MBWC Roster in 1956: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full MBWC Roster in the year 1956. This includes the list of all MBWC Wrestlers, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in Minneapolis Boxing & Wrestling Club.
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1956AWA: All (5)
Champions
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship | Hans Schmidt
| 73+
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Wilbur Snyder
| 195
| ||
 | Verne Gagne
Gagne was awarded the championship | 947
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NWA World Tag Team Championship |  | Pat O'Connor & Tony BaillargeonPat O'Connor & Tony Baillargeon
| 1290+
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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. | 457+
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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. | 864+
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NWA Minnesota Women's Championship | Shirley Strimple
Defeats Lorraine Johnson to win the vacant championship. | 367+
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