I was a passive watcher of the AWA, even though it originated in MN. I really got into my pro-wrestling phase with the advent of cable TV, when WTBS superstation out of Atlanta used to beam out the National Wrestling Alliance - Georgia Championship Wrestling.
Dusty Rhodes, Chief Wahoo McDaniel, Abdullah the Butcher, Tony Atlas, Mr. Wrestling I & II, Stan Hansen, Tommy Rich...
After the AWA and the NWA both shed their superstars to Vince McMahon's burgeoning WWWF (later WWF then WWE), I used to get a kick out of the cable broadcasts from Madison Square Garden. Once a month, an obscure, brand new cable station that was dark almost all the time, would light up on a Saturday night and bring all the greats together in a live extravaganza. I don't recall whether Vachon was ever a part of those, but some of his contemporaries definitely were.
RIP
