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The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (PWHF) and Museum is an American

professional wrestling Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

hall of fame and

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and th ...

located in

Wichita Falls, Texas Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the seat of government of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties. Accordi ...

currently closed to water leaks. The museum was founded by Tony Vellano in 1999, and was previously in Amsterdam, New York and

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. Its purpose is to "preserve and promote the dignified history of

and to enshrine and pay tribute to professional wrestlers who have advanced this national pastime in terms of athletics and entertainment." It is not affiliated with any promotion.

Inductees

, NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times), NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA World Television Championship( 3 times), and more NWA regional Titles. , - , 2010 , , Tag Team , Posthumous inductee: Inducted as a part of a tag team with Mike Sharpe, won NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(San Francisco version)'' (19 times), WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time), and NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (1 time). , - , 2010 , , Tag Team , Posthumous inductee: Inducted as a part of a tag team with Ben Sharpe, won NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(San Francisco version)'' (18 times), WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time), and NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Vancouver version)'' (1 time). , - , 2010 , , International , Won Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times), WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), All World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) (First & Only), and IWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) (First & Only). , - , 2010 , , Lady Wrestler , Posthumous inductee: Won AWA World Women's Championship (1 time), Texas Women's Championship (1 time), Central States Women's Championship (1 time). , - , 2010 ,
, Colleague , Posthumous inductee: Won

IWA World Heavyweight Championship IWA World Heavyweight Championship is the name given for the principal title of a number of professional wrestling promotions that operate under the acronym "I.W.A." (despite not sharing corporate name). It may refer to: * IWA World Heavyweight ...

(1 time), and WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (2 times). , - , 2011 , , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), MWA Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 Time) , - , 2011 , , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship (''San Francisco version'') (2 Times),

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(2 Times), NWA United National Championship (1 Time),

PWF World Heavyweight Championship The Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and one of the three titles that make up the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. It was created in 1973 by All Japa ...

(1 Time) , - , 2011 , , Lady Wrestler , Posthumous Inductee: Honoree at the Cauliflower Alley Club in 2002. , - , 2011 , , Executive , Chairman of the World Wrestling Federation since 1980 & President and CEO of the World Wrestling Federation from 1980 until 1993. In 2009, he took over the position of CEO of the World Wrestling Entertainment again. Won WWF Championship (1 Time), ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time) , - , 2012 , , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Honoree at the Cauliflower Alley Club in 1995. , - , 2012 ,
, Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: AWA World Heavyweight Champion ''(Boston version)'' (2 Times) , - , 2012 , , Television Era , Won AWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWF Heavyweight Championship (1 Time),

(3 Times) , - , 2012 , , Television Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWA American Heavyweight Championship (13 Times), AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA North American Heavyweight Championship ''(Amarillo version)'' (4 Times) , - , 2012 ,

Junkyard Dog Sylvester Ritter (December 13, 1952 – June 1, 1998) was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as the Junkyard Dog (or JYD), a nickname ...

, Modern Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (2 Times),

Mid-South Louisiana Championship The Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship that was used and defended from 1964 though 1983. Initially, the championship originated in the NWA affiliated Gulf Coast Championship Wrestlin ...

World Championship Wrestling World Championship Wrestling, Inc. (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of Natio ...

IWCCW Heavyweight Championship The ICW / IWCCW Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship of International World Class Championship Wrestling between 1984 and 1995 where IWCCW closed down operations. Initially ICW’s main title was the WWC Universal Heavyweight ...

(1 time),

WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, currently defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of two secondary championships for WWE's main r ...

