"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

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Championships and accomplishments[edit]

• American Wrestling Alliance
  • AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version) (1 time)[19]
• American Wrestling Association (Ohio)
  • AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Ohio version) (3 times)[20]
• American Wrestling Association (New England)
  • AWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[21]
• Capitol Wrestling Corporation
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Northeast version) (1 time)[22]
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version) (2 times) – with Johnny Valentine (1) and Johnny Barend (1)[23]
• International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2021[24]
• Midwest Wrestling Association
  • MWA Ohio Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Great Scott (3)[25] and Juan Sebastian (1)
• Montreal Athletic Commission
  • World Heavyweight Championship (Montreal version) (3 times)[26]
• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[27]
  • 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)[28]
• 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)[29][30]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)[31]
  • 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)[32]
  • World Heavyweight Championship (Jack Pfeffer version) (4 times)
• Victory Championship Wrestling
  • VCW Hall of Fame (Class of 2018)

1 Five of Rogers's six reigns with the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship occurred before the title came under the control of the NWA and before the NWA was created. The situation is the same regarding Rogers's reign with the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship.

Lou Thesz vs. Buddy Rogers


Lou Thesz (Aloysius Martin Thesz) faces Buddy Rogers (Herman Gustav Rohde Jr.) in a Best 2 of 3 falls match with a 60 time limit. Chicago International Amphitheatre.

Buddy Rogers (Challenger) Vs Pat O'Connor (Champion) - NWA World Heavyweight Title - 30.06.1961



Classic match from June 30th, 1961 which saw Buddy Rogers win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Pat O'Connor ending his almost 3 year reign as World Champion.

Haystack Calhoun vs. Buddy Rogers (04/14/1961)



Haystack Calhoun (William Dee Calhoun) faces Buddy Rogers (Herman Gustav Rohde Jr.) in a 1 fall match with a 20 minute time limit. Friday, April 14th, 1961 at the Chicago International Amphitheatre.

Buddy Rogers vs Killer Kowalski 3/3 Golden Age Wrestling 1960s




An interview with 'Nature Boy' Buddy Rogers




Jim Cornette on Buddy Rogers' Influence & Watch-Along Suggestions




Footage of Buddy Rogers vs Ric Flair - 11-22-79