American Wrestling Association

American Wrestling Association was a professional wrestling organization, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The AWA started in the early 1960s. The AWA was manly based in the mid western United States and Canada. From 1957 to 1991 it was owned by Verne Gagne.

The AWA was influential in Pro Wrestling USA, an attempt to establish a national federation to compete against the WWF, in 1984.

The AWA folded in the early 1990s after most of its talent had left for the World Wrestling Federation, now World Wrestling Entertainment.

AWA Wrestlers

Curt Hennig
Greg Gagne
Scott Hall
Hulk Hogan
Jesse Ventura
Marty Jannetty
Nick Bockwinkel
Shawn Michaels
Verne Gagne

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