what was Nick Bockwinkle’s relationship with the AWA? He never transitioned to the WWE, did he?
I remember him doing commentary for a short time in the WWF in the mid-80’s.
Yeah, but not as a wrestler; he worked in booking if I recall, and did some color commentary in place of Bobby Heenan a few times. He did wrestle a “Legends” card a couple of times (once with WCW and once with WWF) but for the most part stayed in the back-office, even trying to get a shoot-promotion to fly in Japan.
He was the long time AWA champion. But, he was in 50s, though, when the WWE took off and too old to get a huge contract by switching over.