NWA Roster in 1960: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

National Wrestling Alliance: Rosters History Database

On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1960. 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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1960

NWA: All (91)

"High Chief" Peter Maivia

J. Wellington Radcliffe

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Pat O'Connor

Won: January 9, 1959 St. Louis, MO | House show

During this reign, Gene LeBell defeated O'Connor, but then he struck a Texas wrestling commissioner with the title belt and the decision was reversed. The title was returned to O'Connor and these two title changes were not recognized.

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NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	Ciclon Negro Won: September 29, 1960 Texas \| House show	93+ days
	Danny McShain Won: September 10, 1960 Texas \| House show	19 days
	Torbellino Blanco Won: September 2, 1960 Houston, Texas \| House show	8 days
	Don Leo Jonathan Won: July 22, 1960 Houston, Texas \| House show	42 days
	Torbellino Blanco Won: July 6, 1960 San Antonio, Texas \| House show	16 days
	Duke Keomuka Won: June 22, 1960 San Antonio, Texas \| House show	14 days
	Torbellino Blanco Won: May 10, 1960 Dallas, Texas \| House show	43 days
	Danny McShain Won: April 26, 1960 Dallas, Texas \| House show	14 days

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NWA Louisiana State Championship	Vacant Won: September 1, 1960	121+ days
	Adrien Baillargeon Won: February 14, 1960 Louisiana \| Live Show	200 days
	Firpo Zybysko Won: January 14, 1960	31 days
	Mickey Sharpe Won: November 5, 1959 New Orleans, Louisiana \| Live Show Defeats Firpo Zybysko in tournament final.	70 days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

Won: April 20, 1960

Rogers was recognized as the inaugural holder of the Northeast version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.

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NWA International Heavyweight Championship

Antonino Rocca

Won: July 2, 1959 New York, NY | House Show

Defeated Buddy Rogers to win the new title.

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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tor Yamata

Won: April 24, 1958 Chattanooga, TN | House show

The title history is unrecorded from 1958-04-24 to July 1971.

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NWA United States Television Championship	Johnny Valentine Won: September 22, 1960 Richmond, Virginia \| CWC House show	100+ days
	Kurt Von Heidleberg Won: August 15, 1960 Richmond, Virginia \| CWC House show	38 days
	Johnny Valentine Won: April 7, 1959 Baltimore, Maryland \| CWC House show	496 days

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship	Bull Curry Won: December 10, 1960 Beaumont, Texas \| House show	21+ days
	Danny McShain Won: November 10, 1960 Texas \| House show It is not clear who McShain defeated to win the championship	30 days
	Vacant Won: July 1, 1960 Championship vacated for undocumented reasons	132 days
	Tony Borne Won: June 13, 1960 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show	18 days
	Bull Curry Won: May 5, 1960 Texas \| House show It is not clear who Curry defeated to win the championship	39 days
	Danny McShain Won: December 11, 1959 Houston, Texas \| House show Defeated Mr. Moto	146 days

AWA United States Heavyweight Championship		Vacant Won: August 16, 1960 Vacated when Gagne won AWA World Heavyweight Championship.	95 days
AWA United States Heavyweight Championship		Verne Gagne Won: April 12, 1958 Chicago, Illinois \| House show The title was split from the original championship, which retained the same joint lineage in the Chicago territory. Minneapolis version renamed "AWA United States Championship" in 1960.	857 days

