Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame is a professional wrestling and mixed martial arts hall of fame that recognizes people who make significant contributions to their professions. It was founded in 1996 by Dave Meltzer, editor of WON. Like many other wrestling halls of fame, such as the WWE, TNA, ROH and WCW halls of fame, WONs Hall of Fame is not contained in a building. There are no ceremonies for inductions other than a highly detailed biographical documentation of their career in the newsletter. Inductees include wrestlers/fighters, managers, promoters, trainers, and commentators. On select occasions, groups, either tag teams, trios, or quartets, have been inducted rather than the individual members of the group. This first occurred in 1996, when The Fabulous Kangaroos and The Road Warriors entered the hall. The Fabulous Freebirds, The Midnight Express, The Rock 'n' Roll Express, The Assassins, The Holy Demon Army, The Sharpe Brothers, Los Misioneros de la Muerte, and Los Brazos among others all also entered as groups. Occasionally entire wrestling families have been inducted into the hall. This first occurred in 1996 when The Dusek Family entered the hall; in 2022, the five man familial team of Los Villanos was inducted.
Starting in 2022, it became possible for a wrestler to be placed in the Hall of Fame multiple times, much like inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. So far, five people have achieved this double honor: Toshiaki Kawada, Villano III, Antonino Rocca, Jack Brisco, and Jackie Sato. Each are inducted as a singles performer and a team member.
Meltzer began the Hall of Fame by choosing a list of 122 inaugural inductees in 1996. Since then, wrestlers from past and present, others employed in the professional wrestling industry, wrestling journalists and historians have been selected by Meltzer to cast secret ballots to determine annual groups of inductees. Voting criteria include the length of time spent in wrestling, historical significance, ability to attract viewers, and wrestling ability. Inductees must have at least 15 years of experience or be over 35 years old and have 10 years of experience. To gain membership in the hall, potential inductees must receive 60% support on the ballots from their geographic region. Any person that gets less than 10% of the vote is eliminated from the ballot. If a person fails to get inducted 15 years after being put on the ballot, they must get 50% of the vote or be eliminated. There are over 200 inductees, including the multiple teams, trios, and stables. Since voting began in 1998, nineteen candidates have been inducted in their first year of eligibility; the most recent first-ballot inductees were Beauty Pair in 2023.
In 2008, a recall vote was held asking if 2003 inductee Chris Benoit, who killed his wife and son before committing suicide in June 2007, should remain in the hall. To have Benoit removed, Meltzer required that 60% of voters must agree with the proposal. Although the majority voted for Benoit's removal, they only represented 53.6% of the votes, falling short of the number required. Benoit remains on the list of inductees.

Inductees

#	Year	Image	Ring name	Inducted for	Notes
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship, NWA United National Championship, and PWF World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship, and Mexican National Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship and WWF Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the British Heavyweight Championship and European Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and PWF World Heavyweight Championship ; founded All Japan Pro Wrestling
	1996			Promoting	Founded Australia's World Championship Wrestling; owned Georgia Championship Wrestling
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship
	1996		"The Destroyer" Dick Beyer	Wrestling	Won the [WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Omaha version)\|World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version)\|WWA World Heavyweight Championship] and AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and managing	Won the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship and NAWA/WWA World Heavyweight Championship ; worked as manager after retiring as a competitor
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship and appeared in several luchador films
	1996			Wrestling	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, AWA World Tag Team Championship, and [NWA World Tag Team Championship (AJPW)\|World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)\|NWA World Tag Team Championship]
	1996			Commentating and promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted the Houston, Texas territory of National Wrestling Alliance
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Detroit version of NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and Mid-Atlantic version
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship, and NWA National Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA International Heavyweight Championship, and PWF World Tag Team Championship
	1996			Women's wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the Women's World Championship and NWA World Women's Championship ; founded World Women's Wrestling Association.
