Legends of Pro Wrestling by Tim Hornbaker offers readers a comprehensive look at the greatest wrestlers in history. With quick reference biographical data, real names, pertinent dates, championship histories, and scores of information not found anywhere else, it will stand as the definitive resource for pro wrestling. There will be 500 wrestling photos throughout the book from some of the best photographers in the business. The following is listing of what wrestlers will be featured in this project - and it is subject to change: I. Pro Debut Between 1850 and 1920 1. Americus 2. Fred Beell 3. George Bothner 4. Earl Caddock 5. Charles Cutler 6. William Demetral 7. Clarence Eklund 8. Farmer Burns 9. Renato Gardini 10. Frank Gotch 11. Great Gama 12. Fred Grobmier 13. George Hackenschmidt 14. Tom Jenkins 15. Gus Kallio 16. Al Karasick 17. Waino Ketonen 18. Ed “Strangler” Lewis 19. Jim Londos 20. Joe Malcewicz 21. Man Mountain Dean 22. Col. James H. McLaughlin 23. Dan McLeod 24. John McMahon 25. Joe “Toots” Mondt 26. William Muldoon 27. Hugh Nichols 28. Henry Ordemann 29. Nat Pendleton 30. John Pesek 31. Marin Plestina 32. Karl Pojello 33. Jack Reynolds 34. Billy Riley 35. Ernest Roeber 36. Dr. B.F. Roller 37. Ad Santel 38. Jack Sherry 39. Dick Shikat 40. Joe Stecher 41. Ray Steele 42. Hans Steinke 43. Jack Taylor 44. Ted Thye 45. Jess Westergaard 46. Stanislaus Zbyszko 47. Wladek Zbyszko II. Pro Debut Between 1921 and 1950 48. Bert Assirati 49. Fred Atkins 50. Ali Baba 51. Johnny Barend 52. Red Bastien 53. George Becker 54. Red Berry 55. Fred Blassie 56. James Blears 57. Blue Demon 58. Paul Boesch 59. George Bollas 60. Bobo Brazil 61. Orville Brown 62. Jim Browning 63. Bobby Bruns 64. Bull Curry 65. Mildred Burke 66. June Byers 67. Primo Carnera 68. Steve Casey 69. Mike Clancy 70. Jack Claybourne 71. Abe Coleman 72. Al Costello 73. The Crusher 74. Cyclone Anaya 75. Billy Darnell 76. Henri DeGlane 77. Dean Detton 78. Mike DiBiase 79. Dizzy Davis 80. Roy Dunn 81. Ernie Dusek 82. Rudy Dusek 83. Don Eagle 84. Ray Eckert 85. El Santo 86. Ronnie Etchison 87. Fabulous Moolah 88. Charles Fischer 89. Buddy Fuller 90. Dory Funk Sr. 91. Verne Gagne 92. Gino Garibaldi 93. Leo Garibaldi 94. Bob Geigel 95. Ed Don George 96. Billy Goelz 97. Gorgeous George 98. Eddie Graham 99. Gory Guerrero 100. Ray Gunkel 101. Cliff Gustafson 102. Gypsy Joe 103. Stu Hart 104. Roy Heffernan 105. Tor Johnson 106. Don Leo Jonathan 107. Paul Jones 108. Duke Keomuka 109. King Kong Czaja 110. Sandor Kovacs 111. Wladek “Killer” Kowalski 112. Kola Kwariani 113. Lord Athol Layton 114. Michele Leone 115. Dave Levin 116. Little Beaver 117. Bill Longson 118. Vincent Lopez 119. Bobby Managoff Jr. 120. Everette Marshall 121. Roy McClarty 122. Earl McCready 123. Leroy McGuirk 124. Jim McMillen 125. Danny McShain 126. Wayne Munn 127. Sonny Myers 128. Bronko Nagurski 129. Art Nelson 130. Leo Nomellini 131. Pat O’Connor 132. Danno O’Mahoney 133. Bob Orton Sr. 134. Walter Palmer 135. Joe Pazandak 136. Angelo Poffo 137. Billy Raborn 138. Yvon Robert 139. Antonino Rocca 140. Buddy Rogers 141. Seelie Samara 142. Leo Savage 143. Angelo Savoldi 144. Joe Savoldi 145. Frank Scarpa 146. Hans Schmidt 147. George