Winning a world championship in any promotion is a huge honor. But these wrestlers who held world titles outside WWE had no ...

In order to continue his wildly successful wrestling career while being G.I. Joe’s best-selling action figure, Slaughter returned to the promotion where he began his career, Verne Gagne’s AWA.

Steveson became the first heavyweight in Big Ten history to win four titles, and he became just the 19th wrestler to accomplish the feat overall. The only other Gopher to do so was Verne Gagne, who ...

Verne Gagne creates the American Wrestling Association with one singular goal: to return dignity and athleticism to a business losing touch with both. Skip to main content Tales From the ...

The sleeper hold is one of the most basic yet effective submissions in wrestling. No one applied the hold better than these ...