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 Texas Heavyweight Championship![]() | Duke Keomuka
| 30+
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Pepper Gomez
| 118
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Mr. Moto
Sometime after July 12, 1955. | 35
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Polo Torres
| 224
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Verne Gagne
Gagne was awarded the championship | 849+
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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 | 4773+
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NWA Texas Tag Team Championship![]() | Duke Keomuka & Tiny Mills Duke Keomuka & Tiny Mills
| 19+
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Ray Gunkel & Wilbur Snyder Ray Gunkel & Wilbur Snyder
| 52
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Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich
| 17
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Rito Romero & Pepper Gomez Rito Romero & Pepper Gomez
| 68
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Hard Boiled Haggerty & Stu Gibson Hard Boiled Haggerty & Stu Gibson
| 55
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Larry Chene & Raul Zapata Larry Chene & Raul Zapata
| 24
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Maurice Vachon & Pierre LaSalle Maurice Vachon & Pierre LaSalle
| 39
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Rito Romero & Pepe Mendietta Rito Romero & Pepe Mendietta
| 140
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NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Vacant
| 400+
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NWA World Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() | Pat O'Connor & Tony BaillargeonPat O'Connor & Tony Baillargeon
| 924+
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NWA International Tag Team Championship![]() | Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff
Claim the title "after winning tournaments in Canada, South America, and various European countries" (Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, 55-11-01); start claiming World Title sometime after 56-01-03 and defeat another claimant team Lord Athol Layton & Bobby Managoff on 56-03-06 in Minneapolis, MN. | 91+
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Hans Schnabel & Lou Newman Hans Schnabel & Lou Newman
Billed as champions in St. Cloud, Minnesota. | 255
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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 Texas Brass Knuckles Championship![]() | Duke Keomuka
| 25+
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Danny Savich
It is not clear who Savich defeated to win the championship | 5
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Bull Curry
| 261
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Joe Christie
| 151
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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 World Women's Championship![]() | ![]() | June Byers
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. | 498+
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NWA Minnesota Women's Championship![]() | Shirley Strimple
Defeats Lorraine Johnson to win the vacant championship. | 1+
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![]() | Vacant
Title vacant. | 728
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NWA World Ladies 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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