AWA Wrestling: All Star Wrestling Theme

[kimv020887]

@junctionboys this also sounds like the Tom Brokaw-era NBC Nightly News and the Peter Jennings-era ABC World News Tonight.

[madg27ny]

ha ha ha, they threw out hogan at the end. W.O.N. :)

[elc1960]

@madg27ny It's not Hogan, it's Steve Regal, who was the son-in-law of one of Gagne's associates, Wilbur Snyder. Regal is no relation to William/Lord Steven Regal, whose real name is Darren Matthews. Another old school guy who gets mistaken for Hogan a lot is Steve Strong.

[madg27ny]

@elc1960 thanks for the correction. Now that you said that, yeah, I do remember Steve Regal the 1st, lol

W.O.N.

[heavymetalsoldier]

AWA would still be around he would just adapted and changed with the times. I think he was a good businessman, just too stubborn to change

[junctionboys]

Kind of sounds like ABC Wide World of Sports back in the day.

[Lfdjake91]

@junctionboys yeah, it was obviously strongly based on it. Fitting since Verne Gagne tried so hard to present the AWA as a legit sport.

[lapere]

thanks!

[soln4suhreborn]

During the federation/territory days,different cities were dominated by particular federations

St. Louis (NWA)

Minneapolis (AWA)

Dallas (World Class)

New Orleans (Mid South)

New York (WWF)

Memphis (CWA)

Atlanta (JCP)

[Koolazzmike]

@soln4suhreborn JCP was Charlotte and WCW was Atlanta.

[dspag75]

Funny how it ends with Andre eliminating Hogan.

[chicagocubs71]

That wasn't Hulk Hogan, it was 'MR.ELECTRICITY'Steve Regal.

[dspag75]

@chicagocubs71 I guess i was thrown off by the colors he's wearing. Hogan never would've flew over the top rope like that.

[JRiggz108999]

sounds like the cosby show theme

[tegrimm]

God the memories of this opening sequence flood back...I loved the AWA as a kid. Its such a shame that Vern Gagne was such a terrible businessman

[goodoldbill]

I'm 40 and THIS is the way I remember it. Not that ESPN shit

[skinnycubuff]

I like how the have Hogan getting tossed right at end of it. Classic.

[signmanj]

How about the old classic OPENING theme song???

[kozmeister]

I grew up with AWA and nothing was better. Gagne gets a lot of flack but he had an eye for talent.

[wwetnasux]

Except for in his later years. I hardly consider Buck Zumhoffe talented

[volstar88]

I always respected the AWA for thier ability to develop talent. In the early 80's they had an impressive stockpile of wrestlers. The WWE and WCW raided that talent though, and they made some miscues trying to compete in the PPV arena. In the end Gagne was not able to keep pace and lost everything. A shame to see them go under.

[figment1988]

i strongly agree. had it not been for the AWA, there would be no Hulk Hogan, Sgt. Slaughter, or even Shawn Michaels (who was part of the Midnight Rockers)

[DahcS]

there would be no Ric Flair also

[figment1988]

thanks, i almost forgot he was on the AWA (i only remember him when he was in WCW, WWF for a short while before going back to WCW, and then going back to the WWE)

[jojoyoyo2006]

yep, there wouldn't have been a Jerry the king Lawler, Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig, etc

[figment1988]

not to mention Paul Heyman (which caught me by surprise since i didn't know Paul E. Dangerously was actually Paul Heyman)

[wwetnasux]

What do you mean? Most of those guys were in smaller indies before they were ever in AWA, especially Lawler

[meanqueenvvvvv]

The AWA rates as an indy now thou

[elc1960]

@jojoyoyo2006 I know this is a response to a 2 year old post, but I just wanted to leave a comment. Jerry Lawler was a star in the Memphis territory and other places long before he ever worked for AWA. Curt Hennig was a lower midcard babyface in 1981 for WWF (he teamed up occasionally with Eddie "Hotstuff" Gilbert, another wrestler who left us too soon).

[leebob86]

...I dunno why you were given a thumbs down for the comment. Ric Flair is from Minnesota. He only lives here in Charlotte NC.

[wwetnasux]

Yes, and no. Technically, Michaels got his start wrestling for Bill Watts

[larrystarstruck]

yes, very good music for the footage. I agree.