#  | Year | Ring name
(Birth name)[b] | Notes[c][d] |
|---|
| 01 1 | 1993 | Thesz, LouLou Thesz
(Aloysius Martin Thesz) | Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), NWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[5] |
| 02 2 | 1993 | Gagne, VerneVerne Gagne | Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (10 times) and NWA Omaha World Heavyweight Championship) (4 times)[6] |
| 03 3 | 1993 | Wrestling, Mr. Mr. Wrestling II
(John Walker) | Won the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (10 times), NWA Mid-America Southern Tag Team Championship (9 times), and NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[7] |
| 04 4 | 1993 | Graham, EddieEddie Graham | Posthumous inductee: Won the NWA Florida World Tag Team Championship (7 times) and NWA United States Tag Team Championship (4 times)[8] |
| 05 5 | 1994 | Race, HarleyHarley Race | Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (8 times), NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (9 times), and NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (7 times)[9] |
| 06 6 | 1994 | Ladd, ErnieErnie Ladd | Won the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and NWA Tri-State North American Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[10] |
| 07 7 | 1994 | Crusher, The The Crusher
(Reggie Lisowski) | Won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) and AWA World Tag Team Championship (9 times)[11] |
| 08 8 | 1994 | Bruiser, Dick The Dick the Bruiser
(William Afflis) | Posthumous inductee: Won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship (11 times), WWA World Tag Team Championship (14 times), AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWA Detroit United States Championship (4 times)[12] |
| 09 9 | 1994 | Anderson, OleOle Anderson
(Alan Rogowski) | Won the AWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (17 times), and the WCW World Tag Team Championship (8 times)[13] |
| 10 | 1994 | Assassin, Masked Masked Assassin
(Jody Hamilton) | Won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time), and NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (14 times)[14] |
| 11 | 1995 | McDaniel, WahooWahoo McDaniel
(Edward McDaniel) | Won the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time), NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (5 times), NWA United States Championship (5 times), WCW World Tag Team Championship (4 times)[15] |
| 12 | 1995 | Rhodes, DustyDusty Rhodes | Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times), NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (10 times), NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (7 times), and NWA World Television Championship (1 time)[16] |
| 13 | 1995 | Inoki, AntonioAntonio Inoki
(Kanji Inoki) | Won the NWA International Tag Team Championship (4 times) and NWA Los Angeles/Japan North American Tag Team Championship (2 times)[17] |
| 14 | 1995 | Poffo, AngeloAngelo Poffo
(John Poffo) | Won the NWA Detroit United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) and WWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times)[18] |
| 15 | 1995 | Funk, TerryTerry Funk | Won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time), ECW Championship (1 time), and NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship (7 times)[19] |
| 16 | 1995 | Studd, Big JohnBig John Studd
(John Minton) | Posthumous inductee: Won the WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) and NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (4 times)[20] |
| 17 | 1995 | Solie, GordonGordon Solie | The only non-wrestler inductee and play-by-play commentator for WCW[21] |