NWA Roster in 1966: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1966. 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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1966

NWA: All (98)

"Blond Bomber" Ray Stevens

Professor Toru Tanaka

Uncle Elmer / Giant Frazier

Verne Gagne

Wahoo McDaniel

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Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship		Gene Kiniski Won: January 7, 1966 St. Louis, MO \| House show	358+ days
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.	1079 days

NWA Louisiana State Championship	Jack Dalton Won: November 1, 1966 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	60+ days
	Ken Lucas Won: October 5, 1966 Alexandria, Louisiana \| Live Show	27 days
	Don Carson Won: August 2, 1966 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	64 days
	Bobby Fields Won: July 19, 1966 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	14 days
	Don Carson Won: July 12, 1966 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	7 days
	Bobby Fields Won: May 17, 1966 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	56 days
	Jack Dalton Won: February 17, 1966 Lafayette, Louisiana \| Live Show	89 days
	Bobby Fields Won: December 3, 1965 Lafayette, Louisiana \| Live Show	76 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.

3173+

days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Fritz von Erich Won: December 15, 1966 Texas \| House show	16+ days
	Fritz von Erich Won: August 4, 1966 Texas \| House show Championship history is unrecorded from August 4, 1966 to December 15, 1966.	133 days
	Johnny Valentine Won: June 9, 1966 Texas \| House show	56 days
	Fritz von Erich Won: June 6, 1966 Texas \| House show Defeated Brute Bernard to become the first champion	3 days

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship	Waldo Von Erich Won: August 8, 1966 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show	145+ days
	Tony Borne Won: July 25, 1966 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show	14 days
	Louie Tillet Won: July 12, 1966 Dallas, Texas \| House show	13 days
	Bull Curry Won: May 17, 1965 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show	421 days

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship		Nick Kozak & Dory Dixon Won: July 11, 1966 Ft. Worth, Texas \| House show Defeated Louie Tillet and Zebra Kid in 6-team tournament final.	173+ days
NWA Texas Tag Team Championship		Argentina Apollo Tony Borne Won: January 6, 1965 San Antonio, Texas \| House show Win a tag team title in tournament .	551 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	The Internationals Al Costello & Karl Von Brauner Won: November 1, 1966 Texas \| House show	60+ days
	Fritz von Erich & Duke Keomuka Won: March 1, 1966 Dallas, Texas \| House show	245 days
	The Destroyer & Golden Terror Won: February 8, 1966 Dallas, Texas \| House show	21 days
	Duke Keomuka & Kanji Inoki Won: December 31, 1965 Texas \| House show	39 days

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship	Corsica Joe & Chin Lee Won: December 28, 1966 Birmingham, Alabama \| House Show	3+ days
	The Blue Infernos Blue Inferno #1 & Blue Inferno #2 Won: November 30, 1966 Alabama \| House Show	28 days
	Vacant Won: November 18, 1966 Chattanooga, Tennessee \| House Show Held up after a match against Chief White Eagle and Chuck Conley.	12 days
	The Blue Infernos Blue Inferno #1 & Blue Inferno #2 Won: October 29, 1966 Nashville, Tennessee \| House Show	20 days
	Len Rossi Mario Milano Won: July 1, 1966 Alabama \| House Show	120 days
	The Great Higami & Tojo Yamamoto Won: June 21, 1966 Birmingham, Alabama \| House Show	10 days
	Len Rossi & Mario Milano Won: April 11, 1966 Birmingham, Alabama \| House Show	71 days
	Doug Lindsey & Treach Phillips Won: April 1, 1966 Alabama \| House Show	10 days

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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship	Danny Hodge Won: May 3, 1966 Little Rock, AR \| House show	242+ days
	Joe McCarthy Won: February 12, 1966 Oklahoma City, OK \| House show	80 days
	Lorenzo Parente Won: January 14, 1966 Oklahoma City, OK \| House show	29 days
	Danny Hodge Won: January 4, 1966 Oklahoma City, OK \| House show	10 days
	Lorenzo Parente Won: November 23, 1965 House show	42 days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship		Vacant Won: February 1, 1966 Guerrero was stripped of the title after leaving the promotion; Guerrero kept the physical belt for nine years after being stripped of the championship.	333+ days
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship		Gory Guerrero Won: September 24, 1963 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	861 days

NWA World Middleweight Championship	René Guajardo Won: July 1, 1966 Monterrey, Nuevo León \| Live event	183+ days
	Jerry London Won: May 14, 1966 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	48 days
	René Guajardo Won: April 9, 1965 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	400 days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Karloff Lagarde

Won: September 24, 1965 Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL 32 Aniversario

463+

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.

3756+

days

NWA Women's Championship	The Fabulous Moolah Won: October 3, 1966 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada \| Live event	89+ days
	Bette Boucher Won: September 17, 1966 Seattle, WA \| Live event	16 days
	The Fabulous Moolah Won: September 18, 1956 Baltimore, MD \| Live event Won a 13-Woman Battle Royal to win the vacant title.	3651 days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Cora Combs

Won: May 1, 1965 St. Louis, MO | Live event

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.

609+

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".

1864+

days

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Mr Eliezer Mbuku the Rock: HIT THE SUMELL · 2 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 · 21 hours ago
For grand slam France there are two new matches confirmed
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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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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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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
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Reina Volcan
Aalyah Mysterio
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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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  @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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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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Solo Sikoa is billed at 113 kg (250 lbs) after his NXT run.
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Jaida Parker debuted on RAW as a heel and joined the 946
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NWA Roster in 1966: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (98)

Men

Women

Teams

Bruno Sammartino & Argentina Apollo

The Funks

Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Gene Kiniski

NWA Louisiana State Championship

Jack Dalton

Ken Lucas

Don Carson

Bobby Fields

Don Carson

Bobby Fields

Jack Dalton

Bobby Fields

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tor Yamata

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

Waldo Von Erich

Tony Borne

Louie Tillet

Bull Curry

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship

Nick Kozak & Dory Dixon

Argentina Apollo Tony Borne

NWA World Tag Team Championship

The Internationals Al Costello & Karl Von Brauner

Fritz von Erich & Duke Keomuka

The Destroyer & Golden Terror

Duke Keomuka & Kanji Inoki

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship

Corsica Joe & Chin Lee

The Blue Infernos Blue Inferno #1 & Blue Inferno #2

The Blue Infernos Blue Inferno #1 & Blue Inferno #2

Len Rossi Mario Milano

The Great Higami & Tojo Yamamoto

Len Rossi & Mario Milano

Doug Lindsey & Treach Phillips

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Joe McCarthy

Lorenzo Parente

Lorenzo Parente

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Middleweight Championship

René Guajardo

Jerry London

René Guajardo

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Karloff Lagarde

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Women's Championship

Bette Boucher

NWA United States Women's Championship

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

Adrienne Ames & Pat Lyda

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