NWA Roster in 1962: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1962. 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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1962

NWA: All (84)

"Blond Bomber" Ray Stevens

J. Wellington Radcliffe

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

Won: June 30, 1961

Chicago, IL | House show

549+ days

During this reign, Bruno Sammartino defeated Rogers but refused to accept the title because Rogers had wrestled with an injury, so the title was returned to Rogers. Also Bobo Brazil refused the title because of a groin injury that Rogers had claimed to have; however Brazil was then declared champion because a doctor had determined that Rogers had not suffered an injury, but this title change is not recognized by NWA (and neither Rogers' rematch win). Also Killer Kowalski defeated Rogers after Rogers broke his ankle; NWA does not recognize any of Rogers' losses.

549+

days

Vacant

Won: June 30, 1961

549+ days

Buddy Rogers vacated the championship after defeating Pat O'Connor for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

549+

days

NWA International Heavyweight Championship

Antonino Rocca

Won: July 2, 1959

New York, NY | House Show

1278+ days

Defeated Buddy Rogers to win the new title.

1278+

days

NWA United States Television Championship

Johnny Valentine

Won: September 22, 1960

Richmond, Virginia | CWC House show

671 days

671

days

NWA United States Tag Team Championship

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers & Johnny Barend

Won: July 5, 1962

Washington, D.C. | Washington DC TV

179+ days

179+

days

Johnny Valentine & Bob Ellis

Won: January 11, 1962

Washington, D.C. | House Show

175 days

175

days

The Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan

Won: December 8, 1960

Washington, D.C. | House Show

399 days

Defeated Chief Big Heart & Johnny Valentine to win the titles.

399

days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Danny Hodge

Won: July 22, 1960

Oklahoma City, OK | House show

892+ days

892+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

2295+ days

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.

2295+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live event

2295+ days

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

2295+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Kathy Starr

Won: October 4, 1961

Honolulu, HI | Live event

453+ days

The title history is unrecorded from 1961-10-04 to 1965-05-01.

453+

days

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship

Adrienne Ames & Pat Lyda

Won: November 23, 1961

Harvey, LA | Live event

403+ days

The titles history is unrecorded from 1958-12-04 to 1961-11-23, and then from 1961-11-23 to 1967-11-02.Lyda were billed as "NWA titlists" when they defeated Chris Clark & Ann Regan (holders of the Southern Women's Tag Team Championship) to become "undisputed women's tag team champions".

403+

days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tor Yamata

Won: April 24, 1958

Chattanooga, TN | House show

1712+ days

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

1712+

days

Extras

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Jackson Conley · 2 hours ago
Tiffany Stratton NEEDS a new render
So does Cody rhodes
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Draysin Martin · 15 hours ago
Anyways here are the Heels for men's division
Mid Card
Action Andretti
Anthony Henry
Anthony ogogo
The Beast mortos
Big Bill
Bishop Kaun
Brandon Cutler
Bryan Keith
Carlie Bravo
Cash Wheeler
Chris Jericho
Claudio Castangoli
Daniel Garcia
Dax Harwood
Dralistico
Gabe Kidd
Hechicero
Josh Alexander
Kazuchika okada
Killswitch
Kip Sabian
Konosuke Takeshita
Kyle Fletcher
Lance Archer
Lee moriarty
Lio Rush
Mark davis
Mr. Instant Replay
Max Caster
Slickity Nickity
Nick wayne
QT Marshall
Ricochet
Rocky romero
Rush
Sammy Guevara
Shane Taylor
Shawn Dean
Toa Liona
Trent Berretta
Wardlow
Wheeler Yuta
Low Card
Face
Angelico
Satnam Singh
Low Card
Heel
Aaron Solo
Ariya Davari
Blake Christian
The Blade
The Butcher
Griff Garrison
Jack jameson
Johnny TV
Josh Woods
Lee Johnson
Mansoor
Mason madden
Preston Vance
Tony Nese
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Wright Hill · 1 days ago
I'll shout it from the rooftops.

EL GRANDE AMERICANO IS THE WWE SPEED CHAMPION.
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  Andy
  
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  · 7 hours ago
  
  @Wright Hill We feel hesitant in assigning the Speed Championship to Kaiser until he actually defends it or shows up with the title. So far the title was never mentioned since Kaiser took the El Grande identity, so it's fair to assume it's still only tied to Gable.
  
