NWA Roster in 1965: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1965. 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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Teams
Bruno Sammartino & Argentina Apollo
The Funks
The Golden Grahams
Lord Blears & Nick Bockwinkel
Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Lou Thesz
During this reign, Buddy Rogers won the title but promoters in the Northeastern United States refused to recognize it. | 1072+
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | Lorenzo Parente
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Danny Hodge
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![]() | Angelo Savoldi
| 161
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NWA Women's Championship![]() | ![]() | The Fabulous Moolah
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. | 3391+
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NWA Women's Championship![]() | ![]() | The Fabulous Moolah
Won a 13-Woman Battle Royal to win the vacant title. | 3391+
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NWA United States Women's Championship![]() | ![]() | Cora Combs
The title history is unrecorded from 1961-10-04 to 1965-05-01, and then from 1965-05-01 to 1968-07-07. Combs starts claiming the title in Northern California from May 1965, billed as champion after defeating Penny Banner for the title. | 244+
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Kathy Starr
The title history is unrecorded from 1961-10-04 to 1965-05-01. | 1305
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NWA Women's Tag Team Championship![]() | Adrienne Ames & Pat Lyda
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". | 1499+
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship![]() | Tor Yamata
The title history is unrecorded from 1958-04-24 to July 1971. | 2808+
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Extras
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Referee
Producer
Coaches
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