Snoop Dogg is first musician to get WWE Hall of Fame induction
Snoop Dogg is the first musician to make it into the celebrity wing of WWE's Hall of Fame.
And it's not the first time he's been mentioned in the same sentence as wrestling. He previously served as Master of Ceremonies for a Lumberjill match at WrestleMania XXIV and guest-hosted Raw in 2009. Snoop thanked the World Wrestling Entertainment publicly on his Twitter account. He posted: real recognize real. thnk u @WWE universe for tha honor #HOF #WWE #wrestlemania 👊🏾🙏🏾 And some of the wrestling elite have been praising him online. Triple H tweeted: Congrats @SnoopDogg! What a #WWEHOF class, it's gonna be a party @WrestleMania. #IllIntroduceyoutoHBShizzle Sean Waltman posted: If you ain't down with Snoop Dogg being inducted into the @WWE Hall of Fame, I've got 2 Words 4 ya... Smoke It! 🤘😎🤘 There are fans who aren't happy with the decision, saying there are others who have done more for the sport than Snoop. But legendary announcer Jim Ross explained why that doesn't necessarily matter. He tweeted: I'll answer this once, this is an honorary award i.e. The "Celebrity Wing." Actual wrestlers don't get honoraries. Donald Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mike Tyson are just some of the other celebrities to have received the honour in the past. The induction takes place on Saturday 2 April in Dallas. Wrestlemania 32 will begin the following day. And it might not be the only time we see Snoop featured on WWE this season. His cousin Sasha Banks hinted that Snoop could also be involved in her Triple Threat Match for the Diva's Championship. "Maybe you should watch WrestleMania and you might see it, you never know," she told Rolling Stone magazine. "I don't need someone to walk me to the ring every week and hold my hand like Charlotte does, but Snoop can make an appearance once in a while." Find us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat