The entertainment provided by Verne Gagne's AWA wrestling organization was like watching an episode of "Zorro,'' and what super senior among us didn't love Zorro when he was dominating TV ratings for ...

The American Wrestling Association, under the guidance of owner and veteran star Verne Gagne, was once in contention to become the largest promotion in the country. Based out of Minnesota and selling ...

MINNEAPOLIS — One of professional wrestling's most celebrated performers and promoters, Verne Gagne, has died at age 89. Gene Okerlund, who was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of ...

Ellering first broke into the wrestling business in the 1970s, training in Minneapolis with AWA owner Verne Gagne and wrestler Eddie Sharkey. He made his in-ring debut in 1978 and feuded with the ...

Montreal-born Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon, who wrestled for Canada in the 1948 Summer Olympics before finding fame in Minnesota as a villain in the colorful cast of the now-defunct American Wrestling ...

One of professional wrestling's most celebrated performers and promoters, Verne Gagne, has died at age 89. Gene Okerlund, who was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame with ...