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, 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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
Inductees
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|1996
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|Wrestling
|Won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (3 times), NWA United National Championship (1 time), and PWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
|Wrestling
|Won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), and Mexican National Tag Team Championship (2 times)
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)
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|1996
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the British Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and European Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling and promoting
|Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and PWF World Heavyweight Championship (4 times); founded All Japan Pro Wrestling
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|1996
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|Promoting
|Founded Australia's World Championship Wrestling; owned Georgia Championship Wrestling
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (9 times) and NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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|1996
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|"The Destroyer" Dick Beyer
|Wrestling
|Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|1996
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|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
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship (3 times) and appeared in several luchador films
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|1996
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|Wrestling
|Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times), AWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times), and NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
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|1996
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|Commentating and promoting
|Posthumous inductee; promoted the Houston, Texas territory of National Wrestling Alliance
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|1996
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|<br>
| Wrestling
| Won the Detroit version of NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (9 times) and Mid-Atlantic version (1 time)
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|1996
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|Wrestling
|Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times), and NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|1996
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|<br>
|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)
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|1996
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|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.
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|1996
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|<br>
|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)
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the PWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and IWGP Tag Team Championship (3 times)
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|1996
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|Managing and promoting
|Founded Smoky Mountain Wrestling and managed wrestlers in National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), AWA World Tag Team Championship (9 times), and WWA World Tag Team Championship (6 times)
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|1996
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|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
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|1996
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|<br>
|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
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|1996
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|Wrestling
|Won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (5 times), Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
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|1996
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| (Ernie, Emil, Joe, and Rudy)<br>
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|1996
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|<br>
|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)
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|1996
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| (Al Costello, Roy Heffernan, and Don Kent)<br/>
|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)
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the WWF Championship (2 times), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (8 times), and WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
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|1996
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|Wrestling
|Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship (6 times), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|1996
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|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
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|1996
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|Wrestling
|Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling and promoting
|Founded the American Wrestling Association; won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (10 times)
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|1996
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|1996
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) and Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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|1996
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|<br/>
|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)
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|1996
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|<br/>
|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)
|Wrestling
|Won the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and San Francisco version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
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|1996
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|<br>
|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
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|1996
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|<br>
|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)
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|1996
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|<br>
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|1996
|100px
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|Wrestling
|Won the WWF Championship (5 times), WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times), and WCW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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|1996
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|Wrestling, promoting and training
|Owned and promoted Stampede Wrestling; trained many well-known wrestlers
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|1996
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|<br>
|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
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the WWF/E World Heavyweight Championship (6 times) and WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
|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
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|1996
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|Rayo de Jalisco<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the Mexican National Tag Team Championship (2 times) and appeared in luchador films
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|1996
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the American Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (15 times) and Omaha's World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Promoting
|Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in Chicago, Illinois and helped popularize tag team wrestling in the United States
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling and training
|Won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times) and WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time); trained many well-known wrestlers
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|1996
|100px
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|Wrestling
|Won the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (4 times), WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|1996
|100px
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|Commentating
|Posthumous inductee; worked as commentator for wrestling shows in Southern California
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|1996
|100px
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|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)
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (4 times) and Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) and NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
|Promoting
|Posthumous inductee; founded Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre
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|1996
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|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
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|1996
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|<br>
|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
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Women's wrestling
|Won the AJW Championship (1 time) and WWWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
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|1996
|100px
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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|1996
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|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
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|1996
|100px
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|Promoting
|Posthumous inductee; founded the World Wide Wrestling Federation
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|1996
|100px
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|Promoting and commentating
|Owned and provided commentary for the World Wrestling Federation
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|1996
|100px
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the World Light Heavyweight Championship (11 times) and NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (9 times)
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|1996
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|<br/>
|Wrestling
|Won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (6 times) and UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
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|1996
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|<br>
|Promoting
|Posthumous inductee; invented "Slam Bang Western Style Wrestling", founded the Gold Dust Trio, and ran the World Wide Wrestling Federation
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|1996
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|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
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time)
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), All Asia Heavyweight Championship (4 times) and NWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|1996
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|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
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
|Wrestling
|Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (10 times)
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|1996
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|<br/>
|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
|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)
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|1996
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|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)
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|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)
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|1996
|100px
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|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)
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|1996
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|<br>
|Promoting and managing
|Posthumous inductee; managed Ed "Strangler" Lewis and was part of the Gold Dust Trio
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Women's wrestling
|Won the WWWA World Single Championship (2 times)
|Wrestling
|Won the WWF Championship (2 times), WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time), and WCW World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
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|1996
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|<br/>
|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
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|1996
|100px
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|Promoting
|Chairman of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, founder of Japanese Universal Wrestling Federation and on-screen president of the World Wrestling Federation
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the World Wrestling Championship, NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship (1 time) and Commonwealth Championship.
