#
|
Year
|
Image
|
Ring name (Birth name)
|
Inducted for
|
Notes
|
1
|
1996
|
|
Abdullah the Butcher (Larry Shreve)
[6]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (3 times),
NWA United National Championship (1 time), and
PWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[6]
|
2
|
1996
|
—
|
Perro Aguayo (Pedro Aguayo Damián)
[7]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), and
Mexican National Tag Team Championship (2 times)
[8]
[9]
[10]
|
3
|
1996
|
|
André the Giant (André Roussimoff)
[11]
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
WWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)
[12]
|
4
|
1996
|
—
|
Bert Assirati
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
British Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
European Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[13]
|
5
|
1996
|
|
Giant Baba (Shohei Baba)
|
Wrestling and
promoting
|
Won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and
PWF World Heavyweight Championship (4 times); founded
All Japan Pro Wrestling
[14]
|
6
|
1996
|
—
|
Jim Barnett
|
Promoting
|
Founded Australia's
World Championship Wrestling; owned
Georgia Championship Wrestling
[15]
[16]
|
7
|
1996
|
—
|
Red Berry (Ralph Berry)
[17]
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (9 times) and
NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
[17]
[18]
|
8
|
1996
|
|
The Destroyer (Dick Beyer)
[19]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[19]
[20]
|
9
|
1996
|
|
Freddie Blassie
|
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
[21]
|
10
|
1996
|
|
Blue Demon (Alexander Muñoz Moreno)
[22]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Mexican National Welterweight Championship (3 times) and appeared in several
luchador films
[23]
[24]
[25]
|
11
|
1996
|
|
Nick Bockwinkel
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times),
AWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times), and
NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
[26]
|
12
|
1996
|
—
|
Paul Boesch
|
Commentating and
promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; promoted the
Houston, Texas territory of
National Wrestling Alliance
[27]
|
13
|
1996
|
|
Bobo Brazil (Houston Harris)
[28]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Detroit version of NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (9 times) and
Mid-Atlantic version (1 time)
[29]
[30]
|
14
|
1996
|
|
Jack Brisco (Fred Brisco)
[31]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times), and
NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[32]
[33]
|
15
|
1996
|
|
Bruiser Brody (Frank Goodish)
[34]
|
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)
[35]
|
16
|
1996
|
|
Mildred Burke (Mildred Bliss)
[36]
|
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.
[36]
|
17
|
1996
|
|
El Canek (Felipe Estrada)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
UWA World Heavyweight Championship (15 times),
CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) and
CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time)
[37]
|
18
|
1996
|
|
Negro Casas (José Casas Ruiz)
[38]
|
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)
[39]
[40]
|
19
|
1996
|
|
Riki Choshu (Mitsuo Yoshida)
[41]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
PWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and
IWGP Tag Team Championship (3 times)
[41]
[42]
|
20
|
1996
|
|
Jim Cornette
|
Managing and
promoting
|
Founded
Smoky Mountain Wrestling and managed wrestlers in
National Wrestling Alliance,
World Championship Wrestling, and the
World Wrestling Federation
[43]
[44]
|
21
|
1996
|
|
The Crusher (Reginald Lisowski)
[45]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times),
AWA World Tag Team Championship (9 times), and
WWA World Tag Team Championship (6 times)
[46]
[47]
|
22
|
1996
|
|
Ted DiBiase
|
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
[48]
[49]
|
23
|
1996
|
|
Dick the Bruiser (William Afflis)
[50]
|
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
[51]
[52]
|
24
|
1996
|
—
|
Alfonso Dantés (Jose Luis Amezcua Diaz)
[53]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (5 times),
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
[53]
[54]
|
25
|
1996
|
|
The Dusek Family (Ernie, Emil, Joe, and Rudy) (The Hason Family)
[55]
|
Wrestling and
promoting
|
Emil and Ernie Dusek won the
Central States version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) and
San Francisco version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 times); Joe Dusek promoted wrestling events in
Omaha, Nebraska
[55]
|
26
|
1996
|
|
Dynamite Kid (Tom Billington)
[56]
|
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)
[56]
[57]
|
27
|
1996
|
—
|
The Fabulous Kangaroos (
Al Costello,
Roy Heffernan, and
Don Kent) (Giacoma Costa, Laurence Roy Heffernan, and Leo Smith, Jr.)
[58]
[59]
[60]
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Won the Northeast version of the
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (3 times) and Mid-America version of
NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times)
[58]
[61]
|
28
|
1996
|
|
Jackie Fargo (Henry Faggart)
[62]
|
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)
[61]
[63]
|
29
|
1996
|
|
Ric Flair (Richard Fliehr)
[64]
[n 1]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWF Championship (2 times),
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (8 times), and
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
[65]
|
30
|
1996
|
|
Tatsumi Fujinami
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (6 times),
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[33]
[66]
[67]
|
31
|
1996
|
|
Dory Funk
|
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
[68]
[69]
|
32
|
1996
|
|
Dory Funk Jr.
