The Collapse Of The AWA: How Verne Gagne’s Refusal To Evolve Destroyed A Wrestling Empire
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The Collapse Of The AWA: How Verne Gagne’s Refusal To Evolve Destroyed A Wrestling Empire
In the early 1980s, the landscape of professional wrestling was a patchwork of regional fiefdoms, but few were as powerful, profitable, or respected as the American Wrestling Association (AWA). Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the AWA controlled a massive territory that stretched from Chicago to San Francisco, and from Winnipeg to Denver. It ...
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