NWA Roster in 1954: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1954. 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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1954

NWA: All (57)

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Women

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Lou Thesz

Won: November 27, 1949

1860+ days

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.

1860+

days

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	Polo Torres Won: November 19, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show 42+ days	42+ days
	The Sheik Won: October 22, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show 28 days	28 days
	Ed Francis Won: July 27, 1954 Texas \| House show 87 days	87 days
	Johnny Valentine Won: July 22, 1954 Texas \| House show 5 days	5 days
	Ed Francis Won: June 11, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show 41 days	41 days
	Enrique Guzmán Won: May 21, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show 21 days	21 days
	Bull Curry Won: May 7, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show 14 days	14 days
	Ray Gunkel Won: February 18, 1953 Austin, Texas \| House show 443 days Defeated Mr. Moto to win the vacant title.	443 days

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship	Joe Christie Won: October 15, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show 77+ days	77+ days
	Johnny Valentine Won: September 21, 1954 Dallas, Texas \| House show 24 days	24 days
	Joe Christie Won: September 14, 1954 Dallas, Texas \| House show 7 days	7 days
	Rito Romero Won: June 1, 1954 Texas \| House show 105 days It is not clear who Romero defeated to win the championship	105 days
	Don Evans Won: April 8, 1954 Texas \| House show 54 days It is not clear who Don Evans defeated to win the championship	54 days
	Danny Savich Won: October 1, 1953 Texas \| House show 189 days	189 days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Verne Gagne

Won: September 3, 1953

Chicago, Illinois | House show

484+ days

Gagne was awarded the championship

484+

days

NWA United States Tag Team Championship

The Dusek Family Ernie Dusek & Emil Dusek

Won: December 6, 1942

Houston, Texas | House Show

4408+ days

The Duseks were billed as “team match champions of the nation”, listed as a possible predecessor to the American Tag Team Championship

4408+

days

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship	Rito Romero & Pepe Mendietta Rito Romero & Pepe Mendietta Won: November 12, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show 49+ days	49+ days
	Roy Shire & The Great Scott Roy Shire & The Great Scott Won: October 12, 1954 Dallas, Texas \| House show 31 days	31 days
	Rito Romero & George Drake Rito Romero & George Drake Won: October 1, 1954 Texas \| House show 11 days	11 days
	Duke Keomuka & Don Evans Duke Keomuka & Don Evans Won: August 3, 1954 Texas \| House show 59 days	59 days
	Rito Romero & Sugi Sito Rito Romero & Sugi Sito Won: May 15, 1954 San Antonio, Texas \| House show 80 days	80 days
	Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Krauser Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Krauser Won: May 4, 1954 Texas \| House show 11 days	11 days
	Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán Won: April 24, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show 10 days	10 days
	Ray Gunkel & Ricki Starr Ray Gunkel & Ricki Starr Won: April 1, 1954 Texas \| House show 23 days	23 days

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NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship	Vacant Won: November 26, 1954 35+ days	35+ days
	George Becker & Bobby Becker George Becker & Bobby Becker Won: October 12, 1954 Roanoke, Virginia \| House Show 45 days	45 days
	Mr. Moto & Kinji Shibuya Mr. Moto & Kinji Shibuya Won: July 19, 1954 Charlotte, North Carolina \| House Show 85 days	85 days
	Al Smith & John Smith Al Smith & John Smith Won: June 5, 1954 Lenoir, North Carolina \| House Show 44 days	44 days
	George Curtis & Jack Curtis George Curtis & Jack Curtis Won: May 29, 1954 Lenoir, North Carolina \| House Show 7 days	7 days
	Al Smith & John Smith Al Smith & John Smith Won: September 9, 1953 Tennessee \| House Show 262 days	262 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Pat O'Connor & Tony BaillargeonPat O'Connor & Tony Baillargeon

Won: June 20, 1953

Saint Paul, Minnesota | House show

559+ days

559+

days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Baron Michele Leone

Won: August 17, 1953

Memphis, TN | House show

501+ days

501+

days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Frank Stojack

Won: August 10, 1953

Spokane, Washington | Live event

508+ days

508+

days

NWA World Middleweight Championship

El Santo

Won: January 1, 1954

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

364+ days

364+

days

Sugi Sito

Won: June 20, 1953

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

195 days

195

days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Blue Demon

Won: July 25, 1953

Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL 20 Aniversario

524+ days

524+

days

NWA Women's Championship

June Byers

Won: August 20, 1954

Atlanta, GA | Live event

133+ days

The commission stopped the 2 out 3 Falls Match between Burke and Byers at the end of the second fall, stripped Burke of the title and awarded it to Byers.

