Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame explained

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) Hall of Fame is a professional wrestling and mixed martial arts (MMA) hall of fame that recognizes people who make significant contributions to their professions. It was founded in 1996 by Dave Meltzer, editor of WON. Like many other wrestling halls of fame, such as the WWE, TNA, ROH and WCW halls of fame, WONs Hall of Fame is not contained in a building. There are no ceremonies for inductions other than a highly detailed biographical documentation of their career in the newsletter. Inductees include wrestlers/fighters, managers, promoters, trainers, and commentators. On select occasions, groups, either tag teams, trios, or quartets, have been inducted rather than the individual members of the group. This first occurred in 1996, when The Fabulous Kangaroos and The Road Warriors entered the hall. The Fabulous Freebirds, The Midnight Express, The Rock 'n' Roll Express, The Assassins, The Holy Demon Army, The Sharpe Brothers, Los Misioneros de la Muerte, and Los Brazos among others all also entered as groups. Occasionally entire wrestling families have been inducted into the hall. This first occurred in 1996 when The Dusek Family entered the hall; in 2022, the five man familial team of Los Villanos was inducted.

Starting in 2022, it became possible for a wrestler to be placed in the Hall of Fame multiple times, much like inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. So far, five people have achieved this double honor: Toshiaki Kawada, Villano III, Antonino Rocca, Jack Brisco, and Jackie Sato. Each are inducted as a singles performer and a team member (Kawada as part of Holy Demon Army, Villano III as part of Los Villanos, Rocca as part of Rocca and Perez, Jack Brisco as part of the Brisco Brothers, and Jackie Sato as part of Beauty Pair).

Meltzer began the Hall of Fame by choosing a list of 122 inaugural inductees in 1996. Since then, wrestlers from past and present, others employed in the professional wrestling industry, and wrestling journalists and historians have been selected by Meltzer to cast secret ballots to determine annual groups of inductees. Voting criteria include the length of time spent in wrestling, historical significance, ability to attract viewers, and wrestling ability.^[1] Inductees must have at least 15 years of experience or be over 35 years old and have 10 years of experience. To gain membership in the hall, potential inductees must receive 60% support on the ballots from their geographic region.^[2] Any person that gets less than 10% of the vote is eliminated from the ballot. If a person fails to get inducted 15 years after being put on the ballot, they must get 50% of the vote or be eliminated. There are over 200 inductees, including the multiple teams, trios, and stables. Since voting began in 1998, nineteen candidates have been inducted in their first year of eligibility; the most recent first-ballot inductees were Beauty Pair in 2023.^[3]

In 2008, a recall vote was held asking if 2003 inductee Chris Benoit, who killed his wife and son before committing suicide in June 2007, should remain in the hall. To have Benoit removed, Meltzer required that 60% of voters must agree with the proposal.^[4] Although the majority voted for Benoit's removal, they only represented 53.6% of the votes, falling short of the number required. Benoit remains on the list of inductees.^[5]

