List of former American Wrestling Association personnel
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Below is a list of former members of the American Wrestling Association (), an American professional wrestling organization based out of Minnesota.
AWA wrestlers[]
- Adrian Adonis
- Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka)
- Ox Baker and
- Bob Backlund
- Red Bastien
- Crusher Jerry Blackwell
- Nick Bockwinkel
- Bruiser Brody
- Jim Brunzell
- Edouard Carpentier
- Hercules Cortez
- The Crusher
- Colonel DeBeers
- Derrick Dukes
- The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom)
- Bobby Duncum, Sr.
- The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael P.S. Hayes, Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy & Buddy Roberts)
- Juan Kachmanian a.k.a. Pampero Firpo
- Ric Flair
- Greg Gagne
- Verne Gagne
- Jimmy Garvin
- Pepper Gomez
- "Superstar" Billy Graham
- Scott Hall
- Stan Hansen
- Lawrence Heinemi a.k.a. ,
- Curt Hennig
- Larry Hennig
- Hulk Hogan
- Don Jardine a.k.a.
- Kenny Jay a.k.a. a.k.a.
- Sheik Adnan El Kaissey
- "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly
- Teijho Khan
- Kokina Maximus
- Steve Keirn
- Ivan Koloff
- Nikita Koloff
- Stan Kowalski, a.k.a. The Big 'K'
- Jack Lanza
- Stan Lane
- Jerry Lawler
- (Bill Irwin & Scott Irwin)
- Jerry Lynn
- Billy Red Lyons
- Rick Martel
- Wahoo McDaniel
- Mighty Igor
- Nick Kiniski
- Robert Fuller
- Jimmy Golden
- The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags)
- Steve Olsonoski
- Ivan Putski
- The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)
- Nord the Barbarian
- The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose)
- Reggie Parks
- Ken Patera
- D.J. Peterson
- Robert Gibson
- Ricky Morton
- Harley Race
- "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal
- Brad Rheingans
- Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch
- Ricky Rice
- The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk)
- Billy Robinson
- Buddy Rose
- Masa Saito
- Akio Sato
- Dutch Savage
- David Schultz
- Sgt. Slaughter
- Superfly Snuka
- Doug Somers
- Dennis Stamp
- Ray "The Crippler" Stevens
- Chris Taylor
- (Psycho &
- The Trooper (a.k.a. The Patriot)
- Soldat Ustinov
- "Mad Dog" Vachon
- "Butcher" Vachon
- Jesse Ventura
- Baron von Raschke
- Leon White
- Cowboy Bill Watts
- Larry Zbyszko
- Tom Zenk
- Boris Zukhov
- Buck Zumhofe
- Tim Woods
- Man Mountain Mike
- Buddy Landel
- Bob Orton Jr.
- Tully Blanchard
- Mongolian Stomper
- Ron Garvin
- Roger Kirby
- Hector Guerrero
- Mando Guerrero
- Tommy Jammer
- J.T. Southern
- Silo Sam
- Mr. Hughes
- Tommy Rich
- Scott Norton
- Nightstalker
- B. Brian Blair
- Bobby Fulton and Jackie Fulton
AWA/WWA wrestlers (Chicago)[]
(For many years, the AWA ran joint shows with the World Wrestling Association at the International Amphitheater in Chicago)
- Dick the Bruiser
- Reggie Lisowski (The Crusher)
- Dr X
- Ox Baker
- Moose Cholak
- Sailor Art Thomas
- Bobo Brazil
- (Chicago wrestling promoter)
- (host of the Indianapolis-based program segments)
- Don Eagle
- Paul Christy
- Ernie Ladd
- Pepper Gomez
- "Pretty Boy" Bobby Heenan (manager)
- Wilbur Snyder
AWA female wrestlers[]
- Penny Banner
- Candy Divine
- Sherri Martel
- Judy Martin
- Brandi Mae
- Madusa Miceli
- Magnificent Mimi
- Wendi Richter
- Vivian Vachon
AWA Promoters[]
- Wally Karbo (Minneapolis)
- (Omaha)
- (Denver)
- (Chicago and Indianapolis)
- (Moline and Davenport)
- (St. Paul)
- (Rockford)
- (Rochester, Minnesota)
- Alexander Turk (Winnipeg) (1961-1962)
- (Winnipeg) (1962-1964)
- (Winnipeg)
- Al Tomko (Winnipeg) (1966-1979)
- (Winnipeg) (1979-1986)
- (Fargo-Moorhead)
- (Milwaukee)
- Ed Francis (Hawaii)
- (Cedar Rapids/Waterloo)
- (Madison, Wisconsin)
- (Salt Lake City)
- Leo Nomellini (San Francisco/Oakland)
- (Duluth, Minnesota)
- (Smaller towns in Minnesota)
- (Peoria)
- (River towns in Illinois and Iowa)
Other notable AWA contributors[]
- Kenny Benkowski, better known as , or
- Eric Bischoff (interviewer)
- ()
- Lord James Blears (wrestler/commentator)
- (referee)
- "Scrap Iron" (wrestler/referee)
- (ring announcer)
- Paul E. Dangerously (manager)
- Lord Alfred Hayes (manager)
- Bobby Heenan (manager)
- (ring announcer/commentator)
- ()
- Scott LeDoux (referee)
- Lee Marshall (announcer/commentator)
- (referee)
- (referee mostly in Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- (interviewer/ring announcer/commentator)
- (interviewer/commentator)
- Gene Okerlund (interviewer)
- Diamond Dallas Page (manager)
- Ken Resnick (interviewer/commentator)
- (commentator/ring announcer)
- (commentator)
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