	1996			Wrestling	Won the UWA World Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Tag Team Championship and CMLL World Trios Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, CMLL World Middleweight Championship, UWA World Lightweight Championship and UWA World Middleweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the PWF World Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Heavyweight Championship, and IWGP Tag Team Championship
	1996			Managing and promoting	Founded Smoky Mountain Wrestling and managed wrestlers in National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation
	1996			Wrestling	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, AWA World Tag Team Championship, and WWA World Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling and managing	Won the NWA/Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship, PWF World Tag Team Championship, NWA National Heavyweight Championship, and WWF World Tag Team Championship ; managed the Million Dollar Corporation and New World Order stables
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the Indianapolis version and the Los Angeles version of the WWA World Heavyweight Championship, AWA World Heavyweight Championship and AWA World Tag Team Championship ; owned and promoted the World Wrestling Association in Indianapolis, Indiana
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, and Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Emil and Ernie Dusek won the Central States version of NWA World Tag Team Championship and San Francisco version of NWA World Tag Team Championship ; Joe Dusek promoted wrestling events in Omaha, Nebraska
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship, NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship, All Asia Tag Team Championship, Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship, and WWF Tag Team Championship
	1996			Tag team wrestling	Won the Northeast version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship and Mid-America version of NWA World Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship and Mid-America version of NWA Southern Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and WCW World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and NWA North American Heavyweight Championship multiple times; promoted for the National Wrestling Alliance
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, and NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, ECW World Heavyweight Championship, and WWF Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Founded the American Wrestling Association; won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Mexican Light Heavyweight Championship ; appeared in several luchador films
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship and Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship, NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship, and Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship and American Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship, WWWF World Tag Team Championship, and Ohio's AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996		"Superstar" Billy Graham	Wrestling	Won the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship and San Francisco version of NWA World Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Tag Team Championship and NWA United States Tag Team Championship ; owned Championship Wrestling from Florida and served as president of National Wrestling Alliance
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the Mexican National Middleweight Championship, Mexican National Tag Team Championship, and the UWA World Middleweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Welterweight Championship, NWA World Middleweight Championship, and Mexican National Middleweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship and World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship and AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, and WCW World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling, promoting and training	Owned and promoted Stampede Wrestling; trained many well-known wrestlers
	1996			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
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and WCW World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the All Asia Tag Team Championship, NWA International Tag Team Championship, and IWGP Heavyweight Championship ; founded New Japan Pro-Wrestling
	1996		Rayo de Jalisco	Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Tag Team Championship and appeared in luchador films
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the American Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship and Omaha's World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and WWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in Chicago, Illinois and helped popularize tag team wrestling in the United States
	1996			Wrestling and training	Won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship and WWWF World Tag Team Championship ; trained many well-known wrestlers
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship, WWA World Heavyweight Championship, and NWF Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Commentating	Posthumous inductee; worked as commentator for wrestling shows in Southern California
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship, and Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship and Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship and NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; founded Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the UWF Heavyweight Championship, European Heavyweight Championship, and IWGP Tag Team Championship ; founded Fighting Network Rings and the Newborn Universal Wrestling Federation
	1996			Women's wrestling	Won the WWWA World Single Championship, AAAW Single Championship, and WCW Women's Championship ; trained several well-known wrestlers
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWA/NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, and Georgia's IWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Women's wrestling	Won the AJW Championship and WWWA World Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and World Light Heavyweight Championship ; promoted shows for National Wrestling Alliance in Oklahoma
	1996			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; founded the World Wide Wrestling Federation
	1996			Promoting and commentating	Owned and provided commentary for the World Wrestling Federation
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Light Heavyweight Championship and NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, GHC Heavyweight Championship, and World Tag Team Championship ; founded Pro Wrestling Noah
	1996			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; invented "Slam Bang Western Style Wrestling", founded the Gold Dust Trio, and ran the World Wide Wrestling Federation
	1996			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
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship, World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time)
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship, All Asia Heavyweight Championship and NWA International Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship, All Asia Tag Team Championship, and FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship ; founded Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
	1996			Wrestling	Won the San Francisco version of NWA World Tag Team Championship, AWA World Tag Team Championship, and WWF Intercontinental Championship
	1996			Promoting	Founded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship ; founded World League Wrestling
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA International Heavyweight Championship, Japanese Heavyweight Championship, All Asia Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship, and All Asia Tag Team Championship ; founded the Japanese Wrestling Association
	1996			Tag team wrestling	Won the AWA World Tag Team Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship, and WWF Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship and Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the PWF World Heavyweight Championship, IWA World Heavyweight Championship, European Heavyweight Championship, British Heavyweight Championship, AWA World Tag Team Championship, and AWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the Ohio version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA North American Tag Team Championship and WWWF International Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Commentating	Worked as commentator and ring announcer for wrestling shows in Memphis, and to a lesser extent, World Championship Wrestling and Smoky Mountain Wrestling
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, WWWF United States Tag Team Championship, and WWA World Tag Team Championship
	1996			Promoting and managing	Posthumous inductee; managed Ed "Strangler" Lewis and was part of the Gold Dust Trio
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship, and Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship ; appeared in several luchador films
	1996			Women's wrestling	Won the WWWA World Single Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, and WCW World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the Detroit Version of NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship ; owned and promoted Big Time Wrestling
	1996			Promoting	Chairman of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, founder of Japanese Universal Wrestling Federation and on-screen president of the World Wrestling Federation
	1996			Wrestling	Won the World Wrestling Championship, NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship and Commonwealth Championship.
