Inductees
# | Year | Ring name (Birth name) |
Notes |
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01 !1 | 1993 | Thesz, LouLou Thesz (Aloysius Martin Thesz) |
Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), NWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) |
02 !2 | 1993 | Gagne, VerneVerne Gagne | Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (10 times) and NWA Omaha World Heavyweight Championship) (4 times) |
03 !3 | 1993 | Wrestling, Mr. !Mr. Wrestling II (John Walker) |
Won the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (10 times), NWA Mid-America Southern Tag Team Championship (9 times), and NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (2 times) |
04 !4 | 1993 | Graham, EddieEddie Graham | Posthumous inductee: Won the NWA Florida World Tag Team Championship (7 times) and NWA United States Tag Team Championship (4 times) |
05 !5 | 1994 | Race, HarleyHarley Race | Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (8 times), First ever NWA (Mid-Atlantic) United States Champion (which later became the WCW, then WWE U.S. Title). |
06 !6 | 1994 | Ladd, ErnieErnie Ladd | Won the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and NWA Tri-State North American Heavyweight Championship (4 times) |
07 !7 | 1994 | Crusher, The !The Crusher (Reggie Lisowski) |
Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and AWA World Tag Team Championship (9 times) |
08 !8 | 1994 | Bruiser, Dick The !Dick the Bruiser (William Afflis) |
Posthumous inductee: Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (11 times), WWA World Tag Team Championship (14 times), AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWA Detroit United States Championship (4 times) |
09 !9 | 1994 | Anderson, OleOle Anderson (Alan Rogowski) |
Won the AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (17 times), and the WCW World Tag Team Championship (8 times) |
10 | 1994 | Assassin, Masked !Masked Assassin (Jody Hamilton) |
Won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (14 times) |
11 | 1995 | McDaniel, WahooWahoo McDaniel (Edward McDaniel) |
Won the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (5 times), NWA United States Championship (5 times), WCW World Tag Team Championship (4 times) |
12 | 1995 | Rhodes, DustyDusty Rhodes (Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr.) |
Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), NWA (Mid-Atlantic) U.S. Championship (1 time), NWA (Mid-Atlantic) World Tag Team Championship (2 times), and NWA World TV Championship (1 time) |
13 | 1995 | Inoki, AntonioAntonio Inoki (Kanji Inoki) |
Won the NWA International Tag Team Championship (4 times) and NWA Los Angeles/Japan North American Tag Team Championship (2 times) |
14 | 1995 | Poffo, AngeloAngelo Poffo (John Poffo) |
Won the NWA Detroit United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and WWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) |
15 | 1995 | Funk, TerryTerry Funk | Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWA/WCW United States Championship (2 times) |
16 | 1995 | Studd, Big JohnBig John Studd (John Minton) |
Posthumous inductee: Won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) and NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (4 times) |
17 | 1995 | Solie, GordonGordon Solie | The only non-wrestler inductee and play-by-play commentator for WCW |
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