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The duo won a few AWA titles, but never officially won a tag title in the WWF. HBK, after superkicking Jannetty into the glass, went on to a Hall of Fame singles career and even had some tag ...
For decades, sitting on top of the wrestling mountain were the NWA, AWA, and the WWF. But that all was about to changed in the early 90s. WWF By 1990, WWF was all over cable and national television ...
WWE Network. On Wednesday we were heartbroken to find out that legendary AWA, WWF, and WCW announcer ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund had passed away at the age of 76.Gene felt like one of those guys who ...
The AWA is gone, but it is not ... Gagne learned how ruthless Vince McMahon could be when he was approached about retiring and selling the AWA to the WWF. According to the book Sex, Lies, and ...
Curt Henning, one of the best to ever do it, was a staple of AWA, the WWF, and WCW at various points in his career. He also had a short stint working in NWA territories like NWA St. Louis, ...
The former WWF and AWA star was born in Baghdad, Iraq. Adnan attended high school with the future Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein before becoming a soccer player and amateur wrestler, ...
The AWA ran a couple of shows as late as the spring of ’91, ... He nearly had a deal with Vince and Linda McMahon to create the WWF line, ...
Former commentator and interviewer "Mean" Gene Okerlund had nearly a half-century in the wrestling industry, working for AWA, WWF/WWE, and WCW.
Goulet’s career spanned 30 years in the AWA, WWWF, and WWF. Sad news to pass along. We learned that Rene Goulet passed away back on May 25th of this year, but it wasn’t made public until this ...
In the 1970s the AWA had the top tag team division in wrestling, anchored by legendary teams such as The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser and Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson.
Heenan and fellow legend Gorilla Monsoon, who died in 1999 at age 62. WWE In late 1993, Heenan ended his run in the WWF due to his desire to slow down and heal old injuries, particularly a broken ...