NWA Roster in 1963: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

National Wrestling Alliance: Rosters History Database

On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1963. 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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1963

NWA: All (97)

"Blond Bomber" Ray Stevens

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship		Lou Thesz Won: January 24, 1963 Toronto, Ontario, Canada \| House show During this reign, Buddy Rogers won the title but promoters in the Northeastern United States refused to recognize it.	341+ days
NWA World Heavyweight Championship		"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers Won: June 30, 1961 Chicago, IL \| House show 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.	573 days

NWA Louisiana State Championship

Vacant

Won: September 1, 1960

1216+

days

NWA International Heavyweight Championship

Antonino Rocca

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

Defeated Buddy Rogers to win the new title.

1554

days

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.

2077+

days

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship	Bull Curry Won: December 1, 1963 Texas \| House show	30+ days
	Stan Stasiak Won: November 20, 1963 Texas \| House show	11 days
	Bull Curry Won: November 15, 1963 Dallas, Texas \| House show Defeated Louie Tillet.	5 days
	Bill Miller Won: September 1, 1963 Texas \| House show	75 days
	Bull Curry Won: May 16, 1963 Houston, Texas \| House show Defeated Jack Dalton for the championship	108 days
	Louie Tillet Won: March 18, 1963 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show	59 days
	Bull Curry Won: February 25, 1963 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show	21 days
	Rock Hunter Won: February 8, 1963 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show	17 days

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WWWF United States Tag Team Championship		Buddy Austin & Great Scott Won: March 7, 1963 Washington, D.C. \| Washington DC TV In April 1963 the title became the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship.	70 days
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship		"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers & Johnny Barend Won: July 5, 1962 Washington, D.C. \| Washington DC TV	245 days

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship		Nick & Jerry Kozak Won: June 28, 1963 Texas \| House show	186+ days
NWA Texas Tag Team Championship		Alaskan & Tarzan Tyler Won: September 4, 1962 \| House show	297 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	Inactive Won: December 31, 1963 Championship not promoted for around two years	0+ days
	Ciclon Negro & Ricki Starr Won: August 16, 1963 Houston, Texas \| House show	137 days
	Dalton Brothers Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton Won: August 1, 1963 Texas \| House show	15 days
	The Von Brauners Kurt Von Brauner & Karl Von Brauner Won: July 5, 1963 Houston, Texas \| House show	27 days
	Kozak Brothers Nick Kozak & Jerry Kozak Won: March 21, 1963 Austin, Texas \| House show	106 days
	Rip Hawk & Rock Hunter Won: February 5, 1963 Houston, Texas \| House show	44 days
	Bull Curry & Lucas Pertano Won: January 29, 1963 Houston, Texas \| House show	7 days
	Tony Borne & Ivan the Terrible Won: November 20, 1962 Houston, Texas \| House show	70 days

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship	Jackie Fargo & Mario Milano Won: December 26, 1963 Chattanooga, Tennessee \| House Show Awarded the title when Malenkov leaves the area and does not appear for a scheduled defense.	5+ days
	Ivan Malenkov & Tojo Yamamoto Won: December 5, 1963 Chattanooga, Tennessee \| House Show	21 days
	Jackie Fargo & Mario Milano Won: November 5, 1963 Nashville, Tennessee \| House Show	30 days
	Karl Von Stroheim & Skull Von Stroheim Won: September 9, 1963 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show Win rematch.	57 days
	Jackie Fargo Lester Welch Won: September 2, 1963 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show Held up when Karl is taken to hospital after the second fall.	7 days
	Karl Von Stroheim & Skull Von Stroheim Won: May 13, 1963 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	112 days
	Gino Calza & Tony Calza Won: April 9, 1963 Nashville, Tennessee \| House Show Recognized in Memphis, Tennessee, as of April 16, 1963.	34 days
	The Medics Tony Gonzales & Donald Lortie Won: February 20, 1963 Nashville, Tennessee \| House Show Win rematch; lose to Don Fields and Luke Fields on March 11, 1963, in Memphis, Tennessee, but continue to be recognized in other cities.	48 days

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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Danny Hodge

Won: July 22, 1960 Oklahoma City, OK | House show

1257+

days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship	Gory Guerrero Won: September 24, 1963 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	98+ days
	Ali Bey Won: August 6, 1963 El Paso, Texas \| Live event	49 days
	Gory Guerrero Won: July 30, 1960 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	1102 days

NWA World Middleweight Championship

Rayo de Jalisco Sr.

Won: October 25, 1962 Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

432+

days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Karloff Lagarde

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

2160+

days

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.

