Back جمعية المصارعة الأمريكية Arabic American Wrestling Association Danish American Wrestling Association German American Wrestling Association Spanish American Wrestling Association French American Wrestling Association ID American Wrestling Association Italian アメリカン・レスリング・アソシエーション Japanese American Wrestling Association NB American Wrestling Association Portuguese
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| AWA | |
| Formerly | Minneapolis Boxing & Wrestling Club |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Professional wrestling |
| Founded | 1960 (as AWA) |
| Founder | Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo |
| Defunct | 1991 |
| Fate | Assets owned by WWE |
| Successor | AWA Superstars of Wrestling (unofficial) |
| Headquarters | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Owner | Verne Gagne (until 2003) WWE (after 2003) |
| Website | AWA 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, which served as the Minnesota-based territory of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from 1948 onward, before breaking away from the NWA and becoming an independent territory in 1960.