2013Winner
Best Performance
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
Bob Backlund
Actor
Princeton, Minnesota, USA
August 14, 1949
Biography
Robert Lee "Bob" Backlund is an American professional wrestler with an in-ring career that spanned over 30 years. Over that time, he was a two-time WWWF/WWF Champion. Backlund holds the record for the second longest reign as WWE Champion in history, ahead of Hulk Hogan's first reign and behind Bruno Sammartino's first. On January 21, 2013, he was announced as a member of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2013. Backlund was also an accomplished amateur wrestler, wrestling for the North Dakota State University Bison in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Backlund continues to work in the pro wrestling business in various capacities. In 2000, Backlund unsuccessfully ran for a Connecticut seat in Congress on a Republican ticket.
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Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1995Nominee
Best Performance
WWE WrestleMania XI
1993Nominee
Best Performance
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
Career Highlights
2005Highlight
Best Performance
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
2019Highlight
Best Performance
Headstrong
Video
WWE WrestleMania XI
Headstrong
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson