We are nearing the top and will take a look at the next ten wrestlers listed by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) in 2003.
15 - Nick Bockwinkel
The Bockwinkel vs. Verne Gagne feud is what brought the AWA to the top of wrestling during the 70s. Bockwinkel ended Gagne's title reign of seven years in 1975, winning his first of four AWA World Heavyweight Championships.
He was the face of the organization heading into the 80s and fought top wrestlers like Billy Robinson, Dick The Bruiser, Crusher, Mad Dog Vachon, Jerry Lawler, Otto Wanz, and Mr. Saito.
Bockwinkel also was part of a successful heel team in the early 70s with Ray "The Crippler" Stevens. That team held the AWA Tag Team Champi...
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