Inductees

First-ballot Hall of Famer

	Year	Image	Ring name	Inducted for	Notes
	1996		[6]	Wrestling	Won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (3 times), NWA United National Championship (1 time), and PWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	1996		[7]	Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), and Mexican National Tag Team Championship (2 times)[8] [9] [10]
	1996		[11]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)[12]
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the British Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and European Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[13]
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and PWF World Heavyweight Championship (4 times); founded All Japan Pro Wrestling[14]
	1996			Promoting	Founded Australia's World Championship Wrestling; owned Georgia Championship Wrestling[15] [16]
	1996		[17]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (9 times) and NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[18]
	1996		"The Destroyer" Dick Beyer[19]	Wrestling	Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[20]
	1996			Wrestling and managing	Won the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (14 times) and NAWA/WWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times); worked as manager after retiring as a competitor[21]
	1996		[22]	Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship (3 times) and appeared in several luchador films[23] [24]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times), AWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times), and NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)[25]
	1996			Commentating and promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted the Houston, Texas territory of National Wrestling Alliance[26]
	1996		[27]	Wrestling	Won the Detroit version of NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (9 times) and Mid-Atlantic version (1 time)[28] [29]
	1996		[30]	Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times), and NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[31] [32]
	1996		[33]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), NWA International Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and PWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[34]
	1996		[35]	Women's wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the Women's World Championship (3 times) and NWA World Women's Championship (1 time); founded World Women's Wrestling Association.
	1996			Wrestling	Won the UWA World Heavyweight Championship (15 times), CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) and CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time)[36]
	1996		[37]	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship (6 times), CMLL World Middleweight Championship (2 times), UWA World Lightweight Championship (1 time) and UWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)[38] [39]
	1996		[40]	Wrestling	Won the PWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and IWGP Tag Team Championship (3 times)[41]
	1996			Managing and promoting	Founded Smoky Mountain Wrestling and managed wrestlers in National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation[42] [43]
	1996		[44]	Wrestling	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), AWA World Tag Team Championship (9 times), and WWA World Tag Team Championship (6 times)[45] [46]
	1996			Wrestling and managing	Won the NWA/Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (5 times), PWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time), NWA National Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and WWF World Tag Team Championship (3 times); managed the Million Dollar Corporation and New World Order stables[47] [48]
	1996		[49]	Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the Indianapolis version (13 times) and the Los Angeles version (1 time) of the WWA World Heavyweight Championship, AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and AWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times); owned and promoted the World Wrestling Association in Indianapolis, Indiana[50] [51]
	1996		[52]	Wrestling	Won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (5 times), Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[53]
	1996		(Ernie, Emil, Joe, and Rudy)	Wrestling and promoting	Emil and Ernie Dusek won the Central States version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) and San Francisco version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 times); Joe Dusek promoted wrestling events in Omaha, Nebraska[54]
	1996		[55]	Wrestling	Won the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time), All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time), Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)[56]
	1996		(Al Costello, Roy Heffernan, and Don Kent) [57] [58]		Won the Northeast version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (3 times) and Mid-America version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times)
	1996		[59]	Wrestling	Won the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship (10 times) and Mid-America version of NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (22 times)[60] [61]
	1996		[62]	Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship (2 times), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (8 times), and WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)[63]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (6 times), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[64] [65]
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA North American Heavyweight Championship multiple times; promoted for the National Wrestling Alliance[66]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[67]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)[68] [69] [70]
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Founded the American Wrestling Association; won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (10 times)[71]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Mexican Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time); appeared in several luchador films[72] [73]
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) and Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[74]
	1996		[75]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) and American Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[76]
	1996		[77]	Wrestling	Won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time), and Ohio's AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	1996		Superstar Billy Graham [78]	Wrestling	Won the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and San Francisco version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)[79] [80]
	1996		[81]	Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (7 times) and NWA United States Tag Team Championship (4 times); owned Championship Wrestling from Florida and served as president of National Wrestling Alliance
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the Mexican National Middleweight Championship (2 times), Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time), and the UWA World Middleweight Championship (2 times) [82] [83]
	1996		[84]	Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time), NWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time), and Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time)
	1996		George Hackenschmidt	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time)[85]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (4 times) and AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[86] [87]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship (5 times), WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times), and WCW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[88] [89] [90]
	1996			Wrestling, promoting and training	Owned and promoted Stampede Wrestling; trained many well-known wrestlers[91]
	1996		[92]	Managing and commentating	Managed wrestlers in the American Wrestling Association, Georgia Championship Wrestling, and World Wrestling Federation; provided color commentary for the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (7 times)[93]
	1996		[94]	Wrestling	Won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship (6 times) and WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
	1996		[95]	Wrestling and promoting	Won the All Asia Tag Team Championship (3 times), NWA International Tag Team Championship (4 times), and IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time); founded New Japan Pro-Wrestling[96]
	1996		Rayo de Jalisco [97]	Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Tag Team Championship (2 times) and appeared in luchador films[98] [99]
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the American Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[100]
	1996		[101]	Wrestling	Won the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (15 times) and Omaha's World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	1996			Wrestling	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[102]
	1996		[103]	Promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in Chicago, Illinois and helped popularize tag team wrestling in the United States[104]
	1996		[105]	Wrestling and training	Won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times) and WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time); trained many well-known wrestlers[106]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (4 times), WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[107]
	1996			Commentating	Posthumous inductee; worked as commentator for wrestling shows in Southern California[108]
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (27 times), and Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship (40 times)[109]
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (4 times) and Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[110]
	1996		[111]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) and NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	1996		[112]	Promoting	Posthumous inductee; founded Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre[113]
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the UWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time), European Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times); founded Fighting Network Rings and the Newborn Universal Wrestling Federation[114] [115]
	1996		[116]	Women's wrestling	Won the WWWA World Single Championship (1 time), AAAW Single Championship (1 time), and WCW Women's Championship (1 time); trained several well-known wrestlers[117] [118]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWA/NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (4 times), Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and Georgia's IWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[119]
	1996		[120]	Women's wrestling	Won the AJW Championship (1 time) and WWWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)[121]
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[122]
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times); promoted shows for National Wrestling Alliance in Oklahoma[123] [124]
	1996		Vince McMahon Sr.	Promoting	Posthumous inductee; founded the World Wide Wrestling Federation[125]
	1996			Promoting and commentating	Owned and provided commentary for the World Wrestling Federation[126] [127]
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Light Heavyweight Championship (11 times) and NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (9 times)[128]
	1996		[129]	Wrestling	Won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (6 times) and UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (5 times), GHC Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and World Tag Team Championship (6 times); founded Pro Wrestling Noah[130] [131]
	1996			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; invented "Slam Bang Western Style Wrestling", founded the Gold Dust Trio, and ran the World Wide Wrestling Federation[132]
	1996			Promoting	Founded the National Wrestling Alliance and served as its president from 1950 to 1960 and from 1963 to 1975; owned and promoted the St. Louis Wrestling Club[133] [134]
	1996		[135]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time)
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[136]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), All Asia Heavyweight Championship (4 times) and NWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[137]
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times), All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time), and FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship (7 times); founded Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling[138]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the San Francisco version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (11 times), AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time), and WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
	1996			Promoting	Founded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	1996		[139]	Wrestling	Won the NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (8 times); founded World League Wrestling
	1996		[140]	Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (10 times)[141]
	1996		[142]	Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Japanese Heavyweight Championship (1 time), All Asia Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time), and All Asia Tag Team Championship (4 times); founded the Japanese Wrestling Association
	1996		(Hawk and Animal) [143]	Tag team wrestling	Won the AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time), NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time), and WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times)
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[144]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the PWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), IWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), European Heavyweight Championship (1 time), British Heavyweight Championship (1 time), AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times), and AWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[145] [146]
	1996		[147]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the Ohio version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) and WWWF International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[148]
	1996		[149]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	1996			Commentating	Worked as commentator and ring announcer for wrestling shows in Memphis, and to a lesser extent, World Championship Wrestling and Smoky Mountain Wrestling[150]
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time), and WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[151]
	1996			Promoting and managing	Posthumous inductee; managed Ed "Strangler" Lewis and was part of the Gold Dust Trio[152]
