AWA Roster in 1961: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full AWA Roster in the year 1961. 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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1961AWA: All (7)
Champions
AWA World Heavyweight Championship |  | Verne Gagne Won: August 8, 1961 Minneapolis, Minnesota | House show | 145+ days |
 | Gene Kiniski Won: July 11, 1961 Minneapolis, Minnesota | House show | 28 days | |
| Verne Gagne Won: August 16, 1960 Gagne was awarded the championship after Pat O'Connor failed to defend the title. | 329 days |
AWA United States Heavyweight Championship |  | Mr. M Won: October 17, 1961 Minneapolis, Minnesota | House show | 75+ days |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty Won: September 1, 1961 Minnesota | House show Sometime after September 5, 1961. | 46 days | |
| Gene Kiniski Won: April 1, 1961 Saint Paul, Minnesota | House show | 153 days | |
| Wilbur Snyder Won: March 1, 1961 Duluth, Minnesota | House show | 31 days | |
| Gene Kiniski Won: February 1, 1961 Duluth, Minnesota | House show | 28 days | |
| Wilbur Snyder Won: February 15, 1961 Duluth, Minnesota | House show | N/A days | |
| Gene Kiniski Won: December 13, 1960 Minneapolis, Minnesota | House show | 64 days |
AWA World Tag Team Championship | | Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp Won: November 23, 1961 Rochester, Minnesota | Live event | 38+ days |
| Pat Kennedy & Dale Lewis Pat Kennedy & Dale Lewis Won: November 16, 1961 Rochester, Minnesota | Live event | 7 days | |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel Won: September 26, 1961 St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event Haggerty defeated Kiniski for control of the titles and chose Geigel as his new partner. | 51 days | |
| Vacant Won: August 8, 1961 St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event Title vacated after Haggerty and Kiniski split up when Haggerty's interference in a cage match between Kiniski and Verne Gagne backfires. | 49 days | |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene KiniskiGene Kiniski & Hard Boiled Haggerty Won: July 19, 1961 St. Paul, Minnesota | Live event | 20 days | |
| Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder Won: May 23, 1961 Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event | 57 days | |
| Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana / Gene KiniskiGene Kiniski & Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana Won: October 4, 1960 Minneapolis, Minnesota | Live event Montana suffered a broken leg in a match against Verne Gagne. On March 18, 1961, Haggerty chose Kiniski as his new partner. | 231 days |
AWA World Women's Championship |  | Penny Banner Won: August 26, 1961 Angola, IN | House show AWA ceased to recognize June Byers as women's champion after she no-showed a title defense. Banner won a battle royal to become the new AWA World Women's Champion. | 127+ days |
 | June Byers Won: August 20, 1954 Atlanta, GA | House show 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. | 2563 days |
Extras
The profile of each AWA wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.
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