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SuperClash was a series of major professional wrestling shows promoted by the American Wrestling Association (AWA) between 1985 and 1990, often co-promoted with other North American wrestling promotions. AWA held a total of four SuperClash shows, with the third being broadcast on pay-per-view (PPV), AWA's only PPV show.
The AWA ran only one pay-per-view card, SuperClash III, during its 30-year run. However, From 1999 to 2002, a series of AWA-related pay-per-views were produced. Titled AWA Classic Wrestling, they featured compilations of old AWA footage, hosted by Greg Gagne and Todd Okerlund (son of Gene Okerlund), with occasional appearances by Verne Gagne. [22]
The Crusher and Stan Lane for the AWA World Tag Team Championship AWA: AWA Super Sunday April 24, 1983: St. Paul, Minnesota: St. Paul Civic Center: 20,000 Nick Bockwinkel (c) vs. Hulk Hogan for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship [86] 3. AWA: 20-Man Battle Royal October 23, 1983: St. Paul, Minnesota: St. Paul Civic Center: 19,120 20-man ...
The USWA was founded as an attempt to create a fourth national promotion, alongside Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW, AWA and the WWF (now known as WWE). The USWA was created through a merger of the WCCW (from Texas) and the CWA (based in Memphis, Tennessee). It originally promoted shows, usually headlined by Jerry Lawler, in both Tennessee and Texas.
In 2018 began branching out to Austin, Texas. American Wrestling Federation: Chicago: Paul Alperstein: 1994–1996 Tito Santana and Sgt. Slaughter were bookers for the promotion [3] [36] Shimmer Women Athletes: Berwyn Dave Prazak Allison Danger: 2005–2021 [37] Warrior Wrestling: Chicago Heights: Steve Tortorello 2018–present Windy City Pro ...
To date WWE has only promoted one pay-per-view event using the name of a former WCW PPV, The Great American Bash, from 2004 until 2009. In 2012, it was rebooted as a live SmackDown special and in 2020, it was used as a two-week show as part of the NXT brand followed in 2021 by a special episode on one night.
Hogan also performed for the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he headlined the inaugural AWA closed circuit supercard, Super Sunday in 1983, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) – where he was the inaugural winner of the original IWGP Heavyweight Championship – and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). [17] [18] [19]
The company's PPV lineup expanded to a monthly basis in the mid-1990s following the introduction of the In Your House series of pay-per views before expanding even further in the mid-2000s during the first WWE brand extension. In addition, WWE produced international PPVs not available in the United States between 1997 and 2003.