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and
NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
[68]
[70]
|
33
|
1996
|
|
Terry Funk
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
ECW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and
WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)
[71]
[72]
[73]
|
34
|
1996
|
|
Verne Gagne (LaVerne Gagne)
|
Wrestling and
promoting
|
Founded the
American Wrestling Association; won the
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (10 times)
[74]
|
35
|
1996
|
|
Cavernario Galindo (Rodolfo Galindo Ramírez)
[75]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the Mexican Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time); appeared in several
luchador films
[75]
[76]
|
36
|
1996
|
|
Ed Don George
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) and
Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
[77]
|
37
|
1996
|
|
Gorgeous George (George Raymond Wagner)
[78]
|
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)
[78]
|
38
|
1996
|
|
Frank Gotch
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) and
American Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
[79]
|
39
|
1996
|
—
|
Karl Gotch (Karl Istaz)
[80]
|
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)
[80]
|
40
|
1996
|
|
Billy Graham (Wayne Coleman)
[81]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
San Francisco version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
[82]
[83]
|
41
|
1996
|
|
Eddie Graham (Edward Gossett)
[84]
|
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
[84]
|
42
|
1996
|
—
|
René Guajardo (Manuel Guajardo Mejorado)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (2 times),
Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time), and the
UWA World Middleweight Championship (2 times)
[85]
[86]
|
43
|
1996
|
—
|
Gory Guerrero (Salvador Guerrero Quesada)
[87]
|
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)
[87]
|
44
|
1996
|
|
Georg Hackenschmidt
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time)
[88]
|
45
|
1996
|
|
Stan Hansen (John Hansen)
[89]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (4 times) and
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[89]
[90]
|
46
|
1996
|
|
Bret Hart
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWF Championship (5 times),
WWF Tag Team Championship (2 times), and
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
[91]
[92]
[93]
|
47
|
1996
|
—
|
Stu Hart
|
Wrestling,
promoting and training
|
Owned and promoted
Stampede Wrestling; trained many well-known wrestlers
[94]
|
48
|
1996
|
|
Bobby Heenan (Raymond Heenan)
[95]
|
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
[95]
|
49
|
1996
|
|
Danny Hodge
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (7 times)
[96]
|
50
|
1996
|
|
Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea)
[97]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWE World Heavyweight Championship (6 times) and
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
[91]
[93]
|
51
|
1996
|
|
Antonio Inoki (Kanji Inoki)
[98]
|
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
[99]
|
52
|
1996
|
—
|
Rayo de Jalisco (Maximino Linares Moreno)
[100]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Mexican National Tag Team Championship (2 times) and appeared in
luchador films
[101]
[102]
[103]
|
53
|
1996
|
|
Tom Jenkins
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
American Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
[104]
|
54
|
1996
|
|
Don Leo Jonathan (Don Heaton)
[105]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (15 times) and
Omaha's
World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
[105]
|
55
|
1996
|
|
Gene Kiniski
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[106]
|
56
|
1996
|
|
Fred Kohler (Fred Koch)
[60]
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in
Chicago,
Illinois and helped popularize
tag team wrestling in the United States
[107]
|
57
|
1996
|
|
Killer Kowalski (Edward Spulnik)
[108]
|
Wrestling and training
|
Won the
IWA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times) and
WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time); trained many well-known wrestlers
[109]
|
58
|
1996
|
|
Ernie Ladd
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (4 times),
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and
NWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[110]
|
59
|
1996
|
—
|
Dick Lane
|
Commentating
|
Posthumous inductee; worked as commentator for wrestling shows in Southern California
[111]
|
60
|
1996
|
|
Jerry Lawler
|
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)
[112]
|
61
|
1996
|
|
Ed Lewis (Robert Friedrich)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (4 times) and
Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
[113]
|
62
|
1996
|
|
Jim Londos (Chris Theophelos)
[114]
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time) and
NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[114]
|
63
|
1996
|
|
Salvador Lutteroth (Salvador Lutteroth Gonzalez)
[115]
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; founded
Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre
[116]
|
64
|
1996
|
|
Akira Maeda
|
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
[117]
[118]
[119]
|
65
|
1996
|
—
|
Devil Masami (Masami Yoshida)
[120]
|
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
[121]
[122]
|
66
|
1996
|
|
Mil Máscaras (Aaron Rodríguez)
[123]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWA/NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (4 times),
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and
Georgia's IWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[123]
|
67
|
1996
|
|
Dump Matsumoto (Kaoru Matsumoto)
[124]
|
Women's wrestling
|
Won the
AJW Championship (1 time) and
WWWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
[124]
[125]
|
68
|
1996
|
|
Earl McCready
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
[126]
|
69
|
1996
|
—
|
Leroy McGuirk
|
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
[69]
[127]
[128]
|
70
|
1996
|
|
Vincent J. McMahon
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; founded the
World Wide Wrestling Federation
[129]
|
71
|
1996
|
|
Vincent K. McMahon
|
Promoting
|
Owns and provided commentary for the
World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment; won the
WWF Championship (1 time) and
ECW World Championship (1 time)
[91]
[130]
[131]
|
72
|
1996
|
|
Danny McShain
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
World Light Heavyweight Championship (11 times) and
NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (9 times)
[18]
[132]
|
73
|
1996
|
—
|
Ray Mendoza (Jose Diaz)
[133]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (6 times) and
UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
[133]
|
74
|
1996
|
|
Mitsuharu Misawa
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (5 times),
GHC Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and
World Tag Team Championship (6 times); founded
Pro Wrestling Noah
[134]
[135]
|
75
|
1996
|
—
|
Toots Mondt (Joseph Mondt)
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; invented "Slam Bang Western Style Wrestling", founded the
Gold Dust Trio, and ran the
World Wide Wrestling Federation
[136]
|
76
|
1996
|
—
|
Sam Muchnick
|
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
[137]
[138]
|
77
|
1996
|
|
Bronko Nagurski (Bronislau Nagurski)
[139]
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time)
[139]
|
78
|
1996
|
|
Pat O'Connor
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[140]
|
79
|
1996
|
|
Kintarō Ōki (Kim Tae-sik)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
All Asia Heavyweight Championship (4 times) and
NWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[141]
|
80
|
1996
|
|
Atsushi Onita
|
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
[142]
|
81
|
1996
|
|
Pat Patterson (Pierre Clermont)
[83]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
San Francisco version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (11 times),
AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time), and
WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
[83]
|
82
|
1996
|
—
|
Antonio Peña (Antonio Peña Herrada)
[141]
|
Promoting
|
Founded
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
[141]
|
83
|
1996
|
—
|
John Pesek
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[69]
|
84
|
1996
|
|
Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs)
[143]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and
WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
[143]
|
85
|
1996
|
|
Harley Race
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (8 times); founded World League Wrestling
[69]
|
86
|
1996
|
|
Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Runnels, Jr.)
[144]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and
NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (10 times)
[145]
|
87
|
1996
|
|
Rikidōzan (Kim Sin-Nak)
[146]
|
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
[146]
|
88
|
1996
|
|
The Road Warriors (
Hawk and
Animal) (Michael Hegstrand and Joseph Laurinaitis)
[147]
|
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)
[92]
[147]
|
89
|
1996
|
|
Yvon Robert
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[148]
|
90
|
1996
|
|
Billy Robinson
|
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)
[6]
[149]
[150]
|
91
|
1996
|
|
Antonino Rocca (Antonino Biasetton)
[151]
|
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)
[152]
|
92
|
1996
|
|
Buddy Rogers (Herman Rohde)
[153]
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[33]
[91]
|
93
|
1996
|
—
|
Lance Russell (Lanier Russell)
|
Commentating
|
Worked as commentator and ring announcer for wrestling shows in
Memphis, and to a lesser extent,
World Championship Wrestling and
Smoky Mountain Wrestling
[154]
|
94
|
1996
|
|
Bruno Sammartino
|
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)
[155]
|
95
|
1996
|
—
|
Billy Sandow (Wilhelm Baumann)
|
Promoting and
managing
|
Posthumous inductee; managed
Ed "Strangler" Lewis and was part of the
Gold Dust Trio
[156]
|
96
|
1996
|
|
El Santo (Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta)
[102]
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
Mexican National Welterweight Championship (2 times),
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (4 times), and
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time); appeared in several
luchador films
[9]
[23]
[102]
[157]
|
97
|
1996
|
—
|
Jackie Sato (Naoko Sato)
[158]
|
Women's wrestling
|
Won the
WWWA World Single Championship (2 times)
[158]
|
98
|
1996
|
|
Randy Savage (Randy Poffo)
[159]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWF Championship (2 times),
WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time), and
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
[91]
[93]
[160]
|
99
|
1996
|
|
The Sheik (Ed Farhat)
[161]
|
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
[161]
[162]
|
100
|
1996
|
|
Hisashi Shinma
|
Promoting
|
Chairman of
New Japan Pro-Wrestling, founder of Japanese
Universal Wrestling Federation and on-screen
president of the World Wrestling Federation
[99]
[163]
|
101
|
1996
|
|
Dara Singh (Dara Singh Randhawa)
[164]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the World Wrestling Championship,
NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship (1 time) and Commonwealth Championship.
[42]
[165]
[166]
|
102
|
1996
|
|
Gordon Solie (Francis Labiak)
[167]
|
Commentating
|
Worked as commentator for the
National Wrestling Alliance and
World Championship Wrestling
[168]
|
103
|
1996
|
|
El Solitario (Roberto González Cruz)
[169]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
NWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)
[169]
[170]
|
104
|
1996
|
|
Ricky Steamboat
[171] (Richard Blood)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (4 times),
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and
WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
[171]
[172]
|
105
|
1996
|
—
|
Joe Stecher
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (3 times)
[173]
|
106
|
1996
|
|
Tony Stecher (Anton Stecher)
[173]
|
Wrestling and
promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; won several regional championships; co-founded the
National Wrestling Alliance
[173]
|
107
|
1996
|
—
|
Ray Steele (Peter Sauer)
[174]
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[69]
|
108
|
1996
|
—
|
Ray Stevens (Carl Stevens)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco version) (2 times), the
AWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) and the
AWA United States Heavyweight Championship (7 times)
[69]
|
109
|
1996
|
|
Nobuhiko Takada
|
Wrestling and
promoting
|
Won the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
Pro-Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time); founded the
Union of Wrestling Forces International
[67]
[175]
|
110
|
1996
|
|
Genichiro Tenryu (Genichiro Shimada)
[176]
|
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
[177]
[178]
[179]
|
111
|
1996
|
|
Lou Thesz (Aloysius Martiz Thesz)
[180]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
[180]
|
112
|
1996
|
—
|
Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama)
[181]
|
Wrestling,
MMA and
promoting
|
Won the
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times);
[181] founded
Shooto
|
113
|
1996
|
—
|
Jumbo Tsuruta (Tomomi Tsuruta)
[182]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[182]
|
114
|
1996
|
—
|
Frank Tunney
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in
Toronto,
Ontario and served as president of the National Wrestling Alliance
[183]
|
115
|
1996
|
|
Maurice 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)
[184]
|
116
|
1996
|
|
Big Van Vader (Leon White)
[185]
|
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)
[93]
[186]
|
117
|
1996
|
|
Johnny Valentine (Jonathan Wisniski)
[187]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and
NWA/WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (4 times)
[188]
|
118
|
1996
|
|
Fritz Von Erich (Jack Adkisson)
[189]
|
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
[189]
[190]
|
119
|
1996
|
|
Whipper Billy Watson (William Potts)
[191]
|
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)
[191]
|
120
|
1996
|
|
Bill Watts
|
Wrestling and
promoting
|
Won the
Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (8 times),
AWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time); founded
Mid-South Wrestling and served as president of
World Championship Wrestling
[192]
[193]
[194]
|
121
|
1996
|
|
Jaguar Yokota (Rimi Yokota)
[195]
|
Women's wrestling
|
Won the
UWA World Women's Championship (1 time), and
WWWA World Single Championship (2 times)
[196]
|
122
|
1996
|
|
Stanislaus Zbyszko
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (3 times)
[197]
|
123
|
1997
|
|
Édouard Carpentier (Edouard Wiercowicz)
[198]
|
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)
[198]
|
124
|
1997
|
|
El Hijo del Santo (Jorge Guzmán)
[199]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
AAA World Tag Team Championship (1 time),
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), and
Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)
[9]
[23]
[200]
|
125
|
1997
|
|
Toshiaki Kawada
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
[177]
|
126
|
1997
|
—
|
Jimmy Lennon
|
Ring announcing
|
Posthumous inductee; worked as a ring announcer in
Los Angeles
[201]
|
127
|
1997
|
|
William Muldoon
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[202]
|
128
|
1997
|
|
Chigusa Nagayo
|
Women's wrestling
|
Founded
Gaea Japan; won the
AAAW Single Championship (2 times)
[203]
[204]
|
129
|
1998
|
|
Dos Caras (José Rodríguez)
|
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)
[157]
[205]
|
130
|
1999
|
|
Lioness Asuka (Tomoko Kitamura)
|
Women's wrestling
|
Won the
AJW Championship (2 times),
WWWA World Single Championship (2 times), and
AJW Junior Championship (1 time).
|
131
|
1999
|
|
Jushin Thunder Liger (Keiichi Yamada)
[206]
|
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).
[207]
[208]
|
132
|
1999
|
|
Keiji Mutoh
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (4 times) and
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[118]
[177]
|
133
|
1999
|
|
Jim Ross
|
Commentating
|
Worked as commentator for
Universal Wrestling Federation, WCW, and WWF/E
[209]
|
134
|
2000
|
|
Stone Cold Steve Austin (Steven James Williams)
[210]
[n 2]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWF Championship (6 times),
WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times), and
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
[91]
[160]
[172]
|
135
|
2000
|
|
Mick Foley
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWF Championship (3 times) and
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[91]
|
136
|
2000
|
|
Shinya Hashimoto
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[177]
[212]
[213]
|
137
|
2000
|
|
Akira Hokuto (Hisako Uno Sasaki)
|
Women's wrestling
|
Won the
WCW Women's Championship (1 time),
All Pacific Championship (2 times), and
CMLL World Women's Championship (1 time)
[214]
|
138
|
2000
|
—
|
Bill Longson
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and
NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[215]
|
139
|
2000
|
|
Frank Sexton
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Boston-based AWA World Heavyweight Champion (2 times)
[216]
|
140
|
2000
|
|
Sándor Szabó
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and Boston-based
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[217]
|
141
|
2001
|
—
|
Black Shadow (Alejandro Cruz Ortíz)
[60]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) and
Mexican National Lightweight Championship (1 time)
[101]
[218]
|
142
|
2001
|
—
|
Diablo Velasco (Cuahutémoc Velasco)
[60]
|
Training
|
Posthumous inductee; trained many well-known wrestlers
[69]
[219]
|
143
|
2001
|
—
|
Lizmark (Juan Baños)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (2 times), and
Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)
[9]
[23]
[157]
|
144
|
2001
|
|
Bull Nakano (Keiko Nakano)
[220]
|
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)
[124]
|
145
|
2001
|
—
|
El Satánico (Daniel López)
[221]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (3 times) and
Mexican National Trios Championship (3 times)
[9]
[205]
|
146
|
2002
|
|
Martin Burns
|
Wrestling and training
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
American Heavyweight Championship (1 time); trained many well-known wrestlers
[222]
[223]
|
147
|
2002
|
|
Jack Curley (Jacques Armand Schuel)
[224]
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events and helped popularize professional wrestling in the United States
[224]
|
148
|
2002
|
|
Kenta Kobashi
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and
GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[177]
[225]
|
149
|
2002
|
|
Wahoo McDaniel (Edward McDaniel)
[226]
|
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)
[227]
|
150
|
2002
|
|
Manami Toyota
|
Women's wrestling
|
Won the
WWWA World Single Championship (4 times),
AAAW Single Championship (1 time) and
All Pacific Championship (2 times)
[204]
|
151
|
2003
|
|
Chris Benoit
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
WWE Intercontinental Championship (4 times), and
WWF/World Tag Team Championship (3 times)
[228]
|
152
|
2003
|
|
Earl Caddock
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time)
[229]
|
153
|
2003
|
—
|
Francisco Flores
|
Promoting
|
Promoted wrestling events in Mexico; founded the
Universal Wrestling Association
[230]
|
154
|
2003
|
|
Shawn Michaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom)
[231]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWF Championship (3 times),
World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and
WWF/World Tag Team Championship (4 times)
[91]
[92]
[232]
|
155
|
2004
|
|
The Undertaker (Mark Calaway)
[233]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWF/E Championship (4 times),
World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and
WWF Tag Team Championship (6 times)
[91]
[92]
[232]
|
156
|
2004
|
|
Bob Backlund
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWWF Heavyweight Championship/WWF Championship (2 times) and
WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)
[91]
[92]
|
157
|
2004
|
|
Masahiro Chono
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and
IWGP Tag Team Championship (7 times)
[212]
|
158
|
2004
|
—
|
Tarzán López (Carlos Lόpez Tovar)
[60]
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times),
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), and
Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time)
[9]
[23]
[157]
|
159
|
2004
|
|
Kazushi Sakuraba
|
Wrestling and
MMA
|
Competed in several professional wrestling organizations as well as in
mixed martial arts fighting
[234]
|
160
|
2004
|
|
Último Dragón (Yoshihiro Asai)
[235]
|
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)
[207]
[208]
|
161
|
2004
|
|
Kurt Angle
|
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)
[91]
[232]
|
162
|
2005
|
|
The Fabulous Freebirds (
Michael Hayes,
Terry Gordy, and
Buddy Roberts) (Michael Seitz, Terry Gordy, and Dale Hey)
[236]
[237]
|
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)
[238]
|
163
|
2005
|
|
Paul Heyman
|
Managing and
promoting
|
Owned and promoted
Extreme Championship Wrestling; managed wrestlers in
American Wrestling Association,
National Wrestling Alliance,
World Championship Wrestling and
WWE
[239]
|
164
|
2005
|
|
Triple H (Paul Levesque)
[240]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWF/E Championship (9 times),
World Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
[91]
[232]
WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (5 times), and
WWF European Championship (2 times)
|
165
|
2006
|
—
|
Paul Bowser
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; promoted Boston's American Wrestling Association
[241]
|
166
|
2006
|
|
Eddie Guerrero
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
WWE Championship (1 time),
WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (2 times), and
WCW/WWE United States Championship (2 times)
[242]
|
167
|
2006
|
|
Hiroshi Hase
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and
IWGP Tag Team Championship (4 times) and
WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[243]
[244]
|
168
|
2006
|
|
Masakatsu Funaki
|
Wrestling,
MMA and
promoting
|
Won the
King of Pancrase Openweight Championship (2 times) and
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time); founded
Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling
[245]
[246]
[247]
|
169
|
2006
|
|
Aja Kong (Erika Shishido)
|
Women's wrestling
|
Won the
AAAW Single Championship (3 times),
WWWA World Single Championship (2 times), and
WWWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times)
[204]
[248]
|
170
|
2007
|
|
The Rock (Dwayne Johnson)
[249]
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWF/WWE Championship (8 times),
WCW/World Championship (2 times),
WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (2 times), and
WWF World Tag Team Championship (5 times)
[91]
[250]
|
171
|
2007
|
|
Evan Lewis
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee; won the
American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[222]
|
172
|
2007
|
—
|
Tom Packs
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in
St. Louis, Missouri and the
Midwestern United States
[251]
|
173
|
2008
|
—
|
Paco Alonso (Francisco Alonso)
|
Promoting
|
Promoted the
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
[252]
|
174
|
2008
|
|
Martín Karadagian
|
Wrestling and
promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; competed in
Argentina
[253]
|
175
|
2009
|
|
Konnan (Charles Ashenoff)
|
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)
[69]
|
176
|
2009
|
—
|
Everett Marshall
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
MWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[69]
|
177
|
2009
|
—
|
The Midnight Express (
Bobby Eaton,
Stan Lane and
Dennis Condrey)
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time),
