Verne Gagne was on an eight-year run of holding the American Wrestling Association's heavyweight championship belt when he went against Nick Bockwinkel at the St. Paul Auditorium on Nov. 8, 1975.

In 1960, Verne Gagne envisioned a wrestling promotion outside of the National Wrestling Alliance, which ran a number of territories across the United States. This goal was a success, and the American ...

This AWA legend was widely lauded for his masterful technical wrestling prowess, his in ring psychology and above all, his articulate, wordy heel promos. An inductee of both the Wrestling Observer ...