Greg Gagne - How Verne Gagne Built AWA Wrestling
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- Greg Gagne discusses the origin story of AWA Wrestling and how his father Verne Gagne created it from scratch. Stream New Shoot Interviews 📺 TitleMatchNetwork.com
Former AWA star/promoter and WCW agent/WWE trainer Greg Gagne talks about how his father Verne Gagne change the wrestling business forever when he started the American Wrestling Alliance.
The AWA ran from 1960-1991 out of Minneapolis after after champion wrestling Verne Gagne decided to open the promotion. In its heyday the AWA had a 5 year run on ESPN and was in the top #3 biggest promotions in the country at one point.
This interview is originally produced by RF Video Inc in 2015. Licensed for distribution on Title Match Network.
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One of the saddest stories in wrestling is how Verne Gagne was not born into wealth but worked hard decade after decade to build first a successful amateur career and then a successful business, and then lost his home and property to a land grab under eminent domain laws. He may have lost the wrestling wars to VKM, but died a much more honorable man than Vince will (even taking into account that accidental death Gagne caused while suffering from dementia).
Yes absolutely, Verne obviously was a far more honorable man than Vince. I loved the AWA
AWA was true wrestling
Vince McMahon was behind that land grab.
It’s too bad I don’t see any of that in Greg.
@@marshalberger4250 Greg was actually a good worker and had good serious interviews. His problem was his build.
Verne had some characters in the AWA territory my home territorty. I remember Mad Dog, The Baron, The Crusher and Bruiser, the High Flyers, and visting celebs like Dusty, the BlackJacks, Andre. Good matches!
Verne was a wrestling machine. He really was incredible.
I used watch every show and my dad bought every ppv i grew up in the attitude era but i dont watch any new stuff i always watch old one and his dad will be a legend in the art of wrestling long after he will pass
It was the Dumont network but a lot of folks think it was the DuPont Network.
I actually have Dumont branded vacuum tubes
"I told Verne in 83', let me be me out there...Ill wear black trunks, black vest, drink beers, swear and give everyone the finger...Dad told me it'll never work.."
I had the VHS that’s in the thumbnail.
"Verne trained Farmer Burns" - Greg Gagne
UFC 1 happened in 1993 Greg lol
Close enough
My dad and I invented MMA, Eric Biscoff, Hulk Hogan, Professional Wrestling, NWO and the internet. Mike Graham helped some.
Greg Gagne told Mike Graham to only hire wrestlers that can draw dimes and don't break guitars.
🤣@@poppy87
“So basically I told God sure your son might be a superstar one day but right now Verne is better and should get a better push!”
I like Vern and Greg Gange but Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey made millions before Vern was even born.
Gagne
Verne and Greg have all the charisma of a school bus fire.
My dad, Verne Gagne,...gosh what didn't he do??? Verne told Steve Jobs to keep going with that Apple thing kid...Verne also didn't get credit for inventing the air fryer and his initial work on the original lunar module.
5:34 yeah, Verne "stretched" his 8 year old son. I'm sure he cinched it in on the boy to make him respect the business..
😂👍
"stretched ya, hu hu"
You ask this guy a question about a topic he tells ya about cousin & aunt emma 🙉
I have a science based question. Lets say a racist Gagne hired two black wrestlers to wrestle in the AWA in the 1960's, and they headbutt each other at the same time. What is the most likely result from the power of a double black headbutt?
A) Both wrestlers are instantly killed, resulting in a double count out.
B) Neither black wrestler is affected but the all white members of the studio audience are killed by the shock waves.
C) Nothing would happen because Verne would never hire more than 1 token black wrestler at the same time in the AWA.
Gotta love how Greg twists some things….instead of just saying Verne was the second athlete to ever make $100k a year, he had to say he was the first after babe Ruth to make $100k a year…ok Greg, whatever makes u sleep better at night, bud.
Joe DiMaggio, Gorgeous George, and Lou Thesz all made 100G before Verne did. Verne hit the marker in 1953 I'm sure. Not sure Babe Ruth ever cracked 100G, maybe 80G.
@@curthennig9448 Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney both made Millions in the late 20s. Joe Louis might have too but I am not sure.
@@michaelstrawser8011 Interesting, I wasn't aware of that. What about their yearly salaries though?
@@curthennig9448 I am not sure about their yearly salaries. Gene Tunney was paid $990,000. For his 1927 fight with Jack Dempsey. Dempsey received a similar check.
Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey both made over a million in their two fights in 1926-27. Both fighters had multiple big money fights for about 10 years. Dempsey probably made more than Tunney during his career because he fought exclusively at heavyweight. However the second fight between the two Tunney was paid $990,000 . A record at the time.
"Verne was the first major star in wrestling"
Ummm....Hodge. Thesz. Londas. Hackenschmidt. Rogers. Orville Brown....
