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I recently did a slide show on the top five wrestlers to never be a world champion in WWE, WCW, ECW, or TNA. I mentioned in some of my comments that I did not believe that the AWA was as big as some of the other companies were in pro wrestling, boy was I wrong. I recently did some research on the AWA and discovered that the AWA was very popular at one point by having solid talent there and having a timeslot on ESPN each week. The AWA was created by Verne Gagne in 1960 and it was a staple in professonal wrestling for thirty one years until closing down due to financial troubles. Over the thirty one years, there have been many wonderful superstars to come out of the AWA and eventually become huge stars in other companies but this list is th...

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