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Fredrick Martin Jannetty (born February 3, 1960) [1] is an American retired professional wrestler who has worked for promotions including the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and has won a total of 20 championships.
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.
Later in 1976 he took on Muhammad Ali in a boxer vs wrestler bout that also featured Verne Gagne as the Referee, a match Kenny Jay considered one of the high points of his career. In the late 1970s Jay teamed with George Gadaski. In 1984 The Sodbuster also appeared as a tag-team partner with legendary wrestler Baron Von Raschke. [3]
It was during this time in the AWA that Putski also first clashed with Superstar Billy Graham, with the two feuding over who was the strongest wrestling in the AWA;. [ 5 ] [ 1 ] During "Polish Power" Ivan Putski's time in the AWA, anti-Polish phrases where also a mainstay of lead American television series All In The Family 's patriarch Archie ...
Born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Regal started wrestling in 1977 and later achieved his biggest success in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) during the mid-1980s. During his tenure there, Regal defeated Buck Zumhofe for the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship in 1984. [ 1 ]
Nicholas Warren Francis Bockwinkel (December 6, 1934 – November 14, 2015) was an American professional wrestler.He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the 1970s and 1980s.
Richard Henry Blood Sr. (born February 28, 1953), [1] [2] better known by his ring name Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).