Buddy Rogers
Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Herman Gustav Rohde Jr.
- Ring Names
- Buddy Rogers ( May 21, 1945 - September 17, 1983)
- Herman Rohde ( July 28, 1942 - November 3, 1942)
- Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Weight
- 235 lbs (107 kg)
- Born February 20, 1921
- Died June 26, 1992 (aged 71)
- Birth Place Camden, New Jersey
- Billed From
- Camden, New Jersey
- Nicknames Nature Boy
Career History
- Roles
- Wrestler ( January 1, 1979 - September 17, 1983)
- Wrestler ( January 1, 1939 - September 27, 1969)
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion 
November 25, 1982 June 30, 1984 Promotion January 1, 1979 November 25, 1979 Promotion January 24, 1963 September 12, 1963 Promotion November 26, 1948 January 23, 1963 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Heel - Images
May 1960
- Finishers
- Figure-four Grapevine
- Neckbreaker
- Piledriver
Titles & Accomplishments
- Hall of Fame
- WWE Hall of Fame - Year 1994, Individual
- Titles Won
World Wide Wrestling Federation
- 1 WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
National Wrestling Alliance
- 1 NWA World Heavyweight Championship
American Wrestling Alliance
- 1 AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version)
American Wrestling Association (Ohio)
- 3 AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Ohio version)
American Wrestling Association (New England)
- 1 AWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship
Capitol Wrestling Corporation
- 2 NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version) (1 with Johnny Valentine, 1 with Johnny Barend)
Midwest Wrestling Association
- 4 MWA Ohio Tag Team Championship (3 with Great Scott, 1 with Juan Sebastian)
Montreal Athletic Commission
- 3 World Heavyweight Championship (Montreal version)
NWA Chicago
- 1 NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Chicago version)
NWA Mid-America
- 1 NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship
NWA San Francisco
- 1 NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (with Ronnie Etchison)
NWA Western States Sports
- 1 NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo version)
Southwest Sports Inc.
- 7 NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship
- 1 NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (with Otto Kuss)
Other Titles
- 3 Maryland Eastern Heavyweight Championship
- 5 World Heavyweight Championship (Jack Pfeffer version)
- Other Accomplishments
- WWF Hall of Fame induction (class of 1994)
- NWA Hall of Fame induction (class of 2010)
- St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame induction (class of 2008))
- Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum induction (class of 2002 - Television Era)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame induction (class of 1996)
- PWI Stanley Weston Award Winner (1990)
Relations
- Wrestlers managed Jimmy Snuka