Championships and Accomplishments
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Steve Keirn
- Georgia Championship Wrestling
- NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jerry Brisco
- NWA Western States Sports
- NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
- Northeast Wrestling Federation
- NEWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time, first)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Match of the Year (1978)
- PWI Match of the Year (1982)
- PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1994)
- PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1977)
- PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1981)
- PWI Rookie of the Year (1976)
- PWI Wrestler of the Year (1980)
- PWI Wrestler of the Year (1982)
- PWI ranked him # 7 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.
- Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
- Modern Era (Class of 2008)
- St. Louis Wrestling Club
- NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation
- WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Pedro Morales
- WWWF/WWF Championship (4 time)1
- Wrestle Association R
- WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Putski and The Warlord
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Best Technical Wrestler (1980)
- Match of the Year (1980)
- Most Overrated Wrestler (1983)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2004)
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