1986Nominee
Best Performance
Inside the Steel Cage
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1997Winner
Best Performance
WWE WrestleMania 13
1995Nominee
Best Performance
WWE WrestleMania XI
Career Highlights
1995Highlight
Best Performance
Big Daddy Cool Diesel
1993Highlight
Best Performance
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
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WWE WrestleMania 13
WWE WrestleMania XI
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson