NWA Roster in 1949: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1949. This includes the list of all NWA Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Rosters, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in National Wrestling Alliance.
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1949NWA: All (24)
Angelo Poffo
Angelo Savoldi
Antonino Rocca
Arnold Skaaland
Baron Michele Leone
Buddy Rogers
Freddie Blassie
Gorgeous George
Jim Londos
Johnny Barend
Johnny Valentine
June Byers
Lord Blears
Lou Thesz
Mae Young
Mildred Burke
Nick Gulas
Paul Boesch
Pinkie George
Primo Carnera
Reggie Lisowski
Sam Muchnick
Verne Gagne
Wladek Kowalski
Men
Women
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship | | Lou Thesz
Awarded of the title when Orville Brown suffered career-ending injuries in an automobile accident on November 1, 1949. During this reign, Leo Nomellini defeated Lou Thesz and both wrestlers continued to claim the title, then Thesz defeated Nomellini in a rematch. These two title changes were not officially recognized. | 34+
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Orville Brown
On July 14, 1948, NWA was founded in Waterloo, Iowa and Brown was recognized as the first official NWA World Heavyweight Champion. At the time of the founding of the NWA, Brown already held MWA World Heavyweight Championship and Iowa version of NWA World Heavyweight Championship; during the reign, the two titles were unified into the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. | 692
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship |  | Leroy McGuirk
McGuirk previously defeated John Swenski on 1939-06-19 in California to win a version of the title; he was then recognized as junior heavyweight champion by NWA during its 1949 Convention. McGuirk later defeats Billy Goelz to unify the Iowa version of the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship into both the mainline NWA and National Wrestling Association's World Junior Heavyweight Championships. | 36+
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Billy Goelz
NWA withdrew its recognition of Goelz as champion on 1949-11-25. | 446
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NWA World Middleweight Championship | Tarzán López
| 217+
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Mike Kelly
| 411
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NWA World Welterweight Championship | Gory Guerrero
| 246+
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Jack O'Brien
| 804
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