List of former American Wrestling Association personnel

Below is a list of former members of the American Wrestling Association (AWA), an American professional wrestling organization based out of Minnesota. Elden Rich referee

AWA wrestlers

• Adrian Adonis†
• Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka)
• Ox Baker† and The Russian Brute
• Bob Backlund
• Red Bastien†
• Crusher Jerry Blackwell†
• Nick Bockwinkel†
• Bruiser Brody†
• Jim Brunzell
• Edouard Carpentier†
• Hercules Cortez†
• The Crusher†
• Colonel DeBeers
• Derrick Dukes
• The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom)
• Bobby Duncum, Sr.
• Fabulous Freebirds (Michael P.S. Hayes, Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy† & Buddy Roberts†)
• Juan Kachmanian a.k.a. Pampero Firpo†
• Ric Flair
• Greg Gagne
• Verne Gagne†
• John Paul
• Jimmy Garvin
• Pepper Gomez
• "Superstar" Billy Graham
• Scott Hall
• Stan Hansen
• Lawrence Heinemi a.k.a. Larry Heinimi, Luscious Lars Anderson
• Curt Hennig†
• Larry Hennig†
• Hulk Hogan
• Don Jardine a.k.a. the Super Destroyer†
• Kenny Jay a.k.a. the Sodbuster a.k.a. Capable Kenny Jay
• Sheik Adnan El Kaissey
• "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly
• Teijho Khan
• Kokina Maximus†
• Steve Keirn
• Nikita Koloff
• Stan Kowalski, a.k.a. The Big 'K'†
• Jack Lanza
• Stan Lane
• Jerry Lawler
• The Long Riders (Bill & Scott Irwin†)
• Jerry Lynn
• Billy Red Lyons†
• Rick Martel
• Wahoo McDaniel†
• Mighty Igor†
• The Ninja
• Nick Kiniski
• Robert Fuller
• Jimmy Golden
• The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags)
• Steve Olsonoski
• Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)
• Nord the Barbarian
• Original Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose)
• Reggie Parks
• Ken Patera
• D.J. Peterson†
• Robert Gibson
• Ricky Morton
• Harley Race†
• "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal
• Brad Rheingans
• Dusty Rhodes† & Dick Murdoch†
• Ricky Rice
• The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk†)
• Billy Robinson†
• Buddy Rose†
• Masa Saito†
• Akio Sato
• Dutch Savage†
• Sgt. Slaughter
• Superfly Snuka †
• Doug Somers†
• Dennis Stamp†
• Ray "The Crippler" Stevens†
• Texas Hangmen (Psycho & Killer)
• The Trooper (a.k.a. The Patriot)
• Soldat Ustinov
• "Mad Dog" Vachon†
• "Butcher" Vachon
• Jesse Ventura
• Baron von Raschke
• Leon White†
• Cowboy Bill Watts
• Larry Zbyszko
• Tom Zenk†
• Boris Zukhov
• Buck Zumhofe
• Tim Woods†
• Man Mountain Mike†
• Buddy Landel†
• Bob Orton Jr.
• Tully Blanchard
• Mongolian Stomper
• Ron Garvin
• Roger Kirby (wrestler)†
• Hector Guerrero
• Mando Guerrero
• Tommy Jammer
• J.T. Southern
• Silo Sam†
• Mr. Hughes
• Tommy Rich
• Scott Norton
• Nightstalker
• B. Brian Blair
• Bobby and Jackie Fulton

A † after a name indicates that the wrestler is deceased.

AWA/WWA wrestlers (Chicago)

(For many years, the AWA ran joint shows with the World Wrestling Association at the International Amphitheater in Chicago)

• Dick the Bruiser
• Reggie Lisowski (The Crusher)
• Dr X
• Ox Baker
• Moose Cholak
• Sailor Art Thomas
• Bobo Brazil
• Bob Luce (Chicago promoter)
• Sam Menacker (host of the Indianapolis-based program segments)
• Don Eagle
• Prince Pullins
• Paul Christy
• Spike Huber
• Johnny Kace
• Ernie Ladd
• Pepper Gomez
• "Pretty Boy" Bobby Heenan (manager, often drawn into a cage match against Dick the Bruiser and the Crusher )
• Wilbur Snyder

AWA female wrestlers

• Penny Banner†
• Candy Divine
• Sherri Martel†
• Judy Martin
• Brandi Mae
• Madusa Miceli
• Magnificent Mimi
• Wendi Richter
• Vivian Vachon†

† after a name indicates that the wrestler is deceased.

AWA Promoters

• Wally Karbo (Minneapolis)
• Joe Dusek (Omaha)
• Gene Reed (Denver)
• Bob Luce (Chicago and Indianapolis)
• Don Marxen (Moline and Davenport)
• Eddie Williams (St. Paul)
• Buddy Lee Cliff (Rockford)
• Ben Sternberg (Rochester, Minnesota)
• Alexander Turk (Winnipeg) (1961-1962)
• John "Cyclone" Macalpine (Winnipeg) (1962-1964)
• John Guglyn (Winnipeg)
• Al Tomko (Winnipeg) (1966-1979)
• Don Brinton (Winnipeg) (1979-1986)
• Dwaine Hoberg (Fargo-Moorhead)
• Dennis Hilgart (Milwaukee)
• Ed Francis (Hawaii)
• Ed Tracy (Cedar Rapids/Waterloo)
• Jack Berry (Madison, Wisconsin)
• John Olsen (Salt Lake City)
• Leo Nomellini (San Francisco/Oakland)
• Harvey Solon (Duluth, Minnesota)
• Al DeRusha (Smaller towns in Minnesota)
• Frank Carson (Peoria)
• Lloyd Bolkcom (River towns in Illinois and Iowa)

Other notable AWA contributors

• Kenny Benkowski, better known as Kenny "Sod Buster" Jay, or "Capable" Kenny Jay (wrestler)
• Eric Bischoff (interviewer)
• Stanley Blackburn (on-air president)
• Lord James Blears (wrestler/commentator)
• Gary DeRusha (referee)
• "Scrap Iron" George Gadaski (wrestler/referee)
• Donna Gagne (ring announcer)
• Paul E. Dangerously (manager)
• Lord Alfred Hayes (manager)
• Bobby Heenan (manager)
• Dick Jonkowski (ring announcer/commentator)
• Rodger Kent (ringside announcer)
• Scott LeDoux (referee)
• Lee Marshall (announcer/commentator)
• Marty Miller (referee)
• Joe Fiorino (referee mostly in Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• Larry Nelson (interviewer/ring announcer/commentator)
• Marty O'Neil (interviewer/commentator)
• Gene Okerlund (interviewer)
• Diamond Dallas Page (manager)
• Ken Resnick (interviewer/commentator)
• Ralph Strangis (commentator/ring announcer)
• Rod Trongard (commentator)