How the Long-Defunct AWA Is Stoking Wrestling Fans’ Nostalgia In the ’80s, the Minneapolis-based promotion was home to some of the industry’s biggest stars.

In August of 1982, Wanz faced AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkel in St. Paul, MN, and won the title - with a suplex. A long standing rumor in the wrestling world is that Wanz - who was also ...

Verne Gagne was on an eight-year run of holding the American Wrestling Association's heavyweight championship belt when he went against Nick Bockwinkel at the St. Paul Auditorium on Nov. 8, 1975 ...