Nick Bockwinkel

Known for ActingBorn 1934-12-06Died 2015-11-14St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Nicholas Warren Francis "Nick" Bockwinkel was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the '70s and '80s. The son of wrestler Warren Bockwinkel, Nick had a lengthy professional wrestling career with matches in 34 consecutive years (1954-1987). Debuting in 1954, Bockwinkel spent the first half of his career as a journeyman, playing the babyface (good guy), wrestling primarily in territories based in California and Hawaii with stints in Texas, Georgia, and the Pacific Northwest as well as Canada and Australia. In 1970, he joined the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based AWA, where he would be based for the remainder of his career. Bockwinkel held the AWA World Tag Team Championship three times (with partner Ray "The Crippler" Stevens and managed by Bobby Heenan) then the AWA World Heavyweight Championship four times before retiring in 1987. In 1986, before retirement, Bockwinkel had a classic 1-hour draw against Curt Hennig on ESPN's AWA Championship Wrestling. He worked briefly for WWE in 1987 as a color commentator and with WCW as commissioner. Bockwinkel was recognized for his exceptional technical wrestling ability, mastery of in-ring psychology, and even-toned, articulate promos. Professional wrestling historian Tim Hornbaker described him as "the definitive heavyweight champion heel of the 1970s", while historian Scott Beekman described him as "the most successful heel champion in wrestling history". Bockwinkel was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2003, the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007, the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2009, and the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame in 2016!Read more

Movies & web series

The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

WCW Slamboree 1993

AWA SuperClash II

WWE: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA

AWA WrestleRock 1986

WWE Hall of Fame 2007

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time

AWA StarCage

WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology

NWA Battle of the Belts

USWA Championship Wrestling

AWA Super Clash

WWE: The Top 25 Rivalries in Wrestling History

AWA Super Sunday

WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams

AWA All-Star Wrestling

Hawaii Five-O

The Wrestler

WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII

Clash of the Champions

AWA Battle by the Bay

AWA The Brawl in St. Paul

NWA Battle of the Belts III

PWUSA Star Wars

PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands

AWA Wrestling For a Cure

AWA Christmas Show 1984

AWA Christmas Night 1983

AWA Christmas Show 1983

Mid-South Wrestling

AWA Arena Shows