133+

days

Mildred Burke

Won: January 1, 1950

Live event

1692 days

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.

1692

days

NWA World Women's Championship

June Byers

Won: August 20, 1954

Atlanta, GA | House show

133+ days

Byers defeated Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship and continues to be recognized by AWA after it splits from NWA in 1960.

133+

days

NWA Minnesota Women's Championship

Vacant

Won: January 1, 1954

364+ days

Title vacant.

364+

days

Ramona Rundquist

Won: June 3, 1951

Minnesota | House Show

943 days

943

days

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

June Byers & Millie Stafford

Won: December 7, 1954

Live event

24+ days

The titles history is unrecorded from 1955-05-11 to 1956-03-01.

24+

days

Vacant

Won: August 20, 1954

109 days

The titles were vacated after June Byers won the NWA World Women's Championship.

109

days

June Byers & Mary Jane Mull

Won: December 14, 1953

Birmingham, AB | Live event

249 days

249

days

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Texas Steve · 2 hours ago
This is for the Evolve Face/Heel division,
For the faces it's Aaron Rourke, Timothy Thatcher,and Karmen Petrovic.
For the heels it's Braxton Cole, Keanu Carver,Chantel Monroe,and Kali Armstrong.
Also Lince Dorado should be put off screen since he hasn't been on Evolve since June
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Jey zeen · 14 hours ago
El Hijo Del Vikingo has an active contract with WWE compared to the rest of the AAA roster who are under separate contracts. He should be listed on the WWE roster as inactive possibly
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smah · 19 hours ago
WWE has signed sean legacy to NXT
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Central · 22 hours ago
The vision gotta be mid-card besides bron breakker ngl
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Vishnoah · 1 days ago
Judgment faction become tweener
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smah · 1 days ago
finn is face or tweener
natalya is heel
je'von doesn't actually seem to be injured, reports are saying that he is probably fine
i also agree with penta & dragon lee moved to upper card with rey, either that or the vision should be moved to mid card, which wouldn't be crazy because none of them are fighting for world titles after bron lost to punk and that feud seems to be done (for now at least)
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fWRENzy's return! · 1 days ago
hey guys im back
who is your pick for the royal rumble?
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @fWRENzy's return! Bron Breakker
  
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  Wright Hill · 1 days ago
  
  @fWRENzy's return! Hey, fWRENzy! Good to see you.
  
  I would go with Bron Breakker as well, But I feel as if Oba Femi Or even possibly LA Knight are really good contenters.
  
  As for women, Liv Morgan or Bianca Belair.
  
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright Hill Oh, yeah! Almost forgot about the Women's rumble! Yeah, probably Bianca if she returns
  
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Annia S. Barrón · 1 days ago
i am pretty sure finn now is a babyface or a tweener as he showed respect to Punk and also aknowledge the crowd. And maybe this is my opinion but if rey mysterio is upper card may put penta and dragon lee as well since they are feuding with the vision
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Micah K · 1 days ago
Finn is either a face or a tweaner the reason why is showed respect to cm punk after the match. Or you could just say last week acted less heelish to earn his spot for the world heavyweight championship
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jackson · 1 days ago
Finn Balor definitely tweener
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Ali Daghestani · 1 days ago
Natalya turned heel like 3 minutes ago.
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @Ali Daghestani She did? Was it something to do with Maxxine? I know they were teaming up months ago
  
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  jackson · 1 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Yea put Becky’s leg on the rope when Maxxine almost won it
  
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Max · 1 days ago
Luca crusifino returned last week
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Davey Castegnaro · 2 days ago
Forgot to mention this in an older comment from last week. But Lena Kross has signed with AEW
She'll also most need a profile for the AEW roster as well.
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Joshua Araujo

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New card position data (and images) for the profiles of Powerhouse Hobbs and Mae Young!

https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/will-hobbs

https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/mae-young
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  Wright Hill · 2 days ago
  
  @Joshua Araujo That's awesome. Could you do King Kong Bundy?
  
