2026 Downstate New York NWHOF Inductees

Gary Pesko, Lifetime Service to Wrestling

Carol Roseto , Lifetime Service to Wrestling

Dave Smith , Lifetime Service to Wrestling

Ben Resnick , Lifetime Service to Wrestling

Michael A. Ondich , Lifetime Service to Wrestling

Bill Patton , Lifetime Service to Wrestling

John Laurenzi , Lifetime Service to Wrestling

Elliott Tepper , Outstanding American

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