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Maite Cuesta, Anna Mateo,

Judith Campayo and

Victoria Morgade


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History:

Early years

Anton Tony Stecher was a founding member of the NWA in

1948 and had promoted wrestling in Minneapolis since 1933

through his Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club. In 152,

he sold a one third interest in the promotion to Wally Karboand his son Denis Stecher. On october 9, 1954, Tony Stecher

died and control of the promotion passed to Karbo and

Dennis Stecher.

In 1959, Dennis Stecher sold his majority stake in the

Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club to Karbo and Gagne.

They became co-owners of the promotion from that point

onward.


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Breaking away from the NWA

In 1960, after unsuccesfully lobbyng the NWA for a titlematch between Verne Gagne and the NWA World

Champion, Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo led certain

territories out of the NWA forming the American Wrestling

Association.

While OConnor was the first AWA champion, he never

wrestled in the AWA.

Gagne was a former amateur-wrestling champion who had

earned a spot on the U.S. team at the 1948 Summer

Olympics; he ran the AWA with a traditionalist sensibility,firmly believing that sound technical wrestling- sold be the

basis of a pro-wrestling company.


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The remainderof the matches took place at the Rochester

Civic Center, where the AWA taped live matches for its

television program from from 1989-1990.Jake Milliman again came away with the win by

eliminating DeBeers at the end, winning the Series and the

suposed $1.000.000 chek for Larrys Legends.

The TCS concept was ill-convinced and poorly presented;

many wrestling fans feel that it hastened the AWAs

demise. Yet elements of the series have parallels to the

brand extension employed by World Wrestling

Entertainment.


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1982-1983

Between 1982 and 1983 there were multiple cases ofcorruption trying to do that Hulk Hogan will win since

he was the favourite of the public but they never obtained

it.

What did that Hogan rival was accepting an offer of the

promoter Vince McMahin jr. To fight for the WWF, in

december 1983.

One month later became the champion of the heavy

weight.

Hogan and the WWF phenomena were done in the massmedia jumping ahead of the AWA and NWA


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1984

the alliance with the NWA known as Pro Wrestling USA,

which was a union between the AWA and NWA territory

promoters in the summer of 1984 to establish a national

presence to compete against the WWF, and aired a

national show on ESPN.

International working agreementsAbroad, the AWA had working agreements with Japanese

promotions Internacional Pro Wrestling (1969 to 1980),

then All Japan Pro Wrestling (1980 to 1988) and, near

the end, New Japan Pro wrestling. The debacle was thaton June 29, 1986, Hansen refused to lose the AWA

Heavyweight Title to Nick Bockwinkel.


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ESPN television deal

It was around that time that the AWA beganairing weekly programming on ESPN, the

network which formally aired Pro Wrestling USA

programming, giving the promotion the national

exposure alredy enjoyed by the WWF (on USANetwork) and the NWAs Georgia/World

Championship Wrestling.


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1986-1991: The downfall of the AWA

Howewer, the AWA continued to fall behind the WWFand NWA as a major promotion, throughout 1986 and

1987. The AWA

would become inactive in the fall of 1990. As a result,

Larry Zbyszko, the winner of the AWA world tittle inan 18- man Battle Royal, signed with WCW. As his

last official act, Verne Gagne stripped the already-

departed Zbyszko of the AWA World Title in

December 1990.


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AWA Team Challenge Series

The AWA held a Team Challenge Series from october 1,1989 through August 11,1990. all of the available wrestler

were divided into three teams, Larrys Legends, headed

by Larry Zbyszko, Slaughters Snipers, headed by Sgt.

Slaughter, and Baron Blitzers, headed by Baron Von

Raschke. Babyfaces and heels alike were assigned to

teams, forcing bitter rivals to work together. The winners

of the Team Callenge matches would share one million

dollars. Some of the earlier TCS matches took place in a

TV studio without an audience; the announcer claimed itwas part of an effort to stop wrestlers from interfering, but

it was actually due to poor ticket sales for arena shows.


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AWA on television

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, AWA televisisonproduction was headquartered at Minneapolis

independent station WTCN-TV, then owned by

Metromedia. Marty ONeill announced the matches for

the local WTCN audience. By 1979, production wastransferred to Minneapolis station KMSP-TV.

During the AWAs existence, it produced or had hand in

production of several TV programs:

-AWA All-Star Wrestling-AWA Championship Wrestling

-AWA Major League Wrestling.


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AWA on pay-per-view

From 1999 to 2002, a series of AWA-related pay-per-views were produced. Titled AWA Classic Wrestling, they

featured compilations of old AWA footage, hosted by

Greg Gagne and Todd Okerlund with occasional

appearence by Verne Gagne. They pay.per-view ceased

following the acquisition of the AWA tape library by

World Wrestling Enternaiment. On February 29, 2008.

AWA Classic Wrestling can be seen late night on ESPN

Classic.


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World Wrestling Entetainment ownership

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) inducted Verne

Gagne into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 1, 2006.

Currently, all footage for the AWA prior to the formation

of AWA Superstars of Wrestling is owned by World

Wrestling Entertainment. The WWE released The

Spectacular Legacy of the AWA on November 21, 2006


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AWA Superstars of Wrestling

In 1996, American Wrestling Association name in the

state of Minnesota and the AWA re-opened as an

independent promotion called AWA Superstars of

Wrestling . On April 26, 2007 it was revealed that WWE

has sought legal action against Dale Gagne for the use ofthe AWA name, citing trademark infrigement. The

trademarks for the AWA logo and the name American

Wrestling Association are owned by WWE


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American Wrestling Title History

The AWA World Heavyweight Championship wasestablished in May 1960, after the AWA became a separate

promotion from the National Wrestling Alliance, which had

previously been a part of as the NWA's Minneapolis,

Minnesota-area presence. The first champion was PatO'Connor, who was recognized as the first champion upon

the AWA's secession from the NWA as O'Connor held the

NWA World Heavyweight Championship as well, which he

won on January 9, 1959. With the introduction of the

championship, which had world title status for its entire

existence until the promotion folded in January 1991, the

NWA World Championship lost its status as the only World

Championship of pro wrestling.