NWA United States Tag Team Championship	The Fabulous KangaroosAl Costello & Roy Heffernan Won: December 8, 1960 Washington, D.C. \| House Show Defeated Chief Big Heart & Johnny Valentine to win the titles.	23+ days
	"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers & Johnny Valentine Won: November 19, 1960 Teaneck, NJ \| House Show	19 days
	The Fabulous KangaroosAl Costello & Roy Heffernan Won: August 24, 1960 Bridgeport, CT \| House Show	87 days
	The Bastiens Brothers Lou Bastien & Red Bastien Won: August 8, 1960 Washington, D.C. \| House Show	16 days
	The Fabulous KangaroosAl Costello & Roy Heffernan Won: July 21, 1960 Washington, D.C. \| House Show	18 days
	The Bastiens Brothers Lou Bastien & Red Bastien Won: April 23, 1960 Chicago, IL \| House Show	89 days
	The Golden GrahamsEddie Graham & Dr. Jerry Graham Won: April 16, 1960 New Haven, CT \| House Show	7 days
	The Bastiens Brothers Lou Bastien & Red Bastien Won: April 2, 1960 New Haven, CT \| House Show	14 days

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NWA World Tag Team Championship

Antonino Rocca and Miguel PérezAntonino Rocca & Miguel Pérez

Won: March 30, 1957 New York City, NY | Manhattan Wrestling Enterprises

This was two-out-of-three falls match, in which Rocca and Pérez won 2–1.

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NWA Texas Tag Team Championship	Maurice Vachon & Duke Keomuka Won: December 31, 1960 Texas \| House show	0+ days
	Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco Won: December 25, 1960 Houston, Texas \| House show	6 days
	Sputnik Monroe Danny McShain Won: December 19, 1960 Texas \| House show	6 days
	Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco Won: November 15, 1960 Dallas, Texas \| House show	34 days
	Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon Won: November 8, 1960 Dallas, Texas \| House show	7 days
	Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco Won: September 27, 1960 Texas \| House show	42 days
	Tony Borne & Danny McShain Won: July 15, 1960 Houston, Texas \| House show Defeated Torbellino Blanco and El Gladiador.	74 days
	Vacant Won: July 15, 1960 championship vacated for undocumented reasons	0 days

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NWA World Tag Team Championship	Pepper Gomez & Wilbur Snyder Won: September 1, 1960 Blanco gave his half to Snyder	121+ days
	Pepper Gomez & Torbellino Blanco Won: May 1, 1960 Texas \| House show	123 days
	Danny McShain & Joe Christie Won: April 1, 1960 Houston, Texas \| House show	30 days
	Hogan Wharton & Adnon Kaisy Won: February 12, 1960 Houston, Texas \| House show	49 days
	Joe Christie & Man Mountain Managoff Won: January 29, 1960 Houston, Texas \| House show	14 days
	Pepper Gomez & Ciclone Anaya Won: December 8, 1959 Dallas, Texas \| House show	52 days

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship	Don Fields & Luke Fields Won: April 25, 1960 Tennessee \| House Show	250+ days
	Joe Hamilton & Joe McCarthy Won: April 20, 1960 Mobile, Alabama \| House Show The Corsicas are billed as champions in Blytheville, Arkansas, as of March 7, 1960.	5 days
	Bobby Fields & Don Fields Won: February 22, 1960 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	58 days
	The Corsicans Corsica Jean & Corsica Joe Won: January 4, 1960 Tennessee \| House Show	49 days
	Bobby Fields & Don Fields Won: November 11, 1959 Mobile, Alabama \| House Show	54 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	Murder Incorporated Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills Won: August 16, 1960 Minneapolis, Minnesota \| House show Murder Incorporated were awarded the championship when Leo Nomellini returned to the NFL. Became the first AWA World Tag Team Champions when AWA stopped recognizing NWA champions.	49 days
	Verne Gagne Leo Nomellini Won: July 19, 1960 Minneapolis, Minnesota \| House show	28 days
	Murder Incorporated Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills Won: March 5, 1960 Murder Incorporated claimed to be International Tag Team champions in 1959, awarded the world title on this date. The Minneapolis promotion withdraws from NWA and forms American Wrestling Association in May but initially recognize NWA champions.	136 days
	Vacant Won: September 2, 1959 The championship was vacated when Leo Nomellini returned to play for the San Francisco 49ers in 1959.	185 days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship		Danny Hodge Won: July 22, 1960 Oklahoma City, OK \| House show	162+ days
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship		Angelo Savoldi Won: August 21, 1959 Oklahoma City, OK \| House show	336 days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship		Gory Guerrero Won: July 30, 1960 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	154+ days
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship		Ray Mendoza Won: September 11, 1959 Guadalajara, Jalisco \| Live event	323 days