(2 times), WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times), UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time), USA Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time), RWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) , - , 2013 , , Tag Team , Inducted as a member of The Assassins. Won NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (12 times), NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' (2 times), NWA Macon Tag Team Championship (2 times), NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship ''(Vancouver version)'' (2 times), NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship ''(Georgia version)'' (4 times) , - , 2013 , Tom Renesto, "Assassin #2" Tom Renesto , Tag Team , Posthumous Inductee: Inducted as a member of The Assassins. Won NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (12 times), NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' (2 times), NWA Macon Tag Team Championship (2 times), NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship ''(Vancouver version)'' (2 times), NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship ''(Georgia version)'' (4 times) , - , 2013 , , International , Posthumous Inductee: Won Mexican National Middleweight Championship (4 times), Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Mexican National Welterweight Championship (2 times), NWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time), NWA World Welterweight Championship (2 times), Winner (and Undefeated) of 35 Luchas de Apuestas matches. , - , 2013 , , Lady Wrestler , Won NWA Texas Women's Championship (1 time), NWA United States Women's Championship (1 time), NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship (4 times), Recipient of the 2010 Cauliflower Alley Club Women's Wrestling Award , - , 2013 , , Colleague , Legendary Manager of The Four Horsemen, Abdullah the Butcher, Waldo Von Erich, and Ox Baker. PWI Manager of the Year Recipient in 1982, 1983, and 1988. , - , 2014 , , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Patriarch of the Hart Family. Trained a vast amount of wrestlers, including Roddy Piper, Jake Roberts, Abdullah the Butcher, Dynamite Kid,

"Superstar" Billy Graham Eldridge Wayne Coleman (born June 7, 1943), better known by his ring name "Superstar" Billy Graham, is an American former professional wrestler. He gained recognition for his tenure as the WWWF Heavyweight Champion in 1977–1978. He is a three- ...

The Great Muta is a Japanese professional wrestler and professional wrestling executive currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), where he is a former GHC Heavyweight Champion. He is best known for his work as in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and ...

, and King Kong Bundy. , - , 2015 , The Great Gama , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won the Indian version of the World Heavyweight Championship. Billed as the greatest

pehlwani Pehlwani, (पहलवानी) also known as Kushti, is a form of wrestling contested in South Asia. It was developed in the Mughal Empire by combining Persian Koshti pahlevani with influences from native Indian Malla-yuddha. The words '' ...

wrestler of his time. , - , 2015 , Joe Malcewicz , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Famous for his controversial win for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship over Joe Stecher in which he was not awarded the title. , - , 2015 , Pedro Morales , Television Era , Won WWWF World Championship (1 Time),

Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion The is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Japanese All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion. History The championship was established after the unification of its then-flagship title the PWF World Heavyweight Championsh ...

having won and unified the PWF Heavyweight Championship, the NWA United National Championship, and the NWA International Heavyweight Championship. One half of the first-ever World Tag Team Champions , - , 2015 , Vivian Vachon , Lady Wrestler , Posthumous Inductee: Won AWA World Women's Championship (1 Time) , - , 2015 , Jim Crockett Sr. , Executive , Posthumous Inductee: Founder of Jim Crockett Promotions , - , 2016 ,

Earl McCready Earl Gray McCready (June 5 or 15, 1905 – December 9, 1983) was a Canadian amateur and professional wrestler. McCready competed in the U.S. for Oklahoma State University in folkstyle, and as a freestyle wrestler who competed for Canada i ...

, Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won

NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship (New Zealand version) The New Zealand version of the NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship defended in the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated Dominion Wrestling Union from 1929 to 1953 and in All Star ...

(2 Times), NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (Toronto version) (3 Times) , - , 2016 ,

Joe Pazandak Joseph Eugene Pazandak (October 23, 1914 – December 2, 1982) was an American amateur wrestler and a professional wrestler, best known for his ring name Joe Pazandak. Pazandak received the nickname "The Champ" as he ruled the “Beat the Champ ...

, Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Nine month "Beat the Champ" Open Challenge winning streak , - , 2016 , Hans Schmidt , Television Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won International Heavyweight Championship ''(Montreal version)'' (2 Times), NWA World Television Title Championship ''(Florida Version)'' (1 Time), NWA United States Heavyweight Championship ''(Chicago version)'' (1 Time) , - , 2016 , Greg Valentine , Television Era , Won NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (2 Times),

(1 Time), NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship ''(Toronto version)'' (1 Time), NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (2 Times), NWA Television Championship (2 Times), NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (3 Times), WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 Time), WWF Tag Team Championship (1 Time) , - , 2016 ,

Stone Cold Steve Austin Steve Austin (born Steven James Anderson; December 18, 1964), better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American media personality, actor, and retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most ...

