Legend: Nick Bockwinkel
Years Active: 1955-1987
Titles Held: 4 Time AWA World Heavyweight Champion, 4 Time AWA World Tag Team Champion(with Ray Stevens)
Other Honors: 1973 PWI Tag Team of the Year with Ray Stevens, 1996 Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame Inductee, 2003 Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductee, 2007 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee, 2007 PWI Stanley Weston Award Winner
Trademark Moves: Piledriver, Figure Four Leglock, Indian Deathlock
Memorable Feuds and Matches: Verne Gagne, Billy Robinson, Mad Dog Vachon, Dick the Bruiser, The Crusher, Jerry Lawler, Hulk Hogan, Curt Hennig, Bob Backlund, Ric Flair
Greatest Accomplishment: Ending Verne Gagne's 7 year reign as AWA Champion by winning his first heavyweight title on November 8, 1975.
Personal Memories: Although I haven't seen a great deal of his ring work, I am a fan because I consider him to be a different kind of heel because of his promos.  He would never yell and he would often show off his intelligence by using big words that most fans had never heard before.