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{{short description|Professional wrestling hall of fame}}
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| name            = George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
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| caption         = TNTHOF housed inside of the [[National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum|Dan Gable Museum]]
| established     = 1999
| dissolved       =
| location        = [[Waterloo, Iowa]], U.S.
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| collections_type = Number of inductees
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| director        = Jim Miller
| president       =
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The '''George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame''' ('''TNTHOF''')<ref name="2023a"/> is a [[List of professional wrestling halls of fame|professional wrestling hall of fame]] and museum located within the [[National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum|National Wrestling Hall of Fame]]'s [[National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum|Dan Gable Museum]]. The hall of fame is named after [[Lou Thesz]], who helped create it,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Solomon|first1=Brian|title=Pro Wrestling FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the World's Most Entertaining Spectacle|year=2015|publisher=[[Backbeat Books]]|isbn=978-1617135996}}</ref> and his trainer [[George Tragos]].<ref name="tragos">{{cite web|url=https://nwhof.org/blog/dg-inductees/george-tragos/|title=George Tragos|publisher=[[National Wrestling Hall of Fame]]|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref> Inductees are professional wrestlers with a strong [[amateur wrestling]] or [[Shoot_(professional_wrestling)#Shoot_fighting|shootfighting]] background who have made an impact on [[professional wrestling]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Skok|first1=Jason|title=Kurt Angle: From Olympian to Wrestling Machine|year=2013|publisher=Capstone Press|isbn=978-1429686822|page=[https://archive.org/details/kurtanglefromoly0000skog/page/28 28]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/kurtanglefromoly0000skog/page/28}}</ref> Additionally, it issues several more awards to recognize individuals who have influenced the industry in various capacities.<ref name="2023a"/>
The hall of fame was founded in 1999 in [[Newton, Iowa]], but moved to [[Waterloo, Iowa]] in 2007.<ref name="flood">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2008/06/14/5878586.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723180724/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2008/06/14/5878586.html|title=Iowa wrestling museum flooded|last=Klingman|first=Kyle|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|date=June 14, 2008|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> The museum suffered severe flooding in the [[Iowa flood of 2008]],<ref name="flood2">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2008/06/20/5935861.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723203235/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2008/06/20/5935861.html|title=Flood won't stop Tragos/Thesz HOF 'Super Weekend'|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|last=Klingman|first=Kyle|date=June 20, 2008|access-date=July 26, 2018|archive-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> but reopened in June 2009.<ref name="2009a"/> Wrestling historian and journalist Mike Chapman served as executive director of the museum until Kyle Klingman succeeded him in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/sports/chapman-retires-from-dan-gable-museum/article_ad296768-d9cc-11de-beb7-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Chapman retires from Dan Gable Museum|website=[[The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier]]|access-date=November 11, 2018|date=November 25, 2009}}</ref> On July 1, 2019, Jim Miller began work as director of the Hall of Fame succeeding Kyle Klingman.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodwin |first=Cody |title=Wrestling: Former UNI wrestler and Wartburg coach Jim Miller named new Dan Gable Museum director |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/northern-iowa/uni-panthers/2019/06/06/jim-miller-named-dan-gable-wrestling-museum-director-wartburg-coach-northern-iowa-wrestler/1371058001/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=The Des Moines Register |language=en-US}}</ref>
Inductions take place at a hall of fame induction ceremony. Other activities are held throughout the weekend in conjunction with the event, such as local independent promotion Impact Pro Wrestling's Hall of Fame Classic tournament in 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/sports/wrestling/big-weekend-on-tap-for-local-wrestling-hof/article_af0b34de-6a53-5441-9878-015320b7e871.html|title=Big weekend on tap for local wrestling HOF|website=[[The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier]]|access-date=July 26, 2018|date=May 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name="2017a"/>
==Honorees==
===Inductees===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:1%;"|'''Year'''
!width="1%"|'''Image'''
! style="width:25%;"|'''Ring name'''<br />{{small|('''Birth name''')}}
!class="unsortable"|'''Notes'''
|-
|1999
|[[File:LouThesz.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Thesz, Lou|[[Lou Thesz]]}}<br />{{small|(Aloysius Thesz)}}
|One-time holder of the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Boston version)]], two-time [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)|World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion]], three-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|1999
|[[File:Ed Strangler Lewis - 6 Jan 1942 Municipal Auditorium Wrestling Program.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Lewis, Ed|[[Ed Lewis (wrestler)|Ed "Strangler" Lewis]]}}<br />{{small|(Robert Friedrich)}}
|Posthumous inductee: Four-time [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)|World Heavyweight Champion]], two-time holder of the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Boston version)|AWA World Heavyweight Championship ''(Boston version)'']] and one-time [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship|NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|1999
|[[File:Frank-gotch.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Gotch, Frank|[[Frank Gotch]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)|World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion]] and three-time [[American Heavyweight Championship|American Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|1999
|[[File:George Kondylis 1936.jpeg|100px]]
|{{sort|Tragos, George|[[George Tragos]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Won many amateur titles in Greece and competed for two Olympic teams there, trained [[Lou Thesz]].<ref name="gotch"/><ref name="tragos"/>
|-
|1999
|[[File:Verne Gagne 1964.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Gagne, Verne|[[Verne Gagne]]}}
|Two-time [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] champion, member of the U.S. wrestling team at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]. Co-founder of the [[American Wrestling Association]], 10-time [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship|AWA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2000
|[[File:Dick Hutton - Olympic Auditorium Wrestling News 31 January 1962 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Hutton, Dick|[[Dick Hutton]]}}
|Three-time NCAA champion, one-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2000
|[[File:Danny Hodge - WRESTLING NEWS 15 June 1972 VOL 1 NO 1 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Hodge, Danny|[[Danny Hodge]]}}
|Seven-time [[NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion]], three-time NCAA champion, Olympic silver medalist<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2000
|[[File:Joe Stecher.jpeg|100px]]
|{{sort|Stecher, Joe|[[Joe Stecher]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Three-time [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2000
|[[File:Earl Caddock.jpeg|100px]]
|{{sort|Caddock, Earl|[[Earl Caddock]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2001
|[[File:Muldoon.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Muldoon, William|[[William Muldoon]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: First chairman of the [[New York State Athletic Commission]], one-time [[World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship|World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2001
|[[File:Burns and gotch (cropped square 2).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Burns, Martin|[[Martin Burns|Martin "Farmer" Burns]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[American Heavyweight Championship|American Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2001
|[[File:Jack Brisco 1973.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Brisco, Jack|[[Jack Brisco]]}}
