During this week’s edition of ECW on Sci Fi, WWE announced that long-time ring announcer Howard Finkel is the final inductee for this year’s WWE Hall of Fame. Below is the complete Hall of Fame Class for 2009:

* “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
To Be Inducted by: TBA

* Ricky Steamboat
To Be Inducted by: Ric Flair

* Bill Watts
To Be Inducted by: Jim Ross

* The Funks: Terry & Dory Jr.
To Be Inducted by: Dusty Rhodes

* Koko B. Ware
To Be Inducted by: The Honky Tonk Man

* The Von Erich’s
To Be Inducted by: Michael Hayes

* Howard Finkel
To Be Inducted by: TBA

The 2009 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will take place the night before WrestleMania 25 on Saturday, April 4, 2009 from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

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