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship (2 times), Mexican National Middleweight Championship (4 times), and Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time); appeared in several luchador films
	1996		[153]	Women's wrestling	Won the WWWA World Single Championship (2 times)
	1996		[154]	Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship (2 times), WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time), and WCW World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[155]
	1996		[156]	Wrestling and promoting	Won the Detroit Version of NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (12 times) and NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (2 times); owned and promoted Big Time Wrestling[157]
	1996			Promoting	Chairman of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, founder of Japanese Universal Wrestling Federation and on-screen president of the World Wrestling Federation[158]
	1996		[159]	Wrestling	Won the World Wrestling Championship, NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship (1 time) and Commonwealth Championship.[160] [161]
	1996		[162]	Commentating	Worked as commentator for the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling[163]
	1996		[164]	Wrestling	Won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)[165]
	1996		[166]	Wrestling	Won the NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (4 times), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[167]
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (3 times)[168]
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won several regional championships; co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance
	1996		[169]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco version) (2 times), the AWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) and the AWA United States Heavyweight Championship (7 times)
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Pro-Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time); founded the Union of Wrestling Forces International[170]
	1996		[171]	Wrestling and promoting	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times), World Tag Team Championship (5 times); founded Wrestle Association R[172] [173]
	1996		[174]	Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
	1996		"Tiger Mask" Satoru Sayama[175]	Wrestling, MMA and promoting	Won the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times); founded Shooto
	1996		[176]	Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	1996			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in Toronto, Ontario and served as president of the National Wrestling Alliance[177]
	1996		Mad Dog Vachon	Wrestling	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (5 times), AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times), and Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[178]
	1996		[179]	Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times), Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (2 times), WCW World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and UWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[180]
	1996		[181]	Wrestling	Won the NWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and NWA/WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (4 times)[182]
	1996		[183]	Wrestling and promoting	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA American Heavyweight Championship (13 times); served as president of the National Wrestling Alliance and founded World Class Championship Wrestling[184]
	1996		[185]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (12 times)
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (8 times), AWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time); founded Mid-South Wrestling and served as president of World Championship Wrestling[186] [187] [188]
	1996		[189]	Women's wrestling	Won the UWA World Women's Championship (1 time), and WWWA World Single Championship (2 times)[190]
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (3 times)[191]
	1997		[192]	Wrestling	Won the Boston's Atlantic Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Omaha's World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NAWA/WWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	1997		[193]	Wrestling	Won the AAA World Tag Team Championship (1 time), Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), and Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)[194]
	1997			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
	1997			Ring announcing	Posthumous inductee; worked as a ring announcer in Los Angeles[195]
	1997			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[196]
	1997			Women's wrestling	Founded Gaea Japan; won the AAAW Single Championship (2 times)[197] [198]
	1998			Wrestling	Won the UWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time)
	1999			Women's wrestling	Won the AJW Championship (2 times), WWWA World Single Championship (2 times), and AJW Junior Championship (1 time).
	1999		[199]	Wrestling	Won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (11 times), GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time), CMLL World Middleweight Championship (1 time), J-Crown (1 time), WCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times).[200]
	1999			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and IWGP Heavyweight Championship (4 times) and NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[201]
	1999			Commentating	Worked as commentator for Universal Wrestling Federation, WCW, and WWF/E[202]
	2000		Stone Cold Steve Austin [203]	Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship (6 times), WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times), and WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	2000			Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship (3 times) and TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	2000			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[204] [205]
	2000			Women's wrestling	Won the WCW Women's Championship (1 time), All Pacific Championship (2 times), and CMLL World Women's Championship (1 time)[206]
	2000			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[207]
	2000			Wrestling	Won the Boston-based AWA World Heavyweight Champion (2 times)[208]
	2000			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and Boston-based AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[209]
	2001			Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) and Mexican National Lightweight Championship (1 time)[210] [211]
	2001			Training	Posthumous inductee; trained many well-known wrestlers[212]
	2001			Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Mexican National Middleweight Championship (2 times), and Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)[213] [214]
	2001		[215]	Women's wrestling	Won the WWWA World Single Championship (1 time), All Pacific Championship (1 time), WWF Women's Championship (1 time) and CMLL World Women's Championship (1 time)
	2001		[216]	Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Middleweight Championship (3 times) and Mexican National Trios Championship (3 times)[217]
	2002			Wrestling and training	Posthumous inductee; won the American Heavyweight Championship (1 time); trained many well-known wrestlers[218]
	2002		[219]	Promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events and helped popularize professional wrestling in the United States
	2002			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[220]
	2002		[221]	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA United States Championship (5 times), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (5 times), and NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[222]
	2002			Women's wrestling	Won the WWWA World Single Championship (4 times), AAAW Single Championship (1 time) and All Pacific Championship (2 times)
	2003			Wrestling	Won the World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), WWE Intercontinental Championship (4 times), and WWF/World Tag Team Championship (3 times)[223]
	2003			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time)[224]
	2003			Promoting	Promoted wrestling events in Mexico; founded the Universal Wrestling Association[225]
	2003		[226]	Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship (3 times), World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and WWF/World Tag Team Championship (4 times)
	2004		[227]	Wrestling	Won the WWF/E Championship (4 times), World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and WWF Tag Team Championship (6 times)
	2004			Wrestling	Won the WWWF Heavyweight Championship/WWF Championship (2 times) and WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	2004			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and IWGP Tag Team Championship (7 times)[228]
	2004			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times), Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), and Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)
	2004			Wrestling and MMA	Competed in several professional wrestling organizations as well as in mixed martial arts fighting[229]
	2004		[230]	Wrestling	Won the J-Crown (1 time), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times), AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and WCW Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)[231]
	2004			Wrestling	Won the WWF/E Championship (4 times), WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and TNA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times) [232]
	2005		(Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, and Buddy Roberts) [233] [234]		Won the WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship/Texas version of the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (6 times) and WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time)[235]
	2005			Managing and promoting	Owned and promoted Extreme Championship Wrestling; managed wrestlers in American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling and WWE[236]
	2005		[237]	Wrestling	Won the WWF/E Championship (9 times), World Heavyweight Championship (5 times) WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (5 times), and WWF European Championship (2 times)
	2006			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted Boston's American Wrestling Association[238]
	2006		Eddy Guerrero	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the WWE Championship (1 time), WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (2 times), and WCW/WWE United States Championship (2 times)[239]
	2006			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and IWGP Tag Team Championship (4 times) and WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[240] [241]
	2006			Wrestling, MMA and promoting	Won the King of Pancrase Openweight Championship (2 times) and Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time); founded Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling[242] [243] [244]
	2006			Women's wrestling	Won the AAAW Single Championship (3 times), WWWA World Single Championship (2 times), and WWWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times)[245]
	2007		[246]	Wrestling	Won the WWF/WWE Championship (8 times), WCW/World Championship (2 times), WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (2 times), and WWF World Tag Team Championship (5 times)[247]
	2007			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[248]
	2007			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in St. Louis, Missouri and the Midwestern United States[249]
	2008			Promoting	Promoted the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre[250]
	2008			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; competed in Argentina[251]
	2009		Konnan	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), AAA Americas Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times), WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time), WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times)[252]
	2009			Wrestling	Won the MWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	2009		(Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, and Dennis Condrey)		Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time), Mid-South Tag Team Championship (2 times), NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time), NWA United States Tag Team Championship (3 times), and NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	2009			Wrestling	Won the AWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time), AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	2009			Wrestling	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time), WWF World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
	2009			Wrestling and promoting	Won the Amarillo version of NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time); founded and promoted Big Time Wrestling in the Bay Area
	2010			Wrestling	Won the Undisputed WWF Championship (1 time), World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), AEW World Championship (1 time), WCW/World Championship (2 times), and WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (9 times),
	2010		Rey Misterio Jr.	Wrestling	Won the World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), WWE Championship (1 time), and WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Championship (8 times)
	2010			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Boston version of AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	2011			Commentating	Posthumous inductee. World of Sport commentator[253]
	2011			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time), UWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	2011			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times), NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (4 times), and WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	2012			Wrestling	Won the European Middleweight Championship (4 times), British Welterweight Championship (2 times) and British Middleweight Championship (1 time)[254]
	2012		Alfonso Morales	Commentating	Commentator for both AAA and CMLL on Televisa
	2012			Wrestling	Won the WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship (13 times), World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and WWE United States Championship (5 times)
	2012			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Montreal version of AWA International Heavyweight Championship (2 times), Chicago version of NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and Los Angeles version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	2012			Wrestling and managing	Posthumous inductee. Won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship. Manager of 15 different WWF World Tag Team Champions
	2012			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee, Original World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and Boston version of AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	2013		Takashi Matsunaga	Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Founder and promoter of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling[255]
