NWA_Hall_of_Fame

NWA Hall of Fame

NWA Hall of Fame

Professional wrestling hall of fame

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Hall of Fame is an American professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by the NWA. It was established in 2005 to honor select wrestling personalities, mostly alumni of the NWA.[1] Inductees receive commemorative medals that have their names inscribed on it with the logo of the NWA.[2]

The NWA Hall of Fame logo (2008–2017)

The Class of 2005, the inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame did not have a formal induction ceremony; as a result, they received their medals at a later time. A private gathering was conducted for the Class of 2006, in which inductees received their medal. Beginning with the Class of 2008 on June 7, 2008, a ceremony has been conducted to formally induct the inductees. There were no inductees in 2007 due to the planning of an international expansion to the NWA.[3] On June 7, 2008, the Class of 2008 was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ric Flair, a member of the Class of 2008 and a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) employee at the time of the ceremony, was inducted on October 4, 2008 after his WWE contract had expired; his WWE contract prevented him from appearing in other organizations.[2] Similarly to the World Championship Wrestling's Hall of Fame, the 2008 ceremony was held during a wrestling event.[4][5][6]

Inductees for the Class of 2009 were announced during the summer of 2009 for an induction ceremony on September 26; however, that ceremony never took place and the announced wrestling personalities were never inducted formally, evident by the NWA's official website for the NWA Hall of Fame.[7][8]

The inaugural Class of 2005 was inducted throughout 2005. Wrestler Lou Thesz's posthumous induction led the class, which included wrestler Harley Race, commentator Gordon Solie, and promoters Jim Cornette, Jim Barnett, and Sam Muchnick. Commentator Lance Russell's induction led the Class of 2006 on October 13, 2006, which also consisted of wrestlers Dory Funk Jr., Eddie Graham, Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton (The Rock 'n' Roll Express), Leilani Kai, and Saul Weingeroff. On June 7, 2008, wrestler Tommy Rich's induction led the Class of 2008, which consisted of wrestlers Joe and Jean Corsica (Corsica Brothers), Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton (The Midnight Express), Nikita Koloff, The Iron Sheik, and Ric Flair. Overall there are 87 inductees, 45 inductees were inducted posthumously.

Inductees

Lou Thesz, inducted in 2005
Iron Sheik, inducted in 2008
Ric Flair, inducted in 2008
Gene Kiniski, inducted in 2009
Terry Funk, inducted in 2009
Dusty Rhodes, inducted in 2011
Adam Pearce, inducted in 2015
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Group inductions

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See also

Notes

  1. Posthumous inductees are noted with a dagger (†).
  2. Entries without a birth name indicates that the inductee did not perform under a ring name.
  3. Before the 1990s, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) distributed many of its titles among its numerous members. Other promotions listed in this column were, or are currently, members of the NWA.[9][10]
  4. Name received upon his adoption as an infant. Due to the circumstances of his adoption through the scandal-ridden Tennessee Children's Home Society, Flair does not know his birth name.

Footnotes

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    "2008 Class of the NWA Hall of Fame". National Wrestling Alliance. 2008-09-21. Archived from the original on 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
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    "WCW Slamboree 1993". Slamboree. 1993-05-23. In Demand pay-per-view.
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    "WCW Slamboree 1994". Slamboree. 1994-05-22. In Demand pay-per-view.
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    "WCW Slamboree 1995". Slamboree. 1995-05-21. In Demand pay-per-view.
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    "Dennis Coralluzzo Invitational". NWA New Jersey. National Wrestling Alliance. 2009. Archived from the original (JPG) on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2010-05-08. "Mr. NWA" Dennis Coralluzzo is placed in the NWA Hall of Fame
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    "NWA Announces 2 NWA Hall of Fame Inductees for 2009". National Wrestling Alliance. WrestleZone.com. 2009-07-16. Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
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    "Harley Race". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
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    Oliver, Greg. "Jim Barnett was TV innovator". SLAM! Sports - Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2009-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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    "NWA World Heavyweight Championship reign history". Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan and Gary Will. Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
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    "NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship reign history". Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan and Gary Will. Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
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    "Nikita Koloff NWA Hall of Fame press release". National Wrestling Alliance. Nikitakoloff.com. 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
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    Gerweck, Steve (2011-11-14). "NWA Hall of Fame Class for 2011 announced". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
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    Meltzer, Dave (2012-11-17). "Sat. update: Great TV show, WWE multiple releases, Austin talks WWE Hall of Fame, Best night for Bellator, PPV predictions, NWA Hall of Fame, James Storm headlines benefit show, Devitt takes another title". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
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    "NWA Hall of Fame Class of 2015 1st Inductee: "Scrap Daddy" Adam Pearce". NWARingside.com. 2015-11-14. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
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    "NWA World Tag Team Championship Title History". Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan and Gary Will. Solie's Title History. Retrieved 2008-11-15.

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