Pat O' Connor, Gene Kiniski ...
Gorgeous George 🤷♂️
Hodge debuted way after Verne but the others you are correct about
I have never heard at any time when mentioning those greats have I ever heard Gagne mentioned in that group. Granted I haven't heard everything but this seems like a big stretch to me
Verne Gange was ONE OF the first major stars in wrestling in the DAWN of televised wrestling.
This is indisputable,....but he was NOT the first major star in wrestling.
Gagne was a legit elite athlete and was a TV star, but Thesz, Londos, Lewis, and Hackenschmidt were major draws before Gagne, and they started before Gange became a pro wrestler.
But Gagne had the benefit of being in his prime in the golden age of television, and it DID make a huge difference.
But you can not say Verne (as much as I personally prefer the technical style of pro wrestling) was the FIRST major star.
The argument could be made that he was the first major wrestling star on TV.
And the amount of money he made was legitimately through the roof.
Greg Gagne invented CZcams.
No Al Gore did.
Lol 😂 but only after Hulk Hogan turned down the idea lol 😂
Soon to be the newest inductee of the Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, Greg Gagne.
The haters gotta be fuming.🤣
Since Greg has retired from his illustrious Pro Wrestling career as a good guy, the most remarkable thing has happened.
He has apparently become one of the most popular Heel attractions on the internet, with legions of internet stalkers, following his every appearance on the web and attempting to mock him, much like I tried to mock Bobby Heenan when I was a 10 year old kid, by chanting "Weasel! Weasel!" at him. Bobby would tell us to shut up, then go over to Rodger Kent's table and tell him to make us brats shut up, and then act flustered that we were calling him names. It was great fun as a kid, and *Bobby was the best.* A little acknowledged fact is Bobby thought highly of Greg's in ring abilities, saying decades later that his weasel suit matches with Greg were great, and The High Flyers were amongst his favorite people to work with. When the GOAT praises you, you gotta be pretty dang good at your job. And the fact that Greg can get 30+ year old men, figuratively shrieking via keyboard at his video clips, when they don't even get a reaction out of Greg (like we did from Bobby), speaks volumes to his continued ability to be a personality and draw attention. Or, maybe it says something about grown ass men, acting like children. I dunno. 🤷♂
Anyway, have a wonderful day and God bless ya. 👍
Keep dreaming Greg.
Hey look it’s Greg!😂
Ahhhh I was wondering if I would see your comment copy/pasted on this video also.
@@mackredsnapper yep I saw the same comment on several other Greg videos. Greg is so narcissistic that he can’t comprehend that people don’t automatically believe everything he says like it’s the Bible of pro wrestling….
Hi Greg 😂
His first memory was watching his dad wrestle at less than 1 year old? His lying is pathological at this point
Now we all know where Hogan learned from. Gagne is so full of it.
You marks continue to embarrass yourselves - Hogan is not a liar, he mixes up memories but they are not lies, he is trying or misremembering things but he does not make claims that are just false for the sake of lying. Also the people who call Hogan a liar are the actual liars, they continue to mention Metallica and a 400 days a year yet all the interviews I have found have Hogan saying he sent Metallica a demo tape and he worked 400 matches. Many of these loser fan claims are actually easy to debunk but you all are obsessed with narratives.
@@1980Triumph bless your heart
@@1980Triumph Nice try Bischoff! Cornette has over 5000 Hogan lies documented already. Was he lying on Arsenio?
@@curthennig9448 - nothing is more pathetic than the losers who follow Cornette. The is an auto signal for low intelligence. Cornette doesn't have anything on Hogan - you marks do not even realize that he speaks on things he doesn't even know about and you all act like it is fact. Hogan is old a beat up so his misremembers things but he isn't just making up random stuff. He mistakenly said Brody had his neck sliced and you silly marks went berserk because he misspoke about the neck instead of the stomach - not a lie, a mistake. Also you dweebs keep repeating those same cornball things like Metallica and the 400 days a year. No one can cite where he said the things you all claim however Hogan clearly stated in interviews that he sent Metallica a demo tape and that he wrestled 400 matches a year. Hogan also clearly mixed up recording the Wrestling album with the Wrestlemania album and you silly marks circle-jerked on his mistake. Hogan haters and the lie claimers are the actual liars. You're silly and obsessed.
News flash it’s wrestling …. It’s baked into the entire thing ..
Greg is insufferable, damn is he delusional…..
Same old stories.
You would think that Verne would have made Greg AWA champ at least once. Then again, I'd rather watch paint dry than watch a Greg gagne match.
I've seen articles and videos that said he tried on a few house shows but the crowd response was so negative he couldn't follow through.
I grew up watching AWA Greg did fine .. the crowds liked him .. he was a quintessential good guy ..