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AWA World Tag Team Championship

Index AWA World Tag Team Championship

The American Wrestling Association (AWA) World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991. [1]

97 relations: Adrian Adonis, Albuquerque, New Mexico, American Wrestling Association, AWA Championship Wrestling, Badd Company, Baron von Raschke, Bill Dundee, Billy Robinson, Blackjack Lanza, Bob Geigel, Bobby Duncum Sr., Boris Malenko, Boris Zhukov, Brad Rheingans, Buddy Rose, Chicago, Cincinnati, Continental Wrestling Association, Curt Hennig, D.J. Peterson, Dennis Condrey, Denver, Dick the Bruiser, Doug Somers, Gene Kiniski, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Greg Gagne (wrestler), Hammond, Indiana, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Harley Race, Héctor Guerrero, Hercules Cortez, House show, Jerry Blackwell, Jerry Lawler, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brunzell, Jim Crockett Promotions, Jimmy Garvin, Ken Patera, Lake Tahoe, Larry Hennig, Las Vegas Valley, Lenny Montana, Leo Nomellini, Marty Jannetty, Maurice Vachon, Memphis, Tennessee, Mike Enos, Milwaukee, ..., Minneapolis, National Wrestling Alliance, Nick Bockwinkel, NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version), Pat O'Connor (wrestler), Pat Patterson (wrestler), Pat Tanaka, Paul Diamond, Paul Vachon, Portland, Oregon, Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Professional wrestling, Professional wrestling championship, Randy Rose, Ray Stevens (wrestler), Red Bastien, Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Hawk, Rochester, Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Salem, Oregon, Scott Hall, Shawn Michaels, Soldat Ustinov, Stan Holek, Stan Kowalski, Steve Regal, The Beverly Brothers, The Crusher (wrestler), The Kalmikoffs, The Midnight Express (professional wrestling), The Patriot (wrestler), The Road Warriors, The Rock 'n' Roll Express, The Rockers, The Von Steigers, Tiny Mills, Tor Kamata, United States, Vachon family, Verne Gagne, Wayne Bloom, Whitewater, Wisconsin, Wilbur Snyder, Winnipeg, World tag team championship, WWE. Expand index (47 more) »

Adrian Adonis

Keith A. Franke, Jr. (September 15, 1953 – July 4, 1988) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Adrian Adonis.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque (Beeʼeldííl Dahsinil; Arawageeki; Vakêêke; Gołgéeki) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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American Wrestling Association

The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 to 1991.

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AWA Championship Wrestling

AWA Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling television series that aired on cable sports network ESPN from 1985 to 1990.

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Badd Company

Badd Company was a professional wrestling tag team in the American Wrestling Association in the late 1980s, which later went by the name the Orient Express.

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Baron von Raschke

James Donald Raschke (born October 17, 1940) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Baron von Raschke.

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Bill Dundee

William Cruickshanks (born 24 October 1943) is a Scottish born-Australian professional wrestler and author better known by his stage name Bill Dundee.

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Billy Robinson

Billy Robinson (September 18, 1938 – March 3, 2014) was a British professional wrestler, author and catch wrestling instructor.

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Blackjack Lanza

John Lanza (born October 14, 1935) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Blackjack Lanza.

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Bob Geigel

Robert Frederick Geigel (October 1, 1924 – October 30, 2014) was an American professional wrestling promoter and professional wrestler.

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Bobby Duncum Sr.

Bobby Edward Duncum Sr. (born August 14, 1944) is an American former professional wrestler from the late 1960s to late 1980s, performing for the World Wide Wrestling Federation, National Wrestling Alliance and American Wrestling Association.

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Boris Malenko

Lawrence "Larry" J. Simon (June 28, 1933 – September 1, 1994), better known by the ring name, Boris Malenko (pron), was an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer.

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Boris Zhukov

James Kirk Harrell (born January 29, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Boris Zhukov (sometimes spelled Boris Zukhov).

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Brad Rheingans

Brad Rheingans (born December 13, 1953) is an American retired Greco-Roman wrestler and professional wrestler.

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Buddy Rose

Paul R. Perschmann (November 27, 1952 – April 28, 2009) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Playboy" Buddy Rose.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Cincinnati

No description.

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Continental Wrestling Association

Continental Wrestling Association (later the Championship Wrestling Association) was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett.

