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February 7 - In a live event at St. Paul, Minnesota, Larry Zbyszko won the battle royal to capture the vacant AWA World Heavyweight Championship. The World Wrestling Association professional wrestling promotion based out of Indianapolis, Indiana, closed.
The 1989 Great American Bash was the first Great American Bash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner and the fifth annual Great American Bash event overall; the previous events were held by the former NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions.
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]
AWA recognized Hennig's title reign as continuous. [5] [13] 35 Jerry Lawler: May 9, 1988: House show: Memphis, TN: 1 256 Lawler later defeated Kerry Von Erich on December 13, 1988, in Chicago to win the WCCW World Heavyweight Championship to become the first (USWA) Unified World Champion. [5] [14] — Vacated: January 20, 1989 — — — —
It is the AWA's top gate attendance and among the biggest shows of the 1980s wrestling boom. This is a list of American Wrestling Association attendance records . Established as the Minneapolis Boxing & Wrestling Club by Tony Stecher in 1933, it was among the first professional wrestling promotions in the United States.
This is a list of all closed-circuit television and pay-per-view events held by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and its predecessor Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP).. From 1983 to 1987, these events aired live on closed-circuit television under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner.
After debuting a new blue outfit — the signature color for the 1989 album — during her Speak Now, Folklore and 1989 sets at her Wednesday, August 9, concert in Los Angeles, Swift, 33, revealed ...
October 1, 1989: AWA Championship Wrestling: Rochester, Minnesota 1 314 Defeated Paul Diamond and Greg Gagne in a tournament final. 54 D.J. Peterson and The Trooper: August 11, 1990: AWA Championship Wrestling: Rochester, Minnesota 1 123 — Deactivated 1991 [Note 3] — — — — The title became inactive when the AWA folded in 1991.