TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… MAY 28th: Bruiser & Crusher Take the Titles

Da Crusher and Dick the Bruiser win the AWA World Tag Team championship, ending the 294-day reign of Larry Hennig and Harley Race

TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… APRIL 20th: The AWA keeps on Rockin’

The American Wrestling Association hosts WrestleRock ’86 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, and promotes it with one of the weirdest music videos of all time

TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… APRIL 8th: The Last Stand of the AWA

Larry Zbysko regains the AWA World title from Masa Saito at SuperClash IV, an event that foreshadowed the impending doom of the Minnesota promotion

THE WRESTLING TERRITORIES: THE AWA

As this series looks back at the greatest regional promotions of all time, we take you to Verne Gagne’s Minnesota-based American Wrestling Association

KAYFABE THEATER: The Baron, The Mad Dog & The Hulkster do an Interview

Mean Gene Okerlund interviews American Wrestling Association stars Baron Von Raschke, Mad Dog Vachon and Hulk Hogan before a six-man tag team match

KAYFABE THEATER: AWA T-Shirt Commercial

A 1984 television spot for apparel from the American Wrestling Association featuring Baron Von Raschke, Da Crusher, Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell and more

TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… DEC 13th: Two World Champions Clash in Chicago

The AWA, CWA, and World Class come together for the SuperClash III pay per view, headlined by Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich in a title unification match

KAYFABE THEATER: Jerry Lawler vs. Kerry Von Erich – SuperClash III contract signing

With officials Jerry Jarrett, Stanley Blackburn and Frank Dusek looking on, the two champions make it official: They will square off in a unification match in Chicago