NWA Hall of Fame

NWA Hall of Fame
The NWA Hall of Fame logo (2008–)

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Hall of Fame is an American professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the NWA. It was established in 2005 to honor select wrestling personalities, mostly alumni of the NWA.[1] Inductees receive commemorative medals that have their names inscribed on it with the logo of the NWA.[2] The Class of 2005, the inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame did not have a formal induction ceremony; as a result, they received their medals at a later time. A private gathering was conducted for the Class of 2006, in which inductees received their medal. Beginning with the Class of 2008 on June 7, 2008, a ceremony has been conducted to formally induct the inductees. There were no inductees in 2007 due to the planning of an international expansion to the NWA.[3] On June 7, 2008, the Class of 2008, the most recent Class, was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ric Flair, a member of the Class of 2008 and a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) employee at the time of the ceremony, was inducted on October 4, 2008 after his WWE contract had expired; his WWE contract prevented him from appearing in other organizations.[2][4] Similarly to the World Championship Wrestling's Hall of Fame, the 2008 ceremony was held during a wrestling event.[5][6][7] Inductees for the Class of 2009 were announced during the summer of 2009 for an induction ceremony on September 26; however, that ceremony never took place and the announced wrestling personalities were never inducted formally, evident by the NWA's official website for the NWA Hall of Fame.[8][9]

The inaugural Class of 2005 was inducted throughout 2005. Wrestler Lou Thesz's posthumous induction led the class, which included wrestler Harley Race, commentator Gordon Solie, and promoters Jim Cornette, Jim Barnett, and Sam Muchnick. Commentator Lance Russell's induction led the Class of 2006 on October 13, 2006, which also consisted of wrestlers Dory Funk, Jr., Eddie Graham, Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton (Rock 'n' Roll Express), Leilani Kai, and Saul Weingeroff. On June 7, 2008, wrestler Tommy Rich's induction led the Class of 2008, which consisted of wrestlers Joe and Jean Corsica (Corsica Brothers), Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton (The Midnight Express), Nikita Koloff, Iron Sheik, and Ric Flair. Six inductees were inducted posthumously. Overall, there were twenty-one inductees; two managers, commentators, and promoters, and fifteen wrestlers.

