Frank Gotch Award (2017) Georgia Championship Wrestling NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (2 times) NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Tommy Rich (2) and Ole Anderson (1) Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling/World Championship Wrestling NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)1 NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time) – with Ole Anderson NWA Big Time Wrestling NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Killer Tim Brooks NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Tri-State NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (2 time) – with Frank Goodish National Wrestling Federation NWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) New Japan Pro-Wrestling Greatest 18 Club inductee Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum Class of 2010 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Match of the Year (1976) vs. Bruno Sammartino on June 25 Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1976) Ranked #24 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1991 Ranked #16 of the top 500 singles of the "PWI Years" in 2003 Ranked #7, #24, #34, and #66 of the top 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Bruiser Brody, Ted DiBiase, Terry Gordy, and Ole Anderson, respectively, in 2003 Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2014 Tokyo Sports Best Foreigner Award (1982) Best Tag Team Award (1998) with Vader Lifetime Achievement Award (2000) Match of the Year Award (1992) vs. Toshiaki Kawada on June 5 Match of the Year Award (1982) vs. Giant Baba on February 4 Match of the Year Award (1988) vs. Genichiro Tenryu on July 27 Popularity Award (1980) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Best Brawler (1985, 1990) Tag Team of the Year (1982) with Ole Anderson Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996) WWE WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2016) 1 Hansen won the championship after Ted Turner purchased Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling from Jim Crockett Jr. and renamed the promotion World Championship Wrestling. Hansen's reign was also prior to the championship being renamed the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. References External links Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame profile 1949 births American male film actors American male professional wrestlers American people of Danish descent AWA World Heavyweight Champions Detroit Wheels players Expatriate professional wrestlers in Japan Living people NWA/WCW/WWE United States Heavyweight Champions People from Borger, Texas People from Knox City, Texas Professional wrestlers from