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The A.W.A. Trivia Quiz

The AWA was one of the major promotions in Pro Wrestling between 1960 and 1991, when it folded. Let's see what you remember of it.

A multiple-choice quiz by Dalgleish. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Dalgleish

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
99,769

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1955

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the owner, as well as the 10-time World Champion, of the promotion? Hint

Verne Gagne

Nick Bockwinkle

Mad Dog Vachon

Fritz Von Erich

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which AWA World Heavyweight Champion later went on to become better known as a WWF/WWE commentator? Hint

Jerry "The King" Lawler

Verne Gagne

Jesse "The Body" Ventura

Gene Kiniski

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Question 3 of 10

3. True or False: The AWA World Heavyweight Title never changed hands outside of North America?

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which holder of the AWA World Tag Team Titles was killed in a car crash in 1971? Hint

Red Bastien

Butcher Vachon

Crusher Lisowski

Hercules Cortez

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Question 5 of 10

5. Only two masked wrestlers ever held the AWA World Heavyweight Title. One was Dr. X (Dick Beyer). Who was the other? Hint

Mil Mascaras

The Assassin

Mr. M

Super Destroyer

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Question 6 of 10

6. An independent promotion, based in Indiana, and run by Dick Afflis, had a working relationship with the AWA for a long time. What was it called? Hint

World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW)

International Wrestling Association (IWA)

Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW)

World Wresting Association (WWA)

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Question 7 of 10

7. True or False: Hulk Hogan never wrestled for the AWA World Heavyweight Title?

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. In what city was the AWA Headquarters based? Hint

Minneapolis

New York City

San Francisco

Detroit

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which team won the AWA World Tag Team Titles the most times? Hint

Ray Stevens & Nick Bockwinkle

Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell

Larry Hennig & Harley Race

Bruiser & Crusher

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Question 10 of 10

10. True or False: Ric Flair made his professional debut in AWA?

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the owner, as well as the 10-time World Champion, of the promotion?

Answer: Verne Gagne

Gagne was the first AWA World Champion. Vachon was a 5-time titleholder, Bockwinkle a 4-time titleholder, and Fritz Von Erich held the title once, and later owned WCCW in Texas.

2. Which AWA World Heavyweight Champion later went on to become better known as a WWF/WWE commentator?

Answer: Jerry "The King" Lawler

Lawler was awarded the title as part of a deal drawn up between Gagne and Lawler, and Jerry Jarrett's Memphis promotion in 1988. He was stripped of the title when the deal fell through in 1989.

3. True or False: The AWA World Heavyweight Title never changed hands outside of North America?

Answer: False

Tha AWA World Heavyweight Title, in fact, changed hands twice in Tokyo. The first time was 22nd Feb, 1984, when Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Nick Bockwinkle, and the second was 10th Feb, 1990, when Masanori Saito defeated Larry Zbyszko.

4. Which holder of the AWA World Tag Team Titles was killed in a car crash in 1971?

Answer: Hercules Cortez

Cortez held the titles with Bastien at the time of the accident. Bastien later took Crusher as his partner to defend the titles.

5. Only two masked wrestlers ever held the AWA World Heavyweight Title. One was Dr. X (Dick Beyer). Who was the other?

Answer: Mr. M

Mr. M was, in fact, Bill Miller. He swapped the title with Verne Gagne in 1962.

6. An independent promotion, based in Indiana, and run by Dick Afflis, had a working relationship with the AWA for a long time. What was it called?

Answer: World Wresting Association (WWA)

Dick (the Bruiser) Afflis kicked off WWA in 1964, and swapped talent with the AWA through to the end of the 70's. WCCW (run by Fritz Von Erich) was based in Texas, and had a short-term deal with AWA in 1988-89.

7. True or False: Hulk Hogan never wrestled for the AWA World Heavyweight Title?

Answer: False

Hogan wrestled Nick Bockwinkle on 24th April, 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and defeated him. For reasons never fully explained, the AWA President, Stanley Blackburn, entered the ring and reversed the decision. By the way, for longtime followers of Hogan's career, he was managed in the AWA initially by Johnny Valiant, and then by Bobby Heenan.

8. In what city was the AWA Headquarters based?

Answer: Minneapolis

The first 6 AWA World Heavyweight Title changes took place in Minneapolis. Gagne promoted cards in San Francisco in the 1980's, after Roy Shire's SF promotion closed.

9. Which team won the AWA World Tag Team Titles the most times?

Answer: Bruiser & Crusher

Bruiser and Crusher won the titles on 5 occasions between 1963 and 1976. Stevens and Bock had 3 title reigns between 1972 and 1975, Gagne and Brunzell had 3 between 1976 and 1983, and Hennig and Race had 3 from 1965 to 1967.

10. True or False: Ric Flair made his professional debut in AWA?

Answer: True

In 1972, Richard Fliehr, a graduate of Verne Gagne's wrestling school, made his pro wrestling debut by defeating Paul Perschmann (later known as Playboy Buddy Rose).

Source: Author Dalgleish

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