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Commentating
|Worked as commentator for the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (4 times), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
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|1996
|100px
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (3 times)
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|1996
|100px
|<br>
|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
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
|Wrestling, MMA and promoting
|Won the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times);
|Wrestling
|Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|1996
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|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)
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|1996
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|<br>
|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)
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|1996
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the NWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and NWA/WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (4 times)
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|1996
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|<br>
|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
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|1996
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|<br/>
|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)
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|1996
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|<br/>
|Women's wrestling
|Won the UWA World Women's Championship (1 time), and WWWA World Single Championship (2 times)
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|1996
|100px
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (3 times)
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|1997
|100px
|<br/>
|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)
|Wrestling
|Won the AAA World Tag Team Championship (1 time), Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), and Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)
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|1997
|100px
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|Wrestling
|Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
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|1997
|100px
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|1997
|100px
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|Women's wrestling
|Founded Gaea Japan; won the AAAW Single Championship (2 times)
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|1998
|100px
|<br>
|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)
|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).
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|2000
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|Stone Cold Steve Austin<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the WWF Championship (6 times), WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times), and WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
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|2000
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|<br>
|Women's wrestling
|Won the WCW Women's Championship (1 time), All Pacific Championship (2 times), and CMLL World Women's Championship (1 time)
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|2000
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|2000
|100px
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||Wrestling
|Won the Boston-based AWA World Heavyweight Champion (2 times)
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|2000
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and Boston-based AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|2001
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|2001
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|2001
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|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Mexican National Middleweight Championship (2 times), and Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)
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|2001
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|<br>
|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)
|Wrestling
|Won the Mexican National Middleweight Championship (3 times) and Mexican National Trios Championship (3 times)
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|2002
|100px
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|Wrestling and training
|Posthumous inductee; won the American Heavyweight Championship (1 time); trained many well-known wrestlers
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|2002
|100px
|<br>
|Promoting
|Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events and helped popularize professional wrestling in the United States
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|2002
|100px
|<br>
|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)
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|2002
|100px
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|Women's wrestling
|Won the WWWA World Single Championship (4 times), AAAW Single Championship (1 time) and All Pacific Championship (2 times)
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|2003
|100px
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time)
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|2003
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|Promoting
|Promoted wrestling events in Mexico; founded the Universal Wrestling Association
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|2003
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the WWF Championship (3 times), World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), WWF Intercontinental Championship (3 times), WWF European Championship (1 time) and WWF/World Tag Team Championship (5 times)
|Wrestling
|Won the WWF/E Championship (4 times), World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and WWF Tag Team Championship (6 times)
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|2004
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|2004
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|<br>
|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)
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|2004
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|Wrestling
|Won Olympic gold medal in men's freestyle 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)
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|2005
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| (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, and Buddy Roberts)<br/>
|Tag team wrestling
|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)
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|2005
|100px
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|Managing and promoting
|Owned and promoted Extreme Championship Wrestling; managed wrestlers in American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling and WWE
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|2005
|100px
|<br>
|Wrestling
|Won the WWF/E Championship (9 times), World Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
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|2006
|100px
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the WWE Championship (1 time), WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (2 times), and WCW/WWE United States Championship (2 times)
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|2006
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|Wrestling
|Won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and IWGP Tag Team Championship (4 times) and WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|2006
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|Wrestling, MMA and promoting
|Won the King of Pancrase Openweight Championship (2 times) and Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time); founded Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling
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|2006
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|Women's wrestling
|Won the AAAW Single Championship (3 times), WWWA World Single Championship (2 times), and WWWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times)
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|2007
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|Wrestling
|Won the WWF/E Championship (8 times), WCW/World Championship (2 times), WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times), and WWF World Tag Team Championship (5 times)
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|2007
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee; won the American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|2007
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|Promoting
|Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in St. Louis, Missouri and the Midwestern United States
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|2008
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|Promoting
|Promoted the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
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|2008
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|Wrestling and promoting
|Posthumous inductee; competed in Argentina
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|2009
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|Konnan<br>
|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)
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|2009
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|Wrestling
|Won the MWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|2011
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|"Dr. Death" Steve Williams
|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee. Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time), UWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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|2012
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|Commentating
|Commentator for both AAA and CMLL on Televisa
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|2013
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee. Won Olympic gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling, won the Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
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|2014
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|Promoting
|Posthumous inductee. Philadelphia promoter
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|2015
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|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)
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|2016
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|Commentating
|Worked as interviewer and announcer for American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling.
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|2017
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|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 (1 time).
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|2018
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|Wrestling and promoting
|Wrestler and promoter of Continental Wrestling Association, United States Wrestling Association and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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|2019
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|Villano III<br>
|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 Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time)
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|2020
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|Wrestling
|Posthumous inductee. Also known as El Medico in Texas. Won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (2 times). One of the first Luchadores to act in television and movies.