NWA Roster in 1966: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
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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NWA World Heavyweight Championship![]() | Gene Kiniski
| 358+
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![]() | Lou Thesz
During this reign, Buddy Rogers won the title but promoters in the Northeastern United States refused to recognize it. | 1079
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NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Joe Blanchard
| 40+
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![]() | Fritz von Erich
Defeated Lyons in rematch. | 314
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![]() | Vacant
| 35
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship![]() | Tor Yamata
The title history is unrecorded from 1958-04-24 to July 1971. | 3173+
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Fritz von Erich
| 16+
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![]() | Fritz von Erich
Championship history is unrecorded from August 4, 1966 to December 15, 1966. | 133
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![]() | Johnny Valentine
| 56
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![]() | Fritz von Erich
Defeated Brute Bernard to become the first champion | 3
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NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship![]() | Waldo Von Erich
| 145+
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Tony Borne
| 14
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Louie Tillet
| 13
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Bull Curry
| 421
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship![]() | The Dusek Family Ernie Dusek & Emil Dusek
The Duseks were billed as “team match champions of the nation”, listed as a possible predecessor to the American Tag Team Championship | 8791+
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NWA Texas Tag Team Championship![]() | Nick Kozak & Dory Dixon Nick Kozak & Dory Dixon
Defeated Louie Tillet and Zebra Kid in 6-team tournament final. | 173+
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![]() | Tony Borne & Argentina ApolloArgentina Apollo Tony Borne
Win a tag team title in tournament . | 551
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NWA World Tag Team Championship![]() | The Internationals Al Costello & Karl Von Brauner
| 60+
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![]() | Fritz Von Erich & Duke KeomukaFritz von Erich & Duke Keomuka
| 245
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![]() | The Destroyer & Golden TerrorThe Destroyer & Golden Terror
| 21
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Duke Keomuka & Kanji Inoki Duke Keomuka & Kanji Inoki
| 39
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NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship![]() | Corsica Joe & Chin Lee Corsica Joe & Chin Lee
| 3+
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The Blue Infernos Blue Inferno #1 & Blue Inferno #2
| 28
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![]() ![]() | Vacant
Held up after a match against Chief White Eagle and Chuck Conley. | 12
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The Blue Infernos Blue Inferno #1 & Blue Inferno #2
| 20
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![]() | Mario Milano & Len RossiLen Rossi Mario Milano
| 120
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The Great Higami & Tojo Yamamoto The Great Higami & Tojo Yamamoto
| 10
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![]() | Len Rossi & Mario MilanoLen Rossi & Mario Milano
| 71
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Doug Lindsey & Treach Phillips Doug Lindsey & Treach Phillips
| 10
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | Danny Hodge
| 242+
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Joe McCarthy
| 80
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Lorenzo Parente
| 29
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Danny Hodge
| 10
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Lorenzo Parente
| 42
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NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Vacant
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+
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![]() | Gory Guerrero
| 861
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NWA World Middleweight Championship![]() | René Guajardo
| 183+
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Jerry London
| 48
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René Guajardo
| 400
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NWA World Welterweight Championship![]() | Karloff Lagarde
| 463+
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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. | 3756+
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NWA Women's Championship![]() | ![]() | The Fabulous Moolah
| 89+
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Bette Boucher
| 16
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![]() | The Fabulous Moolah
Won a 13-Woman Battle Royal to win the vacant title. | 3651
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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. | 609+
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NWA World Ladies 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". | 1864+
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