, Modern Era , WWF World Heavyweight Championship (6 Times), WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 Times), WWF Tag Team Championship (4 Times), WCW World Television Championship (2 Times), Royal Rumble winner (1997, 1998, 2001), King of the Ring winner (1996) , - , 2016 , Sgt. Slaughter , Modern Era , Won WWF Championship (1 Time), NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (3 Times), NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship ''(Toronto version)'' (1 Time), AWA America's Championship (1 Time), AWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (1 Time) , - , 2016 , Blackjack Mulligan , Tag Team , Inducted as a member of

The Blackjacks The Blackjacks were a professional wrestling tag team. The team consisted of Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza. After forming in the 1970s, they wrestled in a variety of professional wrestling promotions, including the American Wrestling Ass ...

Gene Okerlund Eugene Arthur Okerlund (December 19, 1942 – January 2, 2019), better known by his ring name "Mean Gene" Okerlund, was an American professional wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host. He was best known for his work in the World ...

, Colleague , Interviewer and Announcer for American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and

SCW Heavyweight Championship The SCW Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until November 20, 2004 when SCW was closed. The inaugural champion was Boris Dragoff, who defea ...

(1 Time) , - , 2017 , Shawn Michaels , Modern Era , Won: WWF Championship (3 Times), WWE World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), WWF Intercontinental Championship (3 Times), WWF European Championship (1 Time), WWF Tag Team Championship (6 Times), AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 Times) , - , 2017 , Larry Hennig , Tag Team , Inducted as part of a tag team with Harley Race. Won: AWA World Tag Team Championship (4 Times), IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 Time) , - , 2017 , Harley Race , Tag Team , Inducted as a part of a tag team with Larry Hennig. Previously inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2004 in the Modern Era Category. Won: AWA World Tag Team Championship (3 Times), IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 Time) , - , 2017 , Tatsumi Fujinami , International , Won:

IWGP Heavyweight Championship The was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of NJPW's governing body, the . The title was introduced on June 12, 1987, in the final of an ...

(6 Times), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), WCWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), UWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time),

CWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship The CWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship was the secondary singles title in the German professional wrestling promotion A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional w ...

(1 Time), WWF International Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 Times) , - , 2017 ,

Sue Green Susan Tex Green (born August 13, 1953) is an American professional wrestler. She began wrestling at the age of 15 and was trained by The Fabulous Moolah. She was the frequent tag team partner of Sandy Parker, with whom she won the National Wre ...

, Lady Wrestler , Won:

PGWA Championship The Professional Girl Wrestling Association (PGWA) is an America women's professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion. The aim of the PGWA is to preserve and promote "Old School" Women's professional wrestling. Based in North ...

(2 Times), NWA World Women's Championship (1 Time), NWA Texas Women's Championship (4 Times) , - , 2017 ,

George Napolitano George Napolitano is a photographer who specializes in professional wrestling photography. He was a very close friend of Road Warrior Hawk and the Anoa'i family The Anoaʻi family ( ) is a family of professional wrestlers originating from Americ ...

, Colleague , Photographer specializing in professional wrestling photography. Won: Jim Melby Award (2013) from the George Tragos/Lou Thesz International Wrestling Institute , - , 2018 , Fred Beell , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won American Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), World Light Heavyweight Championship (3 Times), Northwest Championship (1 Time) , - , 2018 , Ralph "Ruffy" Silverstein , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won WLW Television Championship (2 Times) , - , 2018 , Eddie Graham , Television Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Florida version)'' (3 Times), NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Florida version)'' (2 Times) , - , 2018 , Ernie Ladd , Television Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWF North American Heavyweight Championship (6 Times), NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Florida version)'' (1 Time), NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (3 Times),

NWF Heavyweight Championship The NWF Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling World championship used as part of the National Wrestling Federation and later New Japan Pro-Wrestling. History The NWF ( National Wrestling Federation) Heavyweight Championship w ...

(1 Time), NWA American Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time) , - , 2018 , Sting , Modern Era , Won WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 Times), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), TNA World Heavyweight Championship (4 Times), WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), TNA World Tag Team Championship ( 1 time). , - , 2018 , Jim Duggan , Modern Era , Won

(1 Time),

TASW Heavyweight Championship Texas All-Star Wrestling (TASW) is a professional wrestling promotion that was established by Bob Murphy in Humble, Texas in 1994. It is the oldest independent promotion in the state of Texas and one of three based in the Greater Houston area a ...

(1 Time),

Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship The Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship that was used and defended from 1964 though 1983. Initially, the championship originated in the NWA affiliated Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling. ...

