AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Stan Hansen
NWA United National Championship (1 time)
PWF World Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Stan Hansen
World's Strongest Tag Team League (1985) with Stan Hansen
NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
NWA National Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
NWA National Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Stan Frazier (1), and Steve Olsonski (1)
Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
Mid-South Tag Team Championship (4 times) with Matt Borne (1), Jerry Stubbs (1), Hercules Hernandez (1), and Steve Williams (1)
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time)
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) with Dick Murdoch
NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Tito Santana
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1982)
PWI ranked him #17 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 1991
PWI ranked him #32 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
PWI ranked him #20 of the Top 100 Tag Teams of the "PWI Years" with Steve Williams in 2003
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of 2007
NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[8]
TASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWF World Tag Team Championship (3 times) with Irwin R. Schyster
Million Dollar Championship (2 times)
King of the Ring (1988)
Slammy Award for Humanitarian of the Year (1987)
WWE Hall Of Fame (Class of 2010)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Best Gimmick (1987)
Best Heel (1987, 1988)
Best Technical Wrestler (1981)
Feud of the Year (1982) vs. Junkyard Dog
Feud of the Year (1985) vs. Jim Duggan
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