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Curt Hennig

Curtis Michael Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003) was an American professional wrestler, manager, and color commentator who performed under the name of Curt Hennig for the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

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D.J. Peterson

David W. Peterson (July 17, 1959 – May 25, 1993) was an American professional wrestler, known by his ring name, D.J. Peterson, who competed in North American regional promotions during the 1980s in the Universal Wrestling Federation, the National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association during its final days, most notably as the last AWA Tag Team Champion with The Trooper.

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Dennis Condrey

Dennis Condrey (born February 1, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Denver

Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Dick the Bruiser

William Fritz Afflis (June 27, 1929 – November 10, 1991) was an American professional wrestler and football player, better known by his ring name, Dick the Bruiser.

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Doug Somers

Douglas Duane Somerson (September 22, 1951 – May 16, 2017) was an American professional wrestler known by his ring name "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers.

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Gene Kiniski

Eugene Nicholas Kiniski (November 23, 1928 – April 14, 2010) was a Canadian athlete who played football for the Edmonton Eskimos and later was a successful professional wrestler recognized as a multiple-time World Heavyweight Champion.

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Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River.

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Greg Gagne (wrestler)

Gregory Alan Gagne (born July 27, 1948) is a retired American professional wrestler.

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Hammond, Indiana

Hammond is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States.

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Hard Boiled Haggerty

Don Stansauk (April 2, 1925 – January 27, 2004) was an American professional wrestler and actor, known by his ring name, Hard Boiled Haggerty.

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Harley Race

Harley Leland Race (born April 11, 1943) is an American former professional wrestler and current promoter and trainer.

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Héctor Guerrero

Héctor Manuel Guerrero Llanes (born October 1, 1954) is a Mexican-born American professional wrestler.

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Hercules Cortez

Alfonso Carlos Chicharro (July 7, 1932 – July 24, 1971) was a Spanish professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Hercules Cortez.

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House show

A house show or live event is a professional wrestling event produced by a major promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded.

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Jerry Blackwell

Jerry Blackwell (April 26, 1949 – January 22, 1995) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell.

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Jerry Lawler

Jerry O'Neil Lawler (born November 29, 1949), better known as Jerry "The King" Lawler, is an American professional wrestler and color commentator signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the company's legends program.

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Jesse Ventura

Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos; July 15, 1951) is an American media personality, actor, author, former politician and retired professional wrestler, who served as the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003.

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Jim Brunzell

James Brunzell (born August 13, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Jim Crockett Promotions

Jim Crockett Promotions Inc. was a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

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Jimmy Garvin

James Williams (born September 25, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Gorgeous" Jimmy "Jam" Garvin.

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Ken Patera

Kenneth Wayne Patera (born November 6, 1942) is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor from the United States.

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Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe (Washo: dáʔaw) is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States.

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Larry Hennig

Larry "The Axe" Hennig (born June 18, 1936) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Lenny Montana

Lenny Montana (born Leonardo Passafaro; March 13, 1926 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor who played the role of feared hitman Luca Brasi in The Godfather.

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Leo Nomellini

Leo Joseph Nomellini (June 19, 1924 – October 17, 2000) was a Hall of Fame American football offensive and defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers and professional wrestler.

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Marty Jannetty

Marty Jannetty (born Fredrick Martin Jannetty; February 3, 1960) is an American professional wrestler.

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Maurice Vachon

Joseph Maurice Régis Vachon (September 1, 1929 − November 21, 2013) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Mad Dog Vachon.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Mike Enos

Michael "Mike" Enos (born June 11, 1963) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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National Wrestling Alliance

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling organization.

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Nick Bockwinkel

Nicholas Warren Francis Bockwinkel (December 6, 1934 – November 14, 2015) was an American professional wrestler.

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NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version)

From January 8, 1957, through August 1960 the NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club promoted the Minneapolis version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship as the main professional wrestling championship for tag teams on their shows held in and around Minneapolis.

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Pat O'Connor (wrestler)

Patrick John O'Connor (22 August 1924 – 16 August 1990), was a New Zealand professional wrestler.

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Pat Patterson (wrestler)

Pat Patterson (born Pierre Clermont on January 19, 1941) is a Canadian–American retired professional wrestler.

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Pat Tanaka

Patrick Tanaka (born August 5, 1963) is an American professional wrestler best known for his work in the American Wrestling Association as one half of Badd Company and the World Wrestling Federation as one half of The Orient Express.

