Dory Funk, Jr.
Dory Funk, Jr. will join his father, Dory Funk, Sr., and brother, Terry Funk, in the hall of fame. Dory, Sr. was inducted in 2006 and Terry was inducted in 2010. The Funks will be the first family with three members in the hall of fame.
Funk, Jr. is best known for his four-year NWA…
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Gorilla Monsoon
Bob Marella, known by his professional wrestling name of Gorilla Monsoon, was an accomplished college wrestler. Marella placed second at the 1959 NCAA tournament for Ithaca College at heavyweight.
Monsoon has a distinguished professional wrestling career that included many titles, including the WWWF (now WWE) United States Tag Team title. He was also known for…
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Jim Duggan
Jim Duggan has a distinguished wrestling career that includes the first Royal Rumble win in the WWF
(now WWE) in 1998, the WCW U.S. Champion 1994, and the WCW World Television Championship in 2000. He won titles in various other associations as well. Known as “Hacksaw,” Duggan would carry a 2 x 4 piece of…
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Jim Ross
Jim Ross is one of the most recognized names in professional wrestling. He is best-known as a professional wrestling commentator and for his executive work with World Wrestling Entertainment. Ross has been heavily involved with scouting and talent development with the WWE.
Ross consistently works with several organizations, including the Support Our Troops initiative, Circle…
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Pat Miletich
Pat Miletich is one of the most successful Mixed Martial Artists and trainers in the world. He is the founder of Miletich Fighting Systems-based out of Davenport, Iowa-which trains some of the most successful fighters in MMA.
As a competitor Miletich Compiled a 29-7-2 Mixed Martial Arts record from 1995 through 2008, becoming the first…
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Scott Teal
Scott Teal is the owner of Crowbar Press and is the webmaster of 1wrestlinglegends.com. Teal has been writing about professional wrestling since 1968. Since that time he has been involved with publishing over 100 books on the subject of professional wrestling.
In 2003, he published his first autobiography, “Inside Out” with Ole Anderson. Since…