Championship and Accomplishments[]
Collegiate Wrestling[]
- Big Ten Conference
- Big Ten Conference Championship (1999, 2000)
- Ranked the #1 Heavyweight in the Big Ten Conference (2000)
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- NCAA Division I runner-up (1999)
- NCAA Division I Championship (2000)
- North Dakota State University's annual Bison tournament
- Heavyweight Championship (1997–1999)
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- NJCAA All-American (1997, 1998)
- Junior College National Championship (1998)
Mixed Martial Arts[]
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- UFC Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Submission of the Night (1 time)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards
- Best Box Office Draw (2008, 2009)
- MMA Most Valuable Fighter (2008, 2009)
- Sherdog Awards
- Beatdown of the Year (2009)
- Fighter's Only World MMA Awards
- Breakthrough fighter of the year (2009)
Professional Wrestling[]
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- IWPG Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Inoki Genome Federation
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Feud of the Year (2003) vs. Matt Borske
- PWI Match of the Year (2003) vs. Matt Borske – a 60 minute IronMan Match on Fusion!, September 16
- PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2002)
- PWI Wrestler of the Year (2002)
- PWI ranked him #1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2003
- International Wrestling Entertainment
- [[IWE Championship (3 times)
- King of the Ring (2002)
- Royal Rumble (2003)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards
- Best Brawler (2003)
- Best Wrestling Maneuver (2002) F-5
- Feud of the Year (2003) vs. Kurt Angle
- Most Improved Wrestling (2002, 2003)
