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 (6)
Champions
AWA World Heavyweight Championship |  | Verne Gagne
| 145+
|
Gene Kiniski
| 28
| ||
| Verne Gagne
Gagne was awarded the championship after Pat O'Connor failed to defend the title. | 329
|
AWA United States Heavyweight Championship | Mr. M
| 75+
| |
Hard Boiled Haggerty
Sometime after September 5, 1961. | 46
| ||
Gene Kiniski
| 153
| ||
Wilbur Snyder
| 31
| ||
Gene Kiniski
| 28
| ||
Wilbur Snyder
| N/A
| ||
Gene Kiniski
| 64
|
AWA World Tag Team Championship | Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp Bob Geigel & Otto Von Krupp
| 38+
| |
Pat Kennedy & Dale Lewis Pat Kennedy & Dale Lewis
| 7
| ||
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel Hard Boiled Haggerty & Bob Geigel
Haggerty defeated Kiniski for control of the titles and chose Geigel as his new partner. | 51
| ||
 | Vacant
Title vacated after Haggerty and Kiniski split up when Haggerty's interference in a cage match between Kiniski and Verne Gagne backfires. | 49
| |
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski
| 20
| ||
Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder Leo Nomellini & Wilbur Snyder
| 57
| ||
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. | 231
|
AWA World Women's Championship | Penny Banner
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+
| |
 | 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. | 2563
|
Extras
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