Contents

Inductees

Iron Sheik, inducted in 2008
Ric Flair, inducted in 2008
# Year Ring name
(Real name)[a]		 Inducted for Notes[b][c]
1 2005 Thesz, LouLou Thesz
(Aloysius Martin Thesz)		 Wrestling Posthumous inductee: Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), NWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[10]
2 2005 Race, HarleyHarley Race Wrestling Won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (9 times) and NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (7 times)[11]
3 2005 Muchnick, SamSam Muchnick Promoting Posthumous inductee: Founded the NWA and served as president from 1950 to 1960 and 1963 to 1975[12]
4 2005 Barnett, JimJim Barnett Promoting Posthumous inductee: Owned Georgia Championship Wrestling during the mid-1900s[13]
5 2005 Solie, GordonGordon Solie Commentating Posthumous inductee: Commentator for Championship Wrestling from Florida and World Championship Wrestling promotions.[14]
6 2005 Cornette, JimJim Cornette Managing Managed various wrestlers during the 1980s and 1990s[15]
7 2006 Russell, LanceLance Russell Commentating Commentated in the Continental Wrestling Association and Memphis Championship Wrestling companies[16]
8 2006 Funk, Jr., DoryDory Funk, Jr. Wrestling Held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) for over four years, the second longest reign in the title's history[17]
9 2006 Weingeroff, SaulSaul Weingeroff
(Solomon Weingeroff)		 Managing Posthumous inductee: Managed various wrestlers in the NWA during the 1960s and 1970s[18]
10 2006 Graham, EddieEddie Graham Wrestling Posthumous inductee: Won the NWA Florida World Tag Team Championship (7 times) and NWA United States Tag Team Championship (4 times)[19]
11 2006 Kai, LeilaniLeilani Kai Wrestling Won the NWA World Women's Championship (1 time)[20]
12 2006 Morton, RickyRicky Morton Wrestling Won the NWA Mid-Atlantic World Tag Team Championship (4 times) and the NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times)[21][22]
13 2006 Gibson, RobertRobert Gibson
(Ruben Cain)		 Wrestling Won the NWA Mid-Atlantic World Tag Team Championship (4 times) and the NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times)[21][22]
14 2008 Rich, TommyTommy Rich
(Thomas Richardson)		 Wrestling Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and the NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (6 times)[23][24]
15 2008 Sheik, IronIron Sheik
(Hossein Vaziri)		 Wrestling Won the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA World Television Championship (1 time)[25]
16 2008 Condrey, DennisDennis Condrey Wrestling Won the NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (15 times)[26]
17 2008 Eaton, BobbyBobby Eaton Wrestling Won the NWA Mid-Atlantic World Tag Team Championship (2 times) and the NWA Georgia Television Championship (1 time)[21][27]
18 2008 Jean Corsica Wrestling Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times)[28]
19 2008 Joe Corsica Wrestling Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times)[28]
20 2008 Koloff, NikitaNikita Koloff Wrestling Won the NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[29]
21 2008 Flair, RicRic Flair
(Richard Fliehr)		 Wrestling Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (10 times) and the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[30]
22 2009 Orndorff , PaulPaul Orndorff Wrestling Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship
23 2009 Coralluzzo, DennisDennis Coralluzzo Promoting Posthumous inductee: Longtime NWA New Jersey promoter and served as NWA President with Howard Brody and Steve Rickard from 1993 to 1995. The official induction ceremony was held at the Dennis Coralluzzo Invitational.
24 2009 Jarrett, JerryJerry Jarrett Promoting Operated Mid-Southern Wrestling, Continental Wrestling Association, United States Wrestling Association, World Class Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
25 2009 Mascaras, MilMil Mascaras Wrestling Won the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship|3 times) and the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (NWA Americas Tag Team Championship|3 times)
26 2009 Kiniski, GeneGene Kiniski Wrestling
27 2009 Blanchard, TullyTully Blanchard Wrestling Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship
28 2009 Funk, TerryTerry Funk Wrestling Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
29 2010 Chuman, EdEd Chuman Promoting
30 2010 Rogers, BuddyBuddy Rogers wrestling
31 2010 Hodge, DannyDanny Hodge Wrestling
32 2010 Severn, DanDan Severn Wrestling
33 2010 Hashimoto, ShinyaShinya Hashimoto Wrestling Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
34 2010 Brisco, JackJack Brisco Wrestling Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
35 2010 Gulas, NickNick Gulas Promoting
36 2010 Sheik, The OriginalThe Original Sheik Wrestling
37 2010 Anderson, GeneGene Anderson Wrestling
38 2010 Anderson, LarsLars Anderson Wrestling
39 2010 Anderson, OleOle Anderson Wrestling
40 2011 O'Connor, PatPat O'Connor Wrestling Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time))[31]
41 2011 Dusty Rhodes
(Virgil Runnels)		 Wrestling Won NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (10 times), NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (7 times), and NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times).[31]
42 2011 Angelo Savoldi Wrestling [31]
42 2011 Rikidōzan
(Mitsuhiro Momota)		 Wrestling Posthumous inductee[31]
43 2011 Sue Green Wrestling [31]
44 2011 Freddie Blassie
(Frederick Blassman)		 Wrestling Posthumous inductee
45 2011 Wahoo McDaniel
(Edward McDaniel)		 Wrestling Posthumous inductee[31]
46 2011 Johnny Valentine
(John Wisniski)		 Wrestling Posthumous inductee[31]
47 2011 Aileen Eaton Promoting Posthumous inductee[31]
48 2011 Gene LeBell Promoting [31]
49 2011 Mike Lebell Promoting [31]
50 2011 Bill Apter Promoting[31]

See also

Footnotes

  • a – Entries without a birth name indicates that the indcutee did not perform under a ring name.
  • b – Before the 1990s, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) distributed many of its titles among its numerous subsidiaries. Other promotions listed in this column were, or are currently, subsidiaries of the NWA.[32][33]
  • c – This section mainly lists the major accomplishments of each inductee in the NWA.

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