page_title: Stan Hansen
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Stan Hansen / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: English: Stan Hansen at the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony
context_page_description: John Stanley Hansen II is an American retired professional wrestler.
  Hansen is known for his stiff wrestling style, which he attributes to his poor eyesight. He is also known for his gimmick as a loud, violent cowboy who wanted to fight everybody, which he further emphasized by appearing in interviews with a cowboy hat, leather vest and bullrope while often chewing on tobacco. Considered the most successful and popular gaijin in Japanese professional wrestling history, he became more well-known and revered in Japan than in his native United States. In Japan's AJPW promotion, he held seven different championships. Overall he is a six-time world champion.
  In 1989, he played a small role in the movie No Holds Barred and in 2011, released his co-written biography, The Last Outlaw.
context_section_description: All Japan Pro Wrestling
  NWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  NWA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ron Bass
  NWA United National Championship (1 time)
  PWF World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
  PWF World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Bruiser Brody (1), Ted DiBiase (2) and Austin Idol (1)
  Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
  World Tag Team Championship (8 times) – with Terry Gordy (2), Genichiro Tenryu (3), Dan Spivey (1), Ted DiBiase (1) and Gary Albright (1)
  Champion Carnival (1992, 1993)
  World's Strongest Tag Determination League (1983) – with Bruiser Brody
  World's Strongest Tag Determination League (1985) – with Ted DiBiase
  World's Strongest Tag Determination League (1988) – with Terry Gordy
  World's Strongest Tag Determination League (1989) – with Genichiro Tenryu
  January 2 Korakuen Hall Heavyweight Battle Royal (1994)
  World's Strongest Tag Determined League Exciting Award (1982) – with Bruiser Brody
  World's Strongest Tag Determination League Distinguished Award (1990, 1991) - with Dan Spivey
  American Wrestling Association
  AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Cauliflower Alley Club
  Other honoree (1996)
  Continental Wrestling Association
  CWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
  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)
  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.
caption: Stan Hansen in the WWE Hall of Fame.
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