NWA World Middleweight Championship		René Guajardo Won: October 13, 1960 Monterrey, Nuevo León \| Live event	79+ days
NWA World Middleweight Championship		Rolando Vera Won: October 19, 1956 Monterrey, Nuevo León \| Live event	1455 days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Karloff Lagarde

Won: January 31, 1958 Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL show

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NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956 Baltimore, MD | Live Event

During this reigns the following title changes took place: Bette Boucher, then The Fabulous Moolah, then Yukiko Tomoe, then The Fabulous Moolah, then Evelyn Stevens, then The Fabulous Moolah; however, WWE recognizes Moolah's reign as being uninterrupted until 1984. The title was known as the NWA World Women's Championship until May 19, 1984, when Moolah sold the rights to the championship to the WWF, and the title was renamed to WWF Women's Championship.

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NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956 Baltimore, MD | Live event

Won a 13-Woman Battle Royal to win the vacant title.

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NWA United States Women's Championship

Nell Stewart

Won: July 7, 1959 Knoxville, TN

The title history is unrecorded from 1957-12-03 to 1959-07-07, and then from 1959-07-07 to 1961-09-24.

543+

days

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

Kay Noble & Lolita Martinez

Won: December 4, 1958 Amarillo, TX | Live event

The titles history is unrecorded from 1958-06-16 to 1958-12-04, and then from 1958-12-04 to 1961-11-23. As of 1959-02-24, Penny Banner is listed as a co-holder of the titles, since she wasn't involved in losing them.

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Eric Young has returned to WWE as a backstage producer for NXT.
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Yansy Martínez · 1 hours ago
Big Mami just returned to triple AAA it has been years since I last saw her can you add her pls
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Nkrst · 5 hours ago
Big Mami returned to AAA as a face because she attacked Karmen Petrovic
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MrAicrow · 10 hours ago
Last Outfit, Who chose that name lol
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 10 hours ago
Big Mami is in AAA. or has been this is her first appearance under the WWE ownership
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Draysin Martin · 13 hours ago
The Bang Bang Gang & the Dogs new Super faction is called the Last outfit...... And Here I thought WWE was bad with women, AEW is bad with naming new tag teams & factions. Bullet Club was right there.
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  MrAicrow · 10 hours ago
  
  @Draysin Martin The Last Outfit, What does that even mean?
  
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Roy · 1 days ago
and i’m still not convinced that johnny and candice are faces.
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  Draysin Martin · 21 hours ago
  
  @Roy They Are still faces, eventually they will turn on Sami.
  
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  Roy · 21 hours ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Hmmm… makes sense now.
  
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Roy · 1 days ago
Giulia loses
Alexa and Tatum loses
What are the WWE creatives even doing?
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  MrAicrow · 20 hours ago
  
  @Roy WWE doesn't know how to book Women
  
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  @MrAicrow Agreed, especially Roxxane Perez. this is not me being a Roxxane Perez Stan, but I feel like eversince debuting WWE has just thrown her away, like Jevon Evans is in a feud with an upper card faction, Sol Ruca won the women's intercontinental championship a over a month after debuting on the main roster, Jacy Jayne won the women's United States championship in august, Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid won the Women's tag championships a month earlier in July, Trick Williams was on the main roster since June & has already won the US Title, Twice! Stephanie Vaquer was women's world champion Twice also, Giulia was women's US champ twice. But what about Roxxane? The women's tag titles do not count because she was just a replacement when Liv Morgan got injured. but since then she has been on a losing streak more wins than loses this year, I hope it changes by next year maybe the trigger she trust on judgement day happens at Crown Jewel.
  