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The creation of a second world title would pave the way for

the creation of many other world championships in other

wrestling promotions.

The title was supposedly revived in 1996 in Dale Gagner's

independent promotion AWA Superstars of Wrestling, who

relicensed the AWA name. However, WWE has sued

Gagner for the use of the AWA name, citing trademark

infringement, as the WWE owns the AWA tape library,trademarks, and logos. AWA Superstars of Wrestling has

claimed lineage for their world title to the classic AWA title

and control over the title history, but because there is no

connection to the original organizations or individualsinvolved therein, no continuity in title reigns or even

physical belts, and questionable legal use of the AWA name,

the claims made by AWA Superstars of Wrestling are in

historical dispute and in legal jeopardy


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THE UNDERTAKER

Mark William Calaway

(born March 24, 1965)is

an American professional

wrestler, better known by

his ring name The

Undertaker. He is signed

to World WrestlingEntertainment (WWE),

wrestling on its

SmackDown! brand.


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HULK HOGAN

He was born in August 11,

1953,better known by his

ring name Hulk Hogan, is

an American actor, semi-

retired professional

wrestler, and former rockbassist. He currently stars

on the VH1 reality show

Hogan Knows Bestand is

the new co-host ofAmerican Gladiators on

NBC


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REY MISTERIO

Oscar Gutierrez was born

December 11, 1974 better

known by his ring name Rey

Mysterio, is an American

professional wrestler currently

signed to World WrestlingEntertainment wrestling on its

SmackDown brand. Despite

competing as a cruiserweight

for most of his career, he is a

former World Heavyweight

Champion, as well as a record-

setting eight-time

Cruiserweight Champion.


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BATISTA

David Michael Bautista,

Jr. was born January 18,

1969,better known as DaveBatista or by the ring name

Batista, is an American

professional wrestler.

Batista is currently signed

to World Wrestling

Entertainment (WWE),

wrestling on its

SmackDown! brand.

Batista is a three-timeWorld Heavyweight

Champion and the winner

of the 2005 Royal Rumble

match.


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THE GREAT

KHALI

Dalip Singh Rana was born

August 27, 1972 better known by

his ring name The Great Khali,

is an Indian professional wrestler,

actor and former powerlifter who

won Mr. India in 1995 and 1996.

He is currently signed to World

Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)wrestling on its SmackDown!

brand. Before embarking on his

professional wrestling career, he

was an officer in the Punjab state

police. Singh is a one-time World

Heavyweight Champion, and

appeared in the film The Longest

Yard (2005).


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JOHN CENA

John Felix Anthony Cena was

born April 23, 1977 is an American

professional wrestler, hip hop

musician and actor. He is employedby WWE as a member of the Raw

brand. In his WWE career, Cena has

been a three time WWE Champion,

a three time United StatesChampion, and a one time World

Tag Team Champion with Shawn

Michaels. He also won the 2008

Royal Rumble. Before being

promoted to the main WWE roster,Cena trained in and wrestled for

Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Ohio

Valley Wrestling, holding the top

titles of both promotions.


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TRIPLE H

Paul Michael Levesque was born

July 27, 1969 is an American

professional wrestler and actor,

better known by the ring nameTriple H, an abbreviation of his

former ring name Hunter Hearst

Helmsley. He currently wrestles

for the Raw brand of WWE.

Before joining WWE, Levesque

began his wrestling career with

World Championship Wrestling

(WCW) in 1993, wrestling under

the ring name Terra Ryzing. Hechanged his ring name to Jean-

Paul Lvesque before joining

WWE in 1995, which was then

known as the WWF.


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UMAGA

Edward Fatu was born March 28,

1973 is a Samoan professional

wrestler better known by his ring

names Jamal, Ekmo, and

currently Umaga. He is presently

signed to WWE and performs on

theirRaw brand.

He is a member of the Anoa'iwrestling family, and before his

current WWE role, he frequently

worked as a part of a tag team

variously named The Island

Boyz, the Samoan Gangstas, and

3-Minute Warningwith his

cousin Matt Anoa'i.


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The life of Randy Orton:

He was born in 1 April, 1980 in Knoxville, Tenesse.

He is an American professional wrestler currently signed to

World Wrestling Entertainmentv(WWE) wrestling on its

Raw brand, where he is the reigning WWE ChampionDuring his career in WWE, Orton acquired the moniker of

being a "Legend Killer", disrespecting Hall of Famers and

physically attacking veterans of professional wrestling

outside of appropriate restrictions. He is also a formerIntercontinental and World Tag Team Champion.


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Fight:

2002: In 20 Genuari, with Batista, Ric Flair and Triple

H we won to Scott Steiner.

2003:I gain(earn) reputation and it he made dbut

thanks to his her presence in EVOLUTION

2004:Orton lost the intercontinental title against Edgey

conquered Chris Benoit in SummerSlam and turned

into the champion mas young of the WWE.


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2007: He was participe in Backlash,

in Vengeance, in

2008:

He was win WWE Champion


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BOBBY LASHLEY MR. KENNEDY


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FINLAY

HORNSWOGGLE


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BOOKER-T AND

QUEEN SHARMEL


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