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Gagne won both the AWA Championship and the Omaha Championship. [5] [6] 9 Fritz Von Erich: July 27, 1963: House show: Omaha, Nebraska: 1 12 Von Erich won both the AWA Championship and the Omaha Championship. [5] 10 Verne Gagne: August 8, 1963: House show: Amarillo, Texas: 5 100 Fritz Von Erich's Omaha Championship was not at stake. On September ...
2 AWA/WWA wrestlers (Chicago) 3 AWA female wrestlers. 4 AWA Promoters. 5 Other notable AWA contributors. 6 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... Mighty Igor ...
In 1973, he teamed with Frank Morrell as the Mighty Yankees in NWA Mid-America winning the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship twice and the NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship three times from 1973 to 1974. After the Mighty Yankees split up in 1974, Fulton went on his own and worked in many territories in St. Louis, Georgia, Detroit and Toronto.
After WWF and AWA they went to wrestle in the independent circuit from 1986 to 1991. In 1987 they made a few appearances in National Wrestling Federation. On September 10, 1988, they lost to Jimmy Valiant and Rufus R. Jones by disqualification at the 15th WWC Aniversario in 1988 in Puerto Rico. In 1991, they split up and both men went their ...
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He won his first major title teaming with Len Denton as "The Grapplers" in the AWA. They defeated The Fabulous Ones (Keirn and Stan Lane) to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship on August 8, 1983. [5] After losing the title, The Grapplers continued to team elsewhere, winning the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship twice in 1984. [5]
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]
The bushy-haired Firpo packed a powerful punch with his stocky, 5–8, 230-pound frame, engaging in bloody feuds with stars such as The Sheik, Bobo Brazil, Johnny Valentine, Wild Bull Curry, The Crusher and The Mighty Igor, with most of his victories coming from a crushing bear hug or a dreaded claw hold that he called "El Garfio", a trademark ...