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  @Draysin Martin most of the NXT stars that only recently joined the main roster get more wins than those who i really think deserve those wins. I havent seen giulia win a single title shot or any match ever since she lost that title to tiffany stratton. roxanne perez face turn cldve also been great since finn balor was released from the judgment day.. and it still baffles me that tiffy won that mitb case again instead of either lola vice or roxanne perez (she cld cash on liv someday and turn face.) i really havent since jordynne grace since 2-3 months back which i find it upsetting because her skillset was actually good. do i even need to talk about how alexa looks like a jobber now? in this case i see Mr Aicrow’s point ab creatives losing their minds not knowing how to book the womens side of wrestling.
  
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Cody v Randy, Last Man Standing, Crown Jewel
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B-Fab and Michin are WWE Women's Tag team champions

Why.
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The Dungeon was dissolved
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Noam Dar isn't on Evolve.
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Jordynne Grace has been inactive she was last seen on the June 18th episode of Main Event
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Keith Meyer · 3 days ago
Please put the perfection of reflection 🪞 Chantal Monroe in nxt she had like a little vinyet and had a backstage segment
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  @Keith Meyer Why are you guys down voted me for saying something that is true
  
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  @Keith Meyer Because they are desperate for attention. tell me I'm wrong.
  
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  @Keith Meyer bots. And one of those downvoters cld be Chad
  
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so ilja dragunov’s H bomb is called D bomb now.
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The Bang Bang Gang have turned Heel, Gabe Kidd is out of the Dogs, & it seems the Dogs & Bang Bang Gang have reformed Bullet Club.
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  @Draysin Martin Can we say it's a reformation confirmed?
  
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NWA Roster in 1960: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (91)

Men

Women

Teams

The Corsicans

The Fabulous Kangaroos

The Golden Grahams

Rikidozan and Toyonobori

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

Ciclon Negro

Danny McShain

Torbellino Blanco

Don Leo Jonathan

Torbellino Blanco

Duke Keomuka

Torbellino Blanco

Danny McShain

NWA Louisiana State Championship

Adrien Baillargeon

Firpo Zybysko

Mickey Sharpe

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA International Heavyweight Championship

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tor Yamata

NWA United States Television Championship

Kurt Von Heidleberg

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

Bull Curry

Danny McShain

Tony Borne

Bull Curry

Danny McShain

AWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Tag Team Championship

The Fabulous KangaroosAl Costello & Roy Heffernan

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers & Johnny Valentine

The Fabulous KangaroosAl Costello & Roy Heffernan

The Bastiens Brothers Lou Bastien & Red Bastien

The Fabulous KangaroosAl Costello & Roy Heffernan

The Bastiens Brothers Lou Bastien & Red Bastien

The Golden GrahamsEddie Graham & Dr. Jerry Graham

The Bastiens Brothers Lou Bastien & Red Bastien

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Antonino Rocca and Miguel PérezAntonino Rocca & Miguel Pérez

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship

Maurice Vachon & Duke Keomuka

Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco

Sputnik Monroe Danny McShain

Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco

Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon

Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco

Tony Borne & Danny McShain

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Pepper Gomez & Wilbur Snyder

Pepper Gomez & Torbellino Blanco

Danny McShain & Joe Christie

Hogan Wharton & Adnon Kaisy

Joe Christie & Man Mountain Managoff

Pepper Gomez & Ciclone Anaya

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship

Don Fields & Luke Fields

Joe Hamilton & Joe McCarthy

Bobby Fields & Don Fields

The Corsicans Corsica Jean & Corsica Joe

Bobby Fields & Don Fields

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Murder Incorporated Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills

Verne Gagne Leo Nomellini

Murder Incorporated Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Ray Mendoza

NWA World Middleweight Championship

René Guajardo

Rolando Vera

NWA World Welterweight Championship