|Two-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Champion]], three-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Champion]], NCAA champion<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2001
|[[File:Tim Woods with robe and masked as Mr Wrestling 1978.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Drake, Tom|[[Mr. Wrestling|Tim Woods]]}}<br />{{small|(George Woodin)}}
|Won two [[Big Ten Conference]] [[Championship]]s in 1958 and 1959. Two-time [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship|NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion]] and one-time [[NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship|NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2002
|[[File:Dick Beyer 1964.jpeg|100px]]
||{{sort|Beyer, Dick|[[Dick Beyer|Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer]]}}
|Three-time [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version)|WWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and one-time [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship|AWA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2002
|[[File:Bob Geigel - Wrestling News San Angelo Sport Arena - 24 July 1962 cover (cropped).jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Geigel, Bob|[[Bob Geigel]]}}
|Three-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2002
|[[File:Baron von Raschke 1973.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Raschke|[[Baron von Raschke]]}}<br />{{small|(James Raschke)}}
|Three time [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Indianapolis version)|WWA World Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[WCWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA American Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[NWA Texas Hardcore Championship|NWA Brass Knuckles Champion ''(Texas version)'']], one-time [[NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship|NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2002
|[[File:Ed Don George.jpeg|100px]]
||{{sort|George, Ed Don|[[Ed Don George]]}}<br />
|Posthumous inductee: Two-time [[List of early world heavyweight champions in professional wrestling|World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion]] and one-time [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Boston version)|AWA World Heavyweight Champion ''(Boston version)'']]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2002
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Sauer, Peter|[[Peter Sauer]]}}<br />
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)|NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2003
||[[File:Billy Robinson - Wrestling programme NWA 267 1976 magazine.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Robinson, Billy|[[Billy Robinson]]}}<br />
| One-time [[PWF World Heavyweight Championship|PWF World Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]], and three-time [[AWA British Empire Heavyweight Championship|AWA British Empire Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2003
|[[File:Mad Dog Vachon - Chicago Professional Wrestling - 26 April 1969 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Vachon, Maurice|[[Maurice Vachon|Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon]]}}<br />
|Five-time [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship|AWA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2003
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Scarpello, Joe|Joe Scarpello}}<br />
|Posthumous inductee: Won several amateur titles before wrestling professionally for the [[American Wrestling Association]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2003
|[[File:Georg Hackenschmidt ca. 1905.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Hackenschmidt, George|[[George Hackenschmidt]]}}<br />{{small|(Georg Hackenschmidt)}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship|European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Champion]] and first ever [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)|World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2004
|[[File:Gene Kiniski (cropped).jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Kiniski, Gene|[[Gene Kiniski]]}}
|Held the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]], [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]], and [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Indianapolis version)|WWA World Heavyweight Championship]] once each.<ref name="2004a">{{cite web|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2004/07/28/kiniski-rheingans-entering-newton-hall/|title=Kiniski, Rheingans entering Newton hall|last=Oliver|first=Greg|authorlink=Greg Oliver|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|date=July 25, 2004|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="2004b"/>
|-
|2004
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|McGuirk, Leroy|[[Leroy McGuirk]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Three-time [[World Light Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)|NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[World Junior Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)|NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion]].<ref name="2004a"/><ref name="2004b">{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/08/02/566603.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180731222418/http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/08/02/566603.html|title=Newton inducts Class of 2004
|last=Curry|first=Lewis|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|date=August 2, 2004|access-date=August 28, 2018|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[File:PatOConnor.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|O'Connor, Pat|[[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)|Pat O'Connor]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]], three-time [[NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Central States version)|NWA Central States United States Heavyweight Champion]], One-time (and inaugural) [[AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], and one-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]].<ref name="2004a"/><ref name="2004b"/>
|-
|2004
|[[File:BradRheingans 830828.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Rheingans, Brad|[[Brad Rheingans]]}}
|Member of the U.S. [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] and [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympic]] teams, won two gold medals in the [[1975 Pan American Games|1975]] and [[1979 Pan American Games]] and a bronze medal in the [[1979 World Wrestling Championships]]. Later wrestled professionally for [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling|NJPW]], [[WWE|WWF]], [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]], and [[American Wrestling Association|AWA]]<ref name="2004a"/><ref name="2004b"/>
|-
|2005
|[[File:Antonio Inoki IMG 0398-2 20121224.JPG|100px]]
||{{sort|Inoki, Antonio|[[Antonio Inoki]]}}
|Founder of [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]], two-time [[WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship|WWWF/WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Champion]], and one-time [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2005a">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2005/07/10/1125346.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309144833/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2005/07/10/1125346.html|title=Newton HOF set to grow by six|last=Oliver|first=Greg|authorlink=Greg Oliver|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|date=July 10, 2005|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=March 9, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2005
|[[File:Harley Race NWA Champion.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Race, Harley|[[Harley Race]]}}
|Eight-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]], one-time and first [[WWE United States Championship|NWA United States Heavyweight Champion]], three-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]] and [[King of the Ring|WWF King of the Ring]] winner in 1986<ref name="2005a"/>
|-
|2005
|[[File:Jerry Brisco - Official Wrestling Yearbook No.3, June 1973 Cover (cropped).jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Brisco, Gerald|[[Gerald Brisco]]}}
|Three-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Champion]], one-time [[NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2005a"/>
|-
|2005
|[[File:Earl Mccready.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|McCready, Earl|[[Earl McCready]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Competed for [[Canada]] in the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] before becoming a professional wrestler<ref name="2005a"/>
|-
|2005
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Miller, Bill|[[Dr. Bill Miller]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[AWA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2005a"/>
|-
|2005
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Pesek, John|[[John Pesek]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[MWA World Heavyweight Championship|MWA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2005a"/>
|-