(1 Time), Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), WCW World Television Championship (1 Time), WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), Inaugural Royal Rumble winner (1988) , - , 2018 , Red Bastien , Tag Team , Posthumous Inductee: Inducted as a member of The Flying Redheads. Was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum twice in one year; under Executive and Tag Team. Won NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 Time) , - , 2018 , Billy Red Lyons , Tag Team , Posthumous Inductee: Inducted as a member of The Flying Redheads. Won NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 Time) , - , 2018 , Pampero Firpo , International , Won 1st ever NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (3 Times), NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 Time) , - , 2018 , Toni Rose , Lady Wrestler , Won NWA Southern Women's Championship (Georgia version) (1 Time) , - , 2018 , Hiro Matsuda , Colleague , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Florida version)'' (4 Times), NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 Times). Trained Hulk Hogan, Keiji Mutoh, Paul Orndorff, Scott Hall, Lex Luger,

"Cowboy" Bob Orton Robert Keith Orton Jr. (born November 10, 1950), better known by the ring name "Cowboy" Bob Orton, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is the son of professional wrestler Bob Orton Sr., the brother of professional wrestler Barr ...

, and Ron Simmons. , - , 2018 , Joe Higuchi , Referee , Posthumous Inductee: Senior referee for

All Japan Pro-Wrestling (AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21, 1972 when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion. Many wrestlers had left with Baba, w ...

, 1st official Japanese referee of the National Wrestling Alliance, Referee for Japan Pro-Wrestling Alliance. , - , 2018 , Red Bastien , Executive , Posthumous Inductee: Was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum twice in one year; under Executive and Tag Team. Trainer, Promoter, Booker, and Professional Wrestler that discovered Sting and

The Ultimate Warrior Warrior (born James Brian Hellwig; June 16, 1959 – April 8, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. Best known by his ring name The Ultimate Warrior, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1 ...

. , - , 2019 , Charley Fox , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won Middleweight Championship (Ohio Version) (1 Time), Light Heavyweight Championship (Southeastern Division) (1 Time), Light Heavyweight Championship (Dallas Version) (1 Time). , - , 2019 ,

Baron Michele Leone Michele Leone (June 8, 1909 – November 26, 1988), known by his ring name Baron Michele Leone, was an Italian professional wrestler. He was one of the biggest stars and most prominent heels of the early television era of wrestling and, in May 19 ...

, Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWA World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles Version) (1 Time), NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles Version) (2 Times). , - , 2019 , Abdullah the Butcher , Television Era , Won WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (5 Times), NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship ''(Calgary version)'' (1 Time),

(2 Times), BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA United National Championship (1 Time), Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (6 Times), WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (3 Times), WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (2 Times),

(1 Time), WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), WCWA Brass Knuckles Championship (1 Time). Innovator of hardcore matches. , - , 2019 , Lord James Blears , Television Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (1 Time). , - , 2019 , Ron Garvin , Modern Era , Won NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), ICW Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) (5 Times), NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 Time),

AWA International Television Championship The AWA International Television Championship was a short-lived title in the American Wrestling Association from 1987 to 1989. It was filled with a several months long tournament and was defended on their television broadcast on ESPN ESPN ( ...

(1 Time), NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NCW Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), TMW Heavyweight Championship (1 Time). , - , 2019 , Owen Hart , Modern Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship (1 Time),

Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship The Stampede International Tag Team Championship was the main tag team title in the Canadian professional wrestling Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a r ...

(1 time), WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 Times), WWF European Championship (1 Time), Winner of the King of the Ring (

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) , - , 2019 , Dennis Condrey , Tag Team , Inducted as a member of The Midnight Express. Won NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 Time), AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 Time), Mid-South Tag Team Championship (2 Times), IWC Tag Team Championship (1 Time), ASW Tag Team Championship (7 Times), NWA Rocky Top Tag Team Championship (1 Time), NWA Bluegrass Tag Team Championship (1 Time), NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 Time), AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (3 Times), NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (10 Times), WCPW Tag Team Championship (1 Time). , - , 2019 , Bobby Eaton , Tag Team , Inducted as a member of The Midnight Express. Won NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 Times), Mid-South Tag Team Championship (2 Times), IWC Tag Team Championship (1 Time), ASW Tag Team Championship (7 Times), NWA Rocky Top Tag Team Championship (1 Time), NWA Bluegrass Tag Team Championship (1 Time), NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 Time). , - , 2019 , Randy Rose , Tag Team , Inducted as a member of The Midnight Express. Won AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 Time), AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (3 Times), NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (10 Times), WCPW Tag Team Championship (1 Time). , - , 2019 ,

Gory Guerrero Salvador Guerrero Quesada (January 11, 1921 – April 18, 1990), better known as Gory Guerrero, was one of the premier Mexican American professional wrestlers in the early days of Lucha Libre when most wrestlers were imported from outside Mexi ...

