NWA Roster in 1955: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1955. 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. | 2225+
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | Ed Francis
| 264+
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![]() | Baron Michele Leone
| 602
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NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship![]() | Frank Stojack
| 873+
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NWA World Middleweight Championship![]() | ![]() | El Santo
| 729+
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NWA World Welterweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Blue Demon
| 889+
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NWA Women's Championship![]() | ![]() | June Byers
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. | 498+
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NWA Women's Tag Team Championship![]() | Penny Banner & Lorraine Johnson
The titles history is unrecorded from 1955-05-11 to 1956-03-01, and then from 1956-03-01 to 1956-07-30. Banner & Johnson won a tournament to be crowned champions, but it isn't known who they defeated to win the titles. | 234+
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![]() | June Byers & Millie Stafford
The titles history is unrecorded from 1955-05-11 to 1956-03-01. | 155
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