When Mr. Gagne asked me to write a piece in regards to Steve Corino winning the AWA World Championship I saw an opportunity to covey the values of the past into the direction that the company was moving. His moniker of "Mr. Old School" made Corino the ideal subject for such an undertaking. Playing on more than just his "Old School" nickname, I also used his ECW history to connect with modern fans in order to make the AWA World Championship relevant to today's market. I then took it one step further by projecting a "what if" scenario by reflecting on Dan "The Beast" Severn's NWA Worlds title win and how he brought the championship back into the spotlight to give a sense that the AWA title was also about to rise from obscurity to once again become one of the top prizes in the sport of professional wrestling. IS STEVE CORINO THE ONE? You can read my blog as originally posted on awastars.com which has been archived here. https://web.archive.org/web/20071013144111/http://awastars.com/col_corino.html TNTMF, The Boss
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Author: Sean BossmanFrom 2005 to 2008 I was a columnist for the Minneapolis based American Wrestling Association (under the moniker of "Sean Bush" claiming to be a spoiled relative of then U.S. President George W. Bush lol) both for the official AWA webite as well as their short lived printed magazine. In order to differentiate myself from other columnists, I avoided writing straight ahead pieces about the here and now and instead wrote everything from a historical perspective always referencing the AWA's grand legacy in correspondence to where the company was going. Mr. Gagne appreciated my unique style so much that he assigned me to write the opening article for the first issue of the newly launched AWA magazine. Archives
August 2008
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