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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