JBL and Ron Simmons already have WWE Hall of Fame rings. Apparently, they wouldn’t mind picking up another one together.
While speaking to Chris Van Vliet, the longtime APA partners were asked whether the legendary tag team deserves its own WWE Hall of Fame induction. Simmons didn’t exactly need much convincing.
“Why not? Yeah. Why not?”
JBL was on board too, but he had one condition. If The APA goes in, their ridiculously simple backstage “office” needs to go with them.
“We gotta have the table and the door.”
That quickly turned into the idea of actually putting the famous APA table and freestanding door in the Hall of Fame alongside them, which JBL thought would make the whole thing even better.
“Put the table and the door in the Hall of Fame. That’d be the greatest Hall of Fame ever.”
For anyone who watched WWE during the Attitude Era, the table and door are almost as recognizable as the team itself. The APA would sit around playing poker inside an “office” that didn’t actually have walls, while wrestlers still had to knock on the freestanding door before walking in. The Rock, The Undertaker and plenty of others played along with the bit, and somehow that was enough to make the whole thing work.
A second induction wouldn’t be unprecedented either. Simmons entered the WWE Hall of Fame individually in 2012, while JBL joined him as part of the 2020 class. WWE has inducted wrestlers multiple times for their individual careers and as members of notable teams or groups.
The APA certainly has the résumé for it. JBL and Simmons were three-time World Tag Team Champions together and became one of WWE’s most recognizable teams from that era.
So if WWE ever decides to make JBL and Ron Simmons two-time Hall of Famers, they’re clearly game. Just save a little extra room on the stage for a poker table and a door that doesn’t lead anywhere.
Should The APA get their own WWE Hall of Fame induction — and does the table and door have to go in with them? Let us know in the comments.
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