Current AWA Champions 2026

Three decades of Verne Gagne's Minneapolis empire, from Pat O'Connor's 1960 recognition through Nick Bockwinkel's 1,714-day masterclass to the 1991 closure. The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was one of the original big-three world titles alongside the NWA and WWWF crowns, and its lineage runs through Gagne, Bockwinkel, Jumbo Tsuruta, Stan Hansen, Curt Hennig and Jerry Lawler. Updated after every show.