mysterious man (with black and white face paint) who lived in arena rafters and neither spoke nor competed for a year before returning to "clean up" the organization.

His ability to change with the times allowed "The Icon" to remain at the top of WCW during its Monday Night War with WWE. He played a large role in the television ratings competition lasting as long as it did.

Rather than join WWE with many other top WCW stars at the time of the latter company's sale, he joined TNA Wrestling in 2003 remained there until 2014, picking up a second NWA heavyweight title and winning four TNA heavyweight titles. All in all, Sting is a 12-time heavyweight champion between NWA, WCW and TNA.

Upon joining WWE late in 2014, surprising fans with an appearance at Survivor Series, Sting began a feud with Triple H that culminated in a match at WrestleMania 31. Sting then competed for the title against then-WWE world heavyweight champion Seth Rollins at SummerSlam in 2015, but he was injured in the match and has not been seen since with rumors that he may not compete again.

20 Pictures of Lana WWE

If you're looking for the next big thing when it comes to WWE divas, look no further than Lana. The Ravishing Russian is the hottest thing to come along since Sable back in the day.

She's currently acting as a manager for Alexander Rusev, but her days as a feature attraction are forthcoming.

WWE Lana's Pictures

The Bulgarian Brute Rusev debuted last year after Wrestlemania 30 and with him debuted his mouth piece, the beautiful Ravishing Russian Lana. Lana's real name is Catherine Joy (C.J.) Perry, and in addition to being employed by the WWE, she has been a model, dancer, singer and actress in the past. Since being up on WWE's main roster, Lana has just cut promos and spoken on the microphone, but due to her rising popularity, the WWE believes she is a valuable performer for the company, and may even wrestle at some point down the line.

On-screen Lana was with Rusev for over a year, a relationship that ended this past May. However, in real life, Lana and Rusev are in a relationship and have been several times at events, and sports games (Los Angeles Clippers and Nashville Predators). On-screen Lana has recently been paired with Dolph Ziggler to continue her recent storyline. Fellow WWE Diva Summer Rae has joined the story and aligned herself with Rusev.

Lana gained a cult following from being for Rusev that in the prior months leading up to the two's on-screen break-up, the WWE Universe consistently chanted "We Want Lana!" each week. This even led to #WeWantLana trending on social media on a few occasions. Before WWE, she was most known for her modeling work. She has also appeared in both Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2 and is real life friends with Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Brittany Snow, the stars of each movie.

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Has the WWE wasted another golden opportunity with the split of Rusev and Lana? 411Mania’s Greg DeMarco thinks so, and details why…
At the 2014 Royal Rumble, a new “evil foreigner” made his WWE debut. This time around it was Alexander Rusev (later shortened to Rusev), who had the absolutely stunning Lana by his side. It took four wrestlers to eliminate the Bulgarian Brute, and it was apparent that the WWE had a new monster on the roster.

From then until April, Rusev & Lana had their main roster involvement reduced to video packages, but you could tell that something was looming. It seemed like the big man was poised to make an impact when he returned. That return happened during April 6, 2014’s RawAfterMania, in a squash against Zack Ryder.

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Lana Begins Training For Her WWE Return

As noted back in September, Lana suffered a hand injury prior to a WWE live event in Fairfax, VA. The injury happened during a training session before the show.

She was diagnosed with a Colles’ fracture and doctors put in a splint. She was told that she would not be able to do anything physical for about four months.

Tuesday marked her first day back at the WWE Performance Center so she may be back within a few weeks. She can appear on television, but she cannot do anything physical until she’s given clearance by WWE’s doctors.

Backstage Talk on WWE Changing Lana’s Name

We noted before that Vince McMahon is high on Lana and has big plans for her push. The long-term plan right now is for Lana to be the female face of the company once her babyface turn has happened.

Vince reportedly feels that part of Lana’s transition has to include the reveal that she’s really American. The idea is to keep the Lana name but there’s been some talk of using the name “CJ” as her real name is Catherine Jo Perry. The idea would be that “CJ” makes people think of a hot blonde because of Pamela Anderson’s character in Baywatch.

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