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In what year did Curt Hennig defeat Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship?

  • 1985

  • 1986

  • 1987

  • 1988

Answer

In 1987, Curt Hennig defeated Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Hennig had been a rising star in the AWA for several years, and he was considered to be the future of the company. Bockwinkel was the reigning champion, and he was a veteran of the wrestling business. The match between Hennig and Bockwinkel was a highly anticipated one, and it lived up to the hype.
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