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The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (PWHF) and Museum is an American professional wrestling hall of fame and museum located in Amsterdam, New York. It was previously located in Schenectady, New York. Its purpose is to "preserve and promote the dignified history of professional wrestling and to enshrine and pay tribute to professional wrestlers who have advanced this national pastime in terms of athletics and entertainment." The Hall of Fame is thus not affiliated with any promotion.

Categories

Name Years active Notes
Pioneer Era 2002–present For wrestler active between the years of 1898 and 1942
Television Era 2002–present For wrestlers active between the years of 1943 and 1984
Modern Era 2002–present For wrestlers active between the years of 1985 and 1996
Tag Team 2003–present For tag team wrestlers
International 2006–present For wrestlers active in countries primarily other than in North America
Lady Wrestler 2002–present For female professional wrestlers
Midget Wrestler 2002–2005 For midget professional wrestlers
Non-Participant 2003–present For television announcers, commentators, promoters, and bookers
New York State Award 2003–2005 For individuals who made significant contributions to professional wrestling in the PWHF's home state of New York
Senator Hugh Farley Award 2006–present For well-known wrestlers who has made significant societal contributions outside of the squared circle; named after New York State Senator Hugh T. Farley

Inductees

Year Ring name
(Birth name) 		Category Notes
2002 André the Giant
(André Roussimoff) 		Modern Era Posthumous inductee: won the WWF Championship (1 time) and the WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)[1]
2002 Mildred Burke
(Mildred Bliss) 		Lady Wrestler Posthumous inductee: won the NWA World Women's Championship (1 time) and the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship; founded World Women's Wrestling Association[2]
2002 Gorgeous George
(George Raymond Wagner) 		Television Era Posthumous inductee: won the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time), the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[3]
2002 Frank Gotch Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) and the American Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[4]
2002 Georg Hackenschmidt Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time)[5]
2002 Ed "Strangler" Lewis
(Robert Friedrich) 		Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and the World's Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[6]
2002 Jim Londos
(Chris Theophelos) 		Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) and the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[7]
2002 Sky Low Low
(Marcel Gauthier) 		Midget Wrestler Posthumous inductee: won the NWA World Midget's Championship (1 time)[8][9]
2002 "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
(Herman Rohde) 		Television Era Posthumous inductee: won NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and was the first to hold the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship[10]
2002 Bruno Sammartino Television Era Won the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time)[11]
2002 Ricky Steamboat Modern Era Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (6 times), WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time), WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and WCW World Television Championship (2 times)[12]
2002 Joe Stetcher Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[13]
2002 Lou Thesz
(Aloysius Martiz Thesz) 		Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), the World Heavyweight Championship (NWA) (3 times), and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[14]
2003 Martin Burns Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[15]
2003 Stanislaus Zbyszko Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the AAC World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[16]
2003 Walter "Killer" Kowalski Television Era Won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[17]
2003 Antonino Rocca Television Era Posthumous inductee: Won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[18] and WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time)[19][20]
2003 Nick Bockwinkel Modern Era Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[21] and the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[22][23]
2003 Hulk Hogan
(Terry Bolea) 		Modern Era Won the WWE Championship (6 times)[24] and WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)[25][26]
2003 Al Costello
(Giacomo Costa) 		Tag Team Inducted as a part of the The Fabulous Kangaroos with Roy Heffernan; Won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (3 times)[27]
2003 Roy Heffernan
(Laurence Heffernan) 		Tag Team Inducted as a part of the The Fabulous Kangaroos with Al Costello; Won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (3 times)[27]
2003 The Fabulous Moolah
(Mary Ellison) 		Lady Wrestler Was the inaugural WWE Women's Champion (3 times), her first reign is officially recognized as lasting over 10,000 days[28][29]
2003 Little Beaver
(Lionel Giroux) 		Midget Wrestler Posthumous inductee: won the NWA World Midget's Championship (2 times)[30]
2003 Sam Muchnick Non-Participant Posthumous inductee: promoted the St. Louis Wrestling Club and assisted in establishing the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)[31]
2003 Ilio DiPaolo New York State Award Posthumous inductee: won the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship (5 times)[32][33]
2004 Freddie Blassie Television Era Posthumous inductee: NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version) (14 times)[34]
