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With Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan in his corner, Nick Bockwinkle defends the AWA championship against Hulk Hogan at AWA Super Sunday, April 24th, 1983 | Retro Pro Wrestling

August 21, 1978 - The first meeting of Jerry Lawler vs. Nick Bockwinkel (c), with manager Bobby Heenan ringside, for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. A near sellout crowd of 11,000 fans attended this main event match at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis. In the summer of 1978, Jerry Jarrett began a relationship with the AWA, providing Lawler with quality competition on his quest for a world title. With the Memphis promotion hitting its stride in the late 1970s, Nick Bockwinkel, as AWA cha