	1996			Commentating	Worked as commentator for the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Middleweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and WWF Intercontinental Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; won several regional championships; co-founded the National Wrestling Alliance
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco version), the AWA World Tag Team Championship and the AWA United States Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Pro-Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship, and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship ; founded the Union of Wrestling Forces International
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, World Tag Team Championship ; founded Wrestle Association R
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996		"Tiger Mask" Satoru Sayama	Wrestling, MMA and promoting	Won the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship ; founded Shooto
	1996			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship and AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in Toronto, Ontario and served as president of the National Wrestling Alliance
	1996		Mad Dog Vachon	Wrestling	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, AWA World Tag Team Championship, and Central States version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and UWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Won the NWF Heavyweight Championship and NWA/WWWF United States Tag Team Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship and NWA American Heavyweight Championship ; served as president of the National Wrestling Alliance and founded World Class Championship Wrestling
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship and NWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship
	1996			Wrestling and promoting	Won the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship, AWA United States Heavyweight Championship and WWWF United States Tag Team Championship ; founded Mid-South Wrestling and served as president of World Championship Wrestling
	1996			Women's wrestling	Won the UWA World Women's Championship, and WWWA World Single Championship
	1996			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship
	1997			Wrestling	Won the Boston's Atlantic Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship, Omaha's World Heavyweight Championship, and NAWA/WWA World Heavyweight Championship
	1997			Wrestling	Won the AAA World Tag Team Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship, and Mexican National Welterweight Championship
	1997			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
	1997			Ring announcing	Posthumous inductee; worked as a ring announcer in Los Angeles
	1997			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship
	1997			Women's wrestling	Founded Gaea Japan; won the AAAW Single Championship
	1998			Wrestling	Won the UWA World Heavyweight Championship, WWA World Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship and Mexican National Trios Championship
	1999			Women's wrestling	Won the AJW Championship, WWWA World Single Championship, and AJW Junior Championship.
	1999			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Middleweight Championship, J-Crown, WCW Light Heavyweight Championship, and NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
	1999			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	1999			Commentating	Worked as commentator for Universal Wrestling Federation, WCW, and WWF/E
	2000		Stone Cold Steve Austin	Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, and WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
	2000			Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship and TNA World Heavyweight Championship
	2000			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Heavyweight Championship, and Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
	2000			Women's wrestling	Won the WCW Women's Championship, All Pacific Championship, and CMLL World Women's Championship
	2000			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship and NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
	2000			Wrestling	Won the Boston-based AWA World Heavyweight Champion
	2000			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship and Boston-based AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	2001			Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Tag Team Championship and Mexican National Lightweight Championship
	2001			Training	Posthumous inductee; trained many well-known wrestlers
	2001			Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship, and Mexican National Welterweight Championship
	2001			Women's wrestling	Won the WWWA World Single Championship, All Pacific Championship, WWF Women's Championship and CMLL World Women's Championship
	2001			Wrestling	Won the Mexican National Middleweight Championship and Mexican National Trios Championship
	2002			Wrestling and training	Posthumous inductee; won the American Heavyweight Championship ; trained many well-known wrestlers
	2002			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events and helped popularize professional wrestling in the United States
	2002			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship and GHC Heavyweight Championship
	2002			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the NWA United States Championship, NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, and NWA National Heavyweight Championship
	2002			Women's wrestling	Won the WWWA World Single Championship, AAAW Single Championship and All Pacific Championship
	2003			Wrestling	Won the World Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, WWE Intercontinental Championship, and WWF/World Tag Team Championship
	2003			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship
	2003			Promoting	Promoted wrestling events in Mexico; founded the Universal Wrestling Association
	2003			Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, and WWF/World Tag Team Championship
	2004			Wrestling	Won the WWF/E Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, and WWF Tag Team Championship
	2004			Wrestling	Won the WWWF Heavyweight Championship/WWF Championship and WWF Tag Team Championship
	2004			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and IWGP Tag Team Championship
	2004			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship, and Mexican National Welterweight Championship
