10 TIME WORLD CHAMPION

Verne Gagne

STATISTICS

  • HEIGHT - 5'11"
  • WEIGHT - 215 LBS.
  • FROM - MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
  • YEARS PRO - 1949-1986

 

OTHER RING NAMES

  • NONE

 

TRAINER

  • JOE PAZANDAK

 

MANAGERS

  • NONE

 

TAG TEAMS

  • NONE

 

FACTIONS

  • NONE

MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

AWA - AMERICAN WRESTLING ASSOCIATION

  • 10 TIME AWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
  • 4 TIME AWA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPION

1 WITH MOOSE EVANS

1 WITH THE CRUSHER

1 WITH BILLY ROBINSON

1 WITH MAD DOG VACHON

EVENTS WON

  • NONE

AWARDS

WWE - WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT

  • 2006 WWE HALL OF FAME

 

PWI - PRO WRESTLING ILLUSTRATED

  • 1986 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

 

WCW - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

  • 1993 WCW HALL OF FAME

PERSONAL INFORMATION

  • BIRTH NAME - LAVERNE CLARENCE GAGNE
  • DATE OF BIRTH - 02.26.1926
  • PLACE OF BIRTH - CORCORAN, MINNESOTA, USA
  • DATE OF DEATH - 04.27.2015 (AGED 89)
  • PLACE OF DEATH - BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, USA
  • KNOWN RELATIVES - 

GREG GAGNE - SON