List of former American Wrestling Federation personnel

The American Wrestling Federation was a professional wrestling promotion based in Chicago, Illinois from 1994 to 1996.^[1] Former employees in the AWF consisted of professional wrestlers, managers, play-by-play and color commentators, announcers, interviewers and referees.

Alumni

Male wrestlers

Birth name:	Ring name(s):	Tenure:	Notes
Chris Adams ^†	Chris Adams	1994–1995
Douglas Becker	Adam Flash	1995
Jon Benkowski	J.B. Trask	1996
Tom Benninghaus	Tough Tom	1995
Wayne Bloom	Wayne Bloom	1996
Tom Brandi	Johnny Gunn	1995
Lenny Carlson	Lenny Lane	1996
Barry Darsow	Blacktop Bully	1995–1996
John Paul Demann	John Paul / Jon Paul	1995
John Devine	Horace the Psychopath	1996
Wayne Farris	Honky Tonk Man	1996
Steve Finley	Buddy Wayne	1996
Edward Giovannetti	Ed Moretti	1996
Jake Kemmerer	Bad Crew #1	1995
James Manley	Jim Powers	1995
Mike Moran	Mean Mike	1995
Don Muraco	Don Muraco	1995
Charlie Norris ^†	Charlie Norris	1996
Paul Olsek, Jr.	Bad Crew #2 / Rose	1995
Bob Orton, Jr.	Bob Orton, Jr.	1994–1996
Matt Osborne ^†	Doink the Clown	1995
Paul Perschmann ^†	Buddy Rose	1996
A. J. Petrucci	Super Destroyer #1	1995
Jack Petrucci	Super Destroyer #2	1995
Robert Remus	Sgt. Slaughter	1994-1996
Thomas Richardson	Tommy Rich	1995
Merced Solis	Tito Santana	1994–1996
Doug Stahl	Super Destroyer #2	1995
Jon Stewart	Johnny Stewart	1995
Paul Taylor III	Terry Taylor	1995
Kevin Wacholz	Nailz	1994-1996
James Ware	Koko B. Ware / Koko Ware	1994–1996
Anthony White	Tony Atlas	1995
Chuck Williams ^†	Rockin' Rebel	1995
Darren Wise	Darren Wyse	1995
Jonathan Wisniski	Greg Valentine	1994–1996
Tom Zenk ^†	Tom Zenk	1995–1996	^[2]
Unknown	Billy Blaze	1996
Unknown	Billy Two Eagles	1995–1996
Charley Rhoads	The Executioner	1995–1996
Johnny Rhoads	Johnny Angel	1995–1996
Unknown	The Bodyguard	1996
Unknown	Cody Hunter	1995
Unknown	Dan Jesser	1996
Unknown	The Hater	1996
Unknown	Lester The Jester	1996
Unknown	Number 14	1996
Unknown	Ron Powers	1994
Unknown	Steve Storm	1995
Unknown	Sumito	1996

Stables and tag teams

Tag team/Stable(s)	Members	Tenure(s)
Generation X		1996
The Rat Pack	General Adnan, Bob Orton Jr., Mr. Hughes, Hercules ^† and Manny Fernandez
The Renegades	Jeff Gaylord and The Warlord	1995
The Road Warriors	Hawk ^† and Animal ^†	1996
The Samoan Swat Team	Samu and Little Sam	1995
The Southern Posse	Sonny Trout and Junior Thweet	1995
The Super Destroyers	Super Destroyer #1 and Super Destroyer #2	1995
The Texas Hangmen	Killer and Psycho	1995

Managers and valets

Birth name:	Ring name(s):	Tenure:
Adnan El Farthie	Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie
John Sutton ^†	Oliver Humperdink
David Webber	Aloysius Hayes	1996
Unknown	Big Mama
Unknown	Frankie the Bird
Unknown	Highway Honey
Steve Signore	Rico Suave	1995

Commentators and interviewers

Birth name:	Ring name(s):	Tenure:	Notes
Alfred Hayes ^†	Lord Alfred Hayes	1996
Melissa Hiatt	Missy Hyatt	1996	^[3]
Mick Karch	Mick Karch
Ken Resnick	Ken Resnick	1996
Paul Taylor III	Terry Taylor	1995

Referees

Birth name:	Ring name(s):	Tenure:	Notes
William Sierra	Bill Alfonso
Unknown	Billy Silverman
Unknown	Gary Grunkee
Unknown	Jesse Hernandez

Other personnel

Birth name:	Ring name(s):	Tenure:	Notes
Paul Alperstein	Paul Alperstein	1994–1996	AWF President
Jim Brunzell	Jim Brunzell	1995–1996	AWF Commissioner

References

General

"American Wrestling Federation". OnlineWorldofWrestling.com.
"American Wrestling Federation". ProWrestlingHistory.com.

Specific

^ Reynolds, R. D. (December 26, 2012). "The AWF: Bringing Real Wrestling Back, Four Minutes at a Time". Wrestlecrap.com.
^ "Tom Zenk returns to the North West, 1988, 1996". TomZenk.net.
^ Dananay, John (July 30, 2013). "BIO: Missy Hyatt". World Class Memories.

External links

[Wrestlecrap-1] Reynolds, R. D. (December 26, 2012). "The AWF: Bringing Real Wrestling Back, Four Minutes at a Time". Wrestlecrap.com.

[2] "Tom Zenk returns to the North West, 1988, 1996". TomZenk.net.

[3] Dananay, John (July 30, 2013). "BIO: Missy Hyatt". World Class Memories.

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