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
 * 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 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
 * 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)