2004 Dr. John J. Bonica New York State Award Won the NWA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World (1 time) and Light Heavyweight Championship of Canada (1 time)[35]
2004 Terry Funk Modern Era Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), the ECW Championship (2 times), and the WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)[36]
2004 Verne Gagne Television Era Founded the American Wrestling Association and won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (10 times)[37]
2004 Lord Littlebrook
(Eric Tovey) 		Midget Wrestler Won the NWA World Midget's Championship (1 time)[9][38]
2004 Vince McMahon Sr.
(Vincent James McMahon) 		Non-Participant Posthumous inductee: established the World Wide Wrestling Federation[39]
2004 William Muldoon Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[40]
2004 Harley Race Modern Era Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (8 times)[41]
2004 Len Rossi
(Len Rositano) 		New York State Award Won the North American Jr. Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and the NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[42]
2004 Angelo Savoldi Pioneer Era Minor partner of the World Wide Wrestling Federation in the 1970s and founder of International Championship Wrestling[43]
2004 Gordon Solie
(Francis Jonard Labiak) 		Non-Participant Posthumous inductee: announcer for Championship Wrestling from Georgia, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Continental Championship Wrestling, and World Championship Wrestling[44]
2004 Maurice Vachon Tag Team Inducted as a part of a tag team with Paul Vachon; won the AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) and NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary version) (3 times)[9][45]
2004 Paul Vachon Tag Team Inducted as a part of a tag team with Maurice Vachon; won the AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) and NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary version) (3 times)[9][45]
2004 Mae Young Lady Wrestler Trained The Fabulous Moolah, challenged for the NWA World Women's Championship, and wrestled in eight different decades[46]
2005 Orville Brown Pioneer Era Posthumous Inductee: won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (inaugural, 2 times), MWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[47]
2005 John Pesek Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and MWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[48]
2005 Jack Brisco
(Freddy Brisco) 		Pioneer Era Won the NCAA Wrestling Team Championship (1 time), NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (10 times)[49]
2005 Dick Beyer Television Era Posthumous inductee: was also awarded the PWHF New York State Award in 2003, won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[50]
2005 Dory Funk, Jr. Modern Era Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[51]
2005 George Steele
(William Myers) 		Modern Era Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version) (1 time)[52]
2005 Bruiser
(William Afflis) 		Tag Team Posthumous inductee: was inducted as a part of a tag team with Crusher, won the AWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times) and the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (11 times)[53]
2005 Crusher
(Reginald Lisowski) 		Tag Team Posthumous inductee: was inducted as a part of a tag team with Bruiser, won the AWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times) and AWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[53]
2005 Fuzzy Cupid
(Leon Stap) 		Midget Wrestler Worked tag team matches in various independent circuits[54]
2005 Paul Boesch Non-Participant Posthumous inductee: commentator for the Houston Wrestling promotion[55]
2005 Mike Mazurki New York State Award Posthumous inductee: founded the Cauliflower Alley Club, a non-profit organization that awards scholarships to wrestlers and gives financial aid to retired wrestlers[56]
2005 Ray Stern
(Walter Bookbinder) 		New York State Award Posthumous inductee: won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (1 time)[57]
2006 June Byers
(De Alva Evonne Sibley) 		Lady Wrestler Posthumous inductee; NWA World Women's Championship (1 time) and World Women's Championship (1 time)[58]
2006 Ric Flair
(Richard Morgan Fliehr) 		Modern Era Held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (10 times), WCW World Heavyweight Championship (8 times), and WWE Championship (2 times)[59]
2006 Ed Don George Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (2 times) and Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[60]
2006 Bobby Heenan
(Raymond Louis Heenan)[61] 		Non-Participant Announcer for the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling[62]
2006 Don Leo Jonathan
(Don Heaton) 		Television Era Won the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (18 times) and NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[9][63]
2006 Bill Longson Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[64]
2006 Ida Mae Martinez Senator Hugh Farley Award Won the Women's Mexican Championship[65]
2006 Pat Patterson Tag Team Was inducted as part of the Blond Bombers; won the AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) and the NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (2 times)[66]
2006 Rikidōzan
(Kim Sin-Nak) 		International Posthumous inductee; won the NWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[67]
2006 Ray Stevens Modern Era Posthumous inductee; won the AWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times)[66][68]
2006 Ray Stevens Tag Team Posthumous inductee; was inducted as part of the Blond Bombers; won the AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) and the NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (2 times)[66]
2006 Johnny Valentine
