page_title: George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
section_title: George Tragos Award recipients
hierarchical_section_title: George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame / Honorees / George Tragos Award recipients
caption_attribution_description: English: Dan Severn speaking in the ring at a Thrash Wrestling event in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.
context_page_description: The George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame is a professional wrestling hall of fame and museum located within the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum's Dan Gable Museum. The hall of fame honors wrestlers with a strong amateur background who have made an impact on professional wrestling. It is named after Lou Thesz, who helped create it, and his trainer George Tragos.
  The hall of fame was founded in 1999 in Newton, Iowa but moved to Waterloo, Iowa in 2007. The museum suffered severe flooding in the Iowa flood of 2008, but reopened in June 2009. Wrestling historian and journalist Mike Chapman served as executive director of the museum until Kyle Klingman succeeded him in November 2009.
  Inductions take place at a hall of fame induction ceremony. Other activities are held throughout the weekend in conjunction with the event, such as local independent promotion Impact Pro Wrestling's "Hall of Fame Classic" tournament in 2017 and 2018.
context_section_description: This award recognizes wrestlers who have excelled in mixed martial arts.
caption: Three-time honoree Dan Severn
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