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  @Wright Hill Sure! I was planning to updating another profile on Tuesday
  
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Bee · 2 days ago
Trey Miguel is taking a break from wrestling and is no longer under contract with AEW. Rascalz are still together, however.
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  Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
  
  @Bee No he's apart of the Rascalz & is in AEW just because he didn't appear doesn't mean he wont maybe he just couldn't make it for the show last night
  
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  Bee · 2 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Are you sure? I'd like for it not to be true, but his Wikipedia and articles say different. "On January 14, 2026 at Dynamite: Maximum Carnage, AEW aired a video teasing The Rascalz's arrival. However on January 18, Miguel announced that he would be taking a hiatus from professional wrestling and was later reported to have been released from AEW."
  
  I'm hoping you're right and he's still with AEW though.
  
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Jey zeen · 2 days ago
I do not know how long Jonathan Cruz aka Serpentico has been partnered with MJF on AEW but I believe he's currently a tweener
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Jey zeen · 3 days ago
Hangman Adam Page, Speedball Mike Bailey, and Kevin Knight are NEW AEW World Trios Champions
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Davey Castegnaro · 3 days ago
Both Mike Bennett & Satnam Singh over on the AEW roster are both inactive. Neither one of them have been featured on AEW Television in a hot minute.
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  Joshua Araujo
  
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  @Davey Castegnaro Satnam Singh still wrestles on ROH regularly, even if it's not AEW TV, he still actively wrestles for the company. Bennett I have no idea where he's at, so you're right I think he may need to be marked inactive
  
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LewisBell072003 · 3 days ago
Santos Escobar has returned on Lucha Libre AAA.
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Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
You guys need to change up somethings in AEW
First GYV are heel after Worlds End on December 27th 2025
Then Eddie Kingston's Finishers need to be changed he no longer uses American D, Sliding D, & Royal Flush and has been using the Northern lights bomb (Scoop Brainbuster) since June 14th 2023
Eddie Kingston & Ortiz are back as a tag team and Ortiz uses a Fisherman Buster as his finisher now
Beef is still in RoH apart of The Workhorsemen
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NWA Roster in 1954: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (57)

Men

Women

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

Polo Torres

Ed Francis

Ed Francis

Enrique Guzmán

Bull Curry

Ray Gunkel

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

Joe Christie

Joe Christie

Rito Romero

Don Evans

Danny Savich

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Tag Team Championship

The Dusek Family Ernie Dusek & Emil Dusek

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship

Rito Romero & Pepe Mendietta Rito Romero & Pepe Mendietta

Roy Shire & The Great Scott Roy Shire & The Great Scott

Rito Romero & George Drake Rito Romero & George Drake

Duke Keomuka & Don Evans Duke Keomuka & Don Evans

Rito Romero & Sugi Sito Rito Romero & Sugi Sito

Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Krauser Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Krauser

Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán

Ray Gunkel & Ricki Starr Ray Gunkel & Ricki Starr

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship

George Becker & Bobby Becker George Becker & Bobby Becker

Mr. Moto & Kinji Shibuya Mr. Moto & Kinji Shibuya

Al Smith & John Smith Al Smith & John Smith

George Curtis & Jack Curtis George Curtis & Jack Curtis

Al Smith & John Smith Al Smith & John Smith

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Pat O'Connor & Tony BaillargeonPat O'Connor & Tony Baillargeon

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Frank Stojack

NWA World Middleweight Championship

Sugi Sito

NWA World Welterweight Championship

NWA Women's Championship

NWA World Women's Championship

NWA Minnesota Women's Championship

Ramona Rundquist

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

June Byers & Millie Stafford

June Byers & Mary Jane Mull

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