(Jonathan Wisniski) 		Television Era Posthumous inductee; won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time) and NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[9][69]
2007 Earl Caddock Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the Amateur Athletic Union Heavyweight (1 time) and Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times) in amateur wrestling[70]
2007 Gus Sonnenberg Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won a version of the original World Heavyweight Championship of professional wrestling[71]
2007 Danny Hodge Television Era Won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (8 times)[72]
2007 Pat O'Connor Television Era Posthumous inductee: won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Central States version) (3 times), and the AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[73]
2007 Ted DiBiase Modern Era Won the WWF World Tag Team Championship (3 times), NWA National Heavyweight Championship (2 times), Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (4 times), and WWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[74]
2007 Roddy Piper
(Roderick Toombs) 		Modern Era Won the WWE Intercontinental (1 time) and World Tag Team Championship (1 time), and various NWA championships[75]
2007 Chris Tolos Tag Team Posthumous inductee; inducted as a part of a tag team with John Tolos, won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time), NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (2 times), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (2 times), and NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version) (2 times)[76]
2007 John Tolos Tag Team Inducted as a part of a tag team with Chris Tolos, won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time), NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (7 times), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (3 times), and NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version) (2 times)[76]
2007 Karl Gotch
(Karl Istaz) 		International Posthumous inductee: won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[77]
2007 Cora Combs
(Cora Svonsteckik) 		Lady Wrestler Won the NWA United States Women's Championship (1 time)[78]
2007 Jack Pfefer Non-Participant Posthumous inductee: promoted various independent promotions[79]
2007 Billy Darnell Senator Hugh Farley Award Posthumous inductee: won different versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times)[80]
2008 Shohei "Giant" Baba International Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and the PWF World Heavyweight Championship (4 times); founded All Japan Pro Wrestling[81]
2008 Bob Backlund Modern Era Won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time), NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time), and WWWF/WWF Championship (2 times)[82]
2008 Bobo Brazil
(Houston Harris) 		Television Era Won the WWWF United States Championship (1 time)[83]
2008 Emil and Ernie Dusek
(Emil and Ernie Hason) 		Tag Team Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Central States version) (3 times) and the NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (1 time)[84]
2008 Tom Drake Senator Hugh Farley Award Was a contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship[85]
2008 Bret Hart Modern Era Won the WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times), WWF Championship (5 times)[86]
2008 Tom Jenkins Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee; won the American Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[87]
2008 Gene Kiniski Television Era Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[88]
2008 Toots Mondt Non-Participant Posthumous inductee; founded the World Wide Wrestling Federation[89]
2008 Betty Niccoli
(Betty Jo Sato Niccoli) 		Lady Wrestler Won the NWA United States Women's Championship (1 time) and the AWA World Women's Championship (1 time)[90]
2008 Ray Steele
(Peter Sauer) 		Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[91]
2009 Evan Lewis Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[92]
2009 Wladek Zbyszko Pioneer Era Posthumous inductee: won the the AWA World Heavyweight Championship[93]
2009 Billy Graham
(Eldridge Coleman) 		Television Era Won the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and the International Pro Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[94]
2009 Chief Jay Strongbow
(Joseph Scarpa) 		Television Era Won the WWF Tag Team Championship (4 times), and various NWA championships[95]
2009 Randy Savage
(Randall Poffo) 		Modern Era Won the WWF Championship (2 times), WCW World Heavyweight Championship (4 times), and various championships in independent promotions[96]
2009 Paul Orndorff Modern Era Won the Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time), WCW World Tag Team Championship (3 times), and various NWA and independent promotion championshps[97]
2009 Don Curtis Tag Team Posthumous inductee; inducted as a part of a tag team with Mark Lewin, and won various NWA tag team championships.[98]
2009 Mark Lewin Tag Team Inducted as a part of a tag team with Don Curtis, and won various NWA tag team championships.[98]
2009 Antonio Inoki
(Kanji Inoki) 		International Won the National Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship (4 times), WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and founded New Japan Pro Wrestling[99]
2009 Donna Christanello Lady Wrestler Won the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[100]
2009 Captain Lou Albano Non-Participant Won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time), and managed various wrestlers to WWF Championship reigns[101]
2009 Hank Garrett Senator Hugh Farley Award Worked in various independent promotions before pursuing an acting career[102]

See also

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