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O'Connor, NWA World Heavyweight Championship since 1959, was recognized as the first AWA World Champion in May 1960, but was given 90 days to defend the title against Verne Gagne or be stripped of the title. [5] 2 Verne Gagne: August 16, 1960: N/A N/A 1 329 Gagne was awarded the championship after Pat O'Connor failed to defend the title. [5] 3 ...
As the promotion grew, the AWA World Tag Team Championship became one of the most coveted tag team titles in the United States from the beginning until the late 1980s, when the AWA's talent roster was depleted by the World Wrestling Federation and Jim Crockett Promotions. This led to the retirement of the titles when the AWA closed.
Pages in category "AWA World Heavyweight Champions" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Pages in category "American Wrestling Association championships" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... AWA World Heavyweight Championship;
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 ...
AWA World Women's Champions (9 P) N. NWA World Tag Team Champions (Minneapolis version) (15 P) W. World Heavyweight Champions (Omaha) (8 P) This page was last ...
AWA ceased to recognize June Byers as women's champion after she no-showed a title defense. Banner won a battle royal to become the new AWA World Women's Champion. — Vacated: January 1, 1963 — — — — The AWA vacated the championship on January 1, 1963, but June Byers continued to be recognized as champion by the NWA until she retired ...
The AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1981 until it closed in 1991. In 1989, the Japan-based Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) promotion began billing Florida Championship Wrestling/Professional Wrestling Federation champion Jim Backlund as the AWA champion, something not acknowledged by the AWA; the title became FMW's ...