-There are rumors that Batista may make a one-night-only return to WWE at WrestleMania 27, but the general feeling as of right now is that this will not be happening simply because of the fact that the two parties have not been in contact with one another for some time. Batista is "highly expected" to sign with Strikeforce once he has finished filming the upcoming Scorpion King 3 film.

-Another expected appearance at WrestleMania 27 was thought to be in the form of Chris Jericho, but this is also being shot down at the present time. A lot of people thought that Jericho would be back in the company in time for the event, but as of this report, this is not expected to happen. On top of that, Jericho is not expected to return anytime soon.

-Talks between WWE and Bill Goldberg regarding a possible WrestleMania 27 appearance are said to be "cold" right now, and as of this report, he is not expected to be involved with the company in any way.

Source: WrestlingNewsSource.com

I think Jericho will be back before Batista comes back. I want Jericho back, but he should take as long as he wants. If these extended breaks extend his WWE career, then I am fine with that.

As good as it would be to see Goldberg in the class, Does he really deserve over some other names who are not even in the Hall of Fame yet?

Jericho
Randy Savage
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Shawn Michaels
The Undertaker
Paul Bearer
Michael Cole [Arguable]
Sting
Kurt Angle

would you be willing to but Bill over these guys ...

I'll put anybody over Michael Cole at this point.

Cole deserves his HOF induction, just like JR got his spot, but Goldberg deserves to go in, before cole....As for Goldberg, he has been a great WWE performer, but hasnt given enough to gain the spot, that Michaels n taker have

Are you f'n kidding me? Michael Cole in the HOF? What in the hell have you all been smoking? Because the guy suddenly finds himself an attitude, he's the greatest thing since sliced bread? 10 years ago, the guy was the laughing stock of the company and he was getting ass raped by Heidenreich, for Christ' sake!

Based on these parameters, someone needs to induct the Gobbedly Gooker fast!

Actually no, I have been a fan of Cole since 2002. I have always enjoyed watching a match with him commentating and Reich was only 5 years ago. He has called some of WWE's greatest matches and is extremely underrated. I personally hate seeing him in a storyline and since 2008 I have said he is HOF worthy.

Cole is a laughing stock.....But thats in some cases apart of his role, Cole is a great commentator though

I liked to hear Cole call matches with Taz and JBL. Those 2 guys knew what they were talking about, King seems to have dementia or something. I am a fan of the HOFer, but King needs JR. My favorite stuff with Cole is when he would do interviews and the wrestlers would make fun of him. Like when Jericho would call him Mitchel Cole and when Rock would make fun of him every way possible.

JBL would bully Cole backstage, I gotta track the old report down on one of the rumour mill sites but Cole apparently snapped one day and punched JBL, knocking him out. That is cool Cole.

Michael Cole's stock but he HAS called a large number of high profile matches in WWE, his current heel gimmick is absolutely terrible, it started with me getting progressively more and more sick of him on NXT and getting pissed off at all his Danielson hate, then he started his ego heel run on regular broadcasting and fuck that.

Cole...isnt a good Heel, I think Cole should stick with SD, and let JR takeover Raw, with Lawler.

I don't see Batista returning to the WWE any time soon. I read that the whole reason he left the company in the first place was because he's unhappy with the current direction it's taking. And would they really induct Sting into the WWE Hall of Fame? He's never worked for the company and while he done great things in both the NWA and WCW, usually when he competes in the ring it's in TNA and I don't think Vince would want to accidentally promote that company by putting one of it stars into his Hall of Fame.

Randy Savage deserves to be in it for sure, but I don't think he ever will considering McMahon is still holding a grudge against him for some reason that is still unknown, to my knowledge. Shawn Michaels I feel should be inducted into the Hall of Fame 2011 class since he's retired now. If Taker retires at WM27 I can see him being inducted too, I mean having Shawn and Taker inducted on the same night would be pretty epic. And while Michael Cole current heel run annoys the hell out of me, he has been with the company for a long time and I guess that would warrant a Hall of Fame entry. I won't cry if he's inducted.

Oh btw has the Road Warriors been inducted yet?

Not yet, but if they're considering a WCW Hall of Fame this year, I think they're a shoe-in.

As for Savage, the reason Vince holds a grudge against him has nothing to do with him allegedly raping a teenage Stephanie McMahon. Savage basically screwed Vince out of a sponsorship with Slim Jim when he left for WCW. Ultimate Warrior was supposed to take over as a spokesperson but somehow, Slim Jim ended up sticking with Savage and WCW.