, International , Posthumous Inductee: Won Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 Time), Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 Time), NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), NWA World Welterweight Championship (1 Time), World Middleweight Championship (1 Time), SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 Time). Patriarch of the Guerrero wrestling family. , - , 2019 , Beverly Shade , Lady Wrestler , Won All-Star Wrestling Women's Championship (2 Times). , - , 2019 , Ann LaVerne , Lady Wrestler , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWA Florida Women's Championship (1 Time). , - , 2019 , Bob Roop , Colleague , Won

(1 Time), NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) (1 Time), NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (4 Times), NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco Version) (1 Time), NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida Version) (1 Time), NWA Florida Television Championship (1 Time), NWA World Television Championship (Georgia Version) (2 Times), ICW Television Championship (2 Times), Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Southeastern Television Championship (1 Time), 1967

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and ...

Championship, Michigan State Wrestling Championship (1 Time). , - , 2019 , Johnny Dugan , Referee , Posthumous Inductee: Referee for NWA, Mid Pacific Promotions, NJPW, and JWA. , - , 2019 , Wally Karbo , Executive , Posthumous Inductee: Promoter and Co-Founder of the AWA with Verne Gagne, Commissioner of the

Ladies Pro Wrestling Association The Ladies Professional Wrestling Association (LPWA) was a women's professional wrestling promotion which operated in the early 1990s (ca. 1989–1992). It was considered a successor to such women's promotions as Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (G ...

. He attended the first meeting of the NWA held by

Tony Stecher Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby lea ...

(3 Times), NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship ''(Northern Division)'' (3 Times), NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Amarillo version)'' (1 Time), NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship (1 Time). , - , 2020 , King Curtis Iaukea , Television Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won

(1 Time), NWA National Television Championship (1 Time), NWA World Television Championship ''(Georgia version)'' (2 Times), AWF Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), AWN World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), BBOW Heavyweight Championship (1 Time) , - , 2020 , Magnum T. A. , Modern Era , Won NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), Mid-South North American Championship (2 Times). , - , 2020 , Butch Miller , Tag Team , Inducted as a member of The Bushwhackers. Won NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 Time), NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (3 Times), Stampede International Tag Team Championship (2 Times),

SWCW World Tag Team Championship The SCW World Tag Team Championship was the top tag team championship in Southwest Championship Wrestling Southwest Championship Wrestling (SCW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was owned by Joe Blanchard and based in San Antonio, ...

(1 Time), NWA American Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA United National Championship (1 Time), NWA Television Championship (1 Time), NWA "Beat the Champ" Television Championship (1 Time), NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Texas version)'' (2 Times), WCCW Television Championship (1 Time). , - , 2020 , Debbie Combs , Lady Wrestler , Won NWA World Women's Championship (3 Times), USWA Women's Championship (2 Times), AWF Women's Championship (1 Time), IWA Women's Championship (3 times), MCW Women's Championship (1 time), NAASW Women's Championship (1 time), WWA Women's Championship (1 Time), UCW Women's Championship (1 time), AAWF Ladies' Championship (1 time), SSWF Women's Championship (1 time), WWWA Women's Championship (1 time). , - , 2020 , Luna Vachon , Lady Wrestler , Posthumous Inductee: Won USWA Women's Championship (1 Time),

LMLW World Championship Ladies Major League Wrestling (LMLW) was a women's professional wrestling company that operated from 1989–1992. Their cards were promoted under the Wild Women of Wrestling (WWOW) name. History Howard Brody incorporated the Ladies Major L ...