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  Wright Hill · 4 hours ago
  
  @Andy Alright.. That's fair, but even 2k25 commentary mentioned it despite them still referring El Grande Americano as Gable. But go back and look at people like Ricochet, Candace LeRae, Andrade, Dragon Lee. They didn't walk around with the title. To my understanding, Sol Ruca is the first to actually carry the title around. Before her, they didn't carry OR respect the title at all.
  Granted it was a Twitter exclusive, which is kind of BS in my opinion and I'm glad it's on NXT now... I enjoy WWE speed, But the fact of the matter is they still mention it as El Grande Americano who holds the title and not Gable. Sure is the same guy, and it's not even Kaiser... But the character holds the title.
  
  I feel like Gable still holding the title It's like if They only mention Diesel being WWE Champ Instead of Kevin Nash. Nash was a five-time WCW Champion, And a one-time WWE champ. WWE calls him a six-time champion.
  
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  Andy
  
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  · 1 hours ago
  
  @Wright Hill We'll see what to do or retcon the Title History once they do something with the current El Grande on NXT.
  
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
Hey AEW needs it's own Carders
Upper card (Men's Division)
Face
Adam Copeland
Darby Allin
"Hangman" Adam page
Heel
Jon Moxley
MJF
Tweener
Christian Cage
Mid Card
Ace Austin
Alex Reynolds
Angelo Parker
Anthony Bowens
AR Fox
Austin Gunn
Bandido
Billy Gunn
Bobby Lashley
Brodie Lee Jr.
Brody King
Dante Martin
Darius Martin
Evil Uno
Hologram
Hook
Jay lethal
Jeff Jarrett
John Silver
Juice Robinson
Katsoyuri Shibata
Kevin Knight
Komander
Kota ibushi
Kyle O'reily
mark Briscoe
Matt Menard
Matt Sydal
MVP
Mascara Dorada
Nigel Mcguiness
Powerhouse Hobbs
Quen
Samoa Joe
Scorpio Sky
Shelton Benjamin
"Speedball" Mike Bailey
Tomohiro Ishii
Truth Magnum
Turbo Floyd
Zay
i'll get more Tommorow but that's what I have for now
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  Madness · 9 minutes ago
  
  @Draysin Martin cage is a face, he got kicked out of the patriarchy and is now teaming with adam copeland
  
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Wright Hill · 2 days ago
Jordynne Grace has a new render with her having curly hair on wwe.com.
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Tyler Andreasen · 2 days ago
Daniel Garcia is heel. He joined the Death Riders.
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
Shady Elnahas is in NXT
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  Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Harley Riggins and Jax Presley as well
  
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Jackson Conley · 2 days ago
Tiffany Stratton needs a new render
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Max · 2 days ago
Arianna grace is a heel
Rich Swann is a heel
Kc Navarro was kicked out of first class and is face I think
And myron reed is face
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TopKekyoin · 3 days ago
in faces/heels, Tyler Breeze shows up twice. both in NXT and in the main roster
in all or men/women, some of the lfg people still show up, not sure if its intended or not (The Undertaker, Jeremy Borash, Michelle McCool, Bubba Ray Dudley). even Peter Rosenberg from evolve is there
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. is now known as Dr. Wagner III
Jaida Parker is still in "OTM - Out The Mud" when she shouldn't be. the stable name itself is wrong too. check Bronco Nima's stable section on cagematch
Tony D'Angelo should be marked as inactive after his sopranos style ending, and Kit Wilson too for obvious reasons
John Cone is still a referee in WWE, should be added to the site. even if he doesnt appear much anymore
Asuka and Ludwig are probably the best examples of tweeners the company currently has, even more so than the wyatts or pretty deadly, I really think they should be changed as such
AJ Lee probably shouldn't have the Raw background as she doesn't either on the official site
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  Andy
  
  Admin
  
  · 3 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin Hey, thanks!
  - Fixed Breeze.
  - The LFG people you mentioned show up because they also have additional roles in the company.
  - Updated Dr. Wagner III
  - OTM / Out The Mud are the same, OTM is the acronym. (eg. AOP / Authors of Pain)
  - Kit Wilson is still wrestling on Main Event
  - Fixed John Cone being missing (he's a producer, no longer a referee)
  - What starting dates do you recommend for the Tweener role for Asuka & Ludwig?
  - We put her on Raw as that's where the seems to be, but we'll change it in case it proves to be wrong
  
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  Wright Hill · 2 days ago
  
  @Andy Praise be to Andy.
  