	2013			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won Olympic gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling, won the Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	2013			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time). Patriarch of the Wagner wrestling family
	2013		Atlantis	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times), CMLL World Tag Team Championship (5 times), Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time), NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA World Middleweight Championship (3 times)
	2013			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times), IWGP Heavyweight Championship (5 times), GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time), IWGP Tag Team Championship (7 times), GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) and WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	2013			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (8 times), IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times), IWGP Intercontinental Championship (2 times) and the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
	2014		(Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)	Tag team wrestling	Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times), the Mid-Atlantic version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times), SMW Tag Team Championship (10 times), and USWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)[256]
	2014		Ray Fabiani	Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Philadelphia promoter
	2015			Wrestling and MMA	Won the WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship (7 times), WWE Universal Championship (3 times), IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and UFC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[257]
	2015			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times), IWGP Intercontinental Championship (5 times), IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time), NXT Championship (2 times), WWE United States Championship (2 times) and WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
	2015			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1), Mexican National Tag Team Championship (3 times), CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time), and WWA Tag Team Championship (3 times)
	2015		(Jody Hamilton and Tom Renesto)		Won the Florida version of NWA United States Tag Team Championship (2 times), NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (12 times), Vancouver version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time), and Mid-America version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	2015			Wrestling	Won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (5 times), NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (7 times), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (4 times), NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time), Mid-Atlantic version of NWA Television Championship (5 times), NWA United States Tag Team Championship (2 times), Mid-Atlantic version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times), and WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	2015			Wrestling and promoting	Won the WWC World/Universal Heavyweight Championship (26 times), WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (9 times), WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (8 times), WWC North American Tag Team Championship (11 times), WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time), WWC World Tag Team Championship (3 times) and WWC World Television Championship (4 times)
	2015			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; Montreal promoter
	2016			Wrestling	Won the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013) (1 time), WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship (4 times) and ROH World Championship (1 time).[258]
	2016			Commentating	Worked as interviewer and announcer for American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling.
	2016			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times), WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and TNA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times).
	2016			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Generally considered the first American professional wrestling champion.
	2017			Wrestling	Won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time).[259]
	2017			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (2 times), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), WWE Championship (2 times), WWE United States Championship (3 times) and WWE Intercontinental Championship.
	2017		(Ben and Mike)		Posthumous inductees. Introduced modern professional wrestling to Japan. Won the San Francisco version (18 times) and the Chicago version (1 time) of the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
	2017			Wrestling, MMA and promoting	Co-founder of Pancrase. Won the King of Pancrase Openweight Championship (1 time), Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (2 times), GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time), and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship (1 time).
	2017			Wrestling	Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time).
	2018			Wrestling	Won the IWC World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), the CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) and MLW World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[260]
	2018			Wrestling and promoting	Wrestler and promoter of Continental Wrestling Association, United States Wrestling Association and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
	2018			Managing	Managed wrestlers in Continental Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation, and World Championship Wrestling
	2018			Journalism	Staff member for several magazines during the 1970s, 80s and 90s, notably Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
	2018			Ring announcing	Announcer for the WWE since 1975, when it was known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation. He was the longest tenured employee of the organization.
	2018			Wrestling and managing	Posthumous inductee. Booker for World Class Championship Wrestling and longtime manager for several promotions
	2018			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (2 times), GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time), IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times), and NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time)
	2019			Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), CMLL World Tag Team Championship (6 times), CMLL World Trios Championship (5 times), CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time[261]
	2019			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time), UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time), UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times), UWA World Welterweight Championship (1 time), WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (7 times), CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and the Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time)
	2019		Dr. Wagner Jr.	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times), CMLL World Tag Team Championship (4 times), CMLL World Trios Championship (4 times), AAA Mega Championship (3 times), UWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and the WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	2019			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Founder of Jim Crockett Promotions
	2019			Wrestling	Booker for New Japan Pro-Wrestling since 2010. Won the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (4 times), and the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	2019			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. First African American world wrestling champion. Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and the IWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	2019			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Early Greco-Roman wrestling pioneer. Won over 40 tournaments.
	2019		(El Signo, El Texano, and Negro Navarro)		Won the UWA World Trios Championship (6 times)
	2020			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time), IWGP Intercontinental Championship (1 time), IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times) AAA Mega Championship (1 time), AEW World Championship (1 time), AEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) and the Impact World Championship (1 time) [262]
	2020			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Also known as El Medico in Texas. Won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time), the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (2 times). One of the first Luchadores to act in television and movies.
	2020			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time), the NWA World Welterweight Championship (3 times), the Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), and the Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time).
	2020			Wrestling	Won the GHC Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (2 times).
	2020			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the European Heavyweight Championship (2 times).
	2021			Wrestling	Won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), IWGP Heavyweight Championship (5 times), G1 Climax winner (3 times), New Japan Cup winner (2 times)
	2021			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Part owner of Jim Crockett Promotions 1973 to 1989. President of the National Wrestling Alliance four occasions
	2021		(Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata, and El Brazo)	Tag team wrestling	Posthumous inductees. Part of the Alvarado wrestling family
	2021			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Owned and operated Pacific Northwest Wrestling for six decades.
	2022		Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue)		Won the AJPW World Tag Team Championship (6 times) and the World's Strongest Tag Determination League (2 times)
	2022		Místico	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship (5 times), CMLL World Welterweight Championship (1 time), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship (1 time), NWA World Middleweight Championship (2 times)
	2022		Kota Ibushi	Wrestling	Won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time), IWGP Intercontinental Championship (2 times), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time), IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time), NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time), and the G1 Climax (2 times)
	2022		Tetsuya Naito	Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times), IWGP Intercontinental Championship (6 times), IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time), IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times), NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time), and the G1 Climax (2 times)
	2022		Los Villanos (Villano I, Villano II, Villano III, Villano IV, and Villano V)		Villanos I, II, and III were posthumous inductees. Held numerous tag team, trios, and atómicos championships. Part of the Mendoza wrestling family.
	2022		Mark Rocco	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time).
	2022		Lou Daro	Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Promoter in Los Angeles.
	2022		Johnny Doyle	Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Promoter and booking agent.
	2023		Tomohiro Ishii	Wrestling	Won the IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time), NEVER Openweight Championship (6 times), NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (3 times), British Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and the ROH World Television Championship (1 time)
	2023		Sgt. Slaughter	Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship (1 time), and the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
	2023		Blue Panther	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Middleweight Championship (1 time), CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time), CMLL World Trios Championship (2 times), Mexican National Trios Championship (2 times), and the Mexican National Middleweight Championship (2 times)
	2023		George Kidd	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. First entrant into the Hall of Fame for Scotland.
	2023		Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco	Tag team wrestling	Jack Brisco is a posthumous inductee. Won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (8 times), NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (2 times), NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (5 times), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (3 times), and the NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (2 times)
	2023		Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato and Maki Ueda)		Jackie Sato is a posthumous inductee. Won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
	2023		Antonino Rocca and Miguel Pérez		Posthumous inductees. Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Northeast version) (1 time), and the WWC North American Tag Team Championship (1 time)
	2024		Roman Reigns	Wrestling	Won the WWE Championship/WWE Universal Championship (6 times), the WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time) and the WWE United States Championship (1 time)
	2024		Shingo Takagi	Wrestling	Won the Open the Dream Gate Championship (4 times), the Open the Twin Gate Championship (5 times), the Open the Triangle Gate Championship (6 times), the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and the NEVER Openweight Championship (5 times)
	2024		Paul Orndorff	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (5 times), the NWA National Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	2024		Johnny Rougeau	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Wrestling promoter in Montreal. Won the IWA International Heavyweight Championship (6 times), the MAC World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and the All-Star Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	2024		Young Bucks		Won the AEW World Tag Team Championship (3 times), the AEW World Trios Championship (2 times), the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (7 times), the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (3 times), the ROH World Tag Team Championship (3 times) and the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (3 times). Co-founders and Executive Vice Presidents of All Elite Wrestling.
	2024		Los Hermanos Dinamita	Tag team wrestling	Won the Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time)
	2024		Cima	Wrestling	Won the Open the Dream Gate Championship (3 times), the Open the Brave Gate Championship (1 time), the Open the Twin Gate Championship (5 times) and the Open the Triangle Gate Championship (12 times)
	2024		Johnny Saint	Wrestling	Won the British Lightweight Championship (1 time), the European Lightweight Championship (2 times), and the World Lightweight Championship (10 times)
	2024		Bobby Davis	Managing	Posthumous inductee. Influential wrestling mananger