(1 Time), SWF Ladies' Championship (1 time), GLCW Ladies Championship (1 time), WWOW Television Championship (1 time). , - , 2020 , Tim Brooks (wrestler) , Colleague , Won: SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), NAWA Heavyweight Championship (2 times), NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), WCCW Television Championship (1 Time), NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), Big D Heavyweight Championship (1 time). , - , 2020 , Dick Woehrle , Referee , Posthumous Inductee: Top regional official referee for World Wrestling Federation between the 1960s–1980s. , - , 2020 , Dory Funk , Executive , Posthumous Inductee: Promoter for Western States Sports, which produced many stars including Harley Race, Gene Kiniski, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, Tito Santana, Bruiser Brody, Tully Blanchard, and his two sons: Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. , - , 2021 , Man Mountain Dean , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee , - , 2021 , Paul Bowser , Pioneer Era , Posthumous Inductee , - , 2021 , José Lothario , Television Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Florida version)'' (3 Times), NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), L&G Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (3 Times), NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Texas version)'' (5 Times), NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (7 Times), WCCW Television Championship (2 Times), NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Championship ''(Tri-State version)'' (1 Time) , - , 2021 , Tiger Conway Sr. , Television Era , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWA Texas Negro Championship (1 Time) , - , 2021 , Tony Atlas , Modern Era , Won: L&G Promotions Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 Time),

(2 Times), AWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time), CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 Time),

EWA Heavyweight Championship The EWA Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the Eastern Wrestling Alliance (EWA). It has been defended throughout the New England region since its introduction in 1998, specifically, in Connecticut, Ma ...

(1 Time), NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), WCWA Brass Knuckles Championship (1 Time),NWA West Virginia/Ohio Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NEPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time), SCW Southwest Brass Knuckles Championship (1 Time), WWWA Intercontinental Championship (2 times), WCWA Television Championship (1 Time) , - , 2021 , Tommy Rich , Modern Era , Won:

USWA Heavyweight Championship The AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was a major professional wrestling title in the Continental Wrestling Association during the 1970s and 1980s. The title is part of a long lineage that was started when the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight ...

(4 Times), SMW Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Memphis version)'' (2 Times), NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), CWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA National Heavyweight Championship (3 Times), NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship (1 time),

NWA Georgia Television Championship The NWA National Television Championship was a secondary singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's Georgia Championship Wrestling territory. It started as the NWA Georgia Television Championship before becoming the National Televi ...

(1 Time), NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (3 Times),

Deep South Heavyweight Championship The Deep South Heavyweight Championship was the primary championship in Deep South Wrestling, a former developmental territory of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) between 2005 and 2007. When the title was first introduced, it was awarded to Tom ...

PWA Tag Team Championship PWA may refer to: Aviation * Wiley Post Airport (IATA airport code), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. * Pacific Western Airlines Computing * Pirates with Attitudes, a warez release group * Picasa Web Albums * Progressive web app * Project Web Acces ...

(1 Time), USWA World Tag Team Championship (2 Times) , - , 2021 , Leo Burke , International , Won: Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (8 Times), IW North American Heavyweight Championship (6 Times), WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), ESA Maritimes Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (2 Times), WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), ESA Taped Fist Championship (3 times), WWC Television Championship (1 Time), AGPW United States Heavyweight Championship (3 times) , - , 2021 , Judy Martin , Lady Wrestler , Won: PWGA Championship (1 time), NWA United States Women's Championship (3 times), All Pacific Championship (1 Time) , - , 2021 , Juanita Coffman , Lady Wrestler , Posthumous Inductee , - , 2021 , Skandor Akbar , Colleague , Posthumous Inductee: Won NWA Tri-State North American Heavyweight Championship (1 Time), NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship (1 Time) , - , 2021 , Ronnie West , Referee , Posthumous Inductee: Top official for Jim Crockett Promotions, Championship Wrestling from Florida, & Mid-South Wrestling. Also served 13 years working with Georgia Championship Wrestling , - , 2021 , Don Owen , Executive , Posthumous Inductee: Promoter and Owner of Pacific Northwest Wrestling from 1942–1992 and a founding member of the National Wrestling Alliance. Wrestlers who wrestled or got their start under Owen's management include Gorgeous George, Nick Bockwinkel, Curt Hennig, Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon,

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka James Reiher Snuka (born James Wiley Smith; May 18, 1943 – January 15, 2017) was a Fijian American professional wrestler. He is better known by the ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Snuka wrestled for several promotions from the 1970s to 201 ...

, and Roddy Piper, among others.

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