(Special thanks to an anonymous user for suggesting several of these matches. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) The mid to late 1980s were not kind to the American Wrestling Association. As Hulk Hogan & the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection propelled the WWF while WCW was gaining steam behind Ric Flair, the AWA took a noticeable backseat as the territory days were coming to an end. Essentially, the company would become what ECW would be during the Attitude Era and what Ring of Honor would be after that; a third promotion whose talent would get poached by the bigger companies. It was this status that led to the AWA forming a partnership with two other declining promotions, the Jerry Jarrett & Jerry Lawler-owned Championship Wrestling Association (the former Continental Wrestling Association) and Fritz Von Erich's World Class Wrestling Association (the former World Class Championship Wrestling.) With the CWA ...