Bob Backlund - Championships and Accomplishments

Championships and Accomplishments

  • Championship Wrestling from Florida
    • NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Steve Keirn
  • Georgia Championship Wrestling
    • NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jerry Brisco
  • NWA Western States Sports
    • NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
  • Northeast Wrestling Federation
    • NEWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time, first)
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • PWI Match of the Year (1978)
    • PWI Match of the Year (1982)
    • PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1994)
    • PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1977)
    • PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1981)
    • PWI Rookie of the Year (1976)
    • PWI Wrestler of the Year (1980)
    • PWI Wrestler of the Year (1982)
    • PWI ranked him # 7 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.
  • Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
    • Modern Era (Class of 2008)
  • St. Louis Wrestling Club
    • NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • World Wide Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Federation
    • WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Pedro Morales
    • WWWF/WWF Championship (4 time)1
  • Wrestle Association R
    • WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Putski and The Warlord
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
    • Best Technical Wrestler (1980)
    • Match of the Year (1980)
    • Most Overrated Wrestler (1983)
    • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2004)

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