WWWF Roster in 1963: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full WWWF Roster in the year 1963. This includes the list of all WWWF 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 World Wide Wrestling Federation.
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Teams
Bruno Sammartino & Argentina Apollo
Champions
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Bruno Sammartino Won: May 17, 1963 New York, NY | House Show | 228+ days |
![]() | "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers Won: April 11, 1963 Washington, D.C. | Heavyweight Wrestling Rogers won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on June 30, 1961; in 1963 Northeast promoters refused to recognize, thus breaking away from the NWA to form the WWWF and recognizing Rogers as the first WWWF World Heavyweight Champion. | 36 days |
WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Bobo Brazil Won: October 22, 1963 Quakertown, PA | House Show | 70+ days |
![]() | Johnny Barend Won: September 11, 1963 Landover, MD | House Show | 41 days | |
![]() | Bobo Brazil Won: July 9, 1963 Philadelphia, PA | House Show | 64 days | |
![]() | Johnny Barend Won: June 8, 1963 Philadelphia, PA | House Show | 31 days | |
![]() | Bobo Brazil Won: April 6, 1963 California | House Show The title was renamed to WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship and Bobo Brazil is recognized as the first champion. | 63 days | |
![]() | Vacant Won: June 30, 1961 Buddy Rogers vacated the championship after defeating Pat O'Connor for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. | 645 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 |
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | The Tolos Brothers John Tolos & Chris Tolos Won: December 28, 1963 Teaneck, NJ | House Show | 3+ days |
![]() ![]() | Killer Kowalski & Gorilla Monsoon Won: November 14, 1963 Washington, D.C. | Washington DC TV | 44 days | |
![]() ![]() | Skull Murphy & Brute Bernard Won: May 16, 1963 Washington, D.C. | Washington DC TV | 182 days | |
![]() ![]() | 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 |
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