American Wrestling Association/YMMV

• Crowning Music of Awesome: "Eye Of The Tiger" was Hulk Hogan's entrance music during his AWA run. Notable for being one of the first, if not the first wrestler in AWA to use entrance music.
  • The Midnight Rockers used Judas Priest's "Living After Midnight"
  • There was also Badd Company using (what else?) "Bad Company" by Bad Company.
• Dork Age: The Team Challenge Series
• Never Live It Down/Snark Bait: Two words... Wrestlerock Rumble
• Older Than They Think/Ur Example: Long before Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Sandman there was Da Crusher, a smack talking, beer-swilling, blue-collar brawler who was fond of using heel tactics despite his face leanings.
  • His tag team partner Dick The Bruiser had these traits as well, but his background as a former Green Bay Packers linesman was played up just as much.
• X-Pac Heat: Many AWA fans would argue that this should be called Greg Gagne Heat.
  • Believe it or not, Gagne was actually a rather popular wrestler up until 1983 or so, when he was eclipsed by the steroid guys. Before then, general consensus was that the still-active Verne was actually holding him back.