2660+

days

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.

2660+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Kathy Starr

Won: October 4, 1961 Honolulu, HI | Live event

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

818+

days

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

Adrienne Ames & Pat Lyda

Won: November 23, 1961 Harvey, LA | Live event

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".

768+

days

Extras

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Wright · 10 minutes ago
Booker T
Brie Bella
Dana Warrior
Ron Simmons

...are all WWE Ambassadors with Legends deals as well. As you have currently, some perform other duties such as being an active wrestler, commentary, producing and coaching. They are all noted as WWE Ambassadors as well.

Mark Henry is also confirmed to not be a WWE ambassador and doesn't work for them; rather he only works for WWE Radio. If we were to classify Mark Henry as an ambassador, We might as well put Tommy Dreamer and Nic Nemeth on the list as well.
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j8yderful · 58 minutes ago
WWE NXT star Keanu Carver was removed from WWE's internal roster and is gone from the company.
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  Wright · 11 minutes ago
  
  @j8yderful The best course of action that could have occurred.
  
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Mr Eliezer Mbuku the Rock: HIT THE SUMELL · 3 hours ago
Josiah Jean & Monica Monroe are become the new WWE ID prospects so they can join the Evolve roster coming soon.
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Annia S. Barrón · 23 hours ago
For grand slam France there are two new matches confirmed
-Mercedes Mone vs Queen Aminata for the Womens World Championship
-Bandido vs Kofi for the ROH World Championship
For wrestledream it was confirmed the Bucks vs Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher for the tag titles and the main event which is kind of like a casino royale ? I didnt understand the rules lol
For Heroes inmortales it was confirmed a rematch of EGA vs Dominik Mysterio for the megacampeonato
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Texas Steve · 1 days ago
For WWE ID Josiah Jean has been ID'd and Monica Monroe defeated Laynie Luck to win the Women's ID championship
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 1 days ago
Jay White injured and will be out for up to 2 months
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MrAicrow · 1 days ago
Max Caster, Anthony Bowens and Scorpio Sky are gone from AEW
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Wright · 1 days ago
American Made is all but dead. The Creed Brothers are just in NXT now, and Ivy Nile is somewhat inactive.
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
New image for Nick Wayne? The one used currently is pretty old
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Mouhamed amine Laksiri · 2 days ago
So War Raiders are heels now, the reasons why they were even put in tweeners in the first place is when they were face in WWE but Heels in AAA, now they don't seem face in WWE at all
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Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
The Great Hands seem to be back together, & Order 4 is No More.
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Roy · 3 days ago
I love the fact that punk brought this fire burns back for one more time
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 3 days ago
MJF inactive since AEW All In
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Joshua Araujo

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Want to announce two things:
1. I finished updating the EVOLVE roster with new images! Just about every wrestler/announcer there has an updated image

2. I plan to update the images of other current wrestlers soon, I have a list down of some recommended names from a prior comment, but am open to adding more:
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Johnny Gargano
Bronson Reed
Reina Volcan
Aalyah Mysterio
Blake Monroe
Julius Creed
Kam Hendrix
Kyoki
Lexis King
Reina Volcan
Ricky Saints
Shawn Spears
Uriah Connors
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  Wright · 3 days ago
  
  @Joshua Araujo Solo Sikoa is one that could use a Babyface photo, and The Rock could use one with him in a suit.
  
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  Mr Eliezer Mbuku the Rock: HIT THE SUMELL · 3 days ago
  
  @Joshua Araujo OK, alright.
  
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smah · 4 days ago
very touching tribute show for pac.
i honestly think all of the death riders are faces or at least tweeners now, not just mox. mox making up with danielson is what really sealed it for me. but you have him anointing ospreay after the all out main event, DG winning the butcher battle royale and being presented as the face there, then everything tonight.
i don't think the faction will be portrayed as full on heels again any time soon, maybe gabe kidd if he keeps his antics up but that's it.
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 4 days ago
Kenny Omega and Wardlow are back
Bryan Danielson in the Death Riders
Death Riders seem to be leaning into becoming faces unless they were just being face only for the special
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Keith Meyer · 5 days ago
Layla diggs ain't injured anymore cuz she is in the Battle Royal for next week in NXT for the number one contender for that XT women's champion
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Haley McCrary · 5 days ago
Shawn Spears is inactive I haven't seen him in a hot minute same with niko vance
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MrAicrow · 5 days ago
So, Keanu Carver is in some hot water it seems
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zay · 5 days ago
Again, im not sure if this is correct but Jacob and The Usos are most definitely faces, especially after last night, Roman's still a heel tho
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