List of former American Wrestling Association personnel

Below is a list of former members of the American Wrestling Association (AWA), an American professional wrestling organization based in Minnesota.

AWA wrestlers

Deceased individuals are indicated with a dagger (†).

• Adrian Adonis^†
• Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka)
• Ox Baker^†
• Blackjack Mulligan^†
• Bob Backlund
• Red Bastien^†
• Crusher Jerry Blackwell^†
• Nick Bockwinkel^†
• Dino Bravo ^†
• Bruiser Brody^†
• Jim Brunzell
• Édouard Carpentier^†
• Hercules Cortez^†
• The Crusher^†
• Colonel DeBeers
• Derrick Dukes
• The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom)
• Bobby Duncum
• 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^†[1]
• John Paul
• Jimmy Garvin
• Ronnie Garvin
• Pepper Gomez^†
• "Superstar" Billy Graham^†
• Scott Hall^†
• Stan Hansen
• Lawrence Heinemi a.k.a. Larry Heinimi, Luscious Lars Anderson
• Curt Hennig^†
• Larry Hennig^†
• Horst Hoffman
• Hulk Hogan
• Don Jardine a.k.a. The Super Destroyer^†
• Kenny Jay a.k.a. the Sodbuster a.k.a. Capable Kenny Jay^†
• Sheik Adnan El Kaissey^†
• "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly
• Teijo Khan^†
• Kokina Maximus^†
• Steve Keirn
• Ivan Koloff^†
• Nikita Koloff
• Stan Kowalski^†, a.k.a. The Big 'K'
• Jack Lanza^†
• Stan Lane
• Jerry Lawler
• The Long Riders (Bill Irwin & Scott Irwin^†)
• Jerry Lynn
• Billy Red Lyons^†
• Rick Martel
• Wahoo McDaniel^†
• Mighty Igor^†
• Moose Morowski^†
• The Ninja
• Nick Kiniski
• Robert Fuller
• Jimmy Golden
• The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs 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^†
• The Russian Brute^†
• Masa Saito^†
• Akio Sato
• Dutch Savage^†
• David Schultz
• Sgt. Slaughter
• Superfly Snuka^†
• Doug Somers^†
• Dennis Stamp^†
• Ray "The Crippler" Stevens^†
• Chris Taylor^†
• Texas Hangmen (Psycho & Killer)
• The Trooper (a.k.a. The Patriot)^†
• Soldat Ustinov
• "Mad Dog" Vachon^†
• "Butcher" Vachon^†
• Jesse Ventura
• Baron von Raschke
• Leon White^†
• Bill Watts
• Larry Zbyszko
• Tom Zenk^†
• Boris Zhukov
• Buck Zumhofe
• Tim Woods^†
• Man Mountain Mike^†
• Buddy Landel^†
• Bob Orton Jr.
• Tully Blanchard
• Mongolian Stomper^†
• Roger Kirby^†
• Héctor 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
• Bob Luce (Chicago wrestling promoter)
• Sam Menacker (host of the Indianapolis-based program segments)
• Chief Don Eagle
• Prince Pullins
• Paul Christy
• Spike Huber
• Johnny Kace
• Ernie Ladd
• Pepper Gomez
• "Pretty Boy" Bobby Heenan (manager)
• Wilbur Snyder

AWA female wrestlers

• Penny Banner†
• Candi Devine†
• Sherri Martel†
• Judy Martin
• Brandi Mae
• Madusa Miceli
• Magnificent Mimi
• Wendi Richter
• Vivian Vachon†

AWA Promoters

• Wally Karbo (Minneapolis)
• Joe Dusek (Omaha)
• Gene Reed (Denver)
• Bob Luce (Chicago and Indianapolis)
• Don Marxen (Moline and Davenport)
• Eddie Williams (St. Paul)
• Buddy Lee Cliff (Rockford)
• Ben Sternberg (Rochester, Minnesota)
• Alexander Turk (Winnipeg) (1961-1962)
• John "Cyclone" Macalpine (Winnipeg) (1962-1964)
• John Guglyn (Winnipeg)
• Al Tomko (Winnipeg) (1966-1979)
• Don Brinton (Winnipeg) (1979-1986)
• Dwaine Hoberg (Fargo-Moorhead)
• Dennis Hilgart (Milwaukee)
• Ed Francis (Hawaii)
• Ed Tracy (Cedar Rapids/Waterloo)
• Jack Berry (Madison, Wisconsin)
• John Olsen (Salt Lake City)
• Leo Nomellini (San Francisco/Oakland)
• Harvey Solon (Duluth, Minnesota)
• Al DeRusha (Smaller towns in Minnesota)
• Frank Carson (Peoria)
• Lloyd Bolkcom (River towns in Illinois and Iowa)

Other notable AWA contributors

• Eric Bischoff (interviewer)
• Stanley Blackburn (on-air president)^†
• Lord James Blears (wrestler/commentator)^†
• Gary DeRusha (referee)
• "Scrap Iron" George Gadaski (wrestler/referee)^†
• Donna Gagne (ring announcer)
• Paul E. Dangerously (manager)
• Lord Alfred Hayes (manager)^†
• Bobby Heenan (manager)^†
• Dick Jonkowski (ring announcer/commentator)
• Rodger Kent (ringside announcer)^†
• Scott LeDoux (referee)^†
• Lee Marshall (announcer/commentator)^†
• Marty Miller (referee)
• Joe Fiorino (referee mostly in Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• Larry Nelson (interviewer/ring announcer/commentator)^†
• Marty O'Neil (interviewer/commentator)^†
• Gene Okerlund (interviewer)^†
• Diamond Dallas Page (manager)
• Ken Resnick (interviewer/commentator)
• Ralph Strangis (commentator/ring announcer)
• Rod Trongard (commentator)^†

References

1. Schire, George (2010). Minnesota's Golden Age of Wrestling. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780873516204.