Championships and accomplishments
* All Japan Pro Wrestling
* AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Stan Hansen[4]
* NWA United National Championship (1 time)[4]
* PWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Stan Hansen[4]
* World's Strongest Tag Team League (1985) with Stan Hansen
* Central States Wrestling
* NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[4]
* Georgia Championship Wrestling
* NWA National Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[4]
* NWA National Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Stan Frazier (1) and Steve Olsonski (1)[4]
* NWA Tri-State | Mid-South Wrestling Association
* Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[4]
* Mid-South Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Matt Borne (1), Jerry Stubbs (1), Hercules Hernandez (1), and Steve Williams (1)[4]
* NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time)[4]
* NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) - with Dick Murdoch[4]
* NWA Western States Sports
* NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tito Santana[4]
* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
* PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1982)
* PWI ranked him # 17 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 1991.
* Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
o (Class of 2007)
* St. Louis Wrestling Club
* NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[4]
* Texas All-Star Wrestling
* TASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[4]
* World Wrestling Federation
* WWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[4][3]
* WWF Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Irwin R. Schyster[4]
* Million Dollar Championship (2 times)1
* WWF King of the Ring (1988)[4]
* Slammy Award for Humanitarian of the Year (1987)
* Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
* 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)