NWA Roster in 1950: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1950. 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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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. | 399+
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NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship![]() | Danny McShain
| 16+
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Rito Romero
| 49
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![]() | Verne Gagne
| 49
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Miguel Guzmán
| 32
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Sonny Myers
Defeated Rito Romero. | 38
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Rito Romero
| 24
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Danny McShain
| 32
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Miguel Guzmán
| 21
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship![]() | The Dusek Family Ernie Dusek & Emil Dusek
The Duseks were billed as “team match champions of the nation”, listed as a possible predecessor to the American Tag Team Championship | 2947+
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NWA Texas Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() | Killer KowalskKiller Kowalski
Won a handicap match against the champions. | 20+
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Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich
| 11
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Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán
Defeated Red Berry and Danny McShain and later Defeated Al Lovelock and Danny McShain for the title on March 14, 1950. | 272
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Rogers & Otto Kuss Rogers & Otto Kuss
| 1747
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NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship![]() | Eddie Gossett & Tex Riley Eddie Gossett & Tex Riley
| 10+
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Masked Bat & Finis Hall Masked Bat & Finis Hall
The Masked Bat was unmasked by Welch and revealed as Danny Dusek | 36
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Eddie Gossett & Roy Welch Eddie Gossett & Roy Welch
| 104
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Wild Bill Canny & Buddy Knox Wild Bill Canny & Buddy Knox
| 238
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Verne Gagne
Defeated Sonny Myers in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | 48+
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![]() | Vacant
The title was vacated after Leroy McGuirk retired due to being blinded in a car accident. | 279
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![]() | 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. | 74
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NWA World Middleweight Championship![]() | Sugi Sito
| 101+
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Tarzán López
| 481
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NWA World Welterweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Gory Guerrero
| 611+
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NWA Women's Championship![]() | ![]() | Mildred Burke
Burke defeated Clara Mortensen in 1937 to win the original version of the Women's World Championship, and due to her victory she was recognized as the inaugural NWA Women's Champion in 1950. | 364+
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NWA Minnesota Women's Championship![]() | Ramona Rundquist
Billed as champion in St. Paul, Minnesota. | 274+
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