![]() Jerry Blackwell in a Lights Out matchīaron Von Raschke, Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher vs. Mad Dog Vachon for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship Blackjack Lanza for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship ![]() Crusher Blackwell, Ken Patera and Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissey Hulk Hogan and The High Flyers (Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell) vs. Crusher Blackwell, Ken Patera & Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissey Hulk Hogan for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissey and Jerry Blackwell in a Steel Cage match Stan Hansen for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship Baron Von Raschke in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship The Fabulous Freebirds ( Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) in a Steel Cage match The Road Warriors ( Road Warrior Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) vs. Although its success continued into the early part of the 1980s wrestling boom, peaking with 23,000 fans at WrestleRock '86, the promotion was unable to compete against the national expansion of Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation, and eventually went bankrupt in 1991.Įvents and attendances Promotion ![]() The AWA was considered one of the "Big Three", along with the National Wrestling Alliance and World Wide Wrestling Federation, during the "Territory-era" (1940s–1980s). In its heyday, the AWA was able to hold "stadium show" supercards at Comiskey Park, the International Amphitheater, Rosemont Horizon, Soldier Field and other major venues. With Gagne promoted as a legitimate rival to the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, the AWA closely matched the NWA in terms of attendances. The company was subsequently renamed the American Wrestling Association. In 1959, Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo took control of the company and left the NWA the following year. A founding member of the National Wrestling Alliance in 1948, Stecher controlled the NWA's "Minneapolis wrestling territory" which included much of the Great Lakes and Upper Midwestern United States. Established as the Minneapolis Boxing & Wrestling Club by Tony Stecher in 1933, it was among the first professional wrestling promotions in the United States. This is a list of American Wrestling Association attendance records. ![]() It is the AWA's top gate attendance and among the biggest shows of the 1980s wrestling boom. Humphrey Metrodome on April 20, 1986, was attended by 23,000 fans. List of the largest attendances in the history of the American professional wrestling promotion AWA ![]()
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