We are pround to announce that Bill Anderson is the sole person to be elected to join the Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame for 2007.Bill Anderson, began his wrestling training under Kurt Von Steiger in 1973, and had his debut match on June 16th, 1974 in Tuscon, AZ.
Anderson has wrestled all over the world, and held the WWA Heavyweight title in Mexico for over a year, and held the WWA Trios titles with Louie Spicoli and Tim Patterson for over three years.
Despite a great in ring career, Anderson’s biggest contributions to Southern California have come as a trainer and promoter. The Bill Anderson School of Wrestling opened in 1984, and has helped to train such greats as Sting, the Ultimate Warrior, Louie Spicoli, Frankie Kazarian, and Rocky Romero among countless others.
As a promoter, Anderson and fellow Hall of Famer Jesse Hernandez co-promoted WSWA in the late 1980s, then founded EWF in 1996. After a split with Hernandez, Anderson went on to start the IWC.
To be inducted into the Hall of Fame, nominees needed to be listed on 60% of the ballots that were returned by a special panel of voters that include long time fans, wrestlers, promoters, and wrestling historians.
Bill Anderson was named on 70.6% of the returned ballots.
Here is the final balloting for all of 2007’s canidates:
Billy Anderson 70.6%
Alex Knight 52.9%
Dynamite D 52.9%
Primetime Peterson 52.9%
Super Boy 52.9%
Cincinnati Red 47%
Christopher Daniels 35.3%
Ballard Brothers (Shannon & Shane Ballard) 29.4%
Rick Bassman 29.4%
Stephan DeLeon 29.4%
Aileen Eaton 23.5%
Bobo Brazil 23.5%
Enrique Torres 23.5%
Pedro Morales 23.5%
Vince McMahon Jr. 23.5%
Ernie Ladd 17.6%
Joe Stecher 17.6%
Sandor Szabo 17.6%
Sting 17.6%
The Sheik 17.6%
Art Barr 11.8%
Edouard Carpentier 11.8%
Rey Misterio Jr. 11.8%
Rick Sadist 11.8%
Gary Key 0%
To see the entire list of who has been inducted into the Southern California Hall of Fame, along with some photos, memories, and bios of some of the inductees, head to The Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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