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American Wrestling Association
Trade name
AWA
FormerlyMinneapolis Boxing & Wrestling Club
Company typePrivate
IndustryProfessional wrestling
Founded1960
(as AWA)
FounderVerne Gagne and Wally Karbo
Defunct1991
FateAssets owned by WWE
SuccessorAWA Superstars of Wrestling (unofficial)
HeadquartersMinneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
OwnerVerne Gagne (until 2003)
WWE (after 2003)
WebsiteAWA on WWE.com

The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 until 1991. It was founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo. The promotion was born out of the Minneapolis Boxing & Wrestling Club, originally founded in 1933 as the Minnesota-based territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), breaking away from the NWA and becoming an independent territory in 1960.

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