The WWE Hall of Fame is not the only major professional wrestling hall of fame, and the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame just announced their 2014 class. According to PWS on Nov. 12, the 16th annual induction ceremony will take place in July 2014.
Outside of inducting members, the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame gives out a number of awards to its inductees including the Frank Gotch Award for work outside the ring, James C. Melby Award for wrestling journalism, Lou Thesz Award for public service and the George Tragos Award for wrestlers in MMA.
The first year’s nominees included three of those men – Gotch, Thesz and Tragos - as well as Verne Gagne and Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Since then, names like Danny Hodge, Jack Brisco, Dan Severn, Jesse Ventura, Harley Race, Bret Hart, Nikita Koloff, Steve Williams, Curt Hennig, Ted DiBiase, Roddy Piper, Stu Hart, Ricky Steamboat, Terry Funk, Mick Foley, Jim Duggan and Jim Ross.
The three men chosen by the selection committee to enter the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame this year are Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner and Wilbur Snyder.
Winning the four special awards are Larry “The Axe” Hennig (Lou Thesz Award), Diamond Dallas Page (Frank Gotch Award), Randy Couture (George Tragos Award), and Larry Matyski (Jim Melby Award).
November 14, 2013
George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2014
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