However, weekly AWA shows were not treated with any priority by the cable network, sometimes being delayed, preempted by live programming, or suffering from occasional changes in time slot, making it difficult for fans to tune in on a regular basis.
Following the disastrous Team Challenge Series,[2][3] the AWA lost its contract with ESPN and became virtually inactive by late 1990.
However, in early 1985, AWA promoter Verne Gagne made the decision to hold some television tapings at the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Rod Trongard's voice was featured on the AWA's weekly ESPN broadcasts, reaching millions of homes around the world.
[6][7] Ralph Strangis' earliest national exposure was as play-by-play man and ring announcer for the American Wrestling Association on ESPN,[8] where he worked alongside Lee Marshall,[9] and later Eric Bischoff,[10] in the waning days of that promotion.