• The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 until 1991...
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  • Continental Wrestling Association (later the Championship Wrestling Association) was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name...
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    wrestling by his father as a teenager, Gagne started wrestling professionally in 1972 in his father's promotion, the American Wrestling Association (AWA)...
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  • Below is a list of former members of the American Wrestling Association (AWA), an American professional wrestling organization based in Minnesota. Deceased...
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  • talent-share agreements with other wrestling promotions, including New Japan Pro-Wrestling and the American Wrestling Association. These agreements expanded the...
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    Universal Wrestling Association World Wrestling Association Xtreme Latin American Wrestling Active 1 Pro Wrestling All Star Wrestling Attack! Pro Wrestling Bellatrix...
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    National Wrestling Alliance, and the American Wrestling Association in the late 1970s and early 1980s. During his short stint in the World Wrestling Federation...
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  • larger American Wrestling Association and recognized its champions, along with its own and those of the Indianapolis-based Powerful Women of Wrestling. It...
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  • in 1996 by Les Thatcher and Brady Laber, in association with his wrestling school Main Event Pro Wrestling Camp, and held the first annual Brian Pillman...
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    2000) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled under the ring...
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    Wilkes wrestled for the American Wrestling Association, the Global Wrestling Federation, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the...
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    The 1980s professional wrestling boom, more commonly referred to as the Golden Era[by whom?] or the Rock 'n' Wrestling Era, was a surge in the popularity...
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  • Championship Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, the American Wrestling Association, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Consejo Mundial...
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  • years wrestling in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for Stampede Wrestling. Anderson joined the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based American Wrestling Association (AWA)...
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  • The United States Wrestling Association (USWA) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. The company was founded when the Memphis-based...
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  • The Orient Express was a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation in the early 1990s composed of Pat Tanaka and Akio Sato, who...
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    wrestling in the United States, until the 1920s, was viewed as a legitimate sport. This view did not endure into the 1930s, as professional wrestling...
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    performing in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories as well as the American Wrestling Association (AWA). Heiniemi started wrestling in 1965. He formed...
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  • Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), later known as the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered...
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    Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama,...
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    Williams made her professional wrestling debut in 1983 for the Dallas, Texas-based World Class Championship Wrestling. She was brought in by Jimmy Garvin...
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  • 1980s, American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Council, and the National Wrestling Alliance. Gibbs began his professional wrestling career in 1977...
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  • East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 1967 by promoter Jim Kettner. It is home to the annual...
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  • Adrian Adonis (category LGBT characters in professional wrestling)
    an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Adrian Adonis. He was best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association...
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    (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH) during the...
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    Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling in the 1980s and 1990s. AnoaŹ»i had his first...
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    the American Wrestling Association (AWA), he was known as "The Wrestler Who Made Milwaukee Famous", and found his greatest success in the American Midwest...
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  • This is a list of both active and inactive Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards created by professional wrestling and mixed martial arts (MMA) journalist...
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    18, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association and World Class Championship...
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    Southeastern Xtreme Wrestling SXW Hardcore Championship (1 time) Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2012 United States Wrestling Association USWA Unified...
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