AWA Championship Wrestling

AWA Championship Wrestling is a professional wrestling television series that aired on ESPN from 1985 to 1990. This episode, from 05.03.1988, showcases the American Wrestling Association, the storied Minneapolis-based promotion founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo in 1960. The AWA began as the Minnesota territory of the NWA before breaking away to become an independent promotion, and this broadcast captures the action from one of wrestling's most historic organizations.