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January 20, 1989 — — — — Jerry Lawler was stripped of the championship after the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) split from the AWA. [5] 36 Larry Zbyszko: February 7, 1989: House show: Saint Paul, Minnesota: 1 368 Zbyszko won a battle royal, last eliminating Tom Zenk to win the vacant title. [5] [15] 37 Mr. Saito: February 10 ...
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.
During 1989 and 1990, the AWA also pushed Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom as the top tag team. In early 1989, Eric Bischoff, who was performing office work for the AWA at the time, mostly in sales and syndication, was placed in front of the camera to replace Larry Nelson as interviewer and occasional commentator. The AWA was Bischoff's first exposure ...
September 18, 1989 — — — — Title vacated when Patera was injured. 53 The Destruction Crew (Wayne Bloom and Mike Enos) 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 ...
Like many other AWA wrestlers, Jammer began to wrestle with the Minneapolis-based Pro Wrestling America after the AWA folded in 1990. He continued to wrestle in the Minnesota area during the early 1990s, winning the NSW Tag team titles with Baron von Raschke, although he would eventually retire by the end of 1994.
Lawler, the reigning AWA World Heavyweight Champion, defeated Kerry Von Erich to win the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship. This results in the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship being formed. In January 1989, he was stripped of the AWA title by the AWA, ending the AWA title's connection with the USWA Unified World Heavyweight title.
The AWA International Television Championship was a short-lived title in the American Wrestling Association from 1987 to 1989. It was filled with a several months long tournament and was defended on their television broadcast on ESPN .
AWA Championship Wrestling is a professional wrestling television series that aired on cable sports network ESPN from 1985 to 1990. It was a continuation of the earlier ESPN program Pro Wrestling USA, the co-operative venture between the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and several National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliates (most notably Jim Crockett Promotions).