NWA Roster in 1955: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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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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1955

NWA: All (68)

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

Ted the Wrestling Bear

Toots Mondt

Verne Gagne

Vincent J. McMahon

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Lou Thesz

Won: November 27, 1949

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+

days

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	Duke Keomuka Won: December 1, 1955 Texas \| House show	30+ days
	Pepper Gomez Won: August 5, 1955 Houston, Texas \| House show	118 days
	Mr. Moto Won: July 1, 1955 Texas \| House show Sometime after July 12, 1955.	35 days
	Polo Torres Won: November 19, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show	224 days

NWA Louisiana State Championship	Jack Curtis Won: November 4, 1955 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	57+ days
	Chief Apache Won: August 21, 1955 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	75 days
	Bob Corby Won: June 18, 1955 Lake Charles, Louisiana \| Live Show Wins a 12-man tournament.	64 days
	Vacant Won: August 26, 1946 Title vacated	3218 days

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship	Duke Keomuka Won: December 6, 1955 Dallas, Texas \| House show	25+ days
	Danny Savich Won: December 1, 1955 Texas \| House show It is not clear who Savich defeated to win the championship	5 days
	Bull Curry Won: March 15, 1955 Texas \| House show	261 days
	Joe Christie Won: October 15, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show	151 days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Verne Gagne

Won: September 3, 1953 Chicago, Illinois | House show

Gagne was awarded the championship

849+

days

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship	Duke Keomuka & Tiny Mills Won: December 12, 1955 Ft. Worth, Texas \| House show	19+ days
	Ray Gunkel & Wilbur Snyder Won: October 21, 1955 Houston, Texas \| House show	52 days
	Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich Won: October 4, 1955 Dallas, Texas \| House show	17 days
	Rito Romero & Pepper Gomez Won: July 28, 1955 Galveston, Texas \| House show	68 days
	Hard Boiled Haggerty & Stu Gibson Won: June 3, 1955 Houston, Texas \| House show	55 days
	Larry Chene & Raul Zapata Won: May 10, 1955 Austin, Texas \| House show	24 days
	Maurice Vachon & Pierre LaSalle Won: April 1, 1955 Texas \| House show	39 days
	Rito Romero & Pepe Mendietta Won: November 12, 1954 Houston, Texas \| House show	140 days

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship

Vacant

Won: November 26, 1954

400+

days

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Pat O'Connor & Tony Baillargeon

Won: June 20, 1953 Saint Paul, Minnesota | House show

924+

days

NWA International Tag Team Championship		Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff Won: October 1, 1955 Minnesota \| House show 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+ days
NWA International Tag Team Championship		Hans Schnabel & Lou Newman Won: January 19, 1955 Minnesota \| House show Billed as champions in St. Cloud, Minnesota.	255 days

NWA World's Three-Man Australian Tag Team Championship		Vacant Won: May 7, 1955 Championship abandoned without a formal announcement.	238+ days
NWA World's Three-Man Australian Tag Team Championship		Pat O'Connor Roy McClarity & Yukon Eric Won: May 6, 1955 Chicago, Illinois \| NWA Chicago Live event Defeated Reggie Lisowski, Art Neilsen and Don Leo Jonathan to be recognized as the inaugural NWA World Three-Man Tag Team champions.	1 day

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship		Ed Francis Won: April 11, 1955 Tulsa, OK \| House show	264+ days
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship		Baron Michele Leone Won: August 17, 1953 Memphis, TN \| House show	602 days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Frank Stojack

Won: August 10, 1953 Spokane, Washington | Live event

873+

days

NWA World Middleweight Championship

El Santo

Won: January 1, 1954 Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

729+

days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Blue Demon

Won: July 25, 1953 Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL 20 Aniversario

889+

days

NWA Women's Championship

June Byers

Won: August 20, 1954 Atlanta, GA | Live event

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+

days

NWA Minnesota Women's Championship		Shirley Strimple Won: December 30, 1955 St. Paul, Minnesota \| House Show Defeats Lorraine Johnson to win the vacant championship.	1+ day
NWA Minnesota Women's Championship		Vacant Won: January 1, 1954 Title vacant.	728 days

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship		Penny Banner & Lorraine Johnson Won: May 11, 1955 Ohio \| Live event 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+ days
NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship		June Byers & Millie Stafford Won: December 7, 1954 Live event The titles history is unrecorded from 1955-05-11 to 1956-03-01.	155 days

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NWA Roster in 1955: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (68)

Men

Women

Teams

Gene Kiniski & James Blears

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

Duke Keomuka

Pepper Gomez

Mr. Moto

Polo Torres

NWA Louisiana State Championship

Jack Curtis

Chief Apache

Bob Corby

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

Duke Keomuka

Danny Savich

Bull Curry

Joe Christie

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship

Duke Keomuka & Tiny Mills

Ray Gunkel & Wilbur Snyder

Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich

Rito Romero & Pepper Gomez

Hard Boiled Haggerty & Stu Gibson

Larry Chene & Raul Zapata

Maurice Vachon & Pierre LaSalle

Rito Romero & Pepe Mendietta

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Pat O'Connor & Tony Baillargeon

NWA International Tag Team Championship

Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff

Hans Schnabel & Lou Newman

NWA World's Three-Man Australian Tag Team Championship

Pat O'Connor Roy McClarity & Yukon Eric

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Ed Francis

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Frank Stojack

NWA World Middleweight Championship

NWA World Welterweight Championship

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Minnesota Women's Championship

Shirley Strimple

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

Penny Banner & Lorraine Johnson

June Byers & Millie Stafford

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