The AWA thrived from 1960 to 1991. Founded by Verne Gagne, the company featured many future top stars on the roster. Verne is one of seven men enshrined in the WWE, WCW, and Wrestling Halls Of Fame.

Vachon continued to terrorize the AWA until 1984 when he joined WWE — 34 years into his wrestling career — before retiring in 1986. At this point, Mad Dog had become such an enduring figure in ...

AWA, and the NWA, while also becoming hugely successful in Japan thanks to their work in All Japan Pro Wrestling during the 1980s. All of these accolades would see them be inducted into the WWE ...

Robert Remus in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), working for and being trained by WWE Hall of Famer Verne Gagne. Four years later, Remus donned a mask as Super Destroyer Mark II ...

It wasn't found in WWE, it was found in AWA and then when he got hot ... of — back then — how you went forward in the wrestling industry," he added. "Same with The Undertaker.