5 legends that could headline the WWE 2018 Hall of Fame

The WWE hall of fame recognizes wrestling legends who made an impact in the wrestling business. Andre the Giant was the inaugural inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame. Since then, there have been 164 inductees,111 wrestlers inducted individually and 11 group inductions consisting of 31 wrestlers within the groups. 36 members were inducted posthumously

All wrestlers who are no longer active inside the squared circle dream of getting inducted into the hall of fame. The ceremony is used to celebrate superstars who have retired from in-ring competition. Vince McMahon ultimately makes the choice of who gets inducted into the hall of fame each year.

Here are the five legends that could headline next year's hall of fame ceremony.

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#5 Christian

Christian is the only wrestler to have held the NWA, ECW, and World Heavyweight Championships.

Christian began wrestling in singles and tag team competition with longtime best friend Edge. He won world titles in WWE, ECW and TNA. Though Vince McMahon was never impressed by his looks, Christian helped revolutionize the tag team division alongside his partner Edge. Their match at Wrestlemania 2000 against the Hardy Boyz and Dudley boyz was epic. It is this match that led to the creation of the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.

Christian won the World Heavyweight Championship when he defeated Alberto Del Rio at the 2011 Extreme Rules pay-per-view event. He later had great matches with Randy Orton for the World title. Christian's final match took place on the March 24th episode of Raw. He won a fatal four-way match against Alberto Del Rio, Dolph Ziggler and Sheamus to challenge Big E for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. He did not have the match with Big E since he got a concussion and was therefore sidelined.

For all his contributions to the tag team division and singles competition, it would be great to see Christian inducted into the hall of fame.

#4 Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan won the WWE heavyweight title at the main event of Wrestlemania 30

Daniel Bryan is a four-time world champion. He defeated Randy Orton and Batista to win the WWE world heavyweight title at Wrestlemania 30. A 2013 superstar of the year, Bryan headlined major events in several pay-per-views. He had a memorable championship match against John Cena at Summerslam in 2013.

In 2016, at only 34 years of age, he retired from professional wrestling due to medical issues arising from multiple concussions. In July of that year, he was named the General Manager of SmackDown following the return of WWE's brand extension. Daniel Bryan is a part of the cast of Total Divas spin off center around the Bella Twins,Total Bellas on the E! Network. He deserves to be inducted following his great matches and memorable championship wins. Bryan is also one of the most charismatic and technical wrestlers of all time.

#3 The Rock

The Rock won his final WWE title at the 2013 Royal Rumble event

The Rock is one of the most influential superstars of all time and the first third-generation wrestler in the company's history. He has won the WWE championship on eight different occasions. Wrestling pundits have claimed that he surpassed Stone Cold's popularity in the year 2000 when the latter was sidelined with a nagging neck injury. He carried the WWE during that time and sold arenas in every city.

He has headlined five WrestleManias and defended the WWE title three times at the event. Despite crossing over to Hollywood, The Rock still makes WWE appearances once in a while. "The Great One" was the world's highest-paid actor of 2016 and Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world that same year.

He helped popularize wrestling in the early 2000s and is a key player in the success of the WWE. The time to induct "The Brahma Bull" into the hall of fame should be around the corner.

#2 Goldberg

Goldberg made his return to the WWE after a 12 year absence

Bill Goldberg was the most dominant superstar in WCW in the late 1990s. He had a long undefeated streak from 1997 to 1998. It is worth noting that Goldberg is the only person to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship, and the WWE Universal Championship.

Goldberg is a three-time world champion who headlined multiple pay-per-views while still in WCW. He made his WWE debut on the night after Wrestlemania 19 to confront The Rock whom he defeated at Backlash that year. Also, he feuded with Brock Lesnar and faced him at Wrestlemania 20. He left the company thereafter and was absent for 12 years before making his return in October 2016 to fight with "The Beast" one more time.

During his most recent run, he defeated Kevin Owens at Fastlane to win the Universal championship. He dropped the title to Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 33 in a match that pundits claimed was better than their previous encounter.

#1 The Undertaker

Undertaker had 21 straight Wrestlemania victories

The Undertaker is the most respected WWE superstar of all time. He has an impressive 21 straight Wrestlemania victories. "The Dead Man" is a four-time WWE champion and winner of the 2007 Royal Rumble match. He is the longest-tenured in-ring performer in the history of the WWE. A year after making his debut, he defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WWE championship at Survivor Series in 1991.

A poll by Digital Spy voted The Undertaker as the greatest WWE wrestler ever in 2013. He retired from in-ring competition after his painful loss to Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania 33. However, he is set to make an appearance at the 25th anniversary of Raw scheduled to take place in January 2018. There have been speculations on whether or not he will seek revenge and attack Reigns when he returns. That being said, he has earned his right to be in the WWE hall of fame.