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Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Owner. Verne Gagne (until 2003) WWE (after 2003) Website. AWA on WWE.com. 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.
The sensational history of the AWA. WWEClassics.com takes the WWE Universe on a guided tour of one of the most beloved promotions in sports-entertainment history, the AWA. The American Wrestling Association was a uniquely Midwestern institution. Established by WWE Hall of Famer Verne Gagne and promoter Wally Karbo in 1960, the Minnesota-based ...
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 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.
5.5K. 316K views 1 year ago. 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...
Members of National Wrestling Alliance prior to the formation of AWA. Had working relationships with International Wrestling Enterprise between 1970 and 1981 and with All Japan Pro-Wrestling between 1980 and 1988. In 1996, Dale Gagner, calling himself Dale "Gagne", supposedly bought the name to the AWA (but not the promotion) and started his ...
The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA). All AWA trademarks, including the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, are now owned by WWE.
