sentences:  A bronze statue of Pesek with two greyhounds was being created at the time of his death, and it was posthumously unveiled in front of Ravenna Bank on May 28, 1978.Although lesser known than some of his contemporaries, John Pesek is recognized today as one of the best wrestlers of his era.He was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005, as well as the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996; Pesek had earlier been inducted into the "Lincoln Journal"'s Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame in 1957.