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The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 until 1991. It was founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo.
Learn about the rise and fall of the American Wrestling Association, a Midwestern wrestling company founded by Verne Gagne in 1960. Discover the legends, matches and moments that made the AWA a unique and influential part of sports-entertainment history.
The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1960 to 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo. The territory was originally part of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) but becoming an independent territory in the...
The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was founded by Verne Gagne in 1960 and became one of the biggest wrestling promotions in the 1960s and 1970s. It featured many legends such as Hulk Hogan, Nick Bockwinkel, and the Vachon Brothers, and had a friendly rivalry with the NWA.
The American Wrestling Association was the Midwest’s premier wrestling organization. Along with the WWA, the AWA offered a different brand of wrestling in comparison to the NWA, which had been around since 1948.
Sep 21, 2021 · Learn about the American Wrestling Association (AWA), a wrestling promotion founded by Verne Gagne in 1960 and its rise and fall in the 1980s. Discover the reasons behind its demise, such as the WWF and NWA competition, talent loss, internal politics and financial problems.
Apr 23, 2023 · More than three decades have passed since Verne Gagne's Minnesota-based powerhouse, the American Wrestling Association, last ran an event, and those last few gasps were pretty painful to...
