"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

[Necro]

Championships and accomplishments

• American Wrestling Alliance
  • AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version) (1 time)[15]
• American Wrestling Association (Ohio)
  • AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Ohio version) (3 times)[16]
• American Wrestling Association (New England)
  • AWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[17]
• Capitol Wrestling Corporation
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Northeast version) (1 time)[18]
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version) (2 times) – with Johnny Valentine (1) and Johnny Barend (1)[19]
• International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2021[20]
• Midwest Wrestling Association
  • MWA Ohio Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Great Scott (3)[21] and Juan Sebastian (1)
• Montreal Athletic Commission
  • World Heavyweight Championship (Montreal version) (3 times)[22]
• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[23]
  • NWA Hall of Fame (class of 2010)
• NWA Chicago
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version) (1 time)
• NWA Mid-America
  • NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA San Francisco
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (1 time) – with Ronnie Etchison
• NWA Western States Sports
  • NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo version) (1 time)[24]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Stanley Weston Award (1990)
• Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Class of 2002 (Television Era)
• Southwest Sports Inc.
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (7 times)[25][26]1
  • NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Otto Kuss
• St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2008
• World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation
  • WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, inaugural)[27]
  • WWF Hall of Fame (Class of 1994)
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
• Other titles
  • Maryland Eastern Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[28]
  • World Heavyweight Championship (Jack Pfeffer version) (4 times)
• Victory Championship Wrestling
  • VCW Hall of Fame (Class of 2018)

A Tribute:

 

[Barry Poppins]

Rogers essentially took the mantle from Gorgeous George in regards to the flamboyance and raw charisma that he exuded. He's definitely one of the greatest of all time in that regard.