References

General

• Web site: Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2009-05-10. 2017-09-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20170902094220/http://www.pwi-online.com/pages/hallofame.html. dead.

Specific

External links

• Online listing of the WON Hall of Fame

Notes and References

1. The Not the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame Hall of Fame. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Nathan. Hubbard. 2009-05-09.
2. Jeuron Dove talks the Hall of Fame. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2009-07-03. Jeuron. Dove.
3. Web site: Meltzer . Dave . Dave Meltzer . November 15, 2024 . November 18, 2024 Observer Newsletter: The 2024 Hall of Fame class . subscription . November 25, 2024 . . en-GB.
4. Dan Wahlers on Chris Benoit and the Hall of Fame. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Dan. Wahlers. 2009-05-09.
5. Meltzer, Dave, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, September 8, 2008, p. 6.
6. Web site: Vance. Nevada. SLAM! Wrestling. Abdullah the Butcher. 2013-01-15. usurped. https://archive.today/20130115072122/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/abdullah.html. 2009-01-30.
7. Book: Reynaga, Ricardo Rocha. Conversaciones para gente grande. 285. Aguilar. 1993.
8. Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 65. Official Ratings. 1043-7576. 19. 2. London Publishing Co.. February 1999.
9. Book: Duncan, Royal. Gary Will. Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. Mexico: National Middleweight Championship. 392. 2000. 0-9698161-5-4.
10. Book: Duncan, Royal. Gary Will. Mexico: National Tag Team Titles. 396–397. Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. 2000. 0-9698161-5-4.
11. Book: Hornbaker, Tim. 192. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. limited. ECW Press. 2006. 1-55022-741-6.
12. Web site: Andre the Giant. World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20080110124325/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/andrethegiant/bio/. 2008-01-10.
13. Book: Willoughby, David P.. The Super-athletes. A. S. Barnes. 1970. 0-498-06651-7. 274.
14. Web site: Giant Baba. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-01-31. John. Pantozzi. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090201092433/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/baba.asp. 2009-02-01.
15. Web site: Jim Barnett's Australian legacy. Greg. Oliver. 2009-01-30. 2004-09-19. SLAM! Wrestling. 2012-07-17. usurped. https://archive.today/20120717100439/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/09/19/635960.html.
16. Book: Rhodes, Dusty. 103. Dusty: Reflections of an American Dream. George Steinbrenner. Howard Brody. Sports Publishing LLC. 2006. 1-58261-907-7.
17. News: Military Teacher . Pittsburg Morning Sun . 2009-01-30 . 2008-07-23 . Nikki . Patrick . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090924023514/http://www.morningsun.net/living_people/x518444141/MILITARY-TEACHER . 2009-09-24 .
18. Web site: History of NWA Southwest/NWA Texas Titles . NWA Southwest . 2009-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090308134110/http://www.nwa-southwest.com/history.htm . 2009-03-08 .
19. Web site: Dick Beyer. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-01-30. Mike. Tenay. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080820060839/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/beyer.asp. 2008-08-20.
20. Web site: Dick "Destroyer" Beyer. Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. 2009-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20081025203822/http://www.buffalosportshallfame.com/2003/dick_beyer.html. 2008-10-25.
21. Fred Blassie. Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2009-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20081121010852/http://www.pwi-online.com/pages/fred.html. 2008-11-21.
22. Hispanic Link News Service. Hispanic Link Weekly Report. 21 November 1983. 1. 12. 16.
23. Web site: Karloff Lagarde dead at 79. SLAM! Wrestling. 2012-07-23. https://archive.today/20120723203231/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/10/04/4551127.html. Chris. Schramm. 2007-10-04. usurped. 2009-01-30.
24. News: Who's That Masked Man and Where Did He Learn to Wrestle Like That?. Lewis. Beale. 2006-05-28. 2009-01-30. The New York Times.
25. Web site: Nick Bockwinkel. SLAM! Wrestling. 2012-07-15. https://archive.today/20120715010543/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/bockwinkel.html. 2009-01-30. George P.. usurped. Schire.
26. Web site: Paul Boesch and Houston's wrestling legacy. Greg. Oliver. SLAM! Wrestling. 2012-07-13. usurped. https://archive.today/20120713205626/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingWM17/houston-can.html. 2009-02-01.
27. Web site: SLAM! Wrestling. 2009-01-31. Bobo Brazil dies at age 74. https://archive.today/20120714073601/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/jan23_for.html. usurped. July 14, 2012. 1998-01-23.
28. Book: Davies, Ross. 11. Bobo Brazil. Rosen Publishing Group. 2001. 0-8239-3431-4.
29. Web site: Bobo Brazil. World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20080107122135/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/bobobrazil/bio/. 2008-01-07.
30. Book: Hornbaker, Tim. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. limited. 323. ECW Press. 2006. 1-55022-741-6.
31. Web site: Jack Brisco. World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-07-03.
32. Web site: National Heavyweight Champion. National Wrestling Alliance. https://web.archive.org/web/20080407164425/http://nwawrestling.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=107. dead. 2008-04-07. 2009-01-31.
33. Web site: Wrestling Observer reviews Brody . ECW Press . Joe . Babinsack . 2007-08-28 . 2009-01-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080807121643/http://www.ecwpress.com/reviews/wrestling_observer_reviews_brody . 2008-08-07 .
34. Web site: "King Kong" Bruiser Brody . Professional Wrestling Online Museum . Steve . Slagle . 2009-01-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090409104735/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/halloffame/brodybio.html . 2009-04-09 .
35. Web site: Mildred Burke. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-01-31. Andrew. Malnoske. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090201115741/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/burke.asp. 2009-02-01.
36. Book: Groubet, Lourdes. 60. With more than eleven Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) heavyweight titles.... Carlos Monsiváis. Gabriel Rodríguez. Espectacular de lucha Libre/Wrestling Spectacular. UNAM. 2006. 970-32-3734-7.
37. Web site: Negro Casas ya es rudo. es. El Sol de Cuautla. 2008-06-22. 2009-01-31.
38. Book: Duncan, Royal. Gary Will. Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. Mexico: UWA Lightweight Title. 398. 2006. 0-9698161-5-4.
39. Book: Duncan, Royal. Gary Will. Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. Mexico: UWA Middleweight Title. 395. 2006. 0-9698161-5-4.
40. Web site: From the Olympics to the Pros. Greg. Oliver. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20130115082331/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingFeatures/olympians.html. usurped. January 15, 2013. 2009-02-01.
41. Book: Meltzer, Dave. 55. Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers. Sports Publishing LLC. 2004. 1-58261-817-8.
42. Book: Funk, Terry. 156. Mick Foley . Scott Williams . Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore. Sports Publishing LLC. 2006. 1-58261-991-3.
43. Web site: Jim Cornette released from WWE. SLAM! Wrestling. Jon. Waldman. https://archive.today/20120716180711/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/07/08/1123028.html. usurped. July 16, 2012. 2009-02-01. 2005-07-08.
44. News: Wrestler Reggie 'The Crusher' Lisowski Dies. Patricia. Sullivan. The Washington Post. 2009-07-11. 2005-10-28.
45. Web site: The Crusher. Professional Wrestling Online Museum. 2009-02-01. Steve. Slagle. 2009-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20090221095827/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/crusher2.html. dead.
46. Web site: AWA Tag Team Title Holders. 2009-02-01. Professional Wrestling Online Museum. 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232003/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/titles/awa.tag.titles.html. dead.
47. Web site: Ted DiBiase. SLAM! Wrestling. John M.. Milner. https://archive.today/20120629211133/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/dibiase.html. usurped. June 29, 2012. 2009-01-02.
48. Web site: Steve. Slagle. 2009-02-01. Professional Wrestling Online Museum. Ted DiBiase. 2008-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20080819191727/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/teddibiase2.html. dead.