|2006
|[[File:BretHartJuly242005.JPG|100px]]
||{{sort|Hart, Bret|[[Bret Hart|Bret "Hitman" Hart]]}}
|Five-time [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]], was a [[Triple Crown (professional wrestling)|Triple Crown]] winner in WWF and WCW.<ref name="2006a">{{cite web|url=https://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_17375.shtml#.W4PFpyRKhxA|title=Hall of Fame Inductions Report: Bret Hart, Larrry Hennig, Mike DiBiase, Dory Funk Sr., Bop Roop|date=July 6, 2006|access-date=August 27, 2018|work=[[Pro Wrestling Torch]]}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|[[File:Larry "Pretty Boy" Hennig - Nov. 1969 The Wrestling News Program Magazine.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Hennig, Larry|[[Larry Hennig|Larry "The Axe" Hennig]]}}
||Four-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]], one-time [[IWA World Tag Team Championship (WCW Australia)|IWA World Tag Team Champion]]<ref name=2006a/>
|-
|2006
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Roop, Bob|[[Bob Roop]]}}
|1967 NCCA Champion. Four-time [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship|NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name=2006a/>
|-
|2006
|[[File:Dory Funk - Wrestling News San Angelo Sport Arena - 14 August 1962.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Funk, Dory|[[Dory Funk]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Won the [[NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship]] and various NWA regional titles.<ref name=2006a/>
|-
|2006
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|DiBiase, Mike|[[Iron Mike DiBiase|"Iron" Mike DiBiase]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion]].<ref name=2006a/>
|-
|2006
|[[File:Tom Jenkins 2.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Jenkins, Tom|[[Tom Jenkins (wrestler)|Tom Jenkins]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Three-time [[American Heavyweight Championship|American Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name=2006a/>
|-
|2007
|[[File:Red Bastien.jpeg|100px]]
||{{sort|Bastien, Red|[[Red Bastien]]}}<br />{{small|(Roland Bastien)}}
|One-time [[WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship|NWA Texas Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2007a">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2007/07/14/4339684.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724081743/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2007/07/14/4339684.html|title=Emotions run high at Tragos/Thesz induction|last=Johnson|first=Steve|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|date=July 14, 2007|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=July 24, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|[[File:Steve Williams 2003.png|100px]]
||{{sort|Williams, Steve|[[Steve Williams (wrestler)|"Dr. Death" Steve Williams]]}}
|One-time [[Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship|Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[UWF World Heavyweight Championship|UWF World Heavyweight Champion]], four-time NCAA All-American<ref name="2007a"/>
|-
|2007
|[[File:Gama1916.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Gama, Great|[[The Great Gama]]}}<br />{{small|(Ghulam Mohammad Baksh)}}
|Posthumous inductee: Won the Indian version of the [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Heavyweight Championship]]<ref name="2007a"/>
|-
|2007
|[[File:Curt Hennig Pacific Northwest Champion.png|100px]]
||{{sort|Hennig, Curt|[[Curt Hennig|"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship|AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[WWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|WCW World Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2007a"/>
|-
|2007
|[[File:Dale Lewis 1960.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Lewis, Dale|[[Dale Lewis (wrestler)|Dale Lewis]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Wrestled in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. Later held the [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship]] once.<ref name="2007a"/>
|-
|2007
|[[File:Ted DiBiase as Mid-South North American Heavyweight Champion 1982.png|100px]]
||{{sort|DiBiase, Ted|[[Ted DiBiase|"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase]]}}
|Four-time [[Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship|Mid-South North American Heavyweight Champion]] and three-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF World Tag Team Champion]].<ref name="2007a"/>
|-
|2008
|[[File:Masa Saito.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Saito, Masa|[[Masa Saito]]}}
|One-time [[AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[IWGP Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="flood2"/>
|-
|2008
|[[File:Abe Jacobs vs. David Von Erich, 1981.png|100px]]
||{{sort|Jacobs, Abe|[[Abe Jacobs]]}}
|Won several regional championships<ref name="flood2"/>
|-
|2008
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Hart, Stu|[[Stu Hart]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Established [[Stampede Wrestling]] in Calgary 1948, and ran it until 1984. Ran "[[Hart Dungeon|The Dungeon]]" wrestling school and trained numerous wrestlers. Patriarch of the [[Hart family]]<ref name="flood2"/>
|-
|2008
|[[File:Roddy Piper, August 2009.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Piper, Roddy|[["Rowdy" Roddy Piper]]}}<br />{{small|(Roderick Toombs)}}
|One-time [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion]] and three-time [[WWE United States Championship|NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="flood2"/>
|-
|2008
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Gunkel, Ray|[[Ray Gunkel]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship|NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion]] and three-time [[NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship|NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="flood2"/>
|-
|2008
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Nomellini, Leo|[[Leo Nomellini]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="flood2"/>
|-
|2009
|[[File:Nick Bockwinkel.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Bockinkel, Nick|[[Nick Bockwinkel]]}}
|Four-time [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship|AWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and three-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2009a">{{cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=39743&p=1|title=Ricky Steamboat, Nick Bockinkel Among 2009 Class Honored By Wrestling Museum & Institute
|last=Johnson|first=Mike|work=[[Pro Wrestling Insider]]|date=June 30, 2009|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Gotch, Karl|[[Karl Gotch]]}}<br />{{small|(Karl Istaz)}}
|Posthumous inductee: Won the [[IWA World Heavyweight Championship (WCW Australia)|IWA World Heavyweight Championship]] and [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWWF World Tag Team Championship]] once each<ref name="2009a"/>
|-
|2009
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Lindsay, Luther|[[Luther Lindsay]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Won the [[NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship]], [[NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship]], and the [[NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version)|NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship ''(Calgary version)'']] once each<ref name="2009a"/>
|-
|2009
|[[File:Bronko Nagurski.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Nagurski, Bronko|[[Bronko Nagurski]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Two-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)|NWA/NBA World Heavyweight Championship]], one-time [[New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship|New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2009a"/>
|-
|2009
|[[File:Ricky Steamboat 1979.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Steamboat, Ricky|[[Ricky Steamboat|Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat]]}}<br />({{small|Richard Blood}})
|One-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]], three-time [[WWE United States Championship|NWA United States Heavyweight Champion]], and one-time [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2009a"/>
|-
|2009
|[[File:Fritz Von Goering.jpeg|100px]]
||{{sort|Goering, Fritz Von|[[Fritz Von Goering]]}}<br />{{small|(John Gabor)}}
|One-time [[NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship|NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/03/02/longtime-campbell-resident-fritz-von-goering-to-be-inducted-into-wrestling-hall-of-fame/|title=Longtime Campbell resident Fritz von Goering to be inducted into wrestling hall of fame|last=Vongsarath|first=Chris|work=[[Mercury News]]|date=March 2, 2009|access-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|[[File:Stanislaus Zbyszko in 1919 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Zbyszko, Stanislaus|[[Stanislaus Zbyszko]]}}<br />{{small|(Jan Stanisław Cyganiewicz)}}
|Posthumous inductee: Two-time [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)|World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion]]<ref name="2010a">{{cite web|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2010/07/15/funk-foley-vachon-among-those-honored-at-tragos-thesz-hof/|title=Funk, Foley, Vachon among those honored at Tragos/Thesz HOF|last=Postian|first=Joyce|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|date=July 15, 2010|access-date=July 13, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Bockwinkel, Warren|[[Warren Bockwinkel]]}}
|Had high-profile feuds in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]<ref name="2010a"/>
|-
|2010
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Gordienko, George|[[George Gordienko]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version)|NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion ''(Vancouver version)'']], one-time [[NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship (New Zealand version)|British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion ''(New Zealand version)'']], three-time [[NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version)|NWA Canadian Heavyweight Champion ''(Calgary version)'']].<ref name="2010a"/>
|-
|2010
|[[File:Paul Vachon.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Vachon, Paul|[[Paul Vachon|Paul "Butcher" Vachon]]}}
|Two-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]] and three-time [[Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship|NWA International Tag Team Champion ''(Calgary version)'']]<ref name="2010a"/>
|-
|2010
|[[File:Terry Funk NWA Champion.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Funk, Terry|[[Terry Funk]]}}
|One-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Champion]] and one-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2010a"/>
|-
|2011
||[[File:Dory Funk Jr. - WRESTLING NEWS 15 June 1972 VOL 1 NO 1.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Funk, Dory Jr.|[[Dory Funk Jr.]]}}
|One-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2011a">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2010/11/15/16159286.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723073912/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2010/11/15/16159286.html|title=Tragos/Thesz HOF to honour Funk Jr., Monsoon, Ross, Duggan|last=Oliver|first=Greg|authorlink=Greg Oliver|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|date=November 15, 2010|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|[[File:Gorilla Monsoon - Wrestling Program WWWF n.74 1977 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Monsoon, Gorilla|[[Gorilla Monsoon]]}}<br />{{small|(Robert "Gino" Marella)}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[IWA World Heavyweight Championship (WCW Australia)|IWA World Heavyweight Champion]], and two-time [[WWC North American Heavyweight Championship|WWC North American Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2011a"/>
|-
|2012
|{{N/A}}
|{{sort|Curtis, Don|[[Don Curtis|Don "The Buffalo Bomber" Curtis]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Won various NWA tag team championships<ref name="2012a">{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/3-news/23003-tues-update-tons-more-from-raw-ufc-vs-new-york-notes-more-wwe-twitter-madness-hdnet-signs-new-mma-deal-mma-legend-heading-to-roh-tons-more|title=Tues update: Tons more from Raw, UFC vs. New York notes, more WWE Twitter madness, HDNet signs new MMA deal, MMA legend heading to ROH, tons more|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219023034/http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/3-news/23003-tues-update-tons-more-from-raw-ufc-vs-new-york-notes-more-wwe-twitter-madness-hdnet-signs-new-mma-deal-mma-legend-heading-to-roh-tons-more|last=Alvarez|first=Bryan|author-link=Bryan Alvarez|date=November 15, 2011|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=December 19, 2011|website=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|[[File:Kurt Angle TNA.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Angle, Kurt|[[Kurt Angle]]}}
|Named the greatest [[Shoot (professional wrestling)|shoot wrestler]] by [[USA Wrestling]]; won the freestyle wrestling gold medal at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. Four-time [[WWE Championship|WWF/WWE Champion]], one-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)|World Heavyweight Champion ''(WWE)'']], one-time [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Champion]], one-time [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF)|IWGP Heavyweight Champion ''(IGF)'']], six-time [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship|TNA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2012a"/>
|-
|2013
|[[File:Chris Taylor - All Star Wrestling - 10 October 1977.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Taylor, Chris|[[Chris Taylor (wrestler)|Chris Taylor]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Bronze winner in freestyle wrestling at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], becoming the heaviest Olympian ever at that point. Later wrestled for the [[American Wrestling Association]]<ref name=2013a>{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_68054.shtml|title=News: Edge to join second Hall of Fame|date=January 22, 2012|access-date=August 27, 2018|last=Caldwell|first=James|work=[[Pro Wrestling Torch]]}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|[[File:Ric Flair, NWA World Heavyweight Champion, 1982.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Flair, Ric|[[Ric Flair|"Nature Boy" Ric Flair]]}}<br />({{small|Richard Fliehr)}}
|Two-time [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Champion]], inaugural and six-time [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]], and eight-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name=2013a/>
|-
|2013
|[[File:Cowboy Bill Watts - Chicago Professional Wrestling - 26 April 1969 03.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Watts, Bill|[[Bill Watts|"Cowboy" Bill Watts]]}}
|Former wrestling promoter in the mid-south United States, one-time [[WWWF United States Tag Team Championship|WWWF United States Tag Team Champion]] and held over 20 NWA regional championships<ref name=2013a/>
|-
|2014
|[[File:Scott Steiner (51385124609).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Steiner, Scott|[[Scott Steiner]]}}<br />({{small|Scott Rechsteiner)}}
|One-time [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[WWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[WWF Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Champion]], two-time [[Impact World Tag Team Championship|TNA Tag Team Champion]], two-time [[IWGP Tag Team Championship|IWGP Tag Team Champion]] and seven-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA ''(Mid-Atlantic version)''/WCW Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2014a">{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/the-squared-circle/Steiner-Brothers-to-headline-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony.html?arc404=true|title=Steiner Brothers to headline hall of fame induction ceremony|last=Johnson|first=Vaugn|website=[[Philly.com]]|access-date=August 27, 2018|date=November 12, 2013}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|[[File:Rick Steiner with a fan (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Steiner, Rick|[[Rick Steiner]]}}<br />({{small|Robert Rechsteiner)}}
|One-time [[WCW United States Heavyweight Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[WWF Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Champion]], two-time [[IWGP Tag Team Championship|IWGP Tag Team Champion]] and eight-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA ''(Mid-Atlantic version)''/WCW Tag Team Champion]]<ref name=2014a/>
|-
|2014
|[[File:Wilbur Snyder - Chicago Professional Wrestling - 26 April 1969 03 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Snyder, Wilbur|[[Wilbur Snyder]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Two-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (Omaha)|World Heavyweight Champion ''(Omaha version)'']], two-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]]<ref name=2014a/>
|-
|2015
|{{N/A}}
|{{sort|Wojo, Great|[[The Great Wojo]]}}<br />({{small|Gregory Wojciechowski)}}
|Three-time [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Indianapolis version)|WWA World Heavyweight Champion ''(Indianapolis version)'']]<ref name="2015a">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/misc-news/54551-kurt-angle-reception-set-for-2015-national-pro-wrestling-hof|title=Kurt Angle reception set for 2015 National Pro Wrestling HOF|last=Namako|first=Jason|website=[[WrestleView]]|access-date=August 27, 2018|date=May 22, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|[[File:JimLondos.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Londos, Jim|[[Jim Londos]]}}<br />({{small|Christos Theofilou)}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version)|World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion]]<ref name="2015a"/>
|-
|2016
|[[File:Bob Backlund as WWF Heavyweight Champion, circa 1982.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Backlund, Bob|[[Bob Backlund]]}}
|Two-time [[WWE Championship|WWWF/WWF (World) Heavyweight Champion]] and one-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2016a">{{cite web|url=https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2016/07/18/stan-hansen-added-weeks-tragosthesz-hall-fame-replaces-two-stars-unable-appear/|title=Stan Hansen added to this week's Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame, replaces two stars unable to appear|last=Caldwell|first=James|website=[[Pro Wrestling Torch]]|date=July 18, 2016|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|[[File:The Iron Sheik, 1982.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Sheik, Iron|[[The Iron Sheik]]}}<br />({{small|Khosrow Vaziri)}}
|1971 [[Amateur Athletic Union]] [[Greco-Roman wrestling]] champion and gold medalist. One-time [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Champion]] and one-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2016a"/>
|-
|2016
|{{N/A}}
|{{sort|Blanchard, Joe|[[Joe Blanchard]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: One-time [[NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship|NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion]]. Later founded [[Southwest Championship Wrestling]] and served as a figurehead in the [[American Wrestling Association]]<ref name="2016a"/>
|-
|2017
|[[File:Paul Orndorff double bicep 1985.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Orndorff, Paul|[[Paul Orndorff|"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff]]}}
|One-time [[Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship|Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Champion]], three-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA ''(Mid-Atlantic)''/WCW World Tag Team Champion]], one-time [[WCW World Television Championship|WCW World Television Champion]]<ref name="2017a">{{cite web|url=https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/06/17/shelton-benjamin-part-impact-pros-hall-fame-classic-tournament-next-month-full-weekend-details-schedule|title=Shelton Benjamin part of Impact Pro's Hall of Fame Classic tournament next month, full weekend details & schedule
|last=Keller|first=Wade|author-link=Wade Keller|website=[[Pro Wrestling Torch]]|date=June 17, 2017|access-date=May 22, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|[[File:Dusty Rhodes as NWA World Heavyweight Champion, 1981.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Rhodes, Dusty|[[Dusty Rhodes|"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes]]}}<br />{{small|(Virgil Runnels Jr.)}}
|Posthumous inductee: Three-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Champion]], ten-time [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship|NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion]], seven-time [[NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version)|NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion ''(Florida version)'']], one-time [[WWE United States Championship|NWA United States Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2017a"/>
|-
|2018
|[[File:WWE - Wembley Arena 140994 (6).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Hart, Owen|[[Owen Hart]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: one-time [[USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship|USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Champion]], four-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF World Tag Team Champion]], one-time [[Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship|Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2018a">{{cite web|url=https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2018/03/26/national-wrestling-hall-of-fame-announced-class-of-2018-details-on-hof-induction-weekend-including-ross-booker-t-animal/|title=National Wrestling Hall of Fame announced Class of 2018, details on HOF Induction Weekend including Ross, Booker T, Animal|last=Keller|first=Wade|author-link=Wade Keller|website=[[Pro Wrestling Torch]]|date=March 26, 2018|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|[[File:Dan "The Beast" Severn 2016 crop.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Severn, Dan|[[Dan Severn]]}}
|First three-time honoree: previously received the Frank Gotch Award in 2002 and the George Tragos Award in 2012.<ref name="2018a"/> One-time [[List of UFC champions#Superfight Championship|UFC Superfight Champion]] and [[UFC Hall of Fame]]r. Two-time [[NWA World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2019
|[[File:Beth Phoenix as champion.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Phoenix, Beth|[[Beth Phoenix]]}}<br />{{small|(Elizabeth Kociański)}}
|Second time honored, previously received the Frank Gotch Award in 2015. First woman inducted in the Hall of Fame. One-time [[WWE Divas Championship|WWE Divas Champion]], three-time [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|WWE Women's Champion]]<ref name="2019a">{{cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=126607|title=2019 Tragos/Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Class Announced|last=Johnson|first=Mike|work=[[Pro Wrestling Insider]]|access-date=May 23, 2019|date=May 21, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[File:Bruno WWWF Champion.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Sammartino, Bruno|[[Bruno Sammartino]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: two-time [[WWE Championship|WWWF/WWF (World) Heavyweight Champion]] and one-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2019a"/>
|-
|2021{{efn|name=covid|These honorees were originally announced as being part of the 2020 ceremony but the event was postponed until 2021 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="2020and2021"/>}}
|[[File:Adnan Al-Kaissie (early 1970s).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Kaissie,Adnan Al|[[Adnan Al-Kaissie]]}}
|One time [[WWF World Tag Team Championship|WWWF World Tag Team Champion]], one time [[NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship|NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion]] and one time [[IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia)|IWA World Heavyweight Champion (''Australian version'')]].<ref name="2020and2021">{{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/tragos-thesz-pro-wrestling-hall-of-fame-postpones-this-years-ceremony-to-2021/|title=Tragos/Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Postpones This Year's Ceremony To 2021|last=Lee|first=Joseph|work=[[411Mania]]|access-date=April 24, 2020|date=July 21, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2021{{efn|name=covid}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{sort|Wampler, Earl|Earl Wampler}}
|Posthumous inductee: An influence on Lou Thesz, Wampler wrestled for 40 years. He held the NWA Iowa Heavyweight Title and was the inaugural holder of the [[NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version)|NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (''Mid-Atlantic version'')]] with [[Jack O'Brien (wrestler)|Jack O'Brien]].<ref name="2020and2021"/>
|-
|2021
|{{N/A}}
|{{sort|Kernodle, Don|[[Don Kernodle]]}}
|Posthumous inductee:Three-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Champion ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'']]<ref name="2021a">{{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/pro-wrestling-hall-of-fame-finalizes-2021-class-mark-henry-trish-stratus-more/|title=Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Finalizes 2021 Class: Mark Henry, Trish Stratus, More|last=Lee|first=Joseph|work=[[411Mania]]|access-date=March 17, 2021|date=December 31, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|[[File:MikeRotunda1994Cropped.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Rotunda, Mike|[[Mike Rotunda]]}}
|One time [[NWA World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Champion]], three times [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship|NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion]], three times [[NWA World Television Championship|NWA Television Champion]] and five times [[WWF World Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Champion]].<ref name="pwinsider1">{{cite web|url=https://pwinsider.com/article/150407/first-three-honorees-named-for-2022-thesztragos-professional-wrestling-hall-of-fame.html|last=Johnson|first=Mike|title=First Three Honorees Named for 2022 Thesz/Tragos Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame|work=[[Pro Wrestling Insider]]|date=September 3, 2021|accessdate=May 13, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[File:Albright 1999.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Albright, Gary|[[Gary Albright]]}}
|Posthumous inductee: Two time [[World Tag Team Championship (AJPW)|AJPW World Tag Team Champion]] and one time [[Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship|Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2023a">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Mike |title=Les Thatcher Among Those Being Honored This July By Thesz/Tragos Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame |url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/170004/les-thatcher-among-those-being-honored-this-july-by-thesztragos-professional-wrestling-hall-of-fame.html?p=1 |website=[[Pro Wrestling Insider]] |access-date=July 4, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|[[File:Greg Gagne 1979.jpg|100x100px]]
|{{sort|Gagne, Greg|[[Greg Gagne (wrestler)|Greg Gagne]]}}
|Two time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]], two time [[AWA International Television Championship|AWA International Television Champion]]
|}
===Frank Gotch Award recipients===
Named after hall of fame inductee [[Frank Gotch]], this award honors people in professional wrestling who brought positive recognition to the industry through work outside of it.<ref name="2017a"/><ref name="gotch"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:1%;"|'''Year'''
!width="1%"|'''Image'''
! style="width:25%;"|'''Ring name'''<br />{{small|('''Birth name''')}}
!class="unsortable"|'''Notes'''
|-
|2000
|{{N/A}}
|{{sort|Managoff, Bobby|[[Bobby Managoff]]}}
|One-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2001
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Drake, Tom|[[Tom Drake (wrestler)|Tom Drake]]}}
|Also inducted into the [[Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum]]<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2002
|[[File:Dan "The Beast" Severn 2016 crop.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Severn, Dan|[[Dan Severn]]}}<br />
|Later received the George Tragos Award in 2012 and inducted into the hall of fame in 2018<ref name="gotch"/>
|-
|2003
|[[File:Jesse Ventura, circa 1982.png|100px]]
||{{sort|Ventura, Jesse|[[Jesse Ventura]]}}<br />{{small|(James Janos)}}
|One-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]]. Former commentator in [[WWE|WWF]] and [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]]. 38th [[Governor of Minnesota]].<ref name="gotch">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2003/08/04/153447.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180731222221/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2003/08/04/153447.html|title=Ventura given Museum's top honour
|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|date=August 4, 2003|access-date=July 26, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Scott, George|[[George Scott (wrestler)|George Scott]]}}
|Won several tag team championships with his brother, [[Sandy Scott|Sandy]]. Later served as an executive in [[WWE|WWF]] and [[Jim Crockett Promotions]]<ref name="2004a"/><ref name="2004b"/>
|-
|2005
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|LeBell, Gene|[[Gene LeBell]]}}
|Martial artist who later promoted [[NWA Hollywood Wrestling]]<ref name="2005a"/>
|-
|2006
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Koloff, Nikita|[[Nikita Koloff]]}}<br />{{small|(Nelson Simpson)}}
|One-time [[NWA National Heavyweight Championship|NWA National Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[WWE United States Championship|NWA United States Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Champion ''(Mid-Atlantic Version)'']]<ref name=2006a/>
|-
|2008
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Banner, Penny|[[Penny Banner]]}}<br />{{small|(Mary Ann Kostecki)}}
|One-time [[AWA World Women's Championship|AWA World Women's Champion]], Commissioner of the [[Professional Girl Wrestling Association]] (PGWA) from 1992 to 2008<ref name="flood2"/>
|-
|2009
|[[File:Ivan Koloff 1973.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Koloff, Ivan|[[Ivan Koloff]]}}<br />{{small|(Oreal Donald Perras)}}
|One-time [[WWWF World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2009a"/>
|-
|2010
|[[File:Mick-foley-at-signing.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Foley, Mick|[[Mick Foley]]}}
|Three-time [[WWE Championship|WWF Champion]], one-time [[TNA World Heavyweight Champion]], eight-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Champion]], two-time [[ECW World Tag Team Championship|ECW World Tag Team Champion]], one-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|WCW World Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2010a"/>
|-
|2011
|[[File:Hacksaw jim duggan 2011.PNG|100px]]
||{{sort|Duggan, Jim|[[Jim Duggan|"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]]}}
|Winner of the first [[Royal Rumble]] match in [[Royal Rumble (1988)|1988]], one-time [[WWE United States Championship|WCW United States Champion]]<ref name="2011a"/>
|-
|2012
|[[File:C2E2 2015 - Joe Laurinaitis (16683666234).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Road Warrior Animal|[[Road Warrior Animal]]}}<br />({{small|Joe Laurinaitis)}}
|Along with his longtime tag team partner, [[Road Warrior Hawk]], they were two-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Champions]], one-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champions]], and one-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Champions ''(Mid-Atlantic)'']]<ref name="2012b">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2012/07/10/19969201.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725191652/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2012/07/10/19969201.html|title=Award honours Dan Severn's MMA successes|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|last=Laprade|first=Patric|date=July 10, 2012|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=July 25, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|[[File:Jim Brunzell - AWA All Star Wrestling - n.195 1977 cover (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Brunzell, Jim|[[Jim Brunzell]]}}
|Two-time [[AWA World Tag Team Championship|AWA World Tag Team Champion]]<ref name=2013a/>
|-
|2014
|[[File:DDP Vest.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Page, Dallas|[[Diamond Dallas Page|"Diamond" Dallas Page]]}}
|Three-time [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[WWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Champion]], one time [[WWE European Champion]] and four-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|WCW World Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2014b">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2014/07/26/21833966.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722023607/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2014/07/26/21833966.html|title=Steiners headline Tragos/Thesz induction weekend|last=Williams|first=Kari|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|date=July 26, 2014|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=July 22, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|[[File:Beth Phoenix as champion.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Phoenix, Beth|[[Beth Phoenix]]}}<br />({{small|Elizabeth Kociański)}}
|Later became the first woman inducted into the hall of fame in 2019<ref name="2015a"/>
|-
|2016
|[[File:Lex Luger, circa 1987.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Luger, Lex|[[Lex Luger]]}}<br />{{small|(Lawrence Pfohl)}}
|Two-time [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]], five-time [[WWE United States Champion|NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2016a"/>
|-
|2017
|[[File:Stan Hansen AWA World Heavyweight Champion.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Hansen, Stan|[[Stan Hansen|Stan "The Lariat" Hansen]]}}
|Four-time [[Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship|Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion]], four-time [[PWF World Heavyweight Championship|PWF World Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship|AWA World Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[WWE United States Championship|WCW United States Champion]]<ref name="2017a"/>
|-
|2018
|[[File:Bruiser Brody - Big Time Wrestling Dallas - 28 June 1977.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Brody, Bruiser|[[Bruiser Brody]]}}<br />{{small|(Frank Goodish)}}
|Posthumous honoree: three-time [[NWA International Heavyweight Championship|NWA International Heavyweight Champion]], four-time [[WCWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA American Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship|NWA Central States Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship|NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Indianapolis version)|WWA World Heavyweight Champion ''(Indianapolis version)'']]<ref name="2018a"/>
|-
|2019
|[[File:Sgt Slaughter 1985.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Slaughter|[[Sgt. Slaughter]]}}<br />{{small|(Robert Rudolph Remus)}}
|One-time [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Champion]] and two-time [[WWE United States Championship|NWA United States Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2019a"/>
|-
|2021{{efn|name=covid}}
|[[File:Mark-Henry-WHC.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Henry, Mark|[[Mark Henry]]}}
|One-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)|World Heavyweight Champion (''WWE'')]], one-time [[ECW World Heavyweight Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[WWE European Championship|WWE European Champion]]<ref name="2020and2021"/>
|-
|2022
|[[File:Waylon Mercy at RAH.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Spivey, Dan|[[Dan Spivey]]}}
|One-time [[World Tag Team Championship (AJPW)|World Tag Team Champion (AJPW)]], one-time [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship|Florida Heavyweight Champion]], one time [[Universal Wrestling Federation (Herb Abrams) championships#UWF Americas Championship|UWF Americas Champion]]
|-
|2023
|[[File:King Tonga (King Haku), circa November 1983.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Haku|[[Haku (wrestler)|Haku]]}}<br />{{small|(Tonga Fifita)}}
|Former WWF and WCW and is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion<ref name="2023a"/>
|-
|2024
|[[File:Arn Anderson (48481801426).jpg|142x142px]]
|{{sort|Anderson, Arn|[[Arn Anderson]]}}<br />{{small|(Martin Lunde)}}
|Member of the "[[Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|Four Horsemen]]", a five-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA/WCW World Tag Team Champion]] and four-time [[WCW World Television Championship|NWA/WCW World Television Champion]]
|}
===James C. Melby Award recipients===
[[James C. Melby]] was the first recipient of this award and it was subsequently named after him. It recognizes excellence in professional wrestling writing or historical preservation.<ref name="2017a"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/dave-meltzer-receive-honor-national-wrestling-hall-fame-205016|title=Dave Meltzer to Receive Honor From National Wrestling Hall of Fame|last=Nason|first=Josh|website=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]|date=January 5, 2016|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:1%;"|'''Year'''
! style="width:25%;"|'''Ring name'''<br />{{small|('''Birth name''')}}
!class="unsortable"|'''Notes'''
|-
|2006
||{{sort|Melby, James|[[James C. Melby]]}}
|Longtime professional wrestling journalist<ref name=2006a/>
|-
|2007
||{{sort|Chapman, Mike|Mike Chapman}}
|Executive director of the Dan Gable Museum<ref name="2007a"/>
|-
|2008
||{{sort|Oliver, Greg|[[Greg Oliver]]}}
|Honored with Steven Johnson. Canadian author and journalist, founded [[SLAM! Wrestling]]<ref name="flood2"/>
|-
|2008
||{{sort|Johnson, Steven|Steven Johnson}}
|Honored with [[Greg Oliver]]. Has written several books on professional wrestling<ref name="flood2"/>
|-
|2009
||{{sort|Mooneyham, Mike|Mike Mooneyham}}
|Author and columnist for ''[[The Post and Courier]]''<ref name="2009a"/>
|-
|2010
||{{sort|Kenyon, Michael J|J Michael Kenyon}}
|Wrestling historian and director of the [[Cauliflower Alley Club]]<ref name="2010a"/>
|-
|2011
||{{sort|Teal, Scott|Scott Teal}}
|Owner of Crowbar Press<ref name="2011a"/>
|-
|2012
|{{sort|Apter, Bill|[[Bill Apter]]}}
|Photographer and journalist for several magazines, including ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]''<ref name="2012a"/>
|-
|2013
|{{sort|Napolitano, George|[[George Napolitano]]}}
|Professional wrestling photographer<ref name=2013a/>
|-
|2014
|{{sort|Matysik, Larry|[[Larry Matysik]]}}
|Announcer for ''[[Wrestling at the Chase]]''<ref name=2014b/>
|-
|2015
|{{sort|Keller, Wade|[[Wade Keller]]}}
|Journalist and founder of the ''Pro Wrestling Torch'' newsletter<ref name="2015a"/>
|-
|2016
|{{sort|Meltzer, Dave|[[Dave Meltzer]]}}
|Editor and publisher of ''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]''<ref name="2016a"/>
|-
|2017
|{{sort|Williams, Scott|Scott Williams}}
|Posthumous honoree: Wrestling historian and author<ref name="2017a"/>
|-
|2018
|{{sort|Miyamoto, Koji|[[Koji Miyamoto]]}}
|Japanese wrestling historian and author of 16 books<ref name="2018a"/>
|-
|2019
|{{sort|Shields|Brian Shields}}
|Authored several WWE books<ref name="2019a"/>
|-
|2021
|{{sort|James|Mark James}}
|Historian and author of several books about [[List of National Wrestling Alliance territories|territorial professional wrestling]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2021/07/06/when-it-comes-to-old-school-wrestling-mark-james-knows-his-stuff/|title=When It Comes to Old-School Wrestling, Mark James Knows His Stuff|last=Mina|first=Amos|website=[[Slam Wrestling]]|date=July 6, 2021|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|{{sort|Shields|Dick Bourne}}
|Written or co-written a number of books, including: Crown Jewel: The NWA Championship 1959–1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2021/12/30/dick-bourne-melby-award2022/|title=Dick Bourne announced as 2022 Melby Award winner|work=[[Slam Wrestling]]|last=Oliver|first=Greg|authorlink=Greg Oliver|date=December 30, 2021|access-date= July 13, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|{{sort|Burke|Tom Burke}}
|Historian and journalist for numerous publications<ref name="2023a"/>
|-
|2024
|{{sort|Getz, Al|Al Getz}}
|Host of the ''Charting the Territories'' podcast
|}
===Lou Thesz Award recipients===
This award recognizes those in the professional wrestling industry who have used their skills in the realm of public service.<ref name="2017a"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:1%;"|'''Year'''
!width="1%"|'''Image'''
! style="width:25%;"|'''Ring name'''<br />{{small|('''Birth name''')}}
!class="unsortable"|'''Notes'''
|-
|2007
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Murdock, Bill|Bill Murdock}}
|Head of Eblen Charities<ref name="2007a"/>{{efn|name=Murdock|In 2019, it was reported that Murdock had been convicted of taking indecent liberties with a child in 1988 and he has since been removed from the Hall of Fame's website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nwhof.org/blog/pro-awards/lou-thesz/|title=Dan Gable's Lou Thesz Award|publisher=[[National Wrestling Hall of Fame]]|access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/22/us/bill-murdock-eblen-charities-invs/index.html|title=Charity leader retires days after CNN reveals details of sex crime charge|publisher=[[CNN]]|last=Fantz|first=Ashley|date=March 22, 2019|access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref>}}
|-
|2008
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Sanderson, Jason|Father Jason Sanderson}}
|[[Cauliflower Alley Club]] board member and promoter who held regional championships<ref name="flood2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nwhof.org/blog/dg-inductees/jason-sanderson/|title=Jason Sanderson|publisher=[[National Wrestling Hall of Fame]]|access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Kersten , Bill|Bill Kersten}}
|Announcer for Kansas City Wrestling<ref name="2009a"/>
|-
|2010
|[[File:Rene_Goulet_1973.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Goulet, Rene|[[Rene Goulet]]}}<br />{{small|(Robert Bédard)}}
|One-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWWF World Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2010a"/>
|-
|2011
|[[File:Jim Ross No Mercy 2007.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Ross, Jim|[[Jim Ross]]}}
|Longtime lead announcer for WWF/E, WCW and other regional promotions; Head of WWF Talent Relations during the [[Attitude Era]], signing many well known wrestlers<ref name="2011a"/>
|-
|2012
|[[File:JBLportrait2.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Layfield, John|[[John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]]}}
|One-time [[WWE Champion]], three-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Champion]]<ref name="2012a"/>
|-
|2013
|[[File:Edge WHC Chile.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Edge|[[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]]}}<br />{{small|(Adam Copeland)}}
|Four-time [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]], a record seven-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)|World Heavyweight Champion ''(WWE)'']]. He held the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF/World]] and [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Championship]]s a combined 14 times, more than any other wrestler<ref name=2013a/>
|-
|2014
|[[File:Larry "Pretty Boy" Hennig - Nov. 1969 The Wrestling News Program Magazine.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Hennig, Larry|[[Larry Hennig|Larry "The Axe" Hennig]]}}
|Second time honored, previously inducted in 2006<ref name=2014b/>
|-
|2015
|[[File:B Brian Blair 2014.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Blair, Brian|[[B. Brian Blair|Brian Blair]]}}
|Two-time [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship|NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2015a"/>
|-
|2016
|[[File:James J Dillon.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Dillon, J. J.|[[J. J. Dillon]]}}<br />{{small|(James Morrison)}}
|Long-time manager in the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]], former [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]] onscreen commissioner<ref name="2016a"/>
|-
|2017
|[[File:Magnum T. A., circa 1987.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Magnum, T. A.|[[Magnum T. A.]]}}<br />{{small|(Terry Allen)}}
|Two-time [[Mid-South North American Championship|Mid-South North American Champion]], two-time [[WWE United States Championship|NWA United States Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2017a"/>
|-
|2018
|[[File:Booker T principal (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|T, Booker|[[Booker T (wrestler)|Booker T]]}}<br />{{small|(Robert Huffman)}}
|Five-time [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight Champion]], one-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013)|World Heavyweight Champion ''(WWE)'']], a record six-time [[NWA World Television Championship|WCW World Television Champion]], a record 11-time [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|WCW World Tag Team Champion]] (10 of which came with his brother [[Stevie Ray]] as [[Harlem Heat]])<ref name="2018a"/>
|-
|2019
|{{N/A}}
|{{sort|Patterson|[[Thunderbolt Patterson]]}}<br />{{small|(Claude Patterson)}}
|One-time [[CWA World Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version)|CWA World Heavyweight Champion]] and one-time [[NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship|NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2019a"/>
|-
|2021{{efn|name=covid}}
|[[File:Trish Stratus 2018.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Stratus|[[Trish Stratus]]}}<br />{{small|(Patricia Stratigias)}}
|A record seven-time [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|WWF/E Women's Champion]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/trish-stratus-hace-historia-en-la-lucha-libre/|title=Aun retirada, Trish Stratus hace historia en la lucha libre|last=Krex|first=Azxa|date=January 23, 2020|access-date=January 28, 2020|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|language=es}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[File:Bill DeMott (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|DeMott|[[Bill DeMott]]}}<br />{{small|(William Charles DeMott II)}}
|Two-times [[WWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]] and one-time [[W*ING World Heavyweight Championship|W*ING World Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2023a"/>
|-
|2024
|[[File:Tito Santana 1983.png|134x134px]]
|{{sort|Santana, Tito|[[Tito Santana]]}}<br />{{Small|(Merced Solis)}}
|Two-time [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWE Intercontinental Champion]], two-time [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|WWF Tag Team Champion]], 1989 winner of [[King of the Ring (1989)|King of the Ring]]
|}
===George Tragos Award recipients===
This award recognizes wrestlers who have excelled in [[mixed martial arts]].<ref name="2017a"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:1%;"|'''Year'''
!width="1%"|'''Image'''
! style="width:25%;"|'''Ring name'''<br />{{small|('''Birth name''')}}
!class="unsortable"|'''Notes'''
|-
|2011
|[[File:PatMiletich.png|100px]]
||{{sort|Miletich, Pat|[[Pat Miletich]]}}
|Inaugural [[UFC Welterweight Championship|UFC Welterweight Champion]] and [[List of UFC champions#Tournament winners|UFC 16 Welterweight Tournament Winner]]<ref name="2011a"/>
|-
|2012
|[[File:Dan "The Beast" Severn 2016 crop.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Severn, Dan|[[Dan Severn]]}}
|Second time honored, previously received the Frank Gotch Award	in 2002<ref name="2012b"/>
|-
|2013
|[[File:Matt Hughes (cropped).png|100px]]
|{{sort|Hughes, Matt|[[Matt Hughes (fighter)|Matt Hughes]]}}
|Two-time [[UFC Welterweight Championship|UFC Welterweight Champion]], [[UFC Hall of Fame|UFC Hall of Fame inductee]], and [[NJCAA#Halls of fame|NJCAA Hall of Fame inductee]]<ref name=2013a/>
|-
|2014
|[[File:Randy Couture pic.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Couture, Randy|[[Randy Couture]]}}
|Three-time [[UFC Heavyweight Championship|UFC Heavyweight Champion]], two-time [[UFC Light Heavyweight Championship|UFC Light Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name=2014b/>
|-
|2015
|[[File:Matt Lindland.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Lindland, Matt|[[Matt Lindland]]}}
|Won a silver medal in wrestling at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] and later competed in mixed martial arts for several promotions<ref name="2015a"/>
|-
|2016
|[[File:Chael Sonnen.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Sonnen, Chael|[[Chael Sonnen]]}}
|Amateur wrestler, mixed martial artist and noted Steroid Abuser who has competed in [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]], [[World Extreme Cagefighting|WEC]] and [[Pancrase]]<ref name="2016a"/>
|-
|2017
|[[File:MikeVanArsdale.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Van Arsdale, Mike|[[Mike van Arsdale]]}}
|Mixed martial artist who has competed in the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]], [[World Fighting Alliance]], and the [[International Vale Tudo Championship|IVC]]<ref name="2017a"/>
|-
|2018
|[[File:Ben Askren Nov 2018.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Askren, Ben|[[Ben Askren]]}}
|One-time [[List of ONE Championship champions#Welterweight World Championship|ONE Welterweight Champion]], one-time [[List of Bellator champions#Welterweight Championship|Bellator Welterweight Champion]]<ref name="2018a"/>
|-
|2019
|[[File:Daniel Cormier taking a picture with a fan..jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Cormier|[[Daniel Cormier]]}}
|One-time [[UFC Heavyweight Championship|UFC Heavyweight Champion]] and one-time [[UFC Light Heavyweight Championship|UFC Light Heavyweight Champion]]<ref name="2019a"/>
|-
|2021{{efn|name=covid}}
|[[File:WWE - Manchester 040498 (5).jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Shamrock|[[Ken Shamrock]]}}
|Inaugural [[UFC Heavyweight Championship|UFC Superfight Champion]]. In professional wrestling, he held the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]], [[WWF Intercontinental Championship]] and [[WWF Tag Team Championship]] once each.<ref name="2020and2021"/>
|-
|2024
|{{N/A}}
|[[Don Frye]]
|Fought for [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] in 1996 – winning the [[UFC 8]] and [[Ultimate Ultimate 1996]] tournaments – and [[Pride Fighting Championships]] between 2001 and 2003. Also wrestled in [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] between 1997 and 2002.
|}
===Gordon Solie Award recipients===
This award recognizes excellence in professional wrestling broadcasting.<ref name="conrad">{{cite web |last1=Sharp |first1=John |title=How an Alabama podcaster got inducted into a pro wrestling hall of fame |url=https://www.al.com/news/2023/07/how-an-alabama-podcaster-got-inducted-into-a-pro-wrestling-hall-of-fame.html |website=[[AL.COM]] |access-date=July 28, 2023 |language=en |date=July 26, 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:1%;"|'''Year'''
!width="1%"|'''Image'''
! style="width:25%;"|'''Ring name'''<br />{{small|('''Birth name''')}}
!class="unsortable"|'''Notes'''
|-
|2021
|[[File:Gordon solie 2 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Solie, Gordon|[[Gordon Solie]]}}<br />{{small|(Francis Labiak)}}
|Posthumous honoree: commentator, announcer and promoter for [[Championship Wrestling from Florida]], later worked for [[World Championship Wrestling]]<ref name="conrad"/>
|-
|2022
|[[File:Jim Ross No Mercy 2007.jpg|100px]]
||{{sort|Ross, Jim|[[Jim Ross]]}}<br />
|Second time honored, previously received the Lou Thesz Award in 2011<ref name="conrad"/>
|-
|2023
|{{N/A}}
||{{sort|Thompson, Conrad|[[Conrad Thompson]]}}<br />
|Professional wrestling promoter, and podcast host and promotes the Starrcast wrestling convention<ref name="conrad"/>
|-
|2024
|[[File:Tony Schiavone, October 2019 (cropped).jpg|133x133px]]
|{{sort|Schiavone, Tony|[[Tony Schiavone]]}}
|Lead commentator for [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] between 1985 and 1989, the [[World Wrestling Federation]] between 1989 and 1990, [[World Championship Wrestling]] between 1990 and 2001, and [[All Elite Wrestling]] since 2019.
|}
===Jack Brisco Spotlight Award recipients===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:1%;"|'''Year'''
!width="1%"|'''Image'''
! style="width:25%;"|'''Ring name'''<br />{{small|('''Birth name''')}}
!class="unsortable"|'''Notes'''
|-
|2023
|[[File:Les Thatcher July 2014.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Thatcher, Les|[[Les Thatcher]]}}<br />{{small|(Leslie Malady)}}
|Has performed various roles in the wrestling industry, including as a wrestler, trainer, promoter and announcer<ref name="2023a"/>
|-
|2024
|[[File:Tony Garea Oct 07.jpg|136x136px]]
|{{sort|Garea, Tony|[[Tony Garea]]}}<br />{{Small|(Anthony Gareljich)}}
|Five time [[WWWF World Tag Team Championship|WWWF/WWF World Tag Team Champion]]
|}
===Verne Gagne Trainer Award recipients===
Introduced in 2023, this award recognizes excellence in the training of others for professional wrestling.<ref name="2023a"/>  In the December 2023 newsletter published by the hall, it was announced this award would be renamed in honor of Verne Gagne.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:1%;"|'''Year'''
!width="1%"|'''Image'''
! style="width:25%;"|'''Ring name'''<br />{{small|('''Birth name''')}}
!class="unsortable"|'''Notes'''
|-
|2023
|[[File:Boris Malenko.png|100px]]
|{{sort|Malenko, Boris|[[Boris Malenko]]}}<br />{{small|(Lawrence J. Simon)}}
|Posthumous honoree: Held various regional championships<ref name="2023a"/>
|-
|2024
|[[File:TomPrichard2020Cropped.jpg|100px]]
|{{sort|Prichard, Tom|[[Tom Prichard]]}}
|One-time WWF Tag Team Champion, eight-time [[SMW Tag Team Championship|SMW Tag Team Champion]]; trainer of [[Kurt Angle]], [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]], [[Randy Orton]] and many others.
|}
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