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Championships and Accomplishments
Accomplishments
1990: Tatanka's 1'st year in Professional Wrestling he was voted runner up for Rookie Of The Year in Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 1992: Tatanka won a 40 man battle royal on May 18, 1992 in Cincinnati with the greatest of the WWE Superstars involved. Among those were I.C.W. Champ Bret "Hit Man" Hart, the Legion of Doom, Repo Man, Skinner, Crush, Shawn Michaels, Sgt. Slaughter, Money Inc., and the Natural Disasters, who, because of their prodigious size, were the odds-on favorites. However, fate had other plans that evening as Tatanka claimed his most prestigious win at a WWE event. 1991-93: Tatanka still holds today the Longest Winning Streak of the WWE, which is 2 years without one defeat. 1993: Tatanka was awarded in August 1993 in Wrestling Superstars (PWI) the prestigious award of being in the top 20 Wrestling Superstars of the world. 1993: Voted by Pro Wrestling Illustrated as runner up for Most Improved Wrestler of the Year. 1994: Voted Limit - Hero in Sports in Germany while with WWE. One contender that year was Michael Jordan. 1994: Tatanka was part of the Superstars of the WWE that released the first and new C.D. and tape on RCA records appropriately titled, "Wrestlemania, the album." The album was unveiled to the public at a posh party in Madison Square Garden. In attendance were Tatanka, Hacksaw Jim Dugan, the Macho Man and even WWE head honcho, Vince McMahon. Tatanka's song was titled "Tatanka Native American." 1991-95: Voted Top 10 several times in Most Popular Wrestlers while with WWE. 1995-96: Voted Top 10 in Most Hated Wrestlers during his Lex Luger Feud while with WWE. 2003: (PWI) Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked Tatanka # 279 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the world. 2003: International Wrestling Superstars Tour. Voted Wrestler of the Year in 2003.
2005: Appeared LIVE on WWE Raw on USA Network.
2005: Signed contract with WWE after Raw appearance.
2005-2007: Appeared LIVE on Raw & Smackdown TV Shows & LIVE Events Worldwide.
Nov 2010: Appeared LIVE on WWE Raw on USA Network for "Raw Goes Old School."
Nov 2010: Honored by WWE as one of their Official WWE Legends.
Apr 27th, 2012: Inducted into the Covey Pro Hall Of Fame Class of 2012.
Managers
Famous Native American Superstar "Chief Jay Strongbow" Sensational Sherri Martel The Greatest Manager The "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
Titles
American Wrestling Federation AWF United States Championship (1 time) Covey Pro Wrestling CPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Deutsche Wrestling Allianz DWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling i-Generation Australasian Heavyweight Championship (2 times) Italian Wrestling Superstars IWS Heavyweight Championship (1 time) North American Wrestling Association NAWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) South Atlantic Pro Wrestling SAPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Stampede Wrestling Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) United States Wrestling Association USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) World Pro Wrestling WPW Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
Other Titles
ASW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Joe Gomez CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) IWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title (1 time) South Africa Heavyweight Title (1 time) TRCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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