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forward slash g3 coming up we introduce the next member of the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2020 ATB starts now.

Welcome welcome welcome. I am still Corey Graves. This is after the bell and I am joined by a cavalcade of characters familiar faces some we have not seen in quite some time.

But we did not come together by happenstance we are here to drop a major announcement on the WWE Universe that being the newest member of the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2020.

It is my honor and privilege to announce the British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith will be joining the WWE Hall of Fame.

Harry Smith Natalia and Tyson Kid congratulations to you and your family I just got goose bumps saying that I knew it all day but I got goose bumps you saying.

Yeah, it's the real so the floor is yours guys I mean what does this mean?

Well thank you very much Corey and you know it's been long overdue but I'm really excited and glad to be inducting my father into the 2020 Hall of Fame.

I mean it's something that's great not only for my family but for the WWE Universe as well and I'm so excited and jacked up about it.

Yeah it feels like the time has never been better and the fact that you know we look at just how much WWE has grown since the heyday of the British Bulldog.

Even just English wrestling and so many people not just English wrestlers but so many people in our industry say that it was the British Bulldog who inspired them to want to get into WWE and they look back on that match that Brett and Davey had it winbly stadium in 1992 and they say that was the match that I watched that was the match that inspired me to do this and that's I feel like that's truly what makes a Hall of Famer is how much they inspire people and Davey's just his work and his legacy and his being the British Bulldog has just stood the test of time.

And he's still so relevant to the culture of WWE today.

Yeah I mean it's so awesome. I knew of course going to happen it just was a matter of when and I understand that the Hall of Fame's not really a race is not going anywhere and we need a certain number of people and stars each year.

You can't do everybody in that first year and then so it just was a matter of which year was going to be the best fit obviously and here we are in 2020 so I think it's it's awesome and it's a long time coming.

So Natty touching on what you mentioned of the David relevance to British wrestling how much when Bulldog was in his heyday did it help the relevance of the business in the UK.

There was no bigger British wrestling star than Davey Boy Smith and you think about again going back to that match that iconic match in 1992 summer slam Wimbley Stadium.

It was I mean Davey was a rock star they sold out Wimbley Stadium faster than the Michael Jackson concert and it just I get goosebumps talking about it because Davey you know with Lennox Lewis walking him out to the ring in my aunt Diana being involved in this beautiful story with my uncle Brett.

Davey was at the pinnacle of his career but just really I mean I don't know if British wrestling was ever hotter than when the British Bulldog was at his height in that time.

I know that just I mean amongst us in the business and beyond the British Bulldog is one of those recognizable names that you don't have to necessarily be a wrestling fan or WWE fan.

It was that large in life time period there's very few names you can just mention to someone off the street or someone goes I used to watch wrestling or I know that I the British Bulldog it was like I don't think people realize the impact on society or as wrestling fans and beyond that Bulldog truly had.

Yeah you know and the amount of influence that my father had on the you know current and past WW superstars like myself and Wade Barrett and current ones like you know Finn Balor I mean he really influenced a lot of WW superstars and like he said he was a household name.

You know you can mention the British Bulldog not even be a wrestling fan like I've you know people have asked me just in passing and I've told them who my father was and they weren't necessarily wrestling fans but they knew the association in the name.

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