314. The Duseks

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Like the Von Erichs who have six members in the WWE Hall of Fame, we present the Duseks, who have six notable family members…well, four and two kayfabe ones.

The core of the group was Ernie and Emil Dusek who competed for various tag team titles and singles titles and would later promote in Omaha. They also had two other brothers who were not as successful (Rudy and Joe), and collectively they were known as the Dusek Riot Squad. The brothers would have a kayfabe cousin named Wally Dusek whose son continued on the name as a wrestler, commentator and later figurehead matchmaker.

The Bullet Points

Other Aliases:
Charlie Santen (Wally Dusek’s real name)
Frank Santen (Frank Dusek’s real name)
Billed From: Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Key Championships Held:
As tag teams:

Ernie & Emile:

Nebraska Tag Team

NWA (Toronto) Canadian Open Tag Team

NWA (Mid-Atlantic) Southern Tag Team (2)

NWA (San Francisco) Tag Team

NWA Central States Tag Team (3)

As individuals:

Ernie Dusek:

Montreal International Heavyweight

NWA Texas Heavyweight (2)

California State Heavyweight

Joe Dusek:

NWA Heart of America (Central States) Heavyweight

Frank Dusek:

NWA (Florida) Southern Heavyweight
Why they will get in: This was a very solid family of wrestlers and promoters.
Why they won't get in: If the WWE Hall of Fame were to do a family aren’t there more prominent groups or families that could elect to go with instead?
Five Greatest Matches/Moments:
1. Ernie Dusek won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship from Lou Thesz 6/30/44
2. Ernie and Emile beat Al & Tiny Mills for the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Title 3/4/54
3. Joe Dusek won the NWA Central States Title 9/19/14
4. Ernie & Emile defeated Ben and Mike Sharpe for the NWA (San Francisco) Tag Team Championship 1/??/57
5. Ernie & Emile beat Sandy & George Scott for the NWA (Central States) Tag Team Titles 6/10/60