49. Book: Hornbaker, Tim. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. limited. 238. ECW Press. 2006. 1-55022-741-6.
50. Book: Conner, Floyd. 49. Wrestling's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Pro Wrestling's Outrageous Performers, Punishing Piledrivers, and Other Oddities. Brassey's. 2001. 1-57488-308-9.
51. Web site: Steve . Slagle . Dick the Bruiser . 2009-02-01 . Professional Wrestling Online Museum . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081225085703/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/halloffame/bruiserbio.html . 2008-12-25 .
52. Web site: Finishes (RIP) - 2008. Cauliflower Alley Club. 2009-06-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20090528191512/http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/finishes/finishes2008/. 2009-05-28. dead.
53. Web site: SLAM! Wrestling. 2009-02-01. Mexican great Alfonso Dantés dies. Chris. Schramm. https://archive.today/20120629191423/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2008/07/30/6312326.html. usurped. June 29, 2012. 2008-07-30.
54. Web site: The Dusek Riot Squad. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-02-01. Greg. Oliver. Steven Johnson. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080820062951/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/dusek.asp. 2008-08-20.
55. Web site: Dynamite Kid. Steve. Slagle. Professional Wrestling Online Museum. 2009-02-01. 2009-01-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090118195320/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/dynamitekid2.html. dead.
56. Web site: The Dynamite Kid. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120714131103/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBios/dynamitekid.html. usurped. July 14, 2012. 2009-02-01. Greg. Oliver.
57. Web site: Fabulous Kangaroo Al Costello dead. Greg. Oliver. SLAM! Wrestling. 2009-06-30. 2000-01-24. 2012-07-20. https://archive.today/20120720211823/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive2000/jan24_costello.html. usurped.
58. News: The Sydney Morning Herald. 1951-08-15. Ex-Constable For Trial On Patricide Charge. 5.
59. News: Mike. Mooneyham. Seemed like old times at Fanfest. The Post and Courier. 2008-08-24. 2009-02-01.
60. Book: Duncan, Royal. Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. (Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: NWA World Tag Team Title [Nick Gulas & Roy Welsch]. 191–193. 2006. 0-9698161-5-4.
61. Book: Duncan, Royal. Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. (Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: Southern Tag Team Title [Roy Welsch & Nick Gulas, Jerry Jarrett from 1977]. 185–189. 2006. 0-9698161-5-4.
62. Book: Hornbaker, Tim. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. limited. 333. ECW Press. 2006. 1-55022-741-6.
63. Web site: Ric Flair's Title History . World Wrestling Entertainment . 2009-07-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160112041043/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/inductees/ricflair/titlehistory . 2016-01-12 .
64. Web site: Tatsumi Fujinami . New Japan Pro-Wrestling . 2009-02-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714185431/http://www.njpw.com/Tatsumi%20Fujinami.swf . 2011-07-14 .
65. Web site: History of the IWGP Heavyweight title . New Japan Pro-Wrestling . 2009-02-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090321001152/http://njpw.com/about/heavywhistory.shtml . 2009-03-21 .
66. Web site: Dory Funk, Jr. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-02-03. Brian. Westcott. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090201012652/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/funk_dory.asp. 2009-02-01.
67. Web site: Dory Funk, Jr . Professional Wrestling Online Museum . Steve . Slagle . 2009-02-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403055649/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/halloffame/dorybio.html . 2009-04-03 .
68. Book: Davies, Ross. The Funk Family. 95. Rosen Publishing Group. 2001. 0-8239-3437-3.
69. Web site: History of the World Tag Team Championship: Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie's first reign . World Wrestling Entertainment . 2009-02-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050630002851/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132162 . 2005-06-30 .
70. Web site: Terry Funk. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-02-03. Brian. Westcott. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090201012657/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/funk_terry.asp. 2009-02-01.
71. Web site: Verne Gagne . Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum . 2009-02-03 . Brian . Westcott . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090529174550/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/gagne.asp . 2009-05-29 .
72. Web site: Cavernario Galindo I, Mexico-National Light Heavyweight Champion. Deceased Wrestlers for 1999. Pro Wrestling Torch. Thomas M.. Gallipoli. 2009-02-03. 2008-03-11.
73. Book: Lentz III, Harris M.. 1485. Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Filmography, Volume 2. McFarland. 2001. 0-7864-0951-7.
74. Web site: Ed Don George. Johnny. Griffin. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-02-03. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080820061225/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/ed_don_george.asp. 2008-08-20.
75. Web site: Gorgeous George. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-02-04. Andrew. Malnoske. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090705021040/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/george.asp. 2009-07-05.
76. Web site: Frank Gotch. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-02-04. Andrew. Malnoske. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090202112426/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/gotch.asp. 2009-02-02.
77. Web site: Karl Gotch . Robert K. . Oates . Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum . 2009-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090529174611/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/karl_gotch.asp . 2009-05-29 .
78. Web site: Superstar Billy Graham: Ring legend. Chris. Schramm. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120729005221/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosG/graham_superstar.html. usurped. July 29, 2012. 2009-02-04.
79. Web site: Superstar Billy Graham. 2009-07-03. World Wrestling Entertainment. https://web.archive.org/web/20080109022059/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/superstarbillygraham/bio/. 2008-01-09.
80. Web site: Pat Patterson. SLAM! Wrestling. 2009-02-04. 2013-01-15. usurped. https://archive.today/20130115073200/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/patterson-pat.html.
81. Web site: Eddie Graham. Slagle. Steve. Professional Wrestling Online Museum. 2009-02-04. 2009-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20090221083415/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/eddiegraham2.html. dead.
82. Book: Groubet, Lourdes. 53. Carlos Monsiváis . Gabriel Rodríguez . Espectacular de lucha Libre/ Wrestling Spectacular. UNAM. 2006. 970-32-3734-7.
83. Book: Groubet, Lourdes. 71. Carlos Monsiváis . Gabriel Rodríguez . Espectacular de lucha Libre/ Wrestling Spectacular. UNAM. 2006. 970-32-3734-7.
84. Gory Guerrero. Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2009-02-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20090116074759/http://www.pwi-online.com/pages/guererro.html. 2009-01-16.
85. Web site: George Hackenschmidt. Andrew. Malnoske. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-02-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090201163504/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/hackenschmidt.asp. 2009-02-01.
86. Web site: Stan Hansen. https://archive.today/20130115095510/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/hansen-stan.html. usurped. January 15, 2013. Vance. Nevada. SLAM! Wrestling. 2009-02-05.
87. Emelett. Ed. Japan's Triple Crown: "It's the Most Important Title in the World!". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 1043-7576. 28. London Publishing Co.. September 1995.
88. Web site: History Of The WWE Championship. World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-02-05.
89. Web site: History of the World Tag Team Championship. 2009-02-05. World Wrestling Entertainment.
90. Web site: History of the WCW World Championship. 2009-02-05. World Wrestling Entertainment.
91. Web site: Stu Hart . Gary . Will . 2009-02-05 . Canadian Pro Wrestling Page of Fame . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220122713/http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/hart-s.htm . 2009-02-20 .
92. Web site: Bobby Heenan. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120713220212/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/heenan.html. usurped. July 13, 2012. John. Milner. 2009-02-05.
93. Web site: Danny Hodge. Professional wrestling online museum. Steve. Slagle. 2009-02-05. 2008-03-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20080321170522/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/dannyhodge2.html. dead.
94. Web site: Hulk Hogan. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120720224443/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/hogan.html. usurped. July 20, 2012. 2009-02-05. John. Milner.
95. Web site: Antonio Inoki. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Miyamoto, Koji. 2009-07-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110514015619/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/inoki.asp. 2011-05-14.
96. Web site: Antonio Inoki . Steve . Slagle . 2009-02-05 . Professional Wrestling Online Museum . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911133937/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/halloffame/inokibio.html . 2007-09-11 .
97. Web site: Maximino Linares Moreno, el "Rayo de Jalisco". 2007-02-26. 2009-02-05. El Occidental. es.
98. Web site: El Santo. Professional Wrestling Online Museum. 2009-02-05. Steve. Slagle. 2008-12-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20081224191920/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/elsanto3.html. dead.
99. Book: Cotter, Bobb. The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography. 27. McFarland & Co.. 2005. 0-7864-2022-7.
100. Web site: "Rough Tom" Jenkins. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. John E.. Rauer. 2009-02-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080820060415/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/jenkins.asp. 2008-08-20.
101. Web site: Don Leo Jonathan. Canadian Pro Wrestling Page of Fame. 2009-02-06. Gary. Will. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090101042227/http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/jonathan.htm. 2009-01-01.
102. Web site: Gene Kiniski. Canadian Pro Wrestling Page of Fame. 2009-02-06. Gary. Will. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081225023341/http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/kiniski.htm. 2008-12-25.
103. Web site: Deceased Pro Wrestlers . Gary Will's Wrestling History . Gary . Will . 2009-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150523154127/http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/decwres.htm . 2015-05-23 .
104. Time. Australian Tag. https://web.archive.org/web/20081214180838/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774456,00.html. dead. December 14, 2008. 1943-03-08. 2009-02-06.
105. Web site: Killer Kowalski. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120718234144/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/kowalski.html. usurped. July 18, 2012. 2009-06-29.
106. Web site: Killer Kowalski dies. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120715033223/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2008/08/30/6617311.html. usurped. July 15, 2012. 2008-08-30. 2009-02-06. Greg. Oliver.
107. Web site: Steve. Slagle. Professional Wrestling Online Museum. Ernie Ladd. 2009-02-06. 2008-03-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20080321170605/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/ernieladd2.html. dead.
108. Book: Blassie, "Classy" Freddie. 74. Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks. Keith Elliot Greenberg . 0-7434-6317-X. Pocket. 2004.
109. Web site: Jerry Lawler. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120714192415/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/lawler.html. usurped. July 14, 2012. John. Milner. 2009-02-06.
110. Web site: Ed "Strangler" Lewis . Steve . Slagle . Professional Wrestling Online Museum . 2009-09-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090915184056/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/strangler3.html . 2009-09-15 .
111. Web site: Jim Londos. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. 2009-02-06. Andrew. Malnoske. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080820061828/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/londos.asp. 2008-08-20.
112. Book: Hornbaker, Tim. 304. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. limited. ECW Press. 2006. 1-55022-741-6.
113. Book: Groubet, Lourdes. 285. Carlos Monsiváis. Gabriel Rodríguez. Espectacular de lucha Libre/Wrestling Spectacular. UNAM. 2006. 970-32-3734-7.
114. Web site: History. New Japan Pro-Wrestling. 2009-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20030628090453/http://www.njpw.com/about/njpwhistory.shtml. 2003-06-28.
115. Quadros. Stephen. July 2000. Henderson Wins, Gracie Loses in RINGS Tourney. Black Belt. 38. 7. 16. 0277-3066.
116. Web site: Ladies Honorees. Cauliflower Alley Club. 2009-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20071205095950/http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/AwardHistory/AwardHistoryLadies.htm. 2007-12-05.
117. Web site: KC Houston: One tough mother. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120713181225/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/07/03/524207.html. usurped. July 13, 2012. 2009-02-07. 2004-07-03. Greg. Oliver.
118. Web site: Japanese trip review. Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. 2009-02-07.
119. Web site: Mil Mascaras . Steve . Slagle . 2009-02-07 . Professional Wrestling Online Museum . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090401165734/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/halloffame/mascarasbio.html . 2009-04-01 .
120. News: The Times and Democrat. Women's wrestlers today are tougher, better. 2009-02-07. Jim. Spears. 2005-01-04.
121. Web site: Velvet McIntyre. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120630042406/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/mcintyre-velvet.html. usurped. June 30, 2012. 2009-02-07. Vance. Nevada.
122. Web site: Title History: British Empire Title. Gary. Will. Gary Will's Toronto Wrestling History. 2009-02-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131355/http://www.garywill.com/toronto/title-be.htm. 2008-05-09.
123. Web site: Gordon Solie . Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum . Brian . Westcott . 2009-02-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051027104710/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/solie.asp . 2005-10-27 .
124. Book: Hornbaker, Tim. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. limited. 222. ECW Press. 2006. 1-55022-741-6.
125. Web site: Vince McMahon Sr. World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080107015713/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/vincemcmahon/bio/. 2008-01-07.
126. Web site: History of the ECW Championship: Mr. McMahon's first reign. World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-02-07.
127. Web site: John. Milner. Vince McMahon. https://archive.today/20120629081637/http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/mcmahon-vince.html. usurped. June 29, 2012. 2009-02-07. SLAM! Wrestling.
128. Web site: The Forgotten Famous. Cauliflower Alley Club. 2009-02-07. Thomas. Kroepfl. https://web.archive.org/web/20080113131845/http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/memory_lane/ForgottenFamous.htm. 2008-01-13.
129. Web site: SLAM! Wrestling. Remembering those we lost in 2003. https://archive.today/20130115093941/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/01/04/304279.html. usurped. January 15, 2013. 2004-01-04. 2009-02-07.
130. Web site: Mitsuharu Misawa leaves All Japan. SLAM! Wrestling. John F.. Molinaro. https://archive.today/20120729100736/http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingInternational/jun13_misawa.html. usurped. July 29, 2012. 2000-06-13. 2009-02-08.
131. Web site: 2009-02-08. 2000-06-19. Misawa knocks All-Japan off TV. https://archive.today/20120718194844/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingInternational/jun19_misawa.html. usurped. July 18, 2012. SLAM! Wrestling. John F.. Molinaro.
132. Web site: Joe "Toots" Mondt. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-02-08. Johnny. Griffin. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141215113705/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/mondt.asp. 2014-12-15.
133. Web site: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 1999. 2009-02-08. Thomas M.. Gallipoli. Pro Wrestling Torch. 2008-03-11.
134. Book: Hornbaker, Tim. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. limited. 59. ECW Press. 2006. 1-55022-741-6.
135. Web site: SLAM! Wrestling. Bronko Nagurski. https://archive.today/20130115075003/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling/nagurski.html. usurped. January 15, 2013. 2009-02-08.
136. Web site: PWHF announces 2007 induction class. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120713194412/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/11/24/2487919.html. usurped. July 13, 2012. Bob. Bryla. 2006-11-24. 2009-02-08.
137. Web site: Pro Wrestling Torch. List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2006. 2009-02-08. 2007-09-01. Thomas M.. Gallipoli.
138. Book: Williams, Scott E.. 11–12. Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW. Sports Publishing LLC. 2007. 978-1-59670-225-7.
139. Web site: Roddy Piper. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20130101002034/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/piper-roddy.html. usurped. January 1, 2013. 2009-02-09. Vance. Nevada.
140. Book: Beekman, Scott. 110. Ringside: A History of Professional Wrestling in America. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2006. 0-275-98401-X.
141. Web site: Dusty Rhodes. World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20071223001321/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/dustyrhodes/bio/. 2007-12-23.
142. Web site: Rikidozan . Steve . Slagle . 2009-02-09 . Professional Wrestling Online Museum . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090202101147/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/bios/halloffame/rikibio.html . 2009-02-02 .
143. Web site: SLAM! Wrestling. Road Warrior Hawk dead at 45. https://archive.today/20130101032348/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/10/19/230771.html. usurped. January 1, 2013. Greg. Oliver. 2003-10-19. 2009-02-09.
144. Web site: SLAM! Wrestling. Yvon Robert. https://archive.today/20120717063724/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling/robert_yvon.html. usurped. July 17, 2012. 2009-02-09.
145. Web site: Angelo Mosca. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120719012803/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/mosca.html. usurped. July 19, 2012. 2009-02-09. Vance. Nevada.
146. Book: Conner, Floyd. 131. Wrestling's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Pro Wrestling's Outrageous Performers, Punishing Piledrivers, and Other Oddities. Brassey's. 2001. 1-57488-308-9.
147. Web site: Antonino "Argentina" Rocca. Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. 2009-02-09. Tom. Burke. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090529174721/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/rocca.asp. 2009-05-29.
148. Web site: World Wrestling Entertainment. Antonino Rocca. 2009-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20080107015606/http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/antoninorocca/bio/. 2008-01-07.
149. Book: Davies, Ross. 14. Rosen Publishing Group. Buddy Rogers. 2001. 0-8239-3433-0.
150. Web site: Legends PPV tapes Sunday with a new/old voice. Greg. Oliver. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120719040108/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/02/27/1464871.html. usurped. July 19, 2012. 2009-02-09. 2006-02-27.
151. Web site: Bruno Sammartino. SLAM! Wrestling. 2009-02-09. Vance. Nevada. https://archive.today/20120722204536/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/ResultsArchive/Wrestlers/sammartino-bruno.html. usurped. July 22, 2012.
152. Book: Hornbaker, Tim. 97. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. limited. ECW Press. 2006. 1-55022-741-6.
153. Web site: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 1999. Pro Wrestling Torch. Thomas M.. Gallipoli. 2009-02-09. 2008-03-11. Jackie Sato, Naoko Sato, August 9, 1999, Stomach Cancer, age 41 -Lady Japanese wrestler, had memorable feud with Monster Ripper (Bertha Faye), two-time WWWA World Women's Champion..
154. Book: Meltzer, Dave. 211. Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers. Sports Publishing LLC. 2004. 1-58261-817-8.
155. Web site: History of the Intercontinental Championship. World Wrestling Entertainment. 2009-02-09.
156. Web site: Pro Wrestling Torch. List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2003. 2009-02-09. Thomas M.. Gallipoli. 2007-11-02.
157. Web site: Pro wrestler Ed (The Sheik) Farhat, who fans loved to hate, dies at age 76. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120716054250/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingTheSheik/obit.html. usurped. July 16, 2012. 2009-02-09.
158. SummerSlam history Observer special back issue order. Wrestling Observer. 2009-02-09.
159. News: 2009-02-09. Ringing in the new. The Times of India. 2003-09-14.
160. Web site: Canadian Open Tag Team Title. Gary Will's Toronto Wrestling History. Gary. Will. 2009-02-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213142631/http://www.garywill.com/toronto/title-ctt.htm. 2012-02-13.
161. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-18809078 Dara Singh: India's 'first all-action hero'
162. Web site: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2000. 2009-02-09. Pro Wrestling Torch. 2008-02-29. Thomas M.. Gallipoli.
163. Web site: Professional Wrestling Online Museum. 2009-07-03. Steve. Slagle. Gordon Solie.
164. Book: Groubet, Lourdes. 1981. Carlos Monsiváis . Gabriel Rodríguez . Espectacular de lucha Libre/ Wrestling Spectacular. UNAM. 2006. 970-32-3734-7.
165. Book: Blassie, Fred. 168. Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks. Keith Elliot Greenberg . Pocket Books. 0-7434-6316-1. 2003.
166. Book: Hornbaker, Tim. 339–340. National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. limited. ECW Press. 2006. 1-55022-741-6.
167. Web site: World Wrestling Entertainment. History of the United States Championship. 2009-02-11.
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169. Web site: Ray Steele. International Wrestling Institute and Museum. 2009-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20090802190043/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.org/people/steele_ray.html. 2009-08-02.
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174. News: Lou Thesz, 86, Skilled Pro Wrestler, Dies. The New York Times. 2009-02-13. Frank. Litsky. 2002-05-08.
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177. Web site: Gary . Will . Frank Tunney . 2009-02-13 . Canadian Pro Wrestling Page of Fame . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141230004519/http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/tunneyf.htm . 2014-12-30 .
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181. Web site: Johnny Valentine passes away. SLAM! Wrestling. 2009-01-23. 2001-04-24. John F.. Molinaro. 2012-07-17. usurped. https://archive.today/20120717204438/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosV/valentine_obit-can.html.
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183. Web site: Fritz Von Erich. Professional Wrestling Online Museum. 2009-02-13.
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189. Web site: Solie's Title Histories. AJW World Singles Title History (from Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan & Gary Will). 2009-02-11.
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195. Book: Cappetta, Gary Michael. 8. ECW Press. Bodyslams!: Memoirs of a Wrestling Pitchman. 9781550227093. 2006.
196. Web site: Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. William Muldoon. 2009-03-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080820060926/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/muldoon.asp. 2008-08-20.
197. Web site: Japan's Fight Clubs. Japan Inc.. Roland. Kelts. 8 November 2006 . 2009-05-08.
198. Web site: Singles Championship. GAA Japan. 2009-05-08. 2007-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20070706150929/http://www.gaea-inc.com/gaeajapan/data/title/aaawdt-e.html. dead.
199. Web site: The legend of Jushin "Thunder" Liger. SLAM! Wrestling. https://archive.today/20120714033231/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/11/03/699394.html. usurped. July 14, 2012. 2004-11-03. 2009-06-30. Jason. Clevett.
200. Web site: All Japan Pro Wrestling's Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular. SLAM! Wrestling. 2009-05-07. 2012-07-28. https://archive.today/20120728101652/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingInternational/hansenretirement-can.html. usurped.
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212. Web site: 2009-05-08. SLAM! Wrestling. Mexican great Alfonso Dantés dies. https://archive.today/20120629191423/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2008/07/30/6312326.html. usurped. June 29, 2012. 2008-07-30. Chris. Schramm.
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215. Web site: Professional Wrestling Online Museum. Bull Nakano. 2009-06-30.
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219. Time. Died. Jack Curley, 61. 1937-07-19. 2009-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021141225/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,882764-2,00.html. dead. October 21, 2012.
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