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  TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
  
  @Andy thank you for always listening to us
  yeah, i know otm is an acronym but they started using the name as an acronym over the full name once jaida and scrypts left. do correct me if im wrong on this though
  my bad on kit wilson, you're completely right. what do you think of tony d though? look up "Someone Approached Tony D’Angelo | NXT Jul 29, 2025" on youtube, after this he has not been seen since with people thinking he'll join the main roster soon. just wondering if this should be considered as inactive for story or not.
  Aug. 18, 2025 (or Aug. 4, 2025 unless you would count it as more of a buildup) for Asuka, that's when the stuff with rhea and iyo really started and August 16, 2025 for Ludwig as that's when Triplemania started and we truly saw people cheer him on from that day
  
  random question, do you think you might do the same for aew/roh or maybe njpw too? with the low/high card stuff etc. i love all kind of wrestling and would love to use this site even more for everything and would be willing to help out more with recommendations, but if it will stay wwe centered then i fully understand since it IS the smackdownhotel after all. maybe putting aaa roster on the top of the site next to the rest where it says "wwe roster - aew roster ....... ECW" would be smart too since it's now owned by wwe, and cmll too since its as big as aaa
  
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  · 2 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin - Not sure about the OTM acronym thing, as I don't follow NXT too much. If you're 100% sure about this I can change this. But otherwise I think it's no big deal. Even wikipedia still calls them Out The Mud.
  - As far as Tony, let's wait a bit to see how long he stays out to see if we need to mark him Inactive.
  - Updated Asuka and Ludwig
  - It's very hard to keep track of the low/mid/upper card thing for WWE already, so I assume it would be very hard to keep track of it accurately for other companies as well. We are a very small team. Would you be interested in helping out on the site itself and making the updates directly? If so, add me on discord: andybadwool
  Thanks!
  
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  Andy
  
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  · 2 days ago
  
  @Wright Hill Thank you guys for all the help in keeping track of things!
  
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Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
NXT homecoming needs to be a Special event the Confirmed matches are
NXT North american title match Tyler breeze vs. Ethan Page (C)
Tag Team match #DIY vs. Trick Melo gang
Trios match Fatal Influence vs. Stephanie Vaquer TIffany Stratton & Rhea Ripley
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
TYLER BREEZE IS BACK ON NXT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
Wrist
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
Bronson Reed got a broken
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WWEConsumer · 3 days ago
Becky Lynch needs a new render
Lyra Valkyria also has the IC title on her
*Becky doesn't*
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  WWEConsumer · 3 days ago
  
  @WWEConsumer Also Tiffany Stratton
  
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Giosiu35 · 3 days ago
Add Kane back to the ambassadors list, he’s still signed to wwe, he needs to be added back
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WWEConsumer · 3 days ago
Jey Uso needs a new render he still has his WM 40 shades
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gary vaughan · 3 days ago
who else is going to return from absence to return to wwe main roster
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TopKekyoin · 4 days ago
if ludwig, tyler and pete aren't tweener, then what is needed to make someone a tweener on this site? from being cheered and even shaking hands with the crowd..
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  Raven Zombie · 2 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin probably, actually being used on screen? lol, this page literally has Ludwig not on the roster... so they are probably considering him as El Grande, and the other 2 as the nameless other luchas that help him. (even though this Mondays lucha was neither of them)
  
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  TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
  
  @Raven Zombie lol its fine man everyone knows what i meant with ludwig. and mondays 2nd grande was pete dunne, he just shaved his beard
  
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  Andy
  
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  · 7 hours ago
  
  @Raven Zombie Yeah that's the way we're dealing with that at the moment :D
  
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Aya ✨ · 4 days ago
Asuka is anything but a Face now, she is not fully heel yet so i think she fits in the Tweener section.
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NWA Roster in 1962: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (84)

Men

Women

Teams

Lord Blears & Nick Bockwinkel

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

Vacant

NWA International Heavyweight Championship

Antonino Rocca

NWA United States Television Championship

Johnny Valentine

NWA United States Tag Team Championship

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers & Johnny Barend

Johnny Valentine & Bob Ellis

The Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Danny Hodge

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

NWA United States Women's Championship

Kathy Starr

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship

Adrienne Ames & Pat Lyda

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tor Yamata

Extras

Part Time Wrestlers

Manager

Commentators

Ring Announcer

Interviewer

President

Promoters

Coaches