List of American Wrestling Association alumni

Below is a list of former members of the American Wrestling Association (AWA), an American professional wrestling organization based out of Minnesota.

AWA wrestlers

• Adrian Adonis†
• Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka)
• Ox Baker† and The Russian Brute
• Red Bastien†
• Crusher Jerry Blackwell†
• Nick Bockwinkel†
• Bruiser Brody†
• Jim Brunzell
• Edouard Carpentier†
• Hercules Cortez
• The Crusher†
• Colonel DeBeers
• The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom)
• Bobby Duncum, Sr.
• Fabulous Freebirds (Michael P.S. Hayes, Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy† & Buddy Roberts†)
• Juan Kachmanian aka Pampero Firpo
• Ric Flair
• Greg Gagne
• Verne Gagne†
• Jimmy Garvin
• Pepper Gomez
• "Superstar" Billy Graham
• Scott Hall
• Stan Hansen
• Lawrence Heinemi aka Larry Heinimi, Luscious Lars Anderson
• Curt Hennig†
• Larry Hennig
• Hulk Hogan
• Don Jardine aka the Super Destroyer
• Kenny Jay aka the Sodbuster aka Capable Kenny Jay
• Sheik Adnan El Kaissey
• "Mr. Magnificent" Kevin Kelly
• Teijho Khan
• Kokina Maximus†
• Nikita Koloff
• Stan Kowalski, aka The Big 'K'
• Jack Lanza
• Jerry Lawler
• The Long Riders (Bill & Scott Irwin†)
• Jerry Lynn
• Billy Red Lyons
• Rick Martel
• Wahoo McDaniel†
• Mighty Igor
• The Ninja
• The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags)
• Steve Olsonoski
• Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)
• Nord the Barbarian
• Original Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose)
• Reggie Parks
• Ken Patera
• D.J. Peterson
• Harley Race
• "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal
• Brad Rheingans
• Dusty Rhodes† & Dick Murdoch†
• Ricky Rice
• The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk†)
• Billy Robinson†
• Buddy Rose†
• Masa Saito
• Akio Sato
• Dutch Savage†
• Sgt. Slaughter
• Superfly Snuka
• Doug Somers
• Ray "The Crippler" Stevens†
• Jonnie Stewart
• Texas Hangmen (Psycho & Killer)
• The Trooper (aka The Patriot)
• Soldat Ustinov
• "Mad Dog" Vachon†
• "Butcher" Vachon
• Jesse Ventura
• Baron von Raschke
• Leon White
• Cowboy Bill Watts
• Larry Zbyszko
• Tom Zenk
• Boris Zukhov
• Buck Zumhofe
• Tim Woods

A † after a name indicates that the wrestler is deceased.

AWA wrestlers (Chicago)

(These wrestlers often performed at the International Amphitheater in Chicago)

• Dick the Bruiser
• Reggie Lisowski (The Crusher)
• Dr X
• Ox Baker
• Moose Cholak
• Sailor Art Thomas
• Bobo Brazil
• Bob Luce (Chicago promoter)
• Sam Menacker (host of the Indianapolis-based program segments)
• Don Eagle
• Prince Pullins
• Paul Christy
• Spike Huber
• Johnny Kace
• Ernie Ladd
• Pepper Gomez
• "Pretty Boy" Bobby Heenan (manager, often drawn into a cage match against Dick the Bruiser and the Crusher [1])
• Wilbur Snyder

AWA female wrestlers

• Penny Banner
• Candy Divine
• Sherri Martel
• Judy Martin
• Madusa Miceli
• Wendi Richter
• Vivian Vachon

Other notable AWA contributors

• Kenny Benkowski, better known as Kenny "Sod Buster" Jay, or "Capable" Kenny Jay (wrestler)
• Eric Bischoff (interviewer)
• Stanley Blackburn (on-air president)
• Lord James Blears (wrestler/commentator)
• Gary DeRusha (referee)
• "Scrap Iron" George Gadaski (referee)
• Donna Gagne (announcer)
• Paul E. Dangerously (manager)
• Bobby Heenan (manager)
• Dick Jonkowski (announcer/commentator)
• Rodger Kent (ringside announcer)
• Scott LeDoux (referee)
• Lee Marshall (announcer/commentator)
• Marty Miller (referee)
• Larry Nelson (interviewer/announcer/commentator)
• Marty O'Neil (interviewer/commentator)
• Gene Okerlund (interviewer)
• Diamond Dallas Page (manager)
• Ken Resnick (interviewer/commentator)
• Rod Trongard (commentator)