Tag: Awa
Report – Two Familiar Names Join MLW
Several familiar names have joined Major League Wrestling (MLW) in a backstage capacity. According to a report from Pwinsider, Hunter “Delirious” Johnston and Gary Juster...
Tales From The Territories Rebounds With Viewership, Ratings Stay Stable
VICE TV's Tales From the Territories recently aired its fourth episode. The series, which is filmed in the vein of its Dark Side of the Ring series...
Tales From The Territories Numbers Take A Tumble For AWA Episode
VICE TV's ongoing series Tales From The Territories saw a bit of a drop in viewership with their latest episode highlighting the AWA, per Wrestlenomics. Last...
Verne Gagne Thought Hulk Hogan’s AWA Resignation Was A Rib
Speaking recently to Busted Open Radio, Greg Gagne relayed a story about Hulk Hogan's AWA days. Greg is the son of the late promoter...
AWA Producer & Director Mike Shields Passes Away
Former AWA Director and Producer Mike Shields has passed away. He served as a mentor to former WCW Executive Vice President Eric Bischoff during...
Larry Zbyszko On Ric Flair, Why They Never Wrestled, nWo, More
Wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Larry Zbyszko recently sat down for an interview with It's My Wrestling Podcast where he discussed a...
Legendary Championship Belt Maker Reggie Parks Passes Away
Legendary belt maker Reggie Parks, who was known as the “King of Belts”, passed away on Thursday at the age of 87. According to...
Former AWA Tag-Team Champion Dick Steinborn Passes Away
Former AWA tag-team champion Dick Steinborn passed away at the age of 86 on Saturday. Steinborn and Doug Gilbert won the AWA tag-team titles...
Oh You Didn’t Know? The Greatest Unknown Wrestling Stories- Episode 6
Easily one of the most disgusting stories in Pro Wrestling history, John Nord, better known as "The Barbarian" tells us a story (during a...
Former AWA Star “Pretty Boy” Doug Somers Passes Away
Former AWA star Doug Somers passed away at the age of 65 this week. Somers was trained by WWE Hall Of Famer Harley Race...
Former AWA & NWA Star Dennis Stamp Passes Away At Age Sixty-Eight
Credit: Pwinsider.com Dennis Stamp, who worked extensively throughout the territory era of the 1970s and 1980s for the AWA and NWA, has reportedly passed away....
“The Dino Bravado” : The Tragic Death of Wrestling Superstar Dino Bravo
“Beware the ides of March–” The famous Shakespearean line pulled directly from the play “Julius Cesar” was all too fitting for former pro-wrestler Dino Bravo on...
Top 20 Longest Reigning World Champions (Non-WWE) In Wrestling History
Frank Gotch - World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (1 time, 1824 days)Gotch was the first American to win the original World Heavyweight Championship, and is...
WWE Adds More AWA Shows To The WWE Network – Details Inside Here
UPDATE: WWE is really boosting their classic wrestling content on the WWE Network. In addition to adding episodes of SMW, Mid-South Wrestling and NWA...
Verne Gagne: One of the Pioneers of Professional Wrestling Passes
Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible,
progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and
eventually even the ability to carry out the simplest tasks....
Today In Pro Wrestling History (8/11) Hogan’s Birthday, AWA Done, ROH Boiling Point ’12
12-time World Champion Hulk Hogan turns 61 today. Former ECW manager Bill Alfonso turns 57 today. 1986: Steve Simpson defeated Buzz Sawyer to win the WCCW...
Former AWA Announcer Larry Nelson Passes Away
Larry Shipley, better known to pro wrestling fans as Larry
Nelson, passed away on Monday night after a long battle with pancreatic
cancer.According to...
Today In Pro Wrestling History (6/14) Diva Does Survivor, Clash Of The Champions &...
One-time World Class Television Champion Buzz Sawyer would have turned 55 today. He died from heart failure due to an overdose on February 7,...
WWE To Look Back At The AWA, NFL Players At SD, More
-- Green Bay Packers players DuJuan Harris and Mike
Daniels both attended Tuesday night's WWE Main Event and SmackDown tapings in
Green Bay, WI.--...
AWA Documentary To Be Aired On WWE Network + Network News
- The latest Beyond The Ring that premieres on the WWE Network will feature the AWA this Saturday. Here is the synopsis: "Hear the incredible...
