AWA Roster in 1988: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full AWA Roster in the year 1988. This includes the list of all AWA Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Rosters, 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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1988AWA: All (39)
Adrian Adonis
Baron von Raschke
Billy Robinson
Brian Knobbs
Brickhouse Brown
Cactus Jack Manson
Chavo Guerrero
Cheetah Kid
Chigusa Nagayo
"Cowboy" Bob Orton
"Crippler" Ray Stevens
Curt Hennig
Del Wilkes
Diamond Dallas Page
Fatu
Héctor Guerrero
Jeff Jarrett
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Jerry Sags
Jimmy Valiant
Kevin Kelly
Madusa Miceli
Mando Guerrero
Marty Jannetty
Michael Hayes
Mike Enos
Pat Tanaka
Paul Diamond
Ricky Morton
Robert Fuller
Robert Gibson
Samu
Sgt. Slaughter
Shawn Michaels
Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie
Verne Gagne
Wahoo McDaniel
Wayne Bloom
Wendi Richter
Men
Adrian Adonis
Baron von Raschke
Billy Robinson
Brian Knobbs
Brickhouse Brown
Cactus Jack Manson
Chavo Guerrero
Cheetah Kid
"Cowboy" Bob Orton
"Crippler" Ray Stevens
Curt Hennig
Del Wilkes
Diamond Dallas Page
Fatu
Héctor Guerrero
Jeff Jarrett
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Jerry Sags
Jimmy Valiant
Kevin Kelly
Mando Guerrero
Marty Jannetty
Michael Hayes
Mike Enos
Pat Tanaka
Paul Diamond
Ricky Morton
Robert Fuller
Robert Gibson
Samu
Sgt. Slaughter
Shawn Michaels
Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie
Verne Gagne
Wahoo McDaniel
Wayne Bloom
Women
Teams
Badd Company
Chavo & Mando Guerrero
The Diamond Exchange
Diamond Exchange
The Guerreros
The Midnight Rockers
The Nasty Boys
The Rock N' Roll Express
The Samoan SWAT Team
Champions
AWA World Heavyweight Championship | | Jerry "The King" Lawler
Lawler later defeated Kerry Von Erich on December 13, 1988, in Chicago to win the WCCW World Heavyweight Championship to become the first (USWA) Unified World Champion. | 236+
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| Curt Hennig
The title was held up immediately due to controversy over interference by Larry Zbyszko but returned to Hennig days later after the AWA Championship Committee found no no evidence of interference. On February 16, 1988, the title was again held up after a no-contest between Hennig and The Grappler in Portland, OR. Hennig regained the title on March 5 in Portland, when his replacement, The Assassin, defeated The Grappler. AWA recognized Hennig's title reign as continuous. | 373
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AWA International Television Championship | Greg Gagne
Match for the vacant title. Gagne won by countout. Garvin had signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation and would not lose the match clean | 18+
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 | Vacant
Title held up by AWA President Stanley Blackburn after deciding Garvin won under controversial circumstances. | 73
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Ron Garvin
| 14
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Greg Gagne
Defeated Adrian Adonis via disqualification in the finals of the tournament | 265
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AWA World Tag Team Championship | | Badd CompanyPaul Diamond & Pat Tanaka
| 287+
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| The Midnight RockersMarty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels
The Midnight Express defeated The Midnight Rockers on December 27, 1987, and continued to be recognized as AWA World Tag Team Champions into 1988, including making successful title defenses. After a dispute between Dennis Condrey and Verne Gagne over payments, AWA President Stanley Blackburn appeared on television on January 24, 1988, and stated that, after rewatching the December 27, 1987 AWA World Tag Team Title match, he believed that the Midnight Rockers had actually won the match, and they were then retroactively recognized as having been Champions for the past 28 days; Titles were held up on February 15, 1988, after a controversial match with The Rock 'n' Roll Express in Memphis. The Rockers won a rematch on February 22, 1988, also in Memphis, but this was never recognized and they remain two-time champions. | 83
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AWA Southern Tag Team Championship | | Vacant
Championship vacated because Rockers won the AWA World Tag Team Titles and could not hold more than one title. | 36
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AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship | Mike Graham
Records are unclear on how Graham won the championship. Championship history is unrecorded from December 13, 1988 to August 11, 1990. | 18+
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| Vacant
Zumhofe is sent to prison | 896
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AWA World Women's Championship | | Wendi Richter
| 35+
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Madusa Miceli
Defeated Candi Devine to win the vacant championship. | 335
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