Bockwinkel was a great promo and in-ring performer. Nick Bockwinkel defended the AWA Championship against Andre the Giant multiple times, including a sixty-minute time-limit draw in 1979.

Nick Bockwinkel is such a man ... Larry Zbyszko and Bruiser Brody to fellow Hall of Famers Jerry Lawler, Andre The Giant and Hulk Hogan, Bockwinkel was not afraid to put the gold on the line ...