AWA Roster in 1989: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full AWA Roster in the year 1989. 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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1989AWA: All (26)
Akio Sato
Baron von Raschke
Chavo Guerrero
Eric Bischoff
Great Kokina
Héctor Guerrero
Joe Blanchard
John Nord
Johnny Valiant
Ken Patera
Larry Zbyszko
Mando Guerrero
Mike Enos
Monster Machine
The Nightstalker
Nikita Koloff
Pat Tanaka
Paul Diamond
Scott Norton
Sgt. Slaughter
Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie
The Trooper
Verne Gagne
Wahoo McDaniel
Wayne Bloom
Wendi Richter
Men
Akio Sato
Baron von Raschke
Chavo Guerrero
Eric Bischoff
Great Kokina
Héctor Guerrero
Joe Blanchard
John Nord
Johnny Valiant
Ken Patera
Larry Zbyszko
Mando Guerrero
Mike Enos
Monster Machine
The Nightstalker
Nikita Koloff
Pat Tanaka
Paul Diamond
Scott Norton
Sgt. Slaughter
Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie
The Trooper
Verne Gagne
Wahoo McDaniel
Wayne Bloom
Women
Teams
Badd Company
Chavo & Mando Guerrero
Destruction Crew
Diamond Exchange
The Guerreros
Champions
AWA World Heavyweight Championship | | Larry Zbyszko
Zbyszko won a battle royal, last eliminating Tom Zenk to win the vacant title. | 327+
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 | Vacant
Jerry Lawler was stripped of the championship after the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) split from the AWA. | 18
| |
 | 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. | 256
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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 | 307
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AWA World Tag Team Championship | | The Destruction CrewWayne Bloom & Mike Enos
Defeated Paul Diamond and Greg Gagne in a tournament final. | 91+
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| Vacant
Title vacated when Patera was injured. | 13
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| The OlympiansKen Patera & Brad Rheingans
| 177
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| Badd CompanyPaul Diamond & Pat Tanaka
| 371
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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. | 383+
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AWA World Women's Championship | Candi Devine
Devine defeated Judy Martin to win the vacant championship; Monster Ripper defeated Devine on July 7, 1990 at the WWC 17th Anniversary show in Bayamón, Puerto Rico to claim the title, but Ripper was never officially recognized as champion by the AWA. | 25+
| |
 | Vacant
The championship was vacated when Wendi Richter left the promotion; she was still advertised as champion for the show where Devine wins the vacant title. | 0
| |
| Wendi Richter
| 375
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Extras
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