The remainder of the broadcast was highlight reels of Verne Gagne's career, with the following week being highlight reels of Nick Bockwinkel's career The other man will be selected in an emergency meeting of the AWA Championship committee" One man will be the current #1 contender, the Incredible Hulk Hogan. I am also vacating the AWA Tag Team championship, with the understanding of my longtime partner and friend Jim Brunzell, who will be the first entrant in the Verne Gagne Cup.Īs for the Championship of the World, the main event that night will be a match for the vacant world championship. It will be a celebration of the wrestling Verne wanted, and this year it will be a weight-limited event at 220 pounds, and the winner will be proclaimed the AWA Light Heavyweight Champion. That said, I have to consider the future of the American Wrestling Association, and as such, I need to retire from active in-ring competition to make sure we continue to deliver the best product available for the fans, as that would be Verne's wish, and that will be what I will proclaim as the Verne Gagne Cup. He may not have always been the most popular in the ring, but he was always a good man behind the scenes, and helped many a person. I also offer condolences to Darlene, Johnna, and Nikki, Nick's family, who are suffering the loss of a great champion and family man. "I am saddened by the loss of my father, who was not only my mentor in wrestling, but in life, and was taken from us way too soon. We now have this statement from Verne's son, Greg Gagne. Right before Thanksgiving, AWA champion Nick Bockwinkel and Verne Gagne met to patch up their differences over the years, but the private plane they were riding in crashed right outside of St.Paul, Minnesota, there were no survivors. This is Gene Okurland, with some tragic news to report. The November 27,1982 broadcast of AWA All-Star Wrestling I really hope nothing in here is too OOC, but we really don't know a whole lot about how Greg Gagne would be behind the scenes, and Vince is going to have some really crap luck (which to me is the only way you can not have him win- New York money is hard to beat) This is the first part, with a fairly simple and tragic POD. This is my idea for a pro wrestling timeline.
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