Verne Gagne

Verne Gagne

Born: February 26, 1926
Died: April 27, 2015
in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Verne Gagne was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer, actor, tv host and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Minneapolis-based American Wrestling Association (AWA) in US.

As an amateur wrestler, Gagne won two NCAA titles and was an alternate for the U.S freestyle wrestling team at the 1948 Olympic Games before turning professional in 1949. Gagne was an 11-time world champion in major professional wrestling promotions, having held the AWA World Heavyweight Championship ten times and the IWA World Heavyweight Championship once as the IWA World Heavyweight Championship was considered a world championship in Japan.

Movies for Verne Gagne...

The Claw
Title: The Claw
Character: Himself
Released: May 13, 2021
Type: Movie
A documentary about legendary wrestler and all around supervillain Baron von Raschke by director Philip Harder.
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WWE Hall of Fame 2006
Title: WWE Hall of Fame 2006
Character: Himself
Released: March 20, 2006
Type: Movie
The class of 2006 takes their rightful place in the Hall of Fame, during Wrestlemania 22 weekend. Inductees include The Blackjacks, Verne Gagne, William "The Refrigerator" Perry, Sensational Sherri, Tony Atlas, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, Eddie Guerrero and Bret "Hitman" Hart.
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WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA
Title: WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA.
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WCW Slamboree 1993
Title: WCW Slamboree 1993
Character: Himself
Released: May 23, 1993
Type: Movie
Slamboree 1993: A Legends' Reunion was the first annual Slamboree professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by WCW. It took place on May 23, 1993 at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. A "Legends Ceremony" occurred at the event, and introduced several legends. The WCW Hall of Fame induction ceremony also occurred, and Lou Thesz, Mr. Wrestling II, Verne Gagne, and Eddie Graham were the inductees. The PPV also saw the reformation of the Four Horsemen, now consisting of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, and new member Paul Roma. The main event was Big Van Vader defending the WCW World Heavyweight Title against Davey Boy Smith. Barry Windham defended the NWA World Heavyweight Title against Arn Anderson and The Hollywood Blondes defended the NWA & WCW World Tag Team Championships against Dos Hombres in a steel cage match.
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AWA The Road to SuperClash III
Title: AWA The Road to SuperClash III
Character: Himself
Released: September 18, 1988
Type: Movie
A who’s who of WWE Hall of Famers, including Cactus Jack, Jeff Jarrett, Kerry Von Erich and more compete in this AWA spectacular.
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AWA: WrestleRock '86
Title: AWA: WrestleRock '86
Character: Himself
Released: April 20, 1986
Type: Movie
The AWA supercard was broadcast from the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on April 20, 1986. It was the AWA's final stadium show.
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AWA StarCage
Title: AWA StarCage
Character: Verne Gagne
Released: April 21, 1985
Type: Movie
Pro Wrestling's first all-Cage Match event! featuring King Tonga, Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie & The Masked Superstar vs. Jerry Blackwell & Sgt. Slaughter, Greg Gagne & Verne Gagne vs. Mr. Saito & Nick Bockwinkel and The Road Warriors vs. Larry & Curt Hennig for the AWA World Tag Team Championship and much more!
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AWA Super Sunday
Title: AWA Super Sunday
Character: Verne Gagne
Released: April 24, 1983
Type: Movie
American Wrestling Association supercard on April 24th, 1983.
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The Wrestler
Title: The Wrestler
Character: Mike Bullard
Released: April 28, 1974
Type: Movie
Frank Bass (Ed Asner) is an honest guy trying to make a living in the cut throat world of professional wrestling, and he's gonna make it work - even if he dies trying! But first - he'll have to strong-arm his way through all the mobsters, gamblers, promoters and fight fixers and help his past-his-prime wrestler once again win a championship belt. Features appearances from real-life legendary wrestlers and AWA superstars Verne Gagne, Rick Flair, Superstar Billy Graham, Dusty Rhodes, Dick the Bruiser, Ray Stevens, Dory Funk Jr., Ken Patera, Billy Robinson, Dan Gable, Eddie Graham, Dick Murdoch, Vincent J. McMahon, and more.