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Paul Diamond

Thomas Boric (born May 11, 1961) is a Yugoslav retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Paul Diamond.

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Paul Vachon

Paul Vachon (born May 14, 1938) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) is an American produced, internationally sold professional wrestling magazine that was founded in 1979.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often shortened to pro wrestling or simply wrestling) is a form of sports entertainment which combines athletics with theatrical performance.

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Professional wrestling championship

A championship or title in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.

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Randy Rose

Randall Alls (born July 19, 1956) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Randy Rose.

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Ray Stevens (wrestler)

Carl Ray Stevens (September 5, 1935 – May 3, 1996), better known as Ray "The Crippler" Stevens or Ray "Blond Bomber" Stevens, was an American professional wrestler.

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Red Bastien

Rolland "Red" Bastien (January 27, 1931 – August 11, 2012) was an American professional wrestler.

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Road Warrior Animal

Joseph Michael Laurinaitis (born September 12, 1960) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Road Warrior Animal (or simply Animal).

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Road Warrior Hawk

Michael Hegstrand (January 26, 1957 – October 19, 2003) was an American professional wrestler.

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Rochester, Minnesota

Rochester is a city founded in 1854 in the U.S. State of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County located on the Zumbro River's south fork in Southeast Minnesota.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Salem, Oregon

Salem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County.

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Scott Hall

Scott Oliver Hall (born October 20, 1958) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Shawn Michaels

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965), better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American actor, professional wrestling personality, television presenter and retired professional wrestler.

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Soldat Ustinov

Jim Lanning (born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 1960) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known by the ring name Soldat Ustinov, who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the American Wrestling Association (AWA) during the 1980s.

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Stan Holek

Stan Holek (April 4, 1933 – November 28, 2015) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Stan Lisowski and Stan Neilson.

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Stan Kowalski

Stan Kowalski (born Bert Smith; May 13, 1926 – October 20, 2017) was an American professional wrestler.

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Steve Regal

Steve Regal (born August 25, 1951) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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The Beverly Brothers

The Beverly Brothers were a professional wrestling tag team comprising Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom in the World Wrestling Federation.

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The Crusher (wrestler)

Reginald Lisowski (July 11, 1926 – October 22, 2005) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The Crusher (sometimes Crusher Lisowski to distinguish him from other Crushers, such as Crusher Blackwell).

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The Kalmikoffs

The Kalmikoffs were a professional wrestling group of fictitious soviet brothers.

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The Midnight Express (professional wrestling)

The Midnight Express was a professional wrestling tag team of changing members, mostly under the management of Jim Cornette.

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The Patriot (wrestler)

Del Wilkes (born December 21, 1961) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, The Trooper and The Patriot.

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The Road Warriors

The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis.

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The Rock 'n' Roll Express

The Rock 'n' Roll Express is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of professional wrestlers Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton.

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The Rockers

The Rockers were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty that teamed from 1985 to 1992.

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The Von Steigers

Kurt and Karl Von Steiger was the ring name of professional wrestlers Lorne Corlett and Arnold Pastrick worked under for most of their careers.

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Tiny Mills

Henry Mittlestadt (best known by his ring name, Tiny Mills; 1911 – 1987) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

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Tor Kamata

McRonald Kamaka (March 9, 1937 – July 23, 2007) was an American-Canadian professional wrestler known by the ring name Tor Kamata.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vachon family

The Vachon family is a French-Canadian family long associated with professional wrestling in Canada and the United States, headed by Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, his brother Paul "Butcher" Vachon - both longtime NWA and AWA veterans - and their sister Vivian.

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Verne Gagne

Laverne Clarence Gagne (February 26, 1926 – April 27, 2015) was an American professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer, and wrestling promoter.

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Wayne Bloom

Wayne Bloom (born March 22, 1958) is an American retired professional wrestler.

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Whitewater, Wisconsin

Whitewater is a city in Walworth (mostly) and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

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Wilbur Snyder

Wilbur Snyder (September 15, 1929 – December 25, 1991) was an American football player and professional wrestler.

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Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.

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World tag team championship

The world tag team championship is the name usually given to the primary tag team championships in professional wrestling promotions.

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WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a WWE, is an American integrated media and entertainment company that primarily is known for professional wrestling.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship

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