	2004			Wrestling and MMA	Competed in several professional wrestling organizations as well as in mixed martial arts fighting
	2004			Wrestling	Won the J-Crown, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, and WCW Cruiserweight Championship
	2004			Wrestling	Won the WWF/E Championship, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, World Heavyweight Championship and TNA World Heavyweight Championship
	2005			Tag team wrestling	Won the WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship/Texas version of the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship and WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship
	2005			Managing and promoting	Owned and promoted Extreme Championship Wrestling; managed wrestlers in American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling and WWE
	2005			Wrestling	Won the WWF/E Championship, World Heavyweight Championship WWF/E Intercontinental Championship, and WWF European Championship
	2006			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted Boston's American Wrestling Association
	2006			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the WWE Championship, WWF/E Intercontinental Championship, and WCW/WWE United States Championship
	2006			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Tag Team Championship and WCW International World Heavyweight Championship
	2006			Wrestling, MMA and promoting	Won the King of Pancrase Openweight Championship and Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship ; founded Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling
	2006			Women's wrestling	Won the AAAW Single Championship, WWWA World Single Championship, and WWWA World Tag Team Championship
	2007			Wrestling	Won the WWF/WWE Championship, WCW/World Championship, WWF/E Intercontinental Championship, and WWF World Tag Team Championship
	2007			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee; won the American Heavyweight Championship
	2007			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; promoted wrestling events in St. Louis, Missouri and the Midwestern United States
	2008			Promoting	Promoted the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
	2008			Wrestling and promoting	Posthumous inductee; competed in Argentina
	2009		Konnan	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, AAA Americas Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship, WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Tag Team Championship
	2009			Wrestling	Won the MWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship, Texas Heavyweight Championship
	2009			Tag team wrestling	Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship, Mid-South Tag Team Championship, NWA American Tag Team Championship, NWA United States Tag Team Championship, and NWA World Tag Team Championship
	2009			Wrestling	Won the AWA United States Heavyweight Championship, AWA World Heavyweight Championship, WWWF United States Tag Team Championship
	2009			Wrestling	Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship, WWF World Tag Team Championship
	2009			Wrestling and promoting	Won the Amarillo version of NWA North American Heavyweight Championship and NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship ; founded and promoted Big Time Wrestling in the Bay Area
	2010			Wrestling	Won the Undisputed WWF Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, AEW World Championship, WCW/World Championship, and WWF/E Intercontinental Championship,
	2010			Wrestling	Won the World Heavyweight Championship, WWE Championship, and WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Championship
	2010			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Boston version of AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	2011			Commentating	Posthumous inductee. World of Sport commentator
	2011		"Dr. Death" Steve Williams	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, UWF World Heavyweight Championship
	2011			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship, and WWWF World Tag Team Championship
	2012			Wrestling	Won the European Middleweight Championship, British Welterweight Championship and British Middleweight Championship
	2012			Commentating	Commentator for both AAA and CMLL on Televisa
	2012			Wrestling	Won the WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, and WWE United States Championship
	2012			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Montreal version of AWA International Heavyweight Championship, Chicago version of NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, and Los Angeles version of NWA World Tag Team Championship
	2012			Wrestling and managing	Posthumous inductee. Won the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship. Manager of 15 different WWF World Tag Team Champions
	2012			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee, Original World Heavyweight Championship, and Boston version of AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	2013			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Founder and promoter of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
	2013			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won Olympic gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling, won the Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
	2013			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship and Mexican National Tag Team Championship. Patriarch of the Wagner wrestling family
	2013		Atlantis	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Tag Team Championship, Mexican National Middleweight Championship, Mexican National Tag Team Championship, NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and NWA World Middleweight Championship
	2013			Wrestling	Won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Heavyweight Championship, GHC Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship, GHC Tag Team Championship and WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
	2013			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship, IWGP Intercontinental Championship and the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship
	2014			Tag team wrestling	Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship, the Mid-Atlantic version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, SMW Tag Team Championship, and USWA World Tag Team Championship
	2014			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Philadelphia promoter
	2015			Wrestling and MMA	Won the WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship, WWE Universal Championship, IWGP Heavyweight Championship, and UFC Heavyweight Championship
	2015			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Intercontinental Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship, NXT Championship, WWE United States Championship and WWE Intercontinental Championship
	2015			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Tag Team Championship, CMLL World Trios Championship, and WWA Tag Team Championship
	2015			Tag team wrestling	Won the Florida version of NWA United States Tag Team Championship, NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship, Vancouver version of NWA World Tag Team Championship, and Mid-America version of NWA World Tag Team Championship
	2015			Wrestling	Won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship, NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship, NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship, Mid-Atlantic version of NWA Television Championship, NWA United States Tag Team Championship, Mid-Atlantic version of NWA World Tag Team Championship, and WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
	2015			Wrestling and promoting	Won the WWC World/Universal Heavyweight Championship, WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship, WWC North American Heavyweight Championship, WWC North American Tag Team Championship, WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship, WWC World Tag Team Championship and WWC World Television Championship
	2015			Promoting	Posthumous inductee; Montreal promoter
	2016			Wrestling	Won the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013), WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship, AEW World Championship, and ROH World Championship.
	2016			Commentating	Worked as interviewer and announcer for American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling.
	2016			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, WCW International World Heavyweight Championship, WWA World Heavyweight Championship and TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
	2016			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Generally considered the first American professional wrestling champion.
	2017			Wrestling	Won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship and WWA World Heavyweight Championship.
	2017			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, TNA World Heavyweight Championship, WWE Championship, WWE United States Championship and WWE Intercontinental Championship.
	2017			Tag team wrestling	Posthumous inductees. Introduced modern professional wrestling to Japan. Won the San Francisco version and the Chicago version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
	2017			Wrestling, MMA and promoting	Co-founder of Pancrase. Won the King of Pancrase Openweight Championship, Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, GHC Heavyweight Championship, NEVER Openweight Championship, and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
	2017			Wrestling	Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship, WWC North American Heavyweight Championship and WWWF World Heavyweight Championship.
	2018			Wrestling	Won the IWC World Heavyweight Championship, the CMLL World Tag Team Championship and MLW World Tag Team Championship
	2018			Wrestling and promoting	Wrestler and promoter of Continental Wrestling Association, United States Wrestling Association and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
	2018			Managing	Managed wrestlers in Continental Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation, and World Championship Wrestling
	2018			Journalism	Staff member for several magazines during the 1970s, 80s and 90s, notably Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
	2018			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.
	2018			Wrestling and managing	Posthumous inductee. Booker for World Class Championship Wrestling and longtime manager for several promotions
	2018			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, GHC Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship, and NEVER Openweight Championship
	2019			Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Tag Team Championship, CMLL World Trios Championship, CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, UWA World Welterweight Championship, WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, and the Mexican National Trios Championship
	2019		Dr. Wagner Jr.	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, CMLL World Tag Team Championship, CMLL World Trios Championship, AAA Mega Championship, UWA World Heavyweight Championship, UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, and the WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship
	2019			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Founder of Jim Crockett Promotions
	2019			Wrestling	Booker for New Japan Pro-Wrestling since 2010. Won the WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, and the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
	2019			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. First African American world wrestling champion. Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship and the IWA World Heavyweight Championship
	2019			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Early Greco-Roman wrestling pioneer. Won over 40 tournaments.
	2019			Tag team wrestling	Won the UWA World Trios Championship
	2020			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Intercontinental Championship, IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship AAA Mega Championship, AEW World Championship, AEW Tag Team Championship and the Impact World Championship
	2020			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Also known as El Medico in Texas. Won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship, and the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version). One of the first Luchadores to act in television and movies.
	2020			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship, the NWA World Welterweight Championship, the Mexican National Middleweight Championship, and the Mexican National Tag Team Championship.
	2020			Wrestling	Won the GHC Heavyweight Championship and the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.
	2020			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the European Heavyweight Championship.
	2021			Wrestling	Won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Heavyweight Championship, G1 Climax winner, New Japan Cup winner
	2021			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Part owner of Jim Crockett Promotions 1973 to 1989. President of the National Wrestling Alliance four occasions
	2021			Tag team wrestling	Posthumous inductees. Part of the Alvarado wrestling family
	2021			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Owned and operated Pacific Northwest Wrestling for six decades.
	2022		Holy Demon Army	Tag team wrestling	Won the AJPW World Tag Team Championship and the World's Strongest Tag Determination League
	2022		Místico	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, CMLL World Welterweight Championship, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship, NWA World Middleweight Championship
	2022			Wrestling	Won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Intercontinental Championship, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship, NEVER Openweight Championship, and the G1 Climax
	2022			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, IWGP Intercontinental Championship, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, IWGP Tag Team Championship, NEVER Openweight Championship, and the G1 Climax
	2022		Los Villanos	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.
	2022			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship.
	2022			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Promoter in Los Angeles.
	2022			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Promoter and booking agent.
	2023			Wrestling	Won the IWGP Tag Team Championship, NEVER Openweight Championship, NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, British Heavyweight Championship, and the ROH World Television Championship
	2023		Sgt. Slaughter	Wrestling	Won the WWF Championship, and the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship
	2023		Blue Panther	Wrestling	Won the CMLL World Middleweight Championship, CMLL World Tag Team Championship, CMLL World Trios Championship, Mexican National Trios Championship, and the Mexican National Middleweight Championship
	2023			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. First entrant into the Hall of Fame for Scotland.
	2023		Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco	Tag team wrestling	Jack Brisco is a posthumous inductee. Won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship, NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Florida version), NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version), and the NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship
	2023		Beauty Pair	Tag team wrestling	Jackie Sato is a posthumous inductee. Won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship
	2023		Antonino Rocca and Miguel Pérez	Tag team wrestling	Posthumous inductees. Won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Northeast version), and the WWC North American Tag Team Championship
	2024			Wrestling	Won the WWE Championship/WWE Universal Championship, the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the WWE United States Championship
	2024			Wrestling	Won the Open the Dream Gate Championship, the Open the Twin Gate Championship, the Open the Triangle Gate Championship, the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and the NEVER Openweight Championship
	2024			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship, the NWA National Heavyweight Championship and the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship
	2024			Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Wrestling promoter in Montreal. Won the IWA International Heavyweight Championship, the MAC World Heavyweight Championship and the All-Star Wrestling Heavyweight Championship
	2024		Young Bucks	Tag team wrestling	Won the AEW World Tag Team Championship, the AEW World Trios Championship, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, the ROH World Tag Team Championship and the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. Co-founders and Executive Vice Presidents of All Elite Wrestling.
	2024		Los Hermanos Dinamita	Tag team wrestling	Won the Mexican National Trios Championship
	2024		Cima	Wrestling	Won the Open the Dream Gate Championship, the Open the Brave Gate Championship, the Open the Twin Gate Championship and the Open the Triangle Gate Championship
	2024			Wrestling	Won the British Lightweight Championship, the European Lightweight Championship, and the World Lightweight Championship
	2024			Managing	Posthumous inductee. Influential wrestling manager
	2025			Wrestling	Won the IWA World Heavyweight Championship, the IWA World Tag Team Championship and the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship
	2025			Wrestling, promoting and training	Posthumous inductee. Won the NWA World Middleweight Championship. Founded Universal Lucha Libre and trained numerous lucharesu wrestlers in Japan, including Último Dragón.
	2025			Wrestling	Won the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship
	2025			Wrestling	Won the WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, ECW World Heavyweight Championship, WWE Intercontinental Championship, AEW World Championship and ROH World Championship
	2025			Wrestling	Won the Undisputed WWE Championship, the WWE Universal Championship, the WWE Intercontinental Championship, the AEW TNT Championship, the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship, the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship and the ROH World Championship. Co-founded All Elite Wrestling.
	2025		Sabu	Wrestling	Posthumous inductee. Won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, the ECW World Television Championship, the ECW World Tag Team Championship, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and the WWL Extreme Championship.
	2025			Training	Posthumous inductee. Trained many well-known wrestlers from Japan, including Rikidozan.
	2025			Promoting	Posthumous inductee. Co-founded the French Federation of Professional Wrestling