AWA Roster in 1960: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full AWA Roster in the year 1960. This includes the list of all AWA Wrestlers, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in American Wrestling Association.
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1960AWA: All (4)
Champions
AWA World Heavyweight Championship |  | Verne Gagne
Gagne was awarded the championship after Pat O'Connor failed to defend the title. | 137+
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 | Pat O'Connor
O'Connor, NWA World Heavyweight Championship since 1959, was recognized as the first AWA World Champion in May 1960, but was given 90 days to defend the title against Verne Gagne or be stripped of the title. | 90
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AWA United States Heavyweight Championship | Gene Kiniski
| 18+
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Wilbur Snyder
| 7
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Gene Kiniski
Defeated Nick Roberts in a house show in St. Paul, Minnesota; match was not billed for the title. | 17
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 | Vacant
Vacated when Gagne won AWA World Heavyweight Championship. | 95
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| Verne Gagne
The title was split from the original championship, which retained the same joint lineage in the Chicago territory. Minneapolis version renamed "AWA United States Championship" in 1960. | 857
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AWA World Tag Team Championship | Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana / Gene Kiniski Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana & Gene Kiniski
Montana suffered a broken leg in a match against Verne Gagne. On March 18, 1961, Haggerty chose Kiniski as his new partner. | 88+
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Murder, Inc. Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills
Kowalski and Mills were awarded the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version) in August 1960. They were recognized as the first AWA champions when the AWA withdrew from the NWA and recognized its own champions. | 55
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NWA World Tag Team Championship | Murder Incorporated Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills
Murder Incorporated were awarded the championship when Leo Nomellini returned to the NFL. Became the first AWA World Tag Team Champions when AWA stopped recognizing NWA champions. | 49
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| Leo Nomellini & Verne GagneVerne Gagne Leo Nomellini
| 28
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Murder Incorporated Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills
Murder Incorporated claimed to be International Tag Team champions in 1959, awarded the world title on this date. The Minneapolis promotion withdraws from NWA and forms American Wrestling Association in May but initially recognize NWA champions. | 136
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| Vacant
The championship was vacated when Leo Nomellini returned to play for the San Francisco 49ers in 1959. | 185
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AWA World Women's Championship |  | June Byers
Byers defeated Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship and continues to be recognized by AWA after it splits from NWA in 1960. | 2325+
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Extras
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