Mid-South Tag Team Championship (2 times),
NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time),
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (3 times), and
NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
[69]
|
178
|
2009
|
—
|
Bill Miller
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
AWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time)
|
179
|
2009
|
|
Masa Saito (Masanori Saito)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
WWF World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
[69]
|
180
|
2009
|
—
|
Roy Shire (Roy Shropshire)
|
Wrestling and
promoting
|
Won the
Amarillo version of NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time); founded and promoted
Big Time Wrestling in the Bay Area
[69]
|
181
|
2010
|
|
Chris Jericho (Christopher Irvine)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Undisputed WWF Championship (1 time),
World Heavyweight Championship (3 times),
AEW World Championship (1 time),
WCW/World Championship (2 times), and
WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (9 times),
[69]
|
182
|
2010
|
|
Rey Mysterio, Jr. (Oscar Gutierrez)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
World Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
WWE Championship (1 time), and
WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Championship (8 times)
[69]
|
183
|
2010
|
|
Wladek Zbyszko (Władysław Cyganiewicz)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Won the
Boston version of AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[69]
|
184
|
2011
|
—
|
Kent Walton
|
Commentating
|
Posthumous inductee.
World of Sport commentator
[254]
|
185
|
2011
|
|
Steve Williams
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Won the
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
UWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[254]
|
186
|
2011
|
—
|
Curtis Iaukea
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Won the
IWA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times),
NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (4 times), and
WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
[254]
|
187
|
2012
|
—
|
Mick McManus (William Matthews)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the European Middleweight Championship (4 times),
British Welterweight Championship (2 times) and
British Middleweight Championship (1 time)
[255]
|
188
|
2012
|
—
|
Alfonso Morales (Gilberto Alberto Morales Villela)
|
Commentating
|
Commentator for both
AAA and
CMLL on
Televisa
[255]
|
189
|
2012
|
|
John Cena
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship (13 times),
World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and
WWE United States Championship (5 times)
[255]
|
190
|
2012
|
|
Hans Schmidt (Guy Larose)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Won the Montreal version of AWA International Heavyweight Championship (2 times), Chicago version of
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and
Los Angeles version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
[255]
|
191
|
2012
|
|
Lou Albano
|
Wrestling and
managing
|
Posthumous inductee. Won the
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship. Manager of 15 different
WWF World Tag Team Champions
[255]
|
192
|
2012
|
|
Gus Sonnenberg
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee,
Original World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and
Boston version of AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
[255]
|
193
|
2013
|
—
|
Takashi Matsunaga
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee. Founder and promoter of
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
[256]
|
194
|
2013
|
—
|
Henri Deglane
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Won
Olympic gold medal in men's
Greco-Roman wrestling, won the Boston version of the
AWA World Heavyweight Championship
[256]
|
195
|
2013
|
—
|
Dr. Wagner (Manuel González)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Won the
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and
Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time). Patriarch of the Wagner wrestling family
[256]
|
196
|
2013
|
|
Atlantis
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
CMLL World Tag Team Championship (5 times),
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time),
Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time),
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
NWA World Middleweight Championship (3 times)
[256]
|
197
|
2013
|
|
Kensuke Sasaki
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (3 times),
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (5 times),
GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
IWGP Tag Team Championship (7 times),
GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) and
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[256]
|
198
|
2013
|
|
Hiroshi Tanahashi
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (8 times),
IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times),
IWGP Intercontinental Championship (2 times) and the
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
[256]
|
199
|
2014
|
|
The Rock 'n' Roll Express (
Ricky Morton and
Robert Gibson) (Richard Morton and Ruben Cain)
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times),
the Mid-Atlantic version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times),
SMW Tag Team Championship (10 times), and
USWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
[257]
|
200
|
2014
|
—
|
Ray Fabiani (Aurelio Fabiani)
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee. Philadelphia promoter
[257]
|
201
|
2015
|
|
Brock Lesnar
|
Wrestling and
MMA
|
Won the
WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship (7 times),
WWE Universal Championship (3 times),
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and
UFC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[3]
|
202
|
2015
|
|
Shinsuke Nakamura
|
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)
[3]
|
203
|
2015
|
—
|
Perro Aguayo Jr. (Pedro Aguayo)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Won the
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1),
Mexican National Tag Team Championship (3 times),
CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time), and
WWA Tag Team Championship (3 times)
[3]
|
204
|
2015
|
—
|
The Assassins (
Jody Hamilton and Tom Renesto)
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Won the
Florida version of NWA United States Tag Team Championship (2 times),
NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (12 times),
Vancouver version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time), and
Mid-America version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
[3]
|
205
|
2015
|
|
Ivan Koloff (Oreal Perras)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (5 times),
NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (7 times),
NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (4 times),
NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time),
Mid-Atlantic version of NWA Television Championship (5 times),
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (2 times),
Mid-Atlantic version of NWA World Tag Team Championship (5 times), and
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[3]
|
206
|
2015
|
|
Carlos Colón
|
Wrestling and
promoting
|
Won the
WWC World/Universal Heavyweight Championship (26 times),
WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (9 times),
WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (8 times),
WWC North American Tag Team Championship (11 times),
WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
WWC World Tag Team Championship (3 times) and
WWC World Television Championship (4 times)
[3]
|
207
|
2015
|
—
|
Eddie Quinn (Edmund Quinn)
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee; Montreal promoter
[3]
|
208
|
2016
|
|
Bryan Danielson
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013) (1 time),
WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship (4 times) and
ROH World Championship (1 time).
[258]
|
209
|
2016
|
|
Gene Okerlund (Eugene Okerlund)
|
Commentating
|
Worked as interviewer and announcer for
American Wrestling Association,
World Wrestling Federation and
World Championship Wrestling.
[258]
|
210
|
2016
|
|
Sting (Steve Borden)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times),
WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (4 times).
[258]
|
211
|
2016
|
—
|
James McLaughlin
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Generally considered the first American professional wrestling champion.
[258]
|
212
|
2017
|
—
|
Mark Lewin
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time).
[259]
|
213
|
2017
|
|
AJ Styles (Allen Jones)
|
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.
[259]
|
214
|
2017
|
—
|
The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike)
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Posthumous inductees. Introduced modern professional wrestling to Japan. Won the
San Francisco version (18 times) and the
Chicago version (1 time) of the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
[259]
|
215
|
2017
|
|
Minoru Suzuki
|
Wrestling,
MMA and
promoting
|
Co-founder of
Pancrase. Won the
King of Pancrase Openweight Championship (1 time),
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time), and the
IWGP Intercontinental Championship (1 time).
[259]
|
216
|
2017
|
|
Pedro Morales
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (2 times) and
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time).
[259]
|
217
|
2018
|
|
LA Park (Adolfo Tapia)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWC World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), the
CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) and
MLW World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
[260]
|
218
|
2018
|
—
|
Jerry Jarrett
|
Wrestling and
promoting
|
Wrestler and promoter of
Continental Wrestling Association,
United States Wrestling Association and
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
[260]
|
219
|
2018
|
|
Jimmy Hart
|
Managing
|
Managed wrestlers in
Continental Wrestling Association,
World Wrestling Federation, and
World Championship Wrestling
[260]
|
220
|
2018
|
|
Bill Apter
|
Journalism
|
Staff member for several magazines during the 1970s, 80s and 90s, notably
Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
[260]
|
221
|
2018
|
|
Howard Finkel
|
Ring announcing
|
Announcer for the
WWE since 1975, when it was known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation. He was the longest tenured employee of the organization.
[260]
|
222
|
2018
|
|
Gary Hart (Gary Williams)
|
Wrestling and
managing
|
Posthumous inductee. Booker for
World Class Championship Wrestling and longtime manager for several promotions
[260]
|
223
|
2018
|
|
Yuji Nagata
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times), and
NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time)
[260]
|
224
|
2019
|
|
Último Guerrero (José Gutiérrez)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
CMLL World Tag Team Championship (6 times),
CMLL World Trios Championship (5 times),
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time
[261]
|
225
|
2019
|
|
Villano III (Arturo Díaz)
|
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 the
Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time)
[261]
|
226
|
2019
|
|
Dr. Wagner, Jr. (Juan Manuel González Barron)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
CMLL World Tag Team Championship (4 times),
CMLL World Trios Championship (4 times),
AAA Mega Championship (3 times),
UWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and the
WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
[261]
|
227
|
2019
|
—
|
Jim Crockett Sr.
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee. Founder of
Jim Crockett Promotions
[261]
|
228
|
2019
|
|
Gedo (Keiji Takayama)
|
Wrestling
|
Booker for
New Japan Pro-Wrestling since 2010. Won the
WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (4 times), and the
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time)
[261]
|
229
|
2019
|
—
|
Bearcat Wright (Edward Wright)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. First African American world wrestling champion. Won the
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and the
IWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
[261]
|
230
|
2019
|
|
Paul Pons
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Early
Greco-Roman wrestling pioneer. Won over 40 tournaments.
[261]
|
231
|
2019
|
—
|
Los Misioneros de la Muerte (
El Signo,
El Texano y
Negro Navarro) (Antonio Sánchez, Juan Conrado Aguilar, and Miguel Calderón Navarro)
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Won the
UWA World Trios Championship (6 times)
[261]
|
232
|
2020
|
|
Kenny Omega (Tyson Smith)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
IWGP Intercontinental Championship (1 time),
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
AAA Mega Championship (1 time),
AEW World Championship (1 time),
AEW Tag Team Championship (1 time) and the
Impact World Championship (1 time)
[262]
|
233
|
2020
|
—
|
Médico Asesino (Cesáreo Manríquez González)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Also known as El Medico in Texas. Won the
Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time), the
NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (3 times), and the
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (2 times). One of the first Luchadores to act in television and movies.
[262]
|
234
|
2020
|
—
|
Karloff Lagarde (Carlos Lagarde)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Won the
Mexican National Welterweight Championship (1 time), the
NWA World Welterweight Championship (3 times), the
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (1 time), and the
Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time).
[262]
|
235
|
2020
|
|
Jun Akiyama
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
GHC Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and the
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (2 times).
[262]
|
236
|
2020
|
—
|
Dan Koloff (Doncho Trevnenski)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Won the
European Heavyweight Championship (2 times).
[262]
|
237
|
2021
|
|
Kazuchika Okada
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (2 times),
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (5 times),
G1 Climax winner (3 times),
New Japan Cup winner (2 times)[
citation needed]
|
238
|
2021
|
—
|
Jim Crockett Jr.
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee. Part owner of
Jim Crockett Promotions 1973 to 1989. President of the
National Wrestling Alliance four occasions[
citation needed]
|
239
|
2021
|
—
|
Los Brazos (
Brazo de Oro,
Brazo de Plata y
El Brazo)
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Posthumous inductees. Part of the
Alvarado wrestling family[
citation needed]
|
240
|
2021
|
—
|
Don Owen
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee. Owned and operated
Pacific Northwest Wrestling for six decades.[
citation needed]
|
241
|
2022
|
—
|
Holy Demon Army (
Toshiaki Kawada and
Akira Taue)
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Won the
AJPW World Tag Team Championship (6 times) and the
World's Strongest Tag Determination League (2 times)
|
242
|
2022
|
|
Místico (Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
CMLL World Tag Team Championship (5 times),
CMLL World Welterweight Championship (1 time),
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship (1 time),
NWA World Middleweight Championship (2 times)
|
243
|
2022
|
|
Kota Ibushi
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time),
IWGP Intercontinental Championship (2 times),
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times),
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time),
IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time),
NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time), and the
G1 Climax (2 times)
|
244
|
2022
|
|
Tetsuya Naito
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times),
IWGP Intercontinental Championship (6 times),
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time),
IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times),
NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time), and the
G1 Climax (2 times)
|
245
|
2022
|
—
|
Los Villanos (
Villano I,
Villano II,
Villano III,
Villano IV, and
Villano V) (José de Jesús Díaz Mendoza, José Alfredo Díaz Mendoza, Arturo Díaz Mendoza, Tomás Díaz Mendoza, Raymundo Díaz Mendoza Jr.)
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Villanos I, II, and III were posthumous inductees. Held numerous tag team, trios, and atómicos championships. Part of the Mendoza wrestling family.
|
246
|
2022
|
—
|
Mark "Rollerball" Rocco (Mark Hussey)
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. Won the
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time).
|
247
|
2022
|
—
|
Lou Daro
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee. Promoter in
Los Angeles.
|
248
|
2022
|
—
|
Johnny Doyle
|
Promoting
|
Posthumous inductee. Promoter and booking agent.
|
249
|
2023
|
|
Tomohiro Ishii
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time),
NEVER Openweight Championship (6 times),
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (3 times),
British Heavyweight Championship (2 times), and the
ROH World Television Championship (1 time)
|
250
|
2023
|
|
Sgt. Slaughter (Robert Remus)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
WWF Championship (1 time), and the
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
|
251
|
2023
|
—
|
Blue Panther (Genaro Nevarez)
|
Wrestling
|
Won the
CMLL World Middleweight Championship (1 time),
CMLL World Tag Team Championship (1 time),
CMLL World Trios Championship (2 times),
Mexican National Trios Championship (2 times), and the
Mexican National Middleweight Championship (2 times)
|
252
|
2023
|
—
|
George Kidd
|
Wrestling
|
Posthumous inductee. First entrant into the Hall of Fame for Scotland.
|
253
|
2023
|
—
|
Jack Brisco &
Jerry Brisco
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Jack Brisco is a posthumous inductee. Won the
NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (8 times),
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (2 times),
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (5 times),
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (3 times), and the
NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (2 times)
|
254
|
2023
|
—
|
Beauty Pair (
Jackie Sato & Maki Ueda)
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Jackie Sato is a posthumous inductee. Won the
WWWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
|
255
|
2023
|
—
|
Antonino Rocca &
Miguel Pérez
|
Tag team wrestling
|
Posthumous inductees. Won the
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Northeast version) (1 time), and the
WWC North American Tag Team Championship (1 time)
|