Scott 148. Frank Sexton 149. Babe Sharkey 150. Ben Sharpe 151. Mike Sharpe 152. The Sheik 153. Roy Shire 154. Ruffy Silverstein 155. Gus Sonnenberg 156. Gene Stanlee 157. Milo Steinborn 158. Bobby Stewart 159. Frank Stojack 160. Swedish Angel 161. Sandor Szabo 162. Frankie Talaber 163. Lou Thesz 164. Maurice Tillet 165. Enrique Torres 166. George Tragos 167. Johnny Valentine 168. Billy Varga 169. Ray Villmer 170. Ed Virag 171. Billy Watson 172. Roy Welch 173. Marvin Westenberg 174. Rube Wright 175. Lee Wykoff 176. Mae Young 177. Yukon Eric 178. George Zaharias III. Pro Debut Between 1951 and 1975 179. Abdullah the Butcher 180. Adrian Adonis 181. Afa 182. Gene Anderson 183. Ole Anderson 184. Andre the Giant 185. Spiros Arion 186. Bob Armstrong 187. The Assassin 188. Tony Atlas 189. Buddy Austin 190. Wadi Ayoub 191. Shohei Baba 192. Bob Backlund 193. Ox Baker 194. Penny Banner 195. Bearcat Wright 196. Big John Studd 197. Blackjack Lanza 198. Blackjack Mulligan 199. Tully Blanchard 200. Nick Bockwinkel 201. Dino Bravo 202. Jack Brisco 203. Jerry Brisco 204. Bob Brown 205. Bruiser Brody 206. Jim Brunzell 207. Canek 208. Edouard Carpentier 209. Riki Choshu 210. Carlos Colon 211. Don Curtis 212. Cyclone Negro 213. Dominic DeNucci 214. The Destroyer 215. Ted DiBiase 216. Dick the Bruiser 217. Ilio DiPaolo 218. Dory Dixon 219. Bill Dundee 220. Dynamite Kid 221. Bill Eadie 222. Bob Ellis 223. Jackie Fargo 224. Dave Finlay 225. Ric Flair 226. Tatsumi Fujinami 227. Dory Funk Jr. 228. Terry Funk 229. Greg Gagne 230. Jimmy Garvin 231. Ronnie Garvin 232. Pepper Gomez 233. Terry Gordy 234. Gorilla Monsoon 235. Karl Gotch 236. Billy Graham 237. Dr. Jerry Graham 238. Luke Graham 239. Chavo Guerrero Sr. 240. Larry Hamilton 241. Stan Hansen 242. Hard Boiled Haggerty 243. Haystacks Calhoun 244. Larry Hennig 245. Hercules Cortez 246. Danny Hodge 247. Dick Hutton 248. Curtis Iaukea 249. Antonio Inoki 250. Iron Sheik 251. Rocky Johnson 252. Paul Jones 253. Leilani Kai 254. Steve Keirn 255. Killer Karl Kox 256. Gene Kiniski 257. Ivan Koloff 258. Ernie Ladd 259. Jerry Lawler 260. Mark Lewin 261. Dale Lewis 262. Luther Lindsay 263. Jose Lothario 264. Ken Lucas 265. Peter Maivia 266. Boris Malenko 267. Dutch Mantel 268. Rick Martel 269. Mil Mascaras 270. Hiro Matsuda 271. Wahoo McDaniel 272. Bill Miller 273. Moose Cholak 274. Pedro Morales 275. Mr. Fuji 276. Mr. Saito 277. Mr. Wrestling II 278. Don Muraco 279. Dick Murdoch 280. Atsushi Onita 281. Bob Orton Jr. 282. Ken Patera 283. Pat Patterson 284. Roddy Piper 285. Johnny Powers 286. Harley Race 287. Dusty Rhodes 288. Tommy Rich 289. Rikidozan 290. Jake Roberts 291. Billy Robinson 292. Ricky Romero 293. Johnny Rougeau 294. Nelson Royal 295. Bruno Sammartino 296. Randy Savage 297. Sgt. Slaughter 298. Kinji Shibuya 299. Sika 300. Dick Slater 301. Jimmy Snuka 302. Wilbur Snyder 303. The Spoiler 304. Ricki Starr 305. Stan Stasiak 306. Sam Steamboat 307. George Steele 308. Dick Steinborn 309. Ray Stevens 310. Kevin Sullivan 311. Toru Tanaka 312. Tarzan Tyler 313. Les Thatcher 314. Art Thomas 315. Les Thornton 316. Tiger Jeet Singh 317. John Tolos 318. Jumbo Tsuruta 319. Maurice Vachon 320. Greg Valentine 321. Jimmy Valiant 322. Jesse Ventura 323. Nikolai Volkoff 324. Fritz Von Erich 325. Waldo Von Erich 326. Baron Von Raschke 327. Otto Wanz 328. Bill Watts 329. Tim Woods 330. Larry Zbyszko IV. Pro Debut Between 1976 and Present 331. Abyss 332. Chris Adams 333. Arn Anderson 334. Kurt Angle 335. Animal 336. Austin Aries 337. Brad Armstrong 338. Steve Austin 339. Awesome Kong 340. Mike Awesome 341. Bad News Allen 342. Buff Bagwell 343. Bam Bam Bigelow 344. Wade Barrett 345. Batista 346. Shelton Benjamin 347. Chris Benoit 348. Big Bossman 349. Big Daddy Voodoo 350. Big Show 351. Booker T 352. Brother Devon 353. Daniel Bryan 354. Bully Ray 355. Chris Candido 356. John Cena 357. Masa Chono 358. Christian 359. CM Punk 360. Steve Corino 361. Christopher Daniels 362. Barry Darsow 363. Alberto Del Rio 364. D’Angelo Dinero 365. Shane Douglas 366. Tommy Dreamer 367. Jim Duggan 368. Bobby Eaton 369. Edge 370. Mick Foley 371. Robert Gibson 372. Eddie Gilbert 373. Bill Goldberg 374. Chavo Guerrero Jr. 375. Eddie Guerrero 376. Haku 377. Scott Hall 378. Jeff Hardy 379. Matt Hardy 380. Bret Hart 381. Owen Hart 382. Hiroshi Hase 383. Shinya Hashimoto 384. Hawk 385. Michael Hayes 386. Gregory Helms 387. Curt Hennig 388. Mark Henry 389. Hulk Hogan 390. Honky Tonk Man 391. Mickie James 392. Marty Jannetty 393. Jeff Jarrett 394. Chris Jericho 395. Junkyard Dog 396. Kane 397. Chris Kanyon 398. Toshiaki Kawada 399. Gail Kim 400. King Kong Bundy 401. Kofi Kingston 402. Kenta Kobashi 403. Nikita Koloff 404. Konnan 405. Buddy Landel 406. Stan Lane 407. Joanie Laurer 408. John “Bradshaw” Layfield 409. Ed Leslie 410. Brock Lesnar 411. Jushin Liger 412. Lita 413. Lex Luger 414. Jerry Lynn 415. Magnum, T.A. 416. Dean Malenko 417. Sherri Martel 418. Marc Mero 419. Madusa Miceli 420. Shawn Michaels 421. Mitsuharu Misawa 422. The Miz 423. Matt Morgan 424. Sean Morley 425. John Morrison 426. Ricky Morton 427. Mr. Anderson 428. Keiji Mutoh 429. Rey Mysterio Jr. 430. Kevin Nash 431. Jim Neidhart 432. Scott Norton 433. One Man Gang 434. Paul Orndorff 435. Randy Orton 436. Dallas Page 437. Brian Pillman 438. Pete Polaco 439. Montel Vontavious Porter 440. Raven 441. Madison Rayne 442. Butch Reed 443. William Regal 444. Brad Rheingans 445. Rhino 446. Cody Rhodes 447. Dustin Rhodes 448. Stevie Richards 449. Wendi Richter 450. Rikishi 451. Road Dogg 452. The Rock 453. Bobby Roode 454. Mike Rotundo 455. R-Truth 456. Rick Rude 457. Sabu 458. Samoa Joe 459. The Sandman 460. Tito Santana 461. Kensuke Sasaki 462. Dan Severn 463. Ken Shamrock 464. Sheamus 465. Ron Simmons 466. Davey Boy Smith 467. Al Snow 468. Monty Sopp 469. Ricky Steamboat 470. Rick Steiner 471. Scott Steiner 472. Sting 473. James Storm 474. Lance Storm 475. Trish Stratus 476. A.J. Styles 477. Jack Swagger 478. Tara 479. Terry Taylor 480. Taz 481. Genichiro Tenryu 482. John Tenta 483. Tiger Mask 484. Too Cold Scorpio 485. Triple H 486. Ultimate Warrior 487. The Undertaker 488. Vader 489. Rob Van Dam 490. Sid Vicious 491. David Von Erich 492. Kerry Von Erich 493. Kevin Von Erich 494. Sean Waltman 495. Mikey Whipwreck 496. Steve Williams 497. Barry Windham 498. Yokozuna 499. Tom Zenk 500. Dolph Ziggler |
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