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We don't see 4 bands of one modern era get in at the same time (or even nominated in the same year). Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, and Rage Against the Machine will be waiting awhile for their turns. I don't know Temple of the Dog but don't see them getting in. The industry tried to lock grunge at 5 bands (same as the subsequent swing band revival). For that reason, I don't see the industry suddenly warming up to grunge.

Nomination is based on sales and name recognition and then on impact/influence.

The Ramones got a lot of bands to join in and it was Iggy & The Stooges that got the NYC scene started (at least as told in the book Please Kill Me, people had to wait about a year at a time for Iggy to come to town so the New York Dolls and others got into it).

Without Poison 13 and Mudhoney, there is no Pearl Jam and so also goes the grunge movement but it is unlikely that either band will get inducted. Pearl Jam does acknowledge their origins though and a hybrid band (Monkeywrench) that features members of Poison 13 and Mudhoney opened for Pearl Jam for 2 nights at Wembley.

Temple of the Dog was a one off band that is notable for a couple of things. One of the first to bring grunge to the mainstream, but more importantly membership. Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Matt Cameron and Jeff Ament. This is near the same time Vedder joined the others to become Pearl Jam. Cornell of course had his own thing goingon. And shortly after they released an album together they shot to superstardom with their own bands. One song that originated as a TOTD song became a song for Pearl Jam.

Because of the way the nomination process works they could all get in on the first try. They all released their first single in different years Soundgarden 1987, Nirvana 1988, Alice in Chains in 1990, Pearl Jam in 1991. So they will all become eligible at different times. Now the chances of them getting in seems to depend on how hard they want to push them. I would think they will at least get nominations if not inducted. If they are packed a bunch of other nominees they might not get in, but if it is like this year they would. Is their any doubt that Van Halen, REM and The Stooges are almost guaranteed on this